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Bills Seek To End Labor Day Start

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County May Change Sprinkler Regs

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OCEAN CITY – The case of determining ownership of the historic Dumser’s Dairyland property on the Boardwalk will go on with the Town of Ocean City filing a motion for reconsideration of a decision handed down by the state’s Court of Special Appeals in December.

The Court of Special Appeals in late December issued an opinion reversing an April 2017 ruling by the Worcester County Circuit Court opining Ocean City had not presented sufficient evidence to prove ownership of the building on the east side of the Boardwalk at South Division Street which, for decades, has been home to the iconic Dumser’s Dairyland. However, unsatisfied with the ruling, the town has now filed a motion for reconsideration of the Court of Special Appeals opinion reached in December.

The motion for reconsideration is essentially a middle step in the appeals process in the ongoing battle over ownership of the property. If the town is unsuccessful in getting the Court of Special Appeals to reconsider its opinion in favor of the Nathans Associates, or heirs of the property, it can reach out to the higher Court of Appeals to hear the case. However, the Court of Appeals has discretion over which cases it chooses to hear and there is no certainty the higher court would elect to do so.

The white, two-story building in question has been home to different businesses and attractions over the last century-plus after an enterprising young man first built it in 1905. Since the 1970s, the iconic building has been home to a Dumser’s Dairyland ice cream parlor that has served the popular treat to generations of residents and visitors to Ocean City.

Ownership of the property was called into question in 2016 after the second of two 25-year agreements between the Town of Ocean City and the heirs of the original owner, Nathan Rapaport, who first built the structure back in 1905, expired. In April 2017, a Worcester County Circuit Court judge issued an opinion in favor of the Town of Ocean City. As a result of that ruling, the Rapaport heirs were given a timeline at that time to remove or demolish the historic building. A stay of that order was then successfully obtained while the appeal played out.

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FROM PAGE 4 to show the iconic Dumser’s property lies within the town’s dedicated public easement.

“Ocean City failed to present sufficient evidence to support the circuit court’s conclusion that the property is located within the boundaries of the dedicated and accepted public easement of Atlantic Avenue,” the opinion reads. “The judgment of the circuit court for Worcester County is reversed.”

Mayor Releases Statement Ocean City officials through the entire legal battle have not expressed an intended purpose for taking over ownership of the historic property. In the wake of last week’s decision to continue to pursue the appeal, Mayor Rick Meehan issued a statement essentially asserting the land on which the iconic ice cream parlor sits belongs to the taxpayers of Ocean City.

“There has been a lot of discussion and opposition to the council’s action concerning the land at 601 South Atlantic Avenue,” the statement reads.

“Although ongoing litigation prevented us from speaking openly, I believe it is important to clarify our position.”

For many, the town’s attempt to claim rightful ownership of the property appears to be an affront against Dumser’s, the iconic ice cream parlor that has occupied the space for decades. However, Meehan re-asserted in his statement the town’s legal action is directed at Nathan Rapoport’s heirs and not Dumser’s, which is essentially just a tenant at the property.

“The truth is, despite the perception and persuasion by Nathans Associates, our actions have never been against Dumser’s,” he said.

“Our case is with Nathans Associates, who is charging and collecting rent from Dumser’s for land that belongs to the public.”

In his statement released on Tuesday, Meehan asserted once the second of two agreements between the town and Nathan Rapoport expired in 2016, his heirs were essentially “squatting” on land that should rightfully be returned to the Town of Ocean City.

“Nathan Rapoport himself believed this when he entered into a Use of Land agreement with the Town of Ocean City in 1966, which provided him with the ability to leave his building on public property for 50 years,” he said. “Mr. Rapoport honored this agreement until his death; however, his heirs have failed to honor this agreement and instead have continued to collect rent from Dumser’s for the past two years without having a right to use SEE PAGE 30

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County Considering Not Adhering To State Sprinkler Mandate

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners this week agreed to draft a document that could allow single-family homes to opt out of the state’s fire sprinkler requirement.

On Tuesday, the commissioners voted unanimously to have county staff develop a new building permit that would allow those constructing single-family homes to opt out of the state requirement to install residential fire sprinklers. Since 2015, automatic fire sprinkler systems have been required in new residential dwellings.

“I believe that this is hindering building in the county,” Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said.

After becoming aware that Allegany County was not requiring sprinkler systems in new homes, the commissioners asked staff to review state law in regard to sprinkler systems. In a report provided to the commissioners in advance of Tuesday’s meeting, staff reported that Allegany County had never adopted the latest version of the International Building Code, which mandates sprinklers in new dwellings.

“Based upon our reading of state law, not only are they in violation for not enforcing the residential fire sprinkler requirement at all but they also

appear to be in violation for not adopting the most recent edition of the code, currently the 2015 edition, as required by state law,” reads the report from Development Review and Permitting Director Ed Tudor and Fire Marshal Jeff McMahon. “Based upon the information above, we believe Worcester County would also be in direct violation of state law if we not enforce the sprinkler requirements as we do now.”

The staff report also references the county’s rating from the Insurance Services Office, which provides information to the insurance industry regarding the county’s building codes.

“Significant deductions in scoring can result from major deviations in the enforcement of the provisions of the published codes,” the report reads.

Commissioner Jim Bunting said he didn’t understand how that could be an issue since it was identified as a problem in the grace period of several years provided to Maryland’s counties before the sprinkler mandate went into effect. He also said he recalled that when the question initially came up several years ago, a majority of local fire companies supported the concept of opting out of the requirement.

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sprinklers into a home served by well water.

“I think sprinklers are extreme when you have to put it in a rural area,” he said, adding that many homes hadn’t been built because of the new requirement.

When asked how many residential structure fires there had been in Worcester County in the past year, McMahon told the commissioners there had been roughly 3,000 structure fires in the past five years. He added, however, that that number included fires in any type of structure, including sheds.

McMahon said the average response time in Worcester County was 17 minutes and that sprinklers did reduce property damage.

Commissioner Bud Church said that was debatable, as they also caused a lot of property damage. When he asked about the cost of incorporating sprinklers into new homes, McMahan said the cost was roughly $1 per square foot.

Mitrecic said he didn’t think that was a viable figure and expressed concern over the sprinkler mandate.

“It costs the people of the county more to do business, to build a house,” he said. “It costs the people building the houses more so they have to pass that on.”

He said in nearby Delaware, particularly on Route 54, there was lots of development underway.

“Compare that with Worcester County …,” he said. “I think this code is one of the inhibitors of people doing new construction out in the county.”

Bunting made a motion to instruct staff to work with the county attorney to prepare a new building permit that would allow people to opt out of the sprinkler requirement. He said the owner and builder would have to sign the permit, and that an accompanying document would be included with the deed if a home was sold. Bunting instructed staff to return with the new documents within a month, at which time the commissioners would vote on them and then “send them to the state with a proposed date of applying the new law and wait for comments from them.”

The motion passed unanimously.

When asked her input, Maureen Howarth, the county’s attorney, said the commissioners were not changing the law.

“The law is still the law,” she said.

“You haven’t changed the law. By doing a revised permit, the law is still the same.”

Bunting noted that but indicated that he just wanted to get something to state officials for them to review.

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Legislation Aims To Undo Post-Labor Day School Order

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

OCEAN CITY – A pair of bills introduced in the state Senate could, if approved, derail Gov. Larry Hogan’s mandate for a post-Labor Day start to the school year in Maryland.

After several failed attempts at legislation, Hogan in 2016 surprised many when he issued an Executive Order mandating a post-Labor Day start to the school year for Maryland public schools. Despite some pushback from certain school districts across the state, Hogan’s mandate went into effect before the 2017-2018 school year and remains in effect during the current school year.

However, a pair of bills introduced late last week in the state Senate could

overturn the governor’s edict if successful. Senate Bill 128, introduced by Sen. Nancy King (D-39-Montgomery) and Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-22-Prince George’s), would allow each school district in Maryland to set their own start and end dates, including possibly year-round school. Senate Bill 131 would allow local jurisdictions to make school start date decisions without approval from the state school board or any other entity.

Hogan issued the order citing the importance of a post-Labor Day school start for students and their families hoping to eke out the remaining days of late August and perhaps more importantly the economies in areas that would benefit from longer summer vacation times. While the governor’s post-Labor Day mandate applies statewide, for many it has had the ap-

pearance of being a uniquely Ocean City issue because the resort perhaps stands the most to gain from the edict.

From the beginning several years ago, Ocean City has been at the forefront of the issue, beginning when Comptroller Peter Franchot announced his “Let Summer Be Summer” initiative and launched a petition drive from the Boardwalk. When Hogan announced the order in 2016, he made it from practically the same spot on the Ocean City Boardwalk.

Almost immediately after Hogan’s announcement, educators across Maryland decried the mandate and called into question the validity of the order.

Critics have claimed a later school start, although the required 180 days will be preserved, would cut down on valuable teaching time. Perhaps more impor-

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tantly, some school jurisdictions have claimed the governor’s mandate undermines the autonomy of the various school districts and ties the hands of superintendents to make decisions on what they believe is best for their schools.

With the introduction of a pair of bills last week, the battle has begun anew. Franchot called the two Senate bills short-sighted.

“While I personally respect Senators Pinsky and King, I believe that Senate Bill 128 is a bad bill that must be defeated,” he said. “The post-Labor Day school start has proven to be highly popular with families across our state and has been a godsend for local, independent businesses that are already struggling to succeed. It’s been good for the Maryland economy and has resulted in none of the negative outcomes that had been predicted by the naysayers.”

Franchot also said the pair of postLabor Day school start bills could deflect state lawmakers’ attention away from more pressing education needs in the state.

“Here’s hoping my former colleagues in the General Assembly can remain focused on the important education issues at hand such as providing all of our children with safe, healthy classroom conditions they deserve,” he said.

“This bill is an unwelcome distraction that disregards the will of the overwhelming majority of Marylanders.”

Closer to home, resort officials have been closely monitoring the legislation and are circling the troops to combat the pair of bills introduced last week. In a letter to members on Tuesday, Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Melanie Pursel urged resort business leaders to contact the bills’ sponsors and their own delegation voicing their displeasure. Pursel pointed out Worcester County voluntarily started school after Labor Day long before the governor’s edict and the proof is in the pudding with continued good tests scores and high school ratings.

“Worcester County has already instituted the post-Labor Day start over the past four years with much success, boasting some of the highest test scores in the state,” the letter reads. “This is critical for tourism as well as our local workforce as students heading back to school and the loss of J-1 students leaves businesses with a limited workforce.”

Pursel’s letter to chamber members points out the economic benefits beyond the extended summer for students and their families. “Since the governor’s executive order, the state has received an influx of tourism dollars for up to two additional weeks, which can assist with a variety of state initiatives,” the letter reads. “Further and most importantly, this allows Maryland families additional time together. This is a statewide benefit to simply have all counties start after Labor Day while allowing the flexibility of the calendar within that timeframe up to the local jurisdiction.”

Atlantic General Reports Mild Flu Season Thus Far

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BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

BERLIN – Despite regional activity, hospital officials in Worcester County are reporting a mild flu season.

With the 2018-2019 flu season well underway, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated in its latest report between 6 million and 7 million people have been sick with the flu this year and between 69,000 and 84,000 people have been hospitalized for their illnesses.

And statewide, the Maryland Department of Health is reporting regional flu activity and a moderate intensity level.

But health officials at Atlantic General Hospital say they are seeing a relatively mild flu season thus far.

Nicole Morris, infection prevention manager, said 62 patients tested positive for flu this season and two were admitted to the hospital.

“The predominant flu virus this year is H1N1 and the flu vaccine is covering the primary flu [Type] A we are seeing …,” she said. “To date, we haven’t seen a ton of flu activity locally.”

Morris attributed the severity of last year’s flu season – during which the CDC estimated more than 80,000 flurelated deaths – for encouraging more people to get a flu vaccine this year.

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To date, the hospital has administered 3,500 flu vaccines.

“Because last year was such a bad flu season, I think more people came out to our clinics this year,” she said, “more so than in previous years.”

Morris noted this year’s vaccine protects against four different strains of the flu and added that people ages 65 and older have the option of receiving a stronger dose.

“Those that got vaccinated hopefully will get through the season,” she said. “The number one way to prevent the flu is to get the flu vaccine.”

While reports look promising, Morris said Worcester County may not be out of the woods just yet. She noted the CDC predicts a biphasic, or twopeak, flu season and the hospital has

yet to see any indication of the first.

“We aren’t even on flu precautions when it comes to visitations at this point,” she said. “It has not hit us locally yet even though it’s in the state of Maryland. But I’m sure it’s coming our way.”

The CDC noted the number of states reporting widespread flu activity increased from 24 to 30 last week, and Morris added that Delaware was one of them.

“Delaware seems to be getting hit a little bit harder right now, but you know where we live,” she said. “It may be lurking around the corner.”

The CDC expects flu activity to continue for weeks and officials with the Worcester County Health Department encourage the public to take precau-

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tionary measures.

“The best protection available against the flu is getting a flu vaccine,” said Travis Brown, the health department’s public information officer. “It is not too late to receive a vaccine for this year. Residents who are interested should contact us at 410-6321100 for more information.”

Brown added that people can also practice good health habits.

“Members of the public should also be proactive with good health habits to reduce their risk of catching the flu,” he said. “Good health habits include washing your hands, covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze, staying home while you are sick, and avoiding close contact with sick individuals.”

More Frustrations Expressed Over New Radio System

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners again voiced frustration with the county’s new radio system this week.

A representative of Federal Engineering, the company hired to assess the new public safety radio system installed by Harris Corporation, presented the commissioners with a report Tuesday. The recommendations included in it resulted in the commissioners again

expressing concern with the actions of Harris Corporation. No one from the company was present for Tuesday’s presentation.

“They ought to be in the room,” Commissioner Chip Bertino said.

The county hired Federal Engineering in August to analyze coverage and interference problems plaguing the county’s new Harris P25 radio system.

Harris was hired in 2015 to handle the $5 million project.

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that after reviewing the system his company recommended the county install a new antenna to increase coverage capability. He said the county should also establish a comprehensive problem-reporting system among radio users so more information (such as location, radio type, etc.) will be available in future when problems are experienced.

When asked how much the proposed antenna would cost, Nelson said Harris Corporation would need to be involved in that project.

Bertino asked why that hadn’t been part of the company’s responsibility in the first place.

“They had to pass a certain level of performance, which they did,” Nelson said, adding that the company had met the 95 percent coverage target.

Staff said some of the coverage issues related to the fire station in Newark and the Worcester County Developmental Center. Bertino said Harris Corporation should have known about those buildings from the start.

“They did but we did not build the contract, or the proposal, in such a way that they had to guarantee coverage in every single building,” said James Hamilton.

Bertino maintained that Harris should have representatives present for the discussion. Commissioner Joe

Mitrecic agreed.

“It keeps costing and costing and costing and it’s going to keep costing and costing and costing,” he said.

Bertino said there were still areas where coverage was substandard.

“I don’t think we want any of our first responders, our EMS, anybody, to be put in jeopardy because we have lapses in our system,” Bertino said.

Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Kelly Shannahan reminded the commissioners that the system only had a 95 percent coverage rate.

“The system is not perfect but it was not designed to be perfect …,” Shannahan said. “In order for us to provide 100 percent coverage would have cost millions and millions of dollars more than what we paid.”

He said the system met its requirements but that there were tweaks, such as the proposed antenna, that could improve it.

“I’ve never actually seen a vendor promise 100 percent,” Nelson said.

Bertino maintained that the Worcester County Developmental Center was a location without coverage and that was a problem.

Nelson said he was happy to return with representatives from Harris Corporation to continue the discussion regarding the system and potential improvements.

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Tighter Special Event Zone Eyed

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

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OCEAN CITY – While no new bills have yet been introduced in the current General Assembly session, resort officials are looking to add more teeth in the special event zone legislation approved by state lawmakers last year.

For several years, Ocean City has been exploring ways to combat some of the illicit and reckless activity on roadways during vehicular special events. Out of those early discussions was born a desire to create a special event zone during specified sanctioned and unsanctioned motorized events, which required the approval of the General Assembly.

Last year, then-Sen. Jim Mathias and then-Delegate Mary Beth Caroz-za cross-filed pair of bills aimed at creating a special event zone on roadways throughout Ocean City during the spring and fall motorized events and the bills breezed through their respective chambers and were ultimately signed into law by Gov. Larry Hogan.

As a result, special event zones were implemented during most motorized event weekends. Among other things, speed limits were reduced on most roadways in Ocean City, resulting in significantly higher fines for offenders.

However, the legislation approved last year excluded some of the more onerous violations such as reckless and negligent driving, for example.

Satisfied with just getting something through Annapolis in the first year, resort officials vowed to return this year with a request for new legislation with enhanced penalties.

No new legislation has yet been introduced although it is expected at any time. The issue was broached last week during an Ocean City Police Commission meeting and was brought up again during Tuesday’s Mayor and Council meeting. Councilman Mark Paddack said he reviewed the committee meeting minutes and was pleased to see a desire to increase the fines for speeding in the special event zone, but questioned if enhanced penalties for some of the other egregious violations would be included in the pending legislation this session.

“Let’s talk about the special event zone legislation,” he said. “The only mention I see here is asking to increase the fine for speeding up to $1,000 from where it is now at $540 or $575,” he said. “Was there any discussion on the real problems with motorized special events including spinning wheels, excessive noise, bus lane violations, following too closely, negligent driving and reckless driving?”

Paddack said he has heard from the community those other violations and not speeding were causing the most heartburn.

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“Those are the big issues my constituents have screamed about, not so much the speeding because there are so many vehicles in town they really can’t get up to a high speed unless they get out on Route 90 or Route 50,” he said. “It’s this other core of traffic violations that is irritating the crap out of the public. Why can’t we get those violations into this law? These other violations are the ones, quite frankly, that are annoying the public.”

Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Chief Ross Buzzuro said all of those violations were being explored with the proposed new legislation.

“Things like negligent driving, reckless driving and the spinning of tires, for example, are being included for the General Assembly to look at,” he said.

“Obviously, this is being done in several stages. As we prepare to go to Annapolis, hopefully these things will all be included.”

Mayor Rick Meehan agreed those other violations would be explored in legislation being prepared by Carozza and Hartman.

“If you look at the packet I sent to Senator Carozza and Delegate Hartman, you’ll see it includes negligent driving, reckless driving, speed contests and the like,” he said. “It’s all in there. They are working on the legislation now.”

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commissioners Want to add rental license requirement

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

SNOW HILL – Officials agreed to update Worcester County’s zoning code and explore rental licensing requirements this week.

As the popularity of services such as Airbnb grows, the Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday voted 5-1 to have staff update the county’s zoning code in order to establish rental license requirements.

“This is a revenue generator the county needs to move towards,” Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said.

At the request of the commissioners, Director of Development Review and Permitting Ed Tudor and Finance Officer Phil Thompson reviewed room tax and rental licensing programs in Talbot County and Ocean City. Tudor outlined how Talbot County had purchased a software program to man-

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age and identify short-term rentals.

Thompson talked about Ocean City’s letter-writing campaign to inform all property owners who were leasing their homes – particularly those who did so via online sites such as Airbnb – they were required to be licensed.

“There’s no question the online portals are very much becoming a factor in the marketplace there,” he said.

Thompson said that if the county was interested in identifying people who were offering short-term rentals, it first had to have an up-to-date code.

“When we start going after the violators, if you will, that definitely gets into us having adequate code in place and us having the proverbial hammer to go after someone who’s violating the rules,” he said.

Tudor agreed and said the county’s current code was a mess, as it didn’t even include a rental license. Furthermore, the code currently doesn’t allow

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“If you look at any of these Airbnb or any of these other sites most of them they’re advertising are a single bedroom perhaps with two double beds,” he said. “You couldn’t even have it under zoning so you’d be removing those if you don’t update the zoning ordinance…If we were to enforce what’s on the books today I don’t know we’d really be getting anywhere.”

Mitrecic made a motion to have staff move forward with cleaning up the code in order allow for rental permits.

He said he’d been asked recently why a citizen should have to have a rental license to rent their house.

“When you have a single-family home that has a couple or a couple with two kids or whatever living in it, it creates certain problems that we are equipped for, for a single-family home,” he said. “If you put two families of vacationing rental

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people in there for a week, it changes those activities … it puts stress on our police, possibly on fire EMS, certainly more traffic on our roads, more solid waste, more water, wastewater.”

He added that if someone was earning income from renting their home, they should be paying the state sales tax.

“Which we have no way of knowing one way or the other so the state’s actually losing money on that also,” he said.

Mitrecic said the commissioners had just approved more than $40 million in spending for a new school and other projects and was also facing rising post-employment benefit costs. He indicated Chief Administrative Officer Harold Higgins needed an increase in revenue to address rising expenses.

“Harold’s not printing money and he doesn’t have a change jar,” Mitrecic said. “We’re going to have to find some money and this is a possibility for us to increase revenue.”

Commissioner Jim Bunting said he’d had doubts about the impact of shortterm rentals until he’d looked online.

“I think this is an important issue and I support the motion,” he said.

Commissioner Chip Bertino, however, objected to the creation of a rental license.

“I think that yet again we’re trying to reach into people’s pockets and I don’t really buy the justification that we’re going to get all this money out of it,” he said. “Ocean City’s already doing it, that’s fine, that’s within their jurisdiction to do it, but I don’t think the county ought to be doing it.”

He said the county shouldn’t be sending staff to private residences.

“If a homeowner wants to rent his house for a weekend for some reason I don’t think it’s any of the county’s business to do that, to get involved in that or to charge them for it,” Bertino said. “What are they getting for their license? Regardless if it costs $1 or $75 what are they getting? The opportunity to do what they should be able to do with their own house anyway? I have real problems with it. I’m not going to support this at all because I don’t think that the problem’s there that’s been portrayed.”

Commissioner Bud Church, who represents West Ocean City, expressed support for Mitrecic’s motion. He said during the summer he’d get calls from people who had rented their home to eight people and found 25 people staying there.

“Contrary to what my friend Chip Bertino said, there needs to be some enforcement and right now there isn’t any enforcement,” Church said. “If they were licensed, there would be some enforcement action that could be taken against them. There would be some accountability. We would know where those properties were.”

He acknowledged that some property owners would object to having to purchase a license.

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Police Computer System Hit With Ransomware Attack

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BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

SALISBURY – Officials with the Salisbury Police Department this week revealed a ransomware attack had compromised its computer network earlier this month.

In a briefing held on Wednesday, Capt. Rich Kaiser of the Salisbury Police Department (SPD) said the agency will be fully operational by the end of this week after a ransomware attack on Jan. 9 had impacted its computer system.

In layman’s terms, ransomware causes files in a network to be compromised, encrypted or locked. In most cases, the attacker requires a ransomware payment in exchange for a keycode to unlock the encrypted file.

“In our case, the attacker requested an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency in return for the keycode,” Kaiser said. “There were some negotiations that took place after the attack, but the negotiations quickly disintegrated.”

Kaiser explained the department did not lose any system data, crime data or file server data as documents were stored in intricate backup systems. However, some data remains inaccessible because of the encryption.

“We are working to recreate this data from the original sources we did have on hand,” he said. “There is no evidence of any of this data being stolen or downloaded.”

Kaiser noted attackers have attempted to compromise the department’s system four times in the past five years. Unlike the three prior attempts, in which the attacks were quickly identified and stopped before any damage was done, he said this month’s incident was “completely different.”

“This can be characterized as the

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FROM PAGE 12 but there has to be some accountability and I think that addresses that issue,” he said. “I’m very much in favor of this.”

Commissioner Josh Nordstrom said Bertino had raised a good point but that he thought rental licensing should still be explored.

“These Airbnbs, these private rentals, they compete with our hotels, they compete with these businesses who are here and pay their taxes and their licensing fees,” he said. “If it’s essentially the same as staying in a hotel or similar I think they ought to be subject to the same sort of laws that the hotels are.”

The commissioners voted 5-1, with Bertino opposed, to have staff update the zoning code and develop a framework for rental licensing. Commissioner Ted Elder abstained, citing the fact that he owns a rental property.

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worst computer network attack in SPD history,” he said. “It was completely different because the investigation revealed that the attacker made entry into our network through a software vendor that we have used for many, many years.”

Kaiser said the incident took place in the early morning hours of Jan. 9.

When employees arrived at work, they were unable to check emails, recent reports or analyze crime data. He noted the attack included the CAD system, records management system, email network, network servers and supplemental network systems.

“We have learned there have been similar attacks like this throughout our country and unfortunately we are not the only victim to this attack,” he said.

“The FBI has been working closely

with us in the hopes of identifying and apprehending the person or persons who are responsible for our attack as well as the recent attacks throughout our country.”

Kaiser said the department also worked closely with the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office and the Fruitland Police Department to run any necessary computer database checks for officers who were in the field at the time.

“These database checks include routine registration checks and wanted person checks through state and federal databases,” he said. “These particular databases were not compromised. We simply took them offline to eliminate any further corruption with the network.”

Kaiser said the department called the FBI for assistance when it deter-

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mined a ransomware attack had occurred. He noted critical systems were up and running by Jan. 11 and all supplemental systems were back online

by Jan. 14.

“What is important to realize here is our ability to receive and or respond to calls for service during that time period were not hampered whatsoever,” he said. “We simply shifted back to a paper reporting system for a short period of time.”

While officials expect the department to be fully operational by the end of the week, Kaiser asked for the community’s patience.

“Just to be clear, our data was encrypted and locked,” he reiterated.

“There is absolutely no evidence of police department data being stolen or downloaded during this attack.”

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Worcester Remains Opposed To Cell Tower On Pines Plant

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Balloon Testing Proposal Denied

BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

SNOW HILL – County officials reaffirmed their opposition to a cell tower at the Ocean Pines Wastewater Treatment Plant with a decision this week.

The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday denied a request from Verizon and Calvert Crossland LLC to perform a balloon test to illustrate the position of a cell tower proposed for the treatment plant. Several commissioners said they’d made their opposition to the tower clear last month when they voted not to approve the land lease with Calvert Crossland, a company that works with Verizon.

“I think we should stand by what we’ve already said,” Commissioner Chip Bertino said.

In early December, the commissioners voted against a proposed land lease agreement with Calvert Crossland that would have allowed for construction of a Verizon tower at the Ocean Pines Wastewater Treatment Plant. Bertino and Commissioner Jim Bunting said residents in the area didn’t want the tower built.

Nevertheless, the county’s attorney told the commissioners this week that Verizon and Calvert Crossland had contacted her seeking permission to conduct a balloon test to display the height of the proposed tower. They also wanted to host public meetings to answer questions from community members.

Bunting was quick to object.

“We’ve already voted not to put the tower on the county property,” he said.

Commissioner Ted Elder agreed and indicated the matter should only be reconsidered if area residents changed their position on the issue.

Commissioner Bud Church said the balloon test could help the community better understand the visual impact of a cell tower.

Bertino stressed that there were several concerns with the proposed cell tower, including the fact that it would give outsiders access to a county facility and that it would be situated less than 500 feet from a heavily residential area.

“There are plenty of other locations Verizon can look at,” he said.

Commissioner Diana Purnell, president of the board, reminded the commissioners they were considering a request for balloon testing, not the tower itself.

“The question here is not the tower,

it’s the balloon testing,” she said.

Bertino replied that there was no reason for a balloon test if the community didn’t want a cell tower.

Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said he would support the position of Bertino and Bunting, as they knew their constituents. He added, however, that officials should be wary of micro-towers, which he said were being used more and more by Verizon and could be installed just about anywhere.

Commissioner Josh Nordstrom said he didn’t see the harm in permitting the balloon test.

“It doesn’t obligate us to put a tower up but it will give the people of Ocean Pines some kind of real idea,” he said.

Nordstrom was the lone commissioner to vote against a motion to deny the request to conduct a balloon test.

Bunting added that whether Verizon wanted to host a public meeting was up to the company, as county approval wasn’t needed.

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WOC Brewery EDU Request OK’d Bond Approved For Boardwalk Work

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BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

SNOW HILL – County officials approved sewer capacity for a farm brewery on Route 611 but only after imposing a variety of conditions on the project.

The Worcester County Commissioners this week voted unanimously to approve a request for six EDUs (equivalent dwelling units) for Assateague Island Farm LLC. Property owner Paul Carlotta plans to add a 6,450-square-foot brewery and restaurant to his existing Route 611 roadside stand.

Though commissioners expressed some concern about the various conditions staff recommended go along with the approval, in the end they approved the request with the added requirements. Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Kelly Shannahan said the conditions would ensure the Mystic Harbour Sanitary Service Area wasn’t negatively impacted by the project.

“We want to be sure that brewery waste is never introduced into our system,” he said.

According to Shannahan, the county’s sewer committee reviewed Carlotta’s request for six EDUs and had a variety of concerns. According to the committee, brewery waste has been reported to be 30 to 50 times

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the strength of domestic waste and could jeopardize operations at the wastewater treatment plant. Because of that, Carlotta plans to use wastewater from the brewery for agricultural irrigation. Public water supply would go to the roadside stand and restaurant.

To ensure the county’s treatment plant wasn’t impacted by the brewery, the sewer committee recommended Carlotta comply with 11 conditions if he were to receive EDU approval.

Among the conditions are the requirement that Carlotta have a subdivision plat to separate the proposed brewery from the roadside stand as well as the requirement that a wastewater holding tank be installed for times when wastewater can’t be used for irrigation. He’ll also have to get approval from the Maryland Department of the Environment for the land application of food processing wastewater, among other things.

Commissioners Jim Bunting and Bud Church questioned the need for the array of conditions. Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said he recalled that a brewery in Ocean City had faced similar requirements.

The commissioners voted to approve the request with the accompanying conditions though they extended the associated deadline to Dec. 31, 2020, rather than Dec. 31, 2019.

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

OCEAN CITY – Resort officials this week approved an ordinance authorizing the sale of a $2.5 million revenue bond to finance the next phase of the Boardwalk access control project.

While a final decision on the contractor and successful bidder for the project has not yet been made, the ordinance approved on Tuesday allows for the sale of a bond at a low interest rate up to $2.5 million. It remains possible the project could come in under that estimate once the successful bidder is chosen and the final design is approved.

To address concerns about access points where an ill-intending vehicle could reach the Boardwalk and crowds, the Ocean City Mayor and Council two years ago began exploring a series of permanent and semi-permanent barrier systems from gated access points that would allow police, fire and emergency services to access the Boardwalk to heavy planters, bollards and other barriers.

The first phase was completed before the start of last summer as a stopgap measure of sorts to ensure something was in place after several serious examples of terrorists and mentally ill individuals driving vehicles into congested areas.

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The first phase was admittedly not aesthetically pleasing, but served its purpose until the larger, more permanent second phase is installed. With the approval of the bond sale on Tuesday, the funding is in place for that second phase to begin.

Councilman Mark Paddack said the second phase was originally approved at $1.9 million and questioned how the bond sale got to the $2.5 million mark.

City Manager Doug Miller said the $2.5 million covers the engineering cost for the project, which was forward-funded by the town. Councilman Matt James asked if that engineering expense would be recouped.

“We had to forward-fund the engineering on this,” he said. “Will we be paying ourselves back?”

Miller explained that was a possibility still to be discussed. Paddack asked if other funding options had been discussed.

“Have we considered tapping our reserve funds to pay for this?” he said.

“That could offset our debt for this project.”

Miller explained the favorable lending climate made the bond sale the best option, according to Finance Director Chuck Bireley.

“Chuck advised against that,” he said. “The interest rates are just so good right now.”

Paramedic Foundation Presents $99K Grant To OCFD

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BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

OCEAN CITY – A $99,000 contribution to the Ocean City Fire Department will allow paramedics to improve their skills using new training equipment.

This month, the Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD) received a $99,000 grant from the Ocean City Paramedic Foundation to purchase equipment and attend training courses.

Officials with the OCFD said the foundation contributed $36,000 toward the purchase of the Gaumard Scientific Advanced Patient Simulator (HAL), a $76,000 device that will allow the department to provide realistic simulation training.

“HAL allows us to perform a number of skills such as monitoring cardiac rhythm, insertion of intravenous lines, endotracheal tubes, and monitoring of routine vital signs like blood pressure, breath sounds, pulse, and end tidal carbon dioxide,” OCFD Assistant Chief Eric Peterson said in a statement.

“HAL is completely wireless, has a drug recognition system and runs on a very user-friendly interface allowing us to get the most lifelike training possible at our disposal at any time.”

In addition to HAL, the foundation’s contribution of $33,000 enabled the department to purchase three mechanical chest compression systems – called LUCAS III – which can be used on adult cardiac arrest patients.

The remainder of the grant will be used for personnel training, including the EMS Today Conference, the Fire Department Training Network, and an Advanced Airway Anatomy course.

“The Paramedic Foundation’s donation not only gives us state-of-theart equipment to train with, but it allows us to attend national training courses to assure we’re the most prepared to do our jobs,” Peterson added.

Since 1980, the Ocean City Paramedic Foundation has supplied supplemental funding to Ocean City paramedics for the furthering of their education and the purchase of equipment that may not have been provided for in the annual budget. According to its website, the foundation has contributed more than $800,000 to this effort.

Nancy Howard, board secretary for the Ocean City Paramedic Foundation, said requests are vetted by members of the nonprofit each year. She said this year’s contribution will allow paramedics to hone their skills.

“With technology being what it is, this is the latest way for them to be proficient in their skills,” she said. “The prices of things have gone up over the years, but the paramedics are always thoughtful with what they are asking. They are not frivolous with their requests.”

Howard added the new devices and training courses will ultimately benefit the town’s residents and visitors.

“We have 300,000 visitors in the summer months and if there is a mas-

Pictured, from left, are OCFD Deputy Chief Chris Shaffer, Ocean City Paramedic Foundation Board members Buck Mann and Nancy Howard and City Manager Doug Miller.

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sive accident or something they are going to need all the help they can get,” she said. “We want to do all we can to help them.”

The Ocean City Paramedic Founda-

tion, a nonprofit, non-stock, charitable corporation, was formed in 1980 after a small committee conducted a successful fundraising effort on behalf of the Holly Center in Salisbury. After realizing the

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group’s potential, and the need to support local paramedics, members spent the next 18 years hosting “The Ocean City Character of the Year Party,” the foundation’s main source of income.

According to the foundation’s website, Past President Albert Krebs was instrumental in forming the perpetual fund, which receives 50 percent of fundraising activities and the other 50 percent being made available for immediate use. The interest from the perpetual fund can also be used when requested by EMS. Along with the recent donation, the Ocean City Paramedic Foundation’s Robert T. Adkins Memorial Scholarship provides financial assistance for educational purposes to those wishing to enter the field of Emergency Medical Services. To learn more, visit: https://ocpf.org.

Funds Approved For North OC Park Redevelopment

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

OCEAN CITY – A north-end public park will retain its long-time outdoor racquetball court as resort officials this week approved the roughly $82,000 expenditure to keep it.

During a meeting last week, Recreation and Parks Committee members got an overview on the progress of the redevelopment of Gorman Park in the north end near 136th Street. The intent of the project is to correct some chronic flooding issues while reconfiguring the existing tennis courts to allow for a growingly popular pickleball court and preserving the three-sided cinderblock racquetball court among other features.

The project is largely being funded by a $115,000 grant from the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

However, higher than expected bids and rising construction costs caused many elements of the park redevelopment plan to reach or exceed the DNR’s $115,000 grant before the preservation of the racquetball court could be addressed, leaving that element in jeopardy.

During last week’s committee meeting, City Engineer Terry McGean said he had rebid the racquetball project and brought the cost down to $82,000 with a potential to lower the cost more if the court’s block walls were lowered or not

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extended as far. Recreation and Parks Director Susan Petito said she learned through conversations with DNR officials the grant was not in jeopardy if the racquetball court was not included.

At Tuesday’s Mayor and Council meeting, Councilman Mark Paddack presented the committee minutes and explained some of the issues regarding the DNR grant and the racquetball court at Gorman Park.

“The project came in considerably higher than the estimate,” he said.

“We’ve learned it won’t necessarily impact this grant, but it could put future

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grants from the DNR in peril. We’ve also learned from Susan Petito that there is funding available from a different source and the recommendation from the committee was to approve the expenditure.”

For her part, Petito explained while the racquetball court did not fit into the grant funding formula, there was sufficient funding from a different source to cover the cost.

“We have left-over funding from another roofing project and other projects earmarked for recreation,” she said. “There is $127,000 earmarked

for recreation projects, so there is more than enough to cover this, but we’re hoping it comes in under $82,000.”

With three councilmembers absent on Tuesday, a question arose about the urgency for the request. Petito explained the sooner the better.

“We do want to get this started because we want to complete it by the start of summer,” she said. “We do have another DNR grant out there and this could impact that.”

With that said, the council voted 40 to approve the expenditure.

“I thought it would be a good gesture,” Church said.

He told his peers there were 37 U.S. Coast Guard members at the station in Ocean City and that they weren’t being paid or fed during the government shutdown, which has now lasted more than a month.

“A friend of mine who served in the United States Coast Guard, Mr. Bob Jester, called me several days ago,” Church said. “He’s been contacting restaurants, civic groups, different organizations, to raise awareness of the fact that these Coast Guardsmen are not being paid and not being fed.”

Church said a variety of local restaurants had provided the Coast Guard personnel with meals while several civic organizations had made donations to help pay for food. He suggested the county provide $20 toward each of the 37 personnel at the Ocean City station.

His fellow commissioners agreed and instructed staff to make the donation. When Chief Administrative Officer Harold Higgins pointed out it was an overexpenditure, the commissioners advised him to find funding within the current budget to cover the donation.

County Commits Funds For Coast Guard Meals

BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

SNOW HILL – As the government shutdown continues, county officials agreed to provide some meal funding to local Coast Guard personnel.

At the close of Tuesday’s meeting, the Worcester County Commissioners agreed to donate $740 to help fund meals for local Coast Guard personnel. The request came at the suggestion of Commissioner Bud Church, who said he’d been contacted by a local resident who apprised him of the situation.

Relief Near For Some On Flood Insurance?

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s continued work on a hazard mitigation plan could result in significant savings on flood insurance policies for property owners in high-risk areas.

For well over a year, Planning and Community Development Director Bill Neville and his staff have been working on a state-mandated hazard mitigation plan for at-risk areas prone to flooding during major weather events.

Neville presented to the Mayor and Council a progress report last week on the plan, most of which was scheduled to be completed in a five-year cycle.

However, Neville reported significant progress has been made already a year or so into the project.

“Almost all of the action items have been completed or are in progress,” he said. “They will provide a significant flood insurance reduction for most high-risk properties.”

Participation in the Community Rating System makes coastal communities such as Ocean City eligible for significant reductions on mandated flood insurance premiums for properties in high-risk areas and already the resort is seeing the fruits of that labor.

With the progress completed already, Ocean City has achieved a CRS rating of Class 6, which provides a potential reduction in flood insurance premiums of nearly $1.5 million, or an average of $57 per policy for property owners.

“The Town of Ocean City is continuing to make great progress on completing projects that prevent storm damage, provide property protection, increase public awareness of risks, enhance natural environmental protection and maintain emergency services,” said Neville. “We ranked them by priority and all of the high-priority items are being worked on and many are complete. We will continue to work down the list.”

Neville explained the hazard mitigation plan is a work in progress and can be adjusted and adapted as needed after a significant weather event or hazard risk.

“After a major weather event, we prepare an action report,” he said. “If there is something we need to change, we can do that. Basically, this is on a five-year cycle, but in between we make reports on progress.”

Councilman Dennis Dare praised Neville and his staff for the early progress on the hazard mitigation plan.

“It’s a great program,” he said. “To get that down by $57 per property owner is pretty remarkable. We need to thank Bill and his staff for that.”

Neville said Ocean City is out in front of many other communities developing their own plans.

“Ocean City is on the leading edge with this,” he said. “Other communities are using our model because we’re doing the right things.”

AGH Campaign Donation: AGH Campaign Donation: The Stansells are recognized as “Life Partners” for

their generous donation of $100,000 to the Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) Campaign for the Future. The funds are designated to “The Walter “Macky” and Pam Stansell Family Center,” an area that will be created during the modernization of the hospital’s inpatient care area on the second floor where care transition counseling will take place. Pictured, from left, are Toni Keiser, vice president of public relations at AGH; Michael Franklin, president and CEO of AGH; Pam and Macky Stansell, co-owners of Macky’s Bayside Bar & Grill; Michelle Fager, AGH Campaign for the Future co-chair; and Todd Ferrante, chair of the AGH Foundation.

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Annual Shared Visions Exhibit Returns To Ocean City

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January 25, 2019

BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

OCEAN CITY – Local writers joined with visual artists this week to read prose and poetry inspired by work on display at the Ocean City Center for the Arts.

On Tuesday, members of the Ocean City Writers Group and artists from the community came together for the sixth annual Shared Visions exhibit at the Ocean City Center for the Arts.

The yearly events began in 2013, after officials from the center and the Ocean City branch of the Worcester County Library met to discuss a collaborative event among writers and artists.

That meeting ultimately paved the way for the annual Shared Visions art show, in which artists and writers inspire each other’s work.

This year, artists submitted their work and writers then created a piece of prose or poetry to accompany them.

“Every year we switch,” said writers group facilitator Ruth Alcorn. “Sometimes the artists go first, and the writers reflect and sometimes the writers

Members of the Ocean City Writers Group are pictured at Tuesday’s Shared Visions exhibit at the Ocean City Center for the Arts.

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go first, and the artists reflect.”

At this year’s show, 30 artists submitted works that 18 writers interpreted through their commentary.

Visual art featured this year incorporated sculpture, oil paintings, photography, fabric and more.

“What’s interesting is it’s a reflection,” Alcorn said. “It’s not going to pinpoint what the artist was trying to achieve, but it’s what the writer was inspired to write.”

Writer Pat Black, who has participated in Shared Visions since its inception, said her pieces, “My Mother’s Vase” and “My Witness Tree,” were inspired by artwork from Beverly Andrion and Bob Weston.

“I find the event immensely interesting because you write something the artist may not see,” she said. “It’s like an aha moment for them.”

Writer Bonnie Hiewsky said she joined the group and its Shared Vi-

sions event six years ago. She said it was a natural transition after years of writing poetry.

“It’s a lot of fun because what you see and what you write, someone might see something completely different,” she said.

Hiewsky noted that Shared Visions has taught her the value of visual arts.

“It made me appreciate art more,” she said.

Writer Susan Rosskopf, who also has pieces of artwork on display at the Center for the Arts, said she joined the writers group to develop her writing.

“I like it because you get feedback on your writing,” she said, “but it’s kind.”

Rosskopf also praised the Shared Visions art show.

“I would encourage anyone to try it,” she said.

Alcorn said the Shared Visions event provides an opportunity for the writers and artists to learn from each other.

“Each time we do this we are getting closer to the artists …,” she said.

“We’ve just learned a lot and the bond has strengthened.”

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

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OCEAN CITY – A bill introduced in the General Assembly last week could revert ownership of islands in the coastal bays watershed to the state for conservation purposes.

House Bill 54 was introduced last week at the request of the chair of the House Environment and Transportation Committee. If approved, the bill would transfer authority of any lands formed in the coastal bays in Worcester County by depositing material dredged from the Ocean City Inlet or other navigational channels in and around the resort area to the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

When the federal Army Corps of Engineers dredged the navigation channels around the resort a few years back, roughly 400,000 cubic yards of sand and dredged material was dedicated to restoring some of the islands in the coastal bays that hadn’t been seen on charts since the

1930s, including a roughly four-acre spit now known as Tern Island.

Restoring the islands accomplished the dual goals of finding a home for the tons of material dredged from the Inlet and the navigation channels, for example, while creating crucial habitat for endangered colonial nesting birds in the coastal bays. However, the relatively new islands became no man’s lands of sorts with access and use often called into question.

A conflict of interest quickly arose at Tern Island, for example, when hundreds of recreational boaters flocked to the newly created sandy spit, dropped anchor and waded ashore. At one point, Tern Island’s legacy as a retreat for legions of weekend recreational boaters was solidified when an American flag was installed on it.

With ownership of and public access to the sandy islands in question, Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) often looked the other way, uncertain of their enforcement authority.

House Bill 54, introduced last week, would codify the authority of the DNR

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to own and maintain the sensitive islands, essentially cutting them off from use by the boating public.

“Any island created or formed within he confines of Sinepuxent, Isle of Wight or Chincoteague Bay by the dumping or depositing of excavated material from dredging or any other artificial means employed by the state or the United States or both during the construction or maintenance of the Ocean City Inlet and the channel in the bays are natural resources of the state and title to them is retained for the use

of the department,” the bill reads.

However, a clause in the bill would leave the sandy islands in the coastal bays available to some segments of the public on a limited basis.

“The department may use the land for conservation purposes in the manner and under the regulations the department deems in the best interest of the state,” the bill reads. “However, any person who may lawfully hunt or fish in Worcester County may hunt or fish on these lands during the open season for hunting or fishing.”

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“We have a lot of people from the community come in and support it.”

Alcorn added the Shared Visions event offers a unique opportunity for the community.

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OCEAN PINES – Members of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors are discussing the possibility of implementing fines to encourage residents to comply with association restrictions.

Director Ted Moroney told the board at a meeting this month that the Ocean Pines Architectural Review Committee (ARC) recommended that the association implement a system of fines to levy when violations occurred. The ARC also believes the current staff that monitors such things – one full-time and one part-time employee – be increased to two full-time

employees.

“I wanted to bring it up so it was part of the budget discussions going forward,” Moroney said.

He said the ARC suggested a system of fines, the amount of which could be set by the board, to deter residents from violating community restrictions. Moroney acknowledged that such a change would require changes to the association’s governing documents, the declarations of restrictions.

The declarations, commonly referred to as the DRs, differ in each of Ocean Pines’ 18 sections.

Moroney said the ARC also believed two full-time employees, one of whom could work on Saturdays, would reduce violations.

“Many violations take place on weekends,” Moroney said.

Director Slobodan Trendic said he’d want the general manager’s feedback before the board pursued implementing either of the recommended changes.

Director Frank Daly said that during his time in the community, he’d watched the board spend countless hours discussing menial violations because restrictions couldn’t be enforced.

“I think it’s time to crap or get off the pot,” he said, adding that community members either needed to live with the violations or give the association the tools to solve the problem.

Doug Parks, president of the board, said the concept of altering the DRs to allow for fines was something the board could explore. He said at one time a “master DR” that would apply to

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all of Ocean Pines had been discussed.

“It may warrant some additional discussion,” he said. “I see some benefit in making everything consistent across all the DRs.” Trendic pointed out that process could be costly and suggested the board reach out to relevant committees as well as legal counsel to get their input.

Community resident Joe Reynolds offered caution, however.

“The idea of changing the DRs to one common DR is an interesting thought but it’s a nonstarter,” he said.

“Believe me you’re going to waste a lot of time, effort and money.”

Reynolds said such a change would require approval from each section of Ocean Pines. He suggested the process could become messy, as some sections might approve the change and some might not.

Furthermore, any member of the association can push for a change to the DRs at any time. If they get support from more than 50 percent of section residents, they can file that change.

“We have so many things in this community that need attention, I think maybe you ought to put your time into those,” Reynolds said.

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Charges Filed In WOC Crash WEST OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man was charged with driving while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance after an early-morning collision on Route 611 in West Ocean City last Wednesday.

Around 8:15 a.m. last Wednesday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a reported motor vehicle collision on southbound Route 611 near Sunset Avenue. The preliminary investigation along with witness statements revealed a 2011 Chevy pickup, operated by Tyler Bollinger, 27, of Ocean City, rear-ended a 2018 Ford SUV operated by David Behr.

According to police reports, Bollinger suffered injuries and was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center by Ocean City EMS. Behr also sustained injuries and was transported to PRMC. Prior to Bollinger’s transport to PRMC, a pill bottle containing suboxone was found in his vehicle. According to police reports, Bollinger told police he had a prescription for the suboxone and that he had taken the pills prior to the collision.

Another pill bottle containing a mixture of unknown pills was also found in the vehicle. Bollinger was charged with driving while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance, driving a vehicle while so far impaired by drugs that he could not safely operate a vehicle and negligent driving.

Weapons, Fleeing Arrest OCEAN CITY – A Willards man was charged with weapons violations, fleeing police and other charges last weekend after an incident that began with allegedly threatening a woman at an uptown mall parking lot.

Around 11:15 p.m. last Friday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to the Gold Coast Mall for a reported suspicious vehicle. OCPD Communications advised the officer a woman had been parked in the mall parking lot when she was approached by a man driving a white truck. The victim told police she became terrified when the man began screaming at her.

The victim provided a description of the suspect and the vehicle, which she reported was last seen heading south on Coastal Highway. A short time later, OCPD officers located the vehicle parked diagonally across two parking spaces in

front of a bar at 94th Street. The investigation revealed the vehicle was owned

by Nelson Jenkins, 32, of Willards.

About a half an hour later, the OCPD officer observed the vehicle leaving the parking area, spinning wheels and raising a large cloud of smoke in the process. The vehicle then left the parking lot without stopping and drove west on Arctic Avenue. The OCPD officer followed and prepared to make a traffic stop.

According to police reports, the vehicle then turned into a private driveway and Jenkins exited and disappeared from sight. Other OCPD officers arrived to assist. One of the officers noted a large portion of a vinyl fence in the backyard to be broken. OCPD officers utilized a K-9 to track the suspect to no avail.

During an inspection of the vehicle, OCPD officers noted the butt of a rifle inside. OCPD officers gained entry to the vehicle and located a shotgun, a carrying case and a large amount of currency. A background check revealed Jenkins was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.

Jenkins was later located and charged with weapons violations, traffic violations and attempting to flee police by fleeing on foot.

Jail For Detergent Assault OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City man, charged in December with two counts of second-degree assault following two alleged incidents a week apart involving his live-in girlfriend, pleaded guilty this week and was sentenced to six months in jail.

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Upon arrival, the officer observed Craig Powell, 33, of Ocean City, and a female victim arguing at the top of the stairs.

Powell and the victim were separated by officers who got each party’s version of what had occurred.

According to police reports, the female victim told officers she and Powell were dating and lived together at the unit. The victim told police she works at a north-end hotel and text messages Powell when she leaves for work, when she takes her lunch break and when she is coming home, according to police reports.

The victim told police when she left for work, Powell was sleeping and she neglected to text him as she typically does. When she arrived home that night, Powell was reportedly angry that she had not texted him and an argument ensued. The victim told police she was in the kitchen and was pouring laundry detergent into a large plastic baggie when Powell came in and grabbed the bottle of liquid laundry detergent and poured it all over her. According to police reports, the victim told officers when she threw the bag of detergent at Powell, he allegedly hit her over the head two times with the bottle.

The victim told officers of an alleged separate domestic assault on her by Powell a week earlier on Nov. 28. The victim told police she had taken a shower and brushed her hair before exiting her bedroom. According to police reports, Powell was home and had several friends over and became angry because he did not want her to be seen by his friends.

Another argument ensued and Powell allegedly grabbed the victim by the hair at the base of her neck. According to police reports, the victim’s sister was

January 25, 2019 on hand and attempted to intervene in the physical altercation. The victim did not report the incident that night, but later completed a witness statement.

Based on the evidence and testimony, OCPD officers charged Powell with two counts of second-degree assault for the Nov. 28 and Dec. 7 incidents. On Wednesday, Powell pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree assault and was sentenced to six months in jail.

Probation For Selling Weed OCEAN CITY – One of two Cockeysville, Md., men arrested on drug distribution charges after selling marijuana to undercover Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to 18 months, all of which was suspended.

Around 6:15 p.m. last June 21, OCPD officers working an undercover narcotics buy-sell operation were parked in front of convenience store at 26th Street when a vehicle turned in and parked next to them. One of the occupants, later identified as Abner Gomez-Pineda, 20, of Cockeysville, got out and walked toward the front of the store.

The undercover OCPD officer approached Gomez-Pineda and engaged him in a conversation about purchasing marijuana, according to police reports.

Gomez-Pineda asked the officer how much he needed and the officer told the suspect he was seeking around three grams. Gomez-Pineda allegedly told the undercover officer he needed to check with his friend.

Abner Gomez-Pineda got back in the vehicle and conferred with his friend and returned a short time later. He handed the officer a baggie of suspected marijuana approximately three grams in weight. The officer offered $40 for the three grams, but Gomez-Pineda insisted the price was $50, which the officer paid and the transaction was completed.

An arrest signal was given and other officers came to the vehicle occupied by Gomez-Pineda. During a search of the vehicle, OCPD officers observed a jar of loose marijuana containing roughly 20 grams. GomezPineda was arrested for completing the marijuana transaction with the undercover officer. In addition, it was determined Gomez-Pineda was wanted on a warrant from Baltimore County for first- and second-degree assault and SEE NEXT PAGE

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Last week, Gomez-Pineda pleaded guilty to distribution of marijuana and was sentenced to 18 months, all of which was suspended. He was then placed on supervised probation for 18 months.

Hotel Ruckus Sentence OCEAN CITY – A Philadelphia woman, arrested in October on disorderly conduct and assault charges after allegedly causing a ruckus at a resort hotel and kicking a police officer during the arrest process, pleaded guilty last week to assault and was sentenced to six months, all of which was suspended.

Around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 11, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer responded to a north-end hotel to assist emergency services with a welfare check for an allegedly intoxicated female who had a cut on her face. The OCPD officers responded to the hotel unit and found Stephanie Guzman, 22, of Philadelphia, sitting in a chair and being attended to by EMTs for a cut on her face that was bleeding.

According to police reports, Guzman was hostile toward the EMTs treating her and was shouting and cursing and flailing her arms around.

The OCPD officer noted in the report Guzman was intoxicated and there were liquor and beer bottles throughout the hotel room. According to police reports, Guzman told the officer she was in Ocean City celebrating a friend’s birthday and that she had consumed a lot of alcohol. She also told police she got the cut on her face when her friends dropped her while attempting to carry her to the hotel room.

Guzman refused medical evaluation and refused to be transported to the hospital for further medical treatment. Despite other members of her group attempting to calm her down, Guzman continued to yell and shout, drawing the attention of other hotel guests. According to police reports, one hotel guest was overheard saying “get her out of here.”

At that point, Guzman got up and sprinted toward an open balcony door on the opposite side of the hotel room.

She was arrested at that point and charged with disorderly conduct. Guzman was handcuffed and forced to sit in a chair. At that time, Guzman continued shouting and allegedly spit on the OCPD officer. The spit, which landed on the officer’s arm, contained blood from her mouth injury, according to police reports.

When OCPD officers attempted to load Guzman into a transport vehicle in the hotel parking lot, she continued to resist, turned her body toward the officer and kicked him in the testicles, according to police reports. Last week, Guzman pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was sentenced to six months, all of which was suspended.

She was then placed on supervised probation for three years.

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Median Beatdown Plea OCEAN CITY – A Lusby, Md., man, arrested in October on assault charges after a fight with his friend in the median of Coastal Highway over cab fare, has plead guilty to assault and was placed on probation.

Around 2:50 a.m. on Oct. 28, an Ocean City Police Department officer patrolling in the area of 29th Street was alerted to a fight in progress.

Upon arrival, the OCPD officer observed a male victim lying on the median strip holding his face. The officer observed the victim’s face was covered in blood with lacerations on his forehead, nose, cheek and chin. There was also a pool of blood about five inches in diameter on the median.

The victim identified the suspect as Bradley Cady, 28 of Lusby, Md. and told police he was staying with Cady at a nearby hotel. The officer went to the hotel and located Cady, who reportedly told police he regretted what he had done. Cady told police he and the victim had shared a cab prior to the incident and that the victim had agreed in advance to pay the cab fare, which came to around $68.

Cady told police an argument ensued over the cab fare and escalated into a fight in the median on the highway. He admitted hitting the victim with a closed fist, but denied ever kicking him. However, the witness who called 911 told police he heard screaming and observed Cady hit the victim multiple times with a closed fist before kicking him while he was on the ground. Cady was ultimately arrested and charged with second-degree assault. Last week, Cady pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was placed on probation for one year.

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The officer noted in the report there was moderate traffic on Coastal Highway at the time. At one point, a vehicle approached Watson, braked suddenly and swerved to avoid hitting him before blowing its horn. However, the near-collision did not dissuade Watson from continuing to walk in the middle of the highway.

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The Worcester County Commissioners voted 6-1, with Commissioner Ted Elder opposed, to commit roughly $64,000 to the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) program. The commitment will ensure the county remains eligible for state funding toward easement acquisition.

“When we put this in, we get almost 2 to 1 return from the state on this money,” said Bob Mitchell, the county’s director of environmental programs.

According to Mitchell, the county needed to commit a minimum of $14,385.14 in matching funds for the purchases of easements in fiscal year 2019 and to remain certified through the MALPF program. As a certified county, Worcester is able to retain 75 percent of the agricultural transfer tax it collects. Otherwise, the county would be able to keep just 33 percent.

Though the minimum contribution was $14,385.14, Mitchell said staff recommended committing $64,385.14.

The additional $50,000 would come from the county’s $360,000 in encumbered funds.

Commissioner Josh Nordstrom, the board’s newest member, questioned the recommendation.

“Maybe I just don’t have the background here,” he said. “What are the pros and cons of this?”

Mitchell explained that with the additional funding, the county would likely be able to fund another easement each year.

“We have a priority preservation area as an amendment to our comprehensive plan,” he said. “Our goal acreage is 800 acres a year. We’ve been falling a little behind on that mostly because of the state not funding this program fully.”

By maintaining a healthy balance in the account, Mitchell said the county would be able to ensure funding was available whenever opportunities for easements arose.

Commissioner Jim Bunting pointed out the $50,000 being referenced was money the county already had from agricultural transfer tax collections.

“The $50,000 is money we have that has already been collected,” he said. “It would not be a burden on the taxpayers.”

Commissioner Ted Elder said that while it was funding the county already had, it had originally come from taxpayers. He asked if the land preservation process resulted in taxpayers being able to use the land.

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critical agricultural land,” Mitchell said.

Staff said the county currently had 8,000 acres protected through the MALPF program and 12,000 acres protected through a similar program.

Elder said that meant that the government controlled 30 percent of the county’s land.

“This is still in private ownership,” Mitchell replied. “You’re giving up your development rights.”

Elder said that if you paired the protected land with government-owned land, a large portion of the county was spoken for.

“The citizens of the county will never be able to use any of these lands for anything,” he said.

Mitchell said MALPF was designed to preserve farmland and promote functioning farms.

Elder argued, “This is a lot of money to be investing – a lot of government money, taxpayer money – into lands that can never be used by any of the people who are paying it.”

Elder added that people had to be “land rich” to even participate, as the minimum was 50 acres.

“It’s taxpayer money and it’s going to individuals who are land rich now that continues to own the land, continues to do the same thing they’ve done with the land, usually for three or four generations, and have no plans of doing anything different with the land for three or four generations, but basically gets six figure returns on this for absolutely nothing but signing a piece of paper,” he said.

Mitchell said he disagreed.

“You’re giving up your development rights,” he said. “Someone could come in and make a cul de sac here and build a development of homes.

Then you’ve segmented the land. You still could farm it but it’s not going to be the same as before. Before, you had a neighbor come right down and harvest the land, harvest all this land and come right down the lane. You can’t do that when you segment the farm. Breaking up the farm does away with our critical mass and our agriculture infrastructure.”

Elder maintained that the program benefited wealthy landowners. Commissioner Bud Church, however, spoke up in favor of it. He said he’d been selling real estate in Worcester County for 48 years and had seen a lot of farms go under contract.

“We’re not looking at this program as it is today,” he said. “We’re looking 40, 50, 60 years down the road when you don’t know what development will come in. If there’s an opportunity for us now to preserve a lot of our rural lands and protect them for future generations I’m all in favor of it.”

The commissioners voted 6-1, with Elder opposed, to approve the funding allocation.

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Around noon last Friday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers were dispatched to an uptown shopping center at 118th Street for a reportedly naked and disorderly male in the parking lot. An employee of a massage business had called police and reported the male, later identified as Willard Sharp, 65, of Ocean City, had been acting erratically and had taken off his clothes.

When OCPD officers arrived, they found Sharp sitting on a picnic table in front of a restaurant wearing a brown jacket but no pants, which were later found balled up on the ground near him. According to police reports, Sharp was facing the storefront window of the restaurant and had his hand moving around in his lap. There were around 20 customer vehicles parked in the immediate area when the officers arrived, according to police reports.

OCPD officers approached Sharp and instructed him to put his pants on, a task he struggled with, according to police reports. Once his pants were secured, Sharp was taken into custody.

Once Sharp was in custody, the officers noticed he had a red liquid running down his chin and the front of his shirt.

When the officers asked if Sharp was bleeding or if he had been drinking something red, Sharp reportedly admitted he had been drinking. According to police reports, there were five empty or partially filled red wine bottles in the garden near Sharp’s location along with an unopened red wine bottle in his jacket pocket.

OCPD officers interviewed the original complainant, who advised she had first noticed Sharp sleeping on the picnic table when she arrived for work around 9:45 a.m. The complainant said she recognized Sharp from previous attempts he had made at her business to get sexual favors during massages.

The witness told police around 11 a.m., she noticed Sharp was sitting up and moving around. It was about that time Sharp allegedly took his pants off and he reportedly stood in front of her business while exposed.

The witness said Sharp then squatted down and appeared to defecate near the restaurant adjacent to her business.

While Sharp was being taken into custody, he remained uncooperative and yelled at citizens passing by in the shopping center and demanded they come back and apologize to him. He was ultimately charged with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and littering.

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Swim Ocean City Event Founder Bar Bingo Event To Benefit Family Plans Support For Local Charities

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

BERLIN – Residents at Diakonia last week were treated to a rotisserie chicken dinner courtesy of Swim Ocean City, a local nonprofit.

But founder Corey Davis said Tuesday’s donation was just one of the organization’s many efforts to support local charities and families.

“I really want to give back to the community that helped me in my time of need,” he said.

After a motorcycle accident in 2007 left him with a traumatic brain injury, Davis worked diligently with the team from Johns Hopkins Brain and Stroke Rehabilitation Program to return to his previously active lifestyle. And in the years since his accident, he has competed in triathlons and long-distance swimming events.

“It’s been a long road,” he said, “but it’s been one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever been through.”

But Davis never forgot the program that helped him. In 2011, he founded Swim Ocean City – a nonprofit that raises funds for research and awareness of traumatic brain injuries and promotes the positive effects that sports have on the brain and body – and in July of 2013 he held the first annual Ocean

Games, a series of races that raises money for the Johns Hopkins Brain and Stroke Rehabilitation Program.

“The first year we had a one-mile swim, a three-mile swim and a ninemile swim and there were almost 250 people,” he said.

With a team of friends and community members by his side, Davis continues to host the annual event, albeit on a smaller scale. Since its debut in 2013, the Ocean Games has raised more than $130,000 for the Johns Hopkins program and local charities.

“The first year all the money went to Hopkins,” he said. “The second year a majority of it went to Hopkins.

The third year is when I started divvying it up a little more.”

Davis said money raised from the Ocean Games has supported Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services, the John H. “Jack” Burbage Jr. Regional Cancer Care Center and, most recently, Diakonia, a nonprofit that provides housing and support services.

“So many people locally helped me through the whole recovery process …,” he said. “I thought I could also help some people that needed it.”

Last Tuesday, Davis ordered 15 rotisserie chickens from Food Lion in West Ocean City and delivered them to Diakonia. He said he hopes to continue sup-

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WEST OCEAN CITY – Residents will gather next week for a special night of bar bingo at the Greene Turtle in West Ocean City for the benefit of a local kid battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Max Long and his family make frequent trips to Children’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., and the event next Thursday, Jan. 31, at the Greene Turtle in West Ocean City is just the latest in a series of events hosted by friends and family to help offset some of the costs associated with his lengthy and often expensive treatment.

Last year, the Stephen Decatur High School varsity baseball team hosted a “pass the hat” game during which over $1,700 was raised for

porting local charities and families in need through the Ocean Games events.

“I want to let the people know our efforts have been more local recently,” he said.

Davis noted that support from event sponsors and participants allow the nonprofit to continue its giving mission year-round. He said individuals can still sign up for this year’s Ocean Games.

“It really is a grassroots organization that helps the community,” he

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Max and the Long family. Next Thursday’s event will provide another opportunity for the local community to get out on a mid-winter night and help support one of its own while having a great time in the process.

The centerpiece of the event is the popular “Bingo with Blake” event hosted by local musician Blake Haley.

That segment of the event will feature a series of bingo games called by Haley with various prizes at stake.

However, the bingo is just part of the overall plan for the fundraiser.

The event will also feature a $10 donation at the door, which will afford attendees with a buffet of light appetizers, happy hour drink prices and a door prize ticket. There will also be a Chinese auction, a 50-50 raffle and a basket of hope including a beach cruiser bicycle raffle. The event will take place from 6-10 p.m.

said.

This year’s event will take place on July 20 and will feature three- and nine-mile open water swims, as well as a three-person team nine-mile relay.

For more information, visit www.oceangamesusa.org or the Ocean Games Facebook page or contact Corey Davis at corey@oceangamesusa.org. Applications are open until early July.

Turtle Celebrating 20 Years In West OC On Sunday

January 25, 2019

BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

WEST OCEAN CITY – When the Greene Turtle first opened at its West Ocean City location, owner Tommy Dickerson recalled the initial skepticism.

“When I first came out here, people thought I was nuts,” he said. “They asked ‘Why would you go so far outside Ocean City?’ But there was a lot of golf business out here and that precipitated the move.”

Dickerson and Steve Pappas purchased The Original Greene Turtle in north Ocean City in 1980. And by 1999, the sports bar had grown to include locations in Fells Point, Laurel, Edgewater and West Ocean City.

“This location opened in January of 1999 and has been here ever since,” Dickerson said.

For Dickerson, who now operates the West Ocean City location, the strategic move was a wise one.

“West Ocean City, I thought, was up and coming, maybe a little before the time,” he said. “But I would rather be here earlier than later. Now you can see how West Ocean City has grown.

There’s a lot of people out here now.”

While business has expanded over the course of 20 years, Dickerson said Greene Turtle West maintains the concept of being the neighborhood sports bar. He noted that customers will often see familiar faces, as many of his employees – including Nina Williams and managers Chad and Kelly Rogers – have been at the West Ocean City location for many of the 20 years.

“Nothing could be done without them,” he said.

But the community mentality does not stop there, Dickerson added. Like its flagship bar in north Ocean City, he said Greene Turtle West also lends its support to local youth sports teams and those in need.

“We’ve sponsored a lot of girls and boys teams, Steve and I both,” he said. “We’ve also held tournaments and do a lot of fundraisers for Stephen Decatur, Worcester Prep and a lot of individual people.”

Dickerson also noted efforts to support charitable organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the Worcester County Humane Society and Worcester County GOLD, which receives contributions through the annual “Hots for Tots” Chili Cookoff.

“We’ve raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for that over the years,” he said.

To celebrate two decades of business, and all of Greene Turtle’s achievements, community members are invited to a 20th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 27, from 1-7 p.m.

Dickerson said the celebration will be a tribute to Greene Turtle West’s year of establishment, with drinks from 1999, as well as reduced prices and live bands throughout the weekend.

“Our anniversary parties are big every year, but this one will be excep-

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tionally special,” he said. “We are trying to make a weekend deal out of it.”

On Sunday, DJ BK will be at the West Ocean City Greene Turtle from 17 p.m., accompanied by alumni guest bartenders, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, games and giveaways. Dickerson said the celebration is a way to thank the community.

“We want to give something back to the people who supported us over the years,” he said. “That’s why we do this, to celebrate 20 years of being here for the people and them being here for us.”

For more information on the 20th anniversary celebration, visit the West Ocean City Greene Turtle website or Facebook page or call 410-213-1500.

“I want to thank the people of the community for 20 years of patronage,” he said.

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“When I first came out here, people thought I was nuts,” said owner Tommy Dickerson of opening the restaurant and bar in West Ocean City in January of 1999.

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Regional Digest Winter Safety Reminder OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Fire Department this week is reminding residents and visitors of the dangers of frozen waterways.

While winter can be an exciting time of year for the outdoors type, a frozen body of water has inherent dangers which can occur regardless of how strong and thick the ice appears. The OCFD is reminding citizens ice on the bay, ponds, lakes and lagoons is unsafe.

“Each year hundreds of people are injured in ice water accidents,” said Ocean City Assistant Chief Eric Peterson. “Many think that because the body of water has been frozen for a few days, they can ‘skate’ or play on the ice. It is important to understand that even though the ice may look strong and safe, there is always the danger of falling through the ice and into frigid water.”

Parents are also encouraged to talk to their children about the dangers of ice.

“Walking and playing on ice is inviting and appears to be fun but it is important that children understand the dangers associated with playing on ice,” Peterson continued. “It’s important for children to know that there is no such thing as 100-percent safe ice. No ice is safe ice.”

Snowbirds In OC Next Week WEST OCEAN CITY – Two pilots from the Canadian Air Force Snowbirds Jet Team are scheduled to make an appearance at the Ocean City Municipal Airport next week in preparation for their participation in the O.C. Air Show next summer.

Captain Arpit Mahajan and Captain Robbie Hindle are scheduled to fly into the Ocean City Airport in their Canadian CT-114 Tutor jets next Thursday at noon to meet with O.C. Air Show officials. The arrival will likely provide an early show over the beach and ocean as they arrive at the municipal airport.

Last year, the Canadian Air Force Snowbirds, the Canadian equivalent of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, arrived in the skies over Ocean City in mid-May for a rare mid-week matinee in advance of the larger O.C. Air Show last June. This year, however, the CAF Snowbirds have signed to be a regular feature during the O.C. Air Show, set for June 15-16.

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FROM PAGE 5 the land.”

Meehan’s statement opines the Nathan heirs have been successful in swaying public opinion against the town for its attempts to reclaim the property. Again, the statement reiterates the town’s actions are not against Dumser’s, but rather against the Nathans Associates, and leaves the door open for a new lease for Dumser’s should the motion for reconsideration, or perhaps an appeal to the higher Court of Appeals, be successful.

“Despite the deceptions of the heirs of Mr. Rapoport, our actions have never been against Dumser’s,” the mayor reiterated. “In fact, the council has shown no desire to displace Dumser’s. Once this matter is resolved, the town will be in a position to negotiate an agreement with Dumser’s that will be beneficial for them as well as the taxpayers of Ocean City.”

From the beginning, the town has not expressed an intended purpose for the attempt to take ownership of the property, which has largely contributed to the public outcry. However, Meehan’s statement issued on Tuesday asserts the town’s ownership of the property would mean the rents paid the by the tenant, in this case Dumser’s, would revert to the town’s taxpayers.

“This would mean that the money they are currently paying to the heirs of Mr. Rapoport would instead by rightfully returned to the taxpayers,” he said. “This money, for example, could be used to offset the costs of additional police officers, paramedics or lifeguards.”

It’s important to note Dumser’s does not own the property, but merely rents the building from the Nathans Associates, with whom the Timmons family has had a personal and business relationship for decades. The mayor’s statement suggests a new lease with the Timmons family could be negotiated if the case goes in the town’s favor. However, in August 2017, Donald Timmons, patriarch of the Dumser’s family, made it known in no uncertain terms the iconic ice cream business had no inclination to become a tenant of the town if the case went that way, but would rather abandon the location.

“My family and I have decided that it would be morally wrong to turn our backs to the very family that have supported us for all these years,” Timmons said in a statement and letter to the editor. “Having said that, I want to make it clear that there is no circumstance under which we will ever be a tenant of the city. We stand firmly with the Rapoport family. It would be with great regret for us to give up this location since it has become so special to us, but if the appeal is lost, we will.”

Nonetheless, the town remains adamant about pursuing ownership of the historic property for the benefit of its taxpayers. Meehan’s statement attempts to encourage a reversal of

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The Rapoport family has been renting the Boardwalk property at the heart of the ongoing dispute to Dumser’s Dairyland for decades.

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public opinion in favor of the town’s taxpayers, whom he asserts are the rightful owners of the property.

“Simply, if you own property in Ocean City and are paying taxes, then this rent belongs to you, not the heirs of Mr. Rapoport,” he said. “While they have done a good job of making it look like the Town of Ocean City are the bad guys, they are the ones who continue to profit off of land that is owned by the public. But yet, somehow, the Town of Ocean City is the ‘greedy’ one. In this case, perception is not reality.”

Councilman Opposes Action While Meehan’s statement appears to suggest the town’s leadership is of one voice as it continues to pursue the appeal, at least one councilmember broke ranks with a public statement last week on social media. Councilman Mark Paddack, elected in November, issued the following statement on Facebook late last week.

“The Town of Ocean City announced today it will continue the Nathans Associates case with a request for reconsideration to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals,” he said. “I humbly admit I failed to persuade my colleagues with my sound reasoning. I heard my colleagues’ logic and reason and I tried to understand their points, but in the end they made no sense to me.”

Paddack said in his statement he is uncertain why the town will continue the appeal process after the Court of Special Appeals opinion released in December.

“While the cost in dollars now is ever so small, it just makes no sense to me,” he said. “To continue and attempt to crush a business that generates revenue and fosters memories for hundreds of families makes no sense to me.”

From the beginning, the case has generated a resounding outcry in the court of public opinion, a point not lost on Paddack.

“What the town will gain in the court of public opinion is unfortunately more

public resentment, lack of trust and vocal outcry,” he said. “I encourage the public to please take a deep breath. I know this is frustrating news for thousands of you.”

Paddack urged the public to let the process run its course before leaping to judgment and vowed to continue to lead on its behalf.

“As a leader, I extend an olive branch of trust to the public who believe in Ocean City’s nostalgic history of a legacy structure and the Dumser’s business location for future generations to come,” he said. “Remember, the court decided in favor of Nathans on appeal. No new evidence can be presented to the court. Be strong and believe.”

In 1966, Rapoport, in declining health and desirous of retiring in Ocean City where he and his family operated different businesses over the years in the building, reached an “agreement” with the city to tear down the existing structure and build a new and improved building on the site with a commercial interest on the Boardwalk level, now Dumsers, and living quarters above on the second floor.

The agreement expired in 1991 and Rapoport’s heirs, now Nathans Associates, exercised their option on a second 25 years under the language in the agreement. That second 25-year option on the 1966 agreement expired in 2016 and the city asserted its jurisdiction over the property, which sits in the right of way for Atlantic Avenue, or all of the property east of the deeded properties on the west side of the Boardwalk.

Nathans Associates has essentially claimed the town had abandoned any ownership rights to the property after the building had sat on the site for well over 100 years. The town asserted Atlantic Avenue, essentially the Boardwalk and the land east of it, had been dedicated to the public by a decadesold act of the Maryland General Assembly and was to be maintained by the municipality, regardless of the 1966 agreement that expired in 2016.

Berlin Approves Septic Haul Rate Increase

January 25, 2019

BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

BERLIN – Municipal officials agreed to increase septage disposal rates to offset rising costs at the town’s wastewater treatment plant.

Last Monday, the Berlin Town Council voted to raise the septage disposal fee from 6 cents a gallon to 7 cents a gallon. The new rate is expected to generate additional revenue to help with operating and maintenance costs at the wastewater treatment plant.

“Currently our rates are the lowest in the area compared to Pocomoke, Princess Anne and Snow Hill,” Town Administrator Laura Allen said. “Increasing our rates from 6 cents a gal-

Richard Bryan Zimmerman OCEAN CITY – Richard Bryan Zimmerman, age 74, of Ocean City, Md., died Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at Coastal Hospice on the Lake surrounded by his loving family.

From his birth in Flushing, N.Y., on May 4, 1944, to his recent death, Richard was a man of strong faith who believed in close friendships and the importance of family.

Richard was the oldest of four children, born to Virginia (Bryan) and Richard John. His parents and brother, Bobby (Robert) Zimmerman, preceded him in death. Richard is survived by his younger siblings, Jill McDonald of Williston RICHARD Park, N.Y., and Jack ZimmerBRYAN man of Kaua’i, Hawaii, and two ZIMMERMAN nieces, Sarah McGee (McDonald) and Alana Zimmerman. Richard grew up in Williston Park, N.Y., and was a graduate of Herricks High School (Class of 1962) where he wrestled and played football and lacrosse. He went on to play lacrosse at Syracuse University and graduated in 1966.

He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and kept in touch with many of his brothers until his passing.

Richard, known in the business world as Dick, spent the majority of his career in sales. He was a natural salesman who could strike up a conversation and make a true connection with anyone he met, he loved to leave you with a good joke.

Richard met his former spouse, Kathleen Zimmerman-Goddard (Boughton), at Herricks High School and is survived by her and their daughters, Lauren Wilson and her husband Alistair, of San Diego, Calif., and Kristin Zimmerman and her partner, Tom Fitzgerald, of San Francisco, Calif.

Richard is survived by his wife of 41 years, Stephanie Zimmerman (Smith), and their four children, his oldest son, Richard Zimmerman and wife Briana; grandchildren Ronan and Fiona of Laguna Niguel, Calif.; daughter Séanna Covell and husband Matt; grandchildren Dylan and Colette of Rockville; daughter Erin Hall and husband Nick; grandchildren Jack and Norah of Baltimore; and his youngest son, Bryan Zimmerman of Ocean City.

Richard was a devout Catholic and a parishioner of various churches in Ocean City where he served as a cantor, member of the choir and Eucharistic minister and enjoyed volunteering at various organizations in the area. Most recently, Richard worked as a blackjack dealer at Ocean Downs Casino. Those who knew Richard remember him as a very giving person, al-

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lon to 7 cents a gallon would put us in the upper/mid-range of our surrounding communities.”

Allen recommended the council consider a rate increase to help fund rising costs at the wastewater treatment plant. She added that rates hadn’t been adjusted since 2011, when the rate was actually decreased from 7 cents a gallon to 6 cents a gallon because the plant was in the midst of an upgrade.

“My understanding is the rate was decreased because haulers were having trouble getting to the facility while it was being upgraded,” Allen said. “We’ve just never taken a look at returning it back.”

She said haulers typically brought in a thousand gallons at a time so the rate would essentially increase from

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ways willing to help anyone in need. Richard will be deeply missed by family and friends.

A visitation and funeral mass will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2019, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church located at 9903 Coastal Hwy. in Ocean City. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. with the funeral mass commencing at noon, followed by a Celebration of Richard’s Life. The Zimmerman family would like to extend their gratitude to Coastal Hospice for their compassionate and loving care. In lieu of flowers, those who so desire may make memorial donations in Richard’s name to Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21802 or online at www.stansellhouse.org, Pancreatic Cancer Research (www.pancan.org/donate), or Hope 4 Recovery, P.O. Box 1746, Ocean Pines, Md. 21811.

Charles Wainwright BERLIN – Charles “Wilson” Wainwright, 94, of Berlin, passed peacefully away on Jan. 9, 2019, surrounded by family.

Wilson is survived by his children, Debra Russell (Dennis) of Berlin, Robin Littleton (Claude) of Willards and Beth White (Kevin) of Berlin. Wilson is also survived by his seven grandchildren. Nicole, Heather, Ste-phanie, Chris, Cheyenne, McKayla and Co-dy, plus six great-grandchildren, Zackery, Alika, McKenzie, Alex, Tanner and Brady. Wilson is also survived by his sisters, Frances Holloway of Salisbury and Joanne Pisapia of Dover, Del., and many nieces and nephews.

Wilson is preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Alice Mae Wainwright.

Wilson is also preceded in death by his two brothers, Roland Wainwright and Earl Wainwright, and his sister, Norma McCabe.

Services were held. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Powellville Ladies Auxiliary, 6250 Perdue Rd., Pittsville, Md. 21850 or Delmarva Coon Hunters Association, PO Box 1, Pittsville, Md. 21850.

Arrangements are in the care of Eastern Shore Cremation and Funeral Service a division of Holloway Funeral Home, P.A., 504 Franklin Ave., Berlin, Md. 21811.

Please visit www.easternshorecremation.com to express condolences to the family.

$60 a load to $70 a load. During the past five years, the town has received an average of $119,000 a year in revenue from haulers. With the rate increase, that figure is expected to increase by about $19,000.

“That’s assuming the usage stays the same,” she said. “It would presume that the haulers don’t adjust or go somewhere else.”

She said some of the revenue generated would go toward maintenance of Bottle Branch Road, which was not constructed to town standards and deals with heavy truck traffic as haulers visit the plant. “This increase would help generate additional revenue to support the maintenance and repair of that road,” she said.

Gladys “Gay” Venable Jarman BERLIN – Gladys “Gay” Venable Jarman, age 86, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019.

Born on Jan. 16, 1933, in Ocean City, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Charles Kaufman Venable and Edna Mary Collins Venable. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 61 years, Herbert Hoover Jarman, in 2015. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Charles “Skip” Venable in 2017.

Gladys is survived by her four children, Teresa “Dee” Chandler and husband Ray of Whaleyville, Scott Jarman and wife Lisa of Berlin, Mike Jarman and wife Theresa of Princess Anne and Tamara “Tami” Blades and husband Rick of Willards.

She was the adored grandmother of seven grandchildren, Deena Parsons, Laurie Holloway, Sunny Helgeson and husband Neil, Brittany Jarman, Jenna Lees and husband James and Olivia Blades. She is also survived by five great grandchildren, Kayla Parsons, Elaina Parsons, Kyle Holloway, Shelby Stevens and Aren Helgeson. Also surviving are two GLADYS sisters, Charlotte Holmes of VENABLE JARMAN Hatboro, Pa., and Suzanne Cahall and husband Rusty of West Ocean City; a sister-in-law, Elaine Hudson Venable of Dover, Del.; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Gladys was a graduate of Buckingham High School, Class of 1951. She had worked at her family’s drycleaning business, Venable Dry Cleaners, for several years and at the Berlin Nursing Home for a short time. But her passion was being a homemaker, taking care of her family, her husband and children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a few others along the way. She was definitely a “homebody” and home was where she was happiest. She also loved her pets, “Corky” being her current fur-baby.

A graveside service will be held on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, at 11 a.m. at the Whaley Cemetery.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Worcester County Humane Society, P.O. Box 48, Berlin, Md. 21811 or Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21804. Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are in the care of Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.

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Regional Digest FROM PAGE 30 County Animal Control officials are attempting to educate the public on new sheltering and tethering laws that went into effect last month.

New sheltering and tethering laws became effective in December, and Worcester County Animal Control (WCAC) officers have been working diligently to educate the public about the new requirements. The new law defines suitable shelter, restraints and unsafe weather conditions and establishes standards for tethering an animal, for suitable tiered shelter of animals if left outdoors and unattended, and for shade to be provided if an animal is left outdoors and unattended.

The new law empowers county officers to intervene in instances when pets are subjected to inhumane conditions and violations are punishable with a civil infraction citation. However, the ultimate goal of WCAC staff is education, to encourage pet owners to willingly comply with the new animal welfare requirements.

“We’re all carrying copies of the new law with us to show people what changes they need to make,” WCAC Chief Animal Control Officer Glen Grandstaff said. “We don’t want to go out and cite them. That’s not what this is about. This is about education. We talk to people. We let them know what changes need to be made. We give them time to make those changes, and then we go back to assure those changes have been made.”

SU’s MBA Program Nationally Recognized

SALISBURY – U.S. News & World Report again has ranked Salisbury University’s online MBA program in the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business among the nation’s best.

For the third consecutive year, the publication rated SU’s online M.B.A. Program one of the top in the U.S. Salisbury came in at number 113 on the list.

“This accolade recognizes the hard work of our faculty and staff, including M.B.A. director Yvonne Hanley, in making our program accessible to more students,” said Dr. Christy Weer, dean of the Perdue School. “The online M.B.A. is an excellent option for students seeking a flexible, internationally accredited program to help them advance their careers.”

The 285 colleges and universities ranked in the M.B.A. category include two other University of Maryland system schools including the University of Maryland-College Park; and the University of Baltimore. Others on the list are Drexel, Carnegie Melon and George Washington universities.

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OCEAN CITY -- Seacrets Distilling Company has been awarded an additional six medals at the 2018 World Spirits Competition.

Each year, Cigar & Spirits Magazine pours hundreds of quality spirits, tasting each one for quality and consistency. The expert tasting panel explores 14 categories of spirits.

Seacrets Spiced Rum placed first overall in the Spiced Rum Category followed by South Hollow Spirits Twenty Boat Spiced Rum in second.

Seacrets Spiced Rum, the flagship of the Seacrets Spirits line, is a unique blend of barrel-aged and spiced rums with blackstrap molasses and five allnatural spices.

Seacrets Lemon Drop Vodka received a silver medal with Seacrets Orange Vodka, Handcrafted Gin, White Rum & Coconut Rum taking home bronze medals.

Area Agents Rank High OCEAN CITY – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Ocean City Offices recently had several agents ranking in the December Top 100 for the Greater Baltimore Region.

Top agents were Nancy Reither,10; Eric Green, 31; Cyndie Hollowell, 33; Peck Miller, 44; Kim Collins, 47; Michael Nolen, 51; Terri Moran, 56; and George Rines III, 88.

McNamara & Associates ranked 18th in the top 20 for teams for December.

Doctor Earns Leadership Post BERLIN – Dr. Sally Dowling, a family practice physician by training, has accepted the position of vice president of medical affairs at Atlantic General Hospital and Health System.

Dowling has been a prominent member of the Eastern Shore medical community for more than 20 years, providing primary care to families in

Sussex County since 1992. She has also been actively involved with Atlantic General Hospital in a leadership capacity. Since 2012, she has been a member of the Atlantic General Hospital Corporation as well as a member of the Board’s Governance Committee.

As vice president of medical affairs, Dowling will assume the duties Dr. Stephen Waters carried out for 15 years as medical director of Atlantic General Hospital and Health System. In this role, she will oversee medical staff performance improvement activities, be physician champion DR. SALLY DOWLING for practice transformation, and serve as an executive partner with the organization’s vice president of patient care and vice president of practice administration to create a coordinated care delivery system that supports the Maryland Total Cost of Care system.

“On behalf of the Board of Trustees, medical staff and leadership, I would like to thank Dr. Waters for his many years of service and guidance during a time of incredible growth and evolution in healthcare,” said Michael Franklin, FACHE, president and CEO of Atlantic General Hospital and Health System.

“We welcome Dr. Dowling to the position of vice president of medical affairs.

Her dedication to her patients and her community will strengthen the culture of caring and innovation we already have here at Atlantic General.”

“I am excited to join Atlantic General Hospital and Health System and am honored to follow Dr. Stephen Waters, who has been a tireless champion of health care in our community,” said Dowling. “I look forward to working with the medical staff and administration in continuing the commitment of providing excellent health care to our community.”

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Entry Level Position Banquet exp. a plus Inquire Within 32 Palm at Hilton Suites 3200 Baltimore Ave. Ocean City, MD

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The Carousel Group will be holding an onsite

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Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums 11700 Coastal Highway Ocean City, MD 21842 EOE Looking for an

to join our Dental Management team for a

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Must have managerial experience in the dental field. Insurance knowledge is required.

Benefits, Health insurance, and 401k offered

FT POSITION(M-F).

302-732-3855 or email to brafmanfamilydentistry@mchsi.com

Farmers Bank of Willards has a full-time Personal Banker position available at the North Ocean City location. Looking for professional and motivated individuals with extraordinary customer service skills. Cash handling experience & excellent computer skills a must.

Please send resume to 12831 Coastal Highway, OC, MD 21842 or call Kelly Drexel at 410-250-1512 Application cut off is 2-04-2019 “Equal Employment Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer”

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FAX RESUME & SALARY REQ. to: 410-723-9109 Online at www.clarionoc.com APPLY IN PERSON Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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The Carousel Group is looking for an energetic, detail oriented person to assist in the challenging and creative marketing of our popular hotels and condominiums. Candidates should have prior experience and knowledge of web design and management, social media marketing, and creative print and copy advertisement skills.

MARKETING ASSISTANT

Competitive salary with full medical & benefit package. Email resume to jobs@carouselhotel.com or stop by and complete an application at the front desk. We require satisfactory preemployment drug testing and background check.

Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums 11700 Coastal Highway Ocean City, MD 21842 EOE

WATER DAMAGE RESTORATION TECHNICIANS & MANAGERS IICRC certifications a plus

DECK COATING APPLICATORS INTERIOR REMODELING PROFESSIONALS LEAD CARPENTER/FRAMERS Please apply in person 12905 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City MD or online at https://oceantowerconstruction.com/careers/ call 443-366-5556 during regular business hours

Full Time Position for

RECEPTIONIST Construction Company Located in Ocean City, MD A fast-paced construction company is looking for a full time Receptionist to do daily laid-out tasks.

Prior experience answering phones and dealing with the public a plus. Candidate must be proficient in MS Word and knowledgeable in MS Excel, have experience in clerical work, have a professional outlook with outstanding etiquette with phone and customers, high work ethic, be highly organized and attentive to details, fast typist and learner. Position will report directly to the President and Managers of the company.

Responsibilities Answer phones, computer input and database maintenance, type office documents, filing, work closely with customers and employees, daily tasks assigned to the position.

Knowledge with accounts payable and blue prints and construction experience is a plus.

Competitive benefits package is available.

Only qualified candidates will be considered.

Please send resumes to allstates@allstatesconst.com

HVAC SERVICE TECHNICIAN We have an immediate opening for a HVAC Service Technician in our large high rise Condominium Association, specifically in Ocean City, Maryland. We offer competitive wages, as well as extensive benefits. Full time year round work, health insurance, paid education programs, paid vacation, sick time and holidays, uniforms and a great working environment are some of the elements that make a career with us satisfying.

Our Service Technicians will be responsible for diagnosing and troubleshooting HVAC equipment, changing filters, installation of new systems and some plumbing and electrical work and other related problems. The successful candidate must have 2 or more years of experience as an HVAC maintenance or service technician or comparable education. .Ability to communicate clearly in a friendly, personable way with owners and coworkers.

Have a strong attention to detail with a desire to complete the job quickly and correctly.Willingness to work on call weekends and after hours as required.

Please call 410-524-5505, ext. 4 to set up an interview.

Or email your resume to : generalmanager@goldensandsclub.com

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY for

Independent Cleaning Contractors Ocean City Beach Area

Coldwell Banker Vacations is looking for experienced, energetic individuals to deliver Truly Remarkable Service by providing quality cleaning services in a limited time window for the 2019 season.

Weekend hours, license, insurance, references and a great work ethic required.

Contact Kay, Jen or Sue at 410-723-8507 or email: cclean@cbvacations.com

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Classifieds Come Join Our WinningTeam!

The Carousel Group is looking for an efficient, detail oriented person to assist our Operations Controller in our Accounting Office. Preferred candidates should have experience and knowledge of basic accounting functions as well as operations control. The candidate must be versed in Microsoft software including Excel.

Competitive salary with full medical & benefit package. Email resume to jobs@carouselhotel.com or stop by and complete an application at the front desk. We require satisfactory preemployment drug testing and background check.

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Must have 3x proven steady income/mo. ref.’s. For rental app. text: First, MI & Last name & adress to 303-819-3545.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––– YR, NORTH OC: 2BR, 1 1/2BA. Furnished. Non smoking. No pets $1200 per mo. + sec. dep & ref.’s Dawn 410-726-0087 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WEEKLY RENTAL: OC Condo.

127th St. 1BR, 1BA. Nice unit, sleeps 5. Near Northside park, stores & bus stop. $250 per wk.

267-254-0111.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––– YR, MIDTOWN OC: 2BR, 2BA Condo. Furn. Avail.Feb. 1st. W/D in unit. $1,000 per mo. + util.’s & sec. dep. Call 302-542-6269.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––– YR OR SEASONAL CONDO: 2BR, 2BA. Fully furn. Newly remodel. W/D, central air, 2 parking spots. Call fro details. Danny 410708-8348.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WINTER RENTAL: 1BR, 1BA. 122nd St. Oceanblock. Furn. No smoking. $700 + elect. + sec. dep.

W/S incl. Avail. Now-May 2019.

Call/Text 443-373-5638.

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YR-NORTH OC CONDO 1BR, 1BA Beautifully renovated, modern furnished. No pets/smoker Max 2 persons. $800 per mo. sec. dep. & ref.’s req.

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ROOMMATES

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RENTAL NEEDED

RENTAL NEEDED: Senior citizen with dog, looking for 1BR, Unfurn. apt. in Worcester County. Max rent $700. 410-430-7576.

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LEGAL RATES Legal advertising rate is $7 per column inch. Deadline for all legal advertising is Tuesday at noon. For more information, call 410-641-4563 or fax 410-641-0966.

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HEATHER R. KONYAR, ESQ. 313 LEMON HILL LANE SALISBURY, MD 21801 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17680

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE, N. OC Unrestricted view of ocean & bay.

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COMMERCIAL SHOP/STORAGE FOR RENT: 12’ x 24’ $150. per mo. 24’ x 24’ $300 per mo. Near Ocean Pines.

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––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WEST OC AREA: 1,500 Sq. Ft. Retail/Professionals or Service space. Avail. immed. Layton Associates, 302-245-0315.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WEST O.C. OFFICE/RETAIL SPACES AVAILABLE: 3 Offices/Retail and 2 Warehouses.

Plenty of Parking. 443-497-4200.

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To all persons interested in the estate of BARBARA VIERLING BENNETT, AKA: BARBARA V. BENNETT. ESTATE NO. 17680. Notice is given that SUSAN BENNETT HOLT, 98 ROBIN HOOD TRAIL, P.O. BOX 1201, BERLIN, MD 21811, was on JANUARY 03, 2019, appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of BARBARA VIERLING BENNETT, who died on NOVEMBER 13, 2018 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 3rd Day of JUlY, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claims will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication JANUARY 11, 2019 SUSAN BENNETT HOLT

Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 1-11, 1-18, 1-25

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17183 To all persons interested in the estate of JOHN BOHLMANN. ESTATE NO. 17183. Notice is given that BETTE BOHLMANN, 81 HINGHAM LANE, BERLIN, MD 21811, was on JANUARY 04, 2019, appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of JOHN BOHLMANN, who died on OCTOBERE 29, 2017 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 4th Day of JUlY, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claims will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch

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LEGAL RATES: Legal advertising rate is $7 per column inch. Deadline for all legal advertising is Tuesday at noon. For more information, call 410-641-4563 or fax 410-641-0966.

Date of Publication JANUARY 11, 2019

BETTE BOHLMANN Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 1-11, 1-18, 1-25

THIRD INSERTION NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17678 To all persons interested in the estate of JOAN D. BARALOTO, AKA: JOAN ELAINE BARALOTO. ESTATE NO. 17678. Notice is given that CHRISTOPHER JON BARALOTO, 3752 KUMQUAT AVENUE, COCONUT GROVE, FL 33133, was on JANUARY 02, 2019, appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of JOAN D. BARALOTO, who died on DECEMBER 31, 2018 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 2nd Day of JUlY, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claims will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not

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presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication JANUARY 11, 2019 CHRISTOPHER JON BARALOTO Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 1-11, 1-18, 1-25

THIRD INSERTION THOMAS R. CALLAHAN, ESQ. 1500 DEFENSE HIGHWAY CROFTON, MD 21114 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17676 To all persons interested in the estate of QUENTIN EDMOND BRANHAM. ESTATE NO. 17676. Notice is given that WILLIAM K. BRANHAM, 1807 REGENTS PARK EAST, CROFTON, MD 21114, was on JANUARY 02, 2019, appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of QUENTIN EDMOND BRANHAM, who died on DECEMBER 23, 2018 without a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 2nd Day of JUlY, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date

of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claims will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication JANUARY 11, 2019 WILLIAM K. BRANHAM Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 1-11, 1-18, 1-25

THIRD INSERTION RAYMOND D. COATES, JR., ESQ. COATES, COATES & COATES, PA 6200 COASTAL HIGHWAY, SUITE 300 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17690 To all persons interested in the estate of IDA MAY LAYNOR. ESTATE NO. 17690. Notice is given that ROBERTA G. LAYNOR, 1615 LEE DRIVE, EDGEWATER, MD 21037, was on JANUARY 08, 2019, appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of IDA MAY LAYNOR, who died on DECEMBER 27, 2018, with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment

(or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 8TH Day of JUlY, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claims will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication JANUARY 11, 2019 ROBERTA G. LAYNOR Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 1-11, 1-18, 1-25

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS ESTATE NO. 17674 To all persons interested in the estate of PAUL ANDERSON SCOTT. ESTATE NO. 17674. Notice is given that W. KIRK BURBAGE, 108 WILLIAM STREET, BERLIN, MD 21811, was on DECEMBER 31, 2018, appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of PAUL ANDERSON SCOTT, who died on DECEMBER 30, 2018 with a will.

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Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 30TH of JUNE, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claims will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication JANUARY 18, 2019 W. KIRK BURBAGE Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 1-18, 1-25, 2-01

SECOND INSERTION B. RANDALL COATES, ESQ. COATES, COATES & COATES PO BOX 293 SNOW HILL, MD 21863 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

ESTATE NO. 17700 To all persons interested in the estate of ALICE ELEANOR GOGOS. ESTATE NO. 17700. Notice is given that PATTY JEAN HORSEMAN, 10611 SHADY DRIVE, BERLIN, MD 21811, was on JANUARY 15, 2019, appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of ALICE ELEANOR GOGOS, who died on DECEMBER 20, 2018 with a will.

Further information can be obtained by reviewing the estate file in the office of the Register of Wills or by contacting the personal representative or the attorney.

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 15TH of JULY, 2019.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent's death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent's death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claims will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not presented or filed on or before that date, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Name of Newspaper: Maryland Coast Dispatch Date of Publication JANUARY 18, 2019 PATTY JEAN HORSEMAN Personal Representative True Test Copy TERRI WESTCOTT Register of Wills for Worcester County Room 102 - Court House One W. Market Street Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 3x 1-18, 1-25, 2-01

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Driver To Serve Six Months After High-Speed Chase

January 25, 2019

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

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OCEAN CITY – A Delmar man, arrested in November after a high-speed chase in the midtown area resulted in a collision with an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) vehicle, pleaded guilty to various charges this week and was sentenced to six months in jail.

Shortly before 9 a.m. on Nov. 13, a license plate reader (LPR) on eastbound Route 90 alerted to a wanted individual entering Ocean City. A traffic stop was initiated in the area of 94th Street and Coastal Highway. While the initial officer was waiting for additional units to respond, the driver, later identified as Anthony Roper, 39, of Delmar, fled the scene and headed south on Coastal Highway.

The vehicle made a right turn onto 65th Street, presumably because Roper believed it was the access to Route 90 and a route out of Ocean City, and collided with an OCPD vehicle driven by a public safety aide. The vehicle continued west on 65th Street before coming to a stop. Roper attempted to flee the scene on foot, but was quickly apprehended.

According to a Town of Ocean City public works employee, Roper entered the public works yard followed by numerous OCPD vehicles and ditched the vehicle in the solid waste collection area. The source said the suspect was apprehended behind the bus parking area.

The public safety aide was transported to Atlantic General Hospital for evaluation out of an abundance of caution and was treated for a minor neck injury. Roper was not injured in the collision. The OCPD vehicle was significantly damaged in the collision.

Roper was found to be wanted on several drug and weapons charges stemming from Wicomico County. It was also learned Roper was wanted in a very lengthy DEA case involving weapons and drugs.

Ocean City Police charged Roper with failure to immediately stop at the scene of an accident involving an injury, reckless driving, attempting to elude uniformed police and numerous other traffic violations. He has been held without bond since the collision on November 13.

On Wednesday, Roper appeared in District Court to face 22 total counts related to the incident. He pleaded guilty to failing to stop after an accident involving bodily injury, attempting to elude police and attempting to elude police by fleeing on foot. He was sentenced to six months for the three guilty pleas. The disposition of his DEA case and related cases in Wicomico aren’t known.

Historic District Commissioner Creates Reference Manual

January 25, 2019

BY CHARLENE SHARPE

STAFF WRITER

BERLIN – A new reference manual is expected to help members of the town’s historic district commission make decisions.

The Berlin Historic District Commission (HDC) held a work session last week to consider a reference manual developed by Robert Poli, vice chairman of the commission.

“Its intent is to simplify and make more objective our decisions,” Poli said.

Poli told commission members he’d developed the manual of historic infor-

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mation after reviewing those that were used in other jurisdictions. The majority of those he reviewed, he explained, were based on the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

“I don’t feel we should rewrite a set of guidelines,” he said.

Poli said he’d compiled information on each of the town’s historic properties that was already on file with the Maryland Historical Trust and had then gathered relevant historic preservation information and compiled it to create a reference manual of sorts.

“There is no reason to rewrite any

of these standards,” he said. “It’s all out there for us to use.”

Within the original 300-acre tract of land that made up Berlin, Poli said the Maryland Historical Trust recognized 95 historic properties. More than 80 of those are within the town’s historic district and thus under the oversight of the HDC. By providing each commission member with information about the properties being discussed each month, Poli believes they’ll be better prepared to make a decision regarding any changes a property owner wants to make.

“It would be more practical to have a history of the property readily avail-

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able,” he said.

If the HDC moves ahead with adopting the manual he’s created, Poli envisions that each month, as HDC members receive applications from property owners, they’ll be able to look at the property’s historic data and then review the relevant chapter of preservation information.

“The more information we have the more objective we can be,” Poli said.

His peers praised his efforts and thanked him for taking the time to put the information together.

“This is great,” HDC member Mary Moore said. “You’ve done a lot of work.”

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Puzzle Answers

PUZZLE ON PAGE 54

C

The Adventures Of Fatherhood

By STEVE GREEN

arson was my assistant coach in a recent basketball game.

Because his brother’s games are a little later in the evening, Carson has only been to one game this year. While warming up, Carson came out on the court to help rebound. When it came time for the game to start, he had no interest in sitting in the stands with his mom. As a result, he helped me on the sidelines as the official “water bottle protector,” the title I gave him.

As is the case with most kids on the spectrum, they want to be involved and included. He wants to be like all the other kids, although he’s not and is limited by his disabilities. While he has a nice jump shot of his own (even if it’s between his legs), Carson has no interest in competitive sports. He wants the ball when he wants the ball and will do whatever it takes to get it.

The rules are not important to him.

Beckett can attest to that as he has been tackled and slapped multiple times by his brother in many sports activities over the years. Beckett seems to enjoy the rough and tumble style of play for the most part.

During this particular game, Carson was a bit of a distraction to me on the sidelines, but he was well behaved. He would only sit down when I would. If I was standing up saying something to the players, he was right by my side gesturing. If I was kneeling down, he was hugging me from behind. Whenever I needed a little space, I would ask him where the water bottles were. He would point them out lined up perfectly on the floor. The bottles were inconveniently lined up many feet away from the bench for reasons only known to him.

When one player grabbed his bottle and sat down on the bench, Carson made it known his water bottle needed to be put where it was when he was done. That’s how I explained

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his gesturing as the player was not familiar with how nonverbal kids communicate through body language.

When the bottle in question was not returned to its home, Carson was sure to grab it and line it up perfectly with the others. Once that was taken care of, everything was right in his world again.

While I thought everything went well with him on the sidelines, Pam, who was in the stands, had a different take. She said she was a wreck because he didn’t sit down the entire time and I wasn’t paying enough close attention to him. That may be true and may explain why I was hesitant to even look her way during the game, but it was uneventful, which is a plus.

It also reminded me how far our guy has come in recent years. There was a time, maybe even last year, when I never would have even thought of having him on the court with me. Fear of an unexpected behavior or a tantrum would have prevailed. He’s much more predictable now. He just wants to be included.

At the end of the night at bedtime, I asked him if he wanted to play basketball next year because he seems to enjoy the sport. He was adamant that he did not. He just isn’t into the competitive team thing. He seems to know his limits. Instead, he bearhugged me and motioned with his finger at me and him, telling me he wanted to be my assistant coach, though.

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hining gets on my nerves like nothing else.

Whether it’s adults or my own kids, I find unwarranted whining annoying. I just can’t stand a “woe is me” attitude because someone always has it hard-er.

There are times in our kids’ lives when they rightly have their feelings

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(The writer is the publisher and editor of The Dispatch. He and his wife, Pamela, are proud parents of two boys. This weekly column examines their transition into parenthood and all that goes along with it. E-mail any thoughts to editor@mdcoastdispatch.com.)

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However, there are other times when he simply whines about aspects of life he doesn’t enjoy. It’s a complaint session. Rather than study for a reading test and get his vocabulary sentences done as soon as he gets home, he would much rather play soccer or basketball outside, play video games or talk to the neighbors. He knows we want the homework done first. That’s always been a rule for us because he usually has sports practices and games later in the evening. We have learned delaying homework will result in a lot of issues for everyone.

Beckett simply wants things his way all the time. I can understand that desire, but we often remind him life is not always about what he wants.

Beckett doesn’t seem to understand that and recently mentioned he looks forward to becoming an adult so “I can do whatever I want whenever I want.”

I was quick to let him know that’s not at all what adulting is about. It’s the opposite of his assumption most of the time in my opinion.

At one point, after 30 minutes of debating, I told him the incessant whining about everything must stop.

He said he was just “standing up for himself,” by questioning and expressing his concerns. I said we would have to agree to disagree on that.

He responded by asking if I had decided whether his homework could wait for so he could play outside. Silly me, but I thought we had just covered that.

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January 25, 2019

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City is a small town in the winter of about 7,500 permanent residents. Compare that to the 4th of July weekend when an estimated 300,000 people inhabit the island, making it the second biggest city in Maryland. The large numbers of people consuming services such as water, electricity, cell phone signals, food and drink in mass quantities, gasoline, medical supplies and the list goes on and on. Transportation is in that equation of undertakes a huge ramp up to the summer months.

Even with good shoulder months of October and May, the full-time season here is at most five months long. Therefore, every year the town must bring in the additional people and resources to return Ocean City to city status every single year. This includes police officers, maintenance workers, retail and hotel employees, and, in our case transportation workers.

The hiring process for transportation workers begins in January and continues for around three months followed by training and refresher courses. Physicals and renewed credentials often are required. Bus and tram drivers require the most training and account clerks and dispatchers require background and reference checks as well. In repeat cases, as many of the workers return on an annual basis, many credentials are renewed with a basic check of license record and physical.

There are four current areas of jobs that are available in transportation -- bus driver, tram driver, tram conductor and transportation dispatcher.

In this article, we will detail the transportation dispatcher position of which there are several current openings for the 2019 summer season. This position is actually a hybrid of a communications specialist and an account clerk. The communications specialist part of the job answers the phones and provides information to callers in the line of customer assistance. The dispatcher has a computer in front of him/her to provide location and live camera shots of bus locations and traffic conditions.

The account clerk part of the position includes the duties of assigning buses, tablets and bus tickets to the drivers at the beginning of a shift and collecting the paperwork at the end of the shift.

These duties usually are not complicated but require some organizational skills. Overall, the job has a high satisfaction rating by employees.

For more information or to apply, go to https://oceancitymd.gov/oc/departments/human-resources/employment/seasonalpart-time-employment/.

In the next article in this space, we will feature tram conductors in detail, followed by tram drivers and bus drivers.

– Mark Rickards Special To The Dispatch (The writer is the transit manager for the Town of Ocean City’s Department of Public Works.)

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Mallards Suffer Only Second Loss Of Season

January 25, 2019

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity basketball team lost to visiting St. Thomas More, 54-28, on Alumni Night last weekend for just the second time all season.

The Mallards now stand at 11-2 after the loss to St. Thomas More last

Friday. The only other loss on the season came during the Governor’s Challenge holiday tournament. Hailey Merritt led Worcester with eight points, while Hannah Merritt added six and C.C. Lizas and Lily Baeurle pitched in five points each. The Mallards are now off until a February 6 matchup on the road against Salisbury Christian.

Worcester Boys Fall To St. Thomas More

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity basketball team dropped one to St. Thomas More last Friday, 4332, to fall to 4-7 on the season.

The Mallards had built some momentum heading into the second half of the season with three wins in four games. However, they faced a stout

St. Thomas More team at home on Alumni Night last Friday and fell, 4332. Worcester trailed 10-6 after one quarter and 16-10 at the half. St. Thomas More gained more separation in the third with an 11-6 run and the two teams played even in the fourth quarter.

Worcester closes out the regular season with five straight road games beginning Feb. 6.

Decatur Girls Edge Crisfield In Overtime

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball team edged host Crisfield in overtime, 45-42, on Tuesday to pull even at 6-6 on the season.

The Seahawks have been up and down all season but have now strung together two straight to gain some momentum heading into the stretch run of the sea-

son.

After starting the season 2-1 and earning a split in the Governor’s Challenge, the Decatur girls lost three straight to Bennett, Wicomico and Parkside.

In the last week, however, the Seahawks have won two in a row to get back to .500 including wins over Pocomoke and Crisfield, each for the second time this season.

Seahawks Strong At War On Shore

Four Decatur wrestlers finished third in their respective weight divisions during last weekend’s War on the Shore tournament including Noah Reho, Nico D’Amico, Jagger Clapsadle and Dakota Souder. Pictured above, Reho, D’Amico and Clapsadle show off their medals. Not pictured is Souder.

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BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – Stephen Decatur’s varsity wrestling team turned in a strong performance in its own War on the Shore tournament last weekend with a fourth-place overall team finish and four third-place individual performance.

The Seahawks finished fourth as a team among the 19 teams in the tournament with 131 total points. Mount St. Joseph’s repeated as champions, while Milford finished second and Glenelg finished third. The Seahawks placed nine wrestlers overall including third-place finishes for Jagger Clapsadle at 113, Nico D’Amico at 120, Noah Reho at 126 and Dakota Souder at 285. Clapsadle also collected his 100th career win during the tournament just about half way through his junior year.

At 113, Clapsadle beat Marlon Smith of Caesar Rodney in his opener, then beat Keito Shaw of Upper Darby in the quarterfinals before falling to Jack Thode of Milford in the semifinals. Clapsadle rebounded to beat Mount St. Joseph’s Jacob Wright and then Shaw again to claim third place in his weight class.

D’Amico beat Mohammed Kamal of Upper Darby and Connor Huber of

Freedom in the quarterfinals. D’Amico fell to Mount St. Joseph’s Chris Barnabae in the semifinals, but came back and beat Andrew McDougal of Nansemond River and Evan Eldridge of St. Mary’s Ryken to take third place in the division.

At 126, Noah Reho beat Aidan Moffit of Bethesda-Chevy Chase, but then fell to Blake Jury of St. Mary’s Ryken in the third round. Reho then swept four straight including wins over Tom O’Hara of Milford, Michael Emerick of Damascus, Michael Primo of Caesar Rodney and a rematch with Jury of St. Mary’s Ryken to take third place in the weight class.

At 285, Dakota Souder also finished third for Decatur. Souder beat Grayson Colchagoff of Kent Island, then fell to Seth Elsmore of Woodbridge. He responded by winning four straight over Paul Orner of Octorara, Jacob Bryant of Milford, Tyler Karr of Sussex Central and Brandon Roberts of Good Counsel to finish third.

At 170, Lukas Layton went 4-3 and finished seventh. Micah Bourne went 2-2 in the 182-pound class and finished seventh. Shamar Baines went 3-3 at 106 and finished eighth, while Johnny Hofman went 2-3 at 160 and finished eighth.

Decatur Boys Fall To Crabbers, 77-55

BY SHAWN J. SOPER

MANAGING EDITOR

BERLIN – After responding to a recent three-game skid with two big wins last week, Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team dropped one to Crisfield, 77-55, on the road this week.

The Seahawks started the season with a 4-1 record, their only early-sea-

son loss coming to Crisfield at home back on Dec. 13.

After the holiday break, Decatur lost three straight to tough Bayside South teams from Salisbury.

Last week, the Seahawks responded to that mini-skid with wins over Arcadia and county rival Pocomoke.

On Tuesday, however, Decatur fell to Crisfield for the second time to drop back to 6-6 on the season.

Decatur’s Jagger Clapsadle last weekend captured his prestigious 100th career win about halfway through his junior season during the War on the Shore tournament. Pictured above is Clapsadle celebrating the milestone with his family.

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Docks To Promote Outdoor Tourism

January 25, 2019

BY BETHANY HOOPER

STAFF WRITER

SNOW HILL – New floating docks are expected to promote safety and encourage paddling on the Pocomoke River.

Recently, the town of Snow Hill installed floating docks in two of its parks.

Ann Gibb, Snow Hill’s grants administrator, said the docks – one located at Sturgis Park and another located at Gateway Park – were purchased with an $18,785 grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Program Open Space.

“It took longer than we expected to get the approvals through,” she said, “so they weren’t ready for use until recently.”

Town officials said the floating docks are part of a concerted effort to brand Snow Hill as a destination for outdoor tourism and would encourage visitors who are interested in paddling sports.

“Access to the river is something Snow Hill is always concerned about,” Gibb said. “We want it to be a destination for people who want to use the water, but getting in and out safely is an issue because it is a deep river.

The floating docks were an answer to that need.”

Officials said a 10-by-15-foot modular dock has since been installed at Sturgis Park, which until late last year

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had no safe access to the Pocomoke River. The feature includes a paddleon, slide-off kayak launch, or notches paddlers can use to pull the kayak in and out of the water.

“There is a walkway, but no actual dock there,” Gibb said. “This provides safer access.”

At Gateway Park, a 10-by-20-foot dock has been installed along the lowlying boardwalk in front of the Pocomoke River Canoe Company. Officials said the skid-proof surface makes them ideal for kayaks, stand-up paddleboards and canoes.

Despite the cold weather, Gibb explained the floating docks will remain in the water for public use.

“They are in place for next season,” she said. “We don’t have a launching fee. It is free to the public.”

At Sturgis Park, the floating docks will be a part of a larger revitalization effort. In 2016, the town received a $30,000 operating assistance grant to create a master plan for the park. And with that money, the town hired Campion Hruby Landscape Architects to meet with members of the community and develop the planning document.

While the master plan has since been completed, Gibb said the town is still waiting on grant funding to move forward with the project.

“We have applied for grant funding to begin the first phase, but we have yet to hear back …,” she said.

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Keep Post-Labor Day School Start In Place HOW WE SEE IT

Legislators need to look no further than Worcester County to conclude a post-Labor Day school start does not harm public school students or educators.

Senate Bill 128 seeks to repeal the mandate signed into law by Gov. Larry Hogan in 2016. It reads, “requiring each county board to set the start date and end date of the school year for the public schools in the county each year …” Additionally, Senate Bill 131 seeks to allow individual school systems to add as many as five days onto the end of the school calendar without state approval. It provides, “authorization for a county board of education to extend the length of the school year for up to a certain number of school days beyond a certain date without approval from the State Board of Education or any other entity is not subject to additional conditions …”

The will of the legislature on these matters is unclear this early in the session, but the mere introduction of these bills has naturally raised concerns locally. The fact of the matter is the legislature as a whole was never going to approve this post-Labor Day school start mandate. The majority of

legislators refused to pass previous bills requiring the later start date, despite a state task force’s recommendation to do so and polls wanting it.

Hogan’s Executive Order is the only reason this measure is in place today. In fact, if Hogan was not reelected, there was a good chance the new Democratic governor would have killed the order allowing it. We believe it’s only a matter of time before schools are back in session before Labor Day, but the hope here is it’s at least after Hogan’s second term is completed. If these bills pass, Hogan will not likely have the votes to veto them as he did not secure the necessary seats in the November election secure a veto override.

For many years, the start of school was always after Labor Day, but that all changed 20 years ago when schools across Maryland and neighboring states began opening in mid-August.

Prior to Hogan’s change, Worcester County was the only school system left in Maryland ringing its first bell after Labor Day. Starting school after Labor Day is viewed as an inconvenience to some in education because of the calendar adjustments needed and an annoy-

ance to others, like the majority of school superintendents who don’t like being told what to do by the governor.

Detractors like to point out this start date change was made only to support tourism destinations like Ocean City and Deep Creek Lake. We say this is an economic development initiative that helps the state on many fiscal levels. It also allows families extra vacation time together without the need to rush back into the school routine. Does it help Ocean City and its businesses? Room tax and food tax numbers indicate it clearly does result in extra business for the seasonal town.

For the last five years, Worcester County has been going back to school after Labor Day. The school system remains annually among the top achieving and most respected in the state. Study after study and report after report confirm Worcester is doing a lot right with its schools. In fact, Worcester is the envy of many school systems.

Besides politics and stubbornness, there’s no good reason to spike the current start date mandate. We hope the legislature agrees over the coming months.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

response to Mayor Will Come after Court rules

editor: I have read with dismay the many inaccuracies, misstatements, assumptions and untruths that have riddled the statements made by Mr. Meehan in recent days.

Since the Town of Ocean City has requested that the Court of Special Appeals reconsider their ruling that Nathan's Associates is the owner of the land, I will respond after the Court renders its decision about the City's request.

Mona Strauss Ocean City

Short-term rentals need Berlin’s attention

editor: I am writing this letter regarding short-term rentals (STR), such as advertised on Airbnb/HomeAway, which are located within the town limits of Berlin.

Are you hollowing out the core fabric of the town that brought people here in the first place by allowing STRs? Are STRs ruining small towns? Some small towns and cities have banned or put laws in effect for the sake of their towns and the people who actually live there. Specifically,

some smaller Colorado ski towns.

If you Google STR/AIRBNB Berlin Md., there are at least 10 STRs in town that come right up. One person in the recent past was renting from a landlord and also putting his apartment on AIRBNB. I’m not sure what that was about.

According to some of my research, this is the way AIRBNB started in the US. The idea was to help homeowners keep their housing during the recent housing crash (2008 ish) when many were upside down in their houses. But now these companies are growing and making a lot of money at this and they are not concerned about the people who actually live in these cities and towns.

There are two types of STRs – one appears to be somewhat less destructive (but still not great) to towns than the other according to my research. People who reside in a home and are part of the community who then rent a room while also meeting clear guidelines and regulations such as the number of people allowed/noise etc. seem to be less destructive to a town then standalone STR’s.

They can still be disruptive. Do we have laws, regulations, licenses, fees, etc. clearly prescribed anywhere? Do we have procedures and taxes to be

charged in place for this kind of business? Do we even know where these so-called rentals are? I call this a business because that is what they are. Should these hotel-like STR rentals be allowed in residential areas?

The second type of STR are those owned by people who have opened and advertised short-term rentals who already owned, bought or built a house here in town, who may have even said they are going to live in it, and then turn around and rent it daily, weekends or weekly. Well that is a different beast.

This type of STR can adversely affect the feel, environment and safety of a neighborhood. It also takes away from the long-term rentals available for those who actually live and work in the area. My guess is these people did not discuss this decision with their neighbors or town officials. They may have even done it covertly.

I remember when two different people years ago wanted to renovate two separate Victorian houses to be used as bed and breakfasts right in town, they were turned down because they were not in areas zoned for business. But yet now we have people putting people in what is a hotel-like See next PaGe

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FROM PAGE 42 situation in the middle of those same areas with no type of discussion with their neighbors or the town? That doesn’t seem right or smart for this small town.

My question to those living in town is did you buy your house in hopes that a revolving door of different people or a hotel-like situation would be right next to you? I did not and most of the people I know did not.

Some cities and town have outlawed this practice because it took away the “real” small town and made it a “facade” only. It took away housing for the people who lived and worked in the town.

Some towns only allow STR in certain areas. Some only allow so many in their town. Others say the people staying there have to rent for at least 30 days. STR stand-alone housing is a hotel type of business venture.

Again, I’m quite sure your neighbors didn’t think this type of “hotel’ would be next to them when they bought their home. Not in Berlin anyway.

Do you want a crowded fake tourist town or do you want to maintain a living breathing town? Some have just jumped on the band wagon as popularity rose in this town and are not considering what made this town popular in the first place. They either don’t know or they don’t care.

I brought this up about two years ago to someone in town government in the planning section and was told, “someone was working on it,” but I have not heard any further information or at least I am not aware of any changes or guidelines made regarding this issue. Meanwhile it keeps growing.

If you have concerns regarding this issue, please get in touch with the town council and let them know.

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Thank you.

Pam Hay Berlin

Harris Betrayed Shore Editor: In a time when our federal government is so divided by party and our farmers are being hurt by the trade war, it was great to see both sides of the aisle come together and pass the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the Farm Bill.

The bill does many wonderful things including providing permanent funding for farmers markets and local food programs, preserving a conservation program that pays farmers to strengthen conservation efforts on their farms and also expanding farm subsidies to encourage more people to be involved in farming.

The bill also legalizes hemp production which is a roughly $1 billion industry and secures $300 million in mandatory funding for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay. Those are just some of the amazing this new law offers.

That is why I was enraged after looking at how all the representatives voted on this legislation I noticed our Representative Andy Harris was the only Maryland Representative to vote no on this bill. Representative Harris’ inability to compromise and get legislative goals accomplished for the district led him to vote against a bill that overwhelmingly helps our communities and farmers.

As the representative of an Eastern Shore majority Congressional district where farming is one of our biggest industries, it was nothing short of a betrayal that Dr. Harris voted against this bill and a clear sign that this district needs new leadership who will vote with our interests in mind in 2020.

Jared Schablein

Quotable Quotes

“Although the Governor signed an Executive Order mandating the Post Labor Day Date in August in 2016, we now find ourselves with legislation that will reverse this decision. … here in Ocean City, we have already seen the positive impact with 2018 Room tax up 6.6 percent and Tourism coded sales tax up 7.3 percent.

GREATER OCEAN CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT/CEO MELANIE PURSEL IN A LETTER TO HER MEMBERSHIP

“I believe that this is hindering building in the county.”

WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONER JOE MITRECIC ON THE EXISTING SPRINKLER REGS

“I think sprinklers are extreme when you have to put it in a rural area.”

COMMISSIONER TED ELDER ON HIS OPPOSITION TO THE EXISTING RULES

“Was there any discussion on the real problems with motorized special events including spinning wheels, excessive noise, bus lane violations, following too closely, negligent driving and reckless driving? Those are the big issues my constituents have screamed about, not so much the speeding because there are so many vehicles in town they really can’t get up to a high speed unless they get out on Route 90 or Route 50.”

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By Publisher/Editor Steve Green

It didn’t take long for new Ocean City Councilman Mark Paddack to shake things up at City Hall.

Paddack clearly is not on the same page as his colleagues when it comes to the Rapoport property on the Boardwalk that’s been home to Dumser’s Dairyland for more than 50 years. It’s unknown if he was the only council member opposed to continuing this legal battle, but he certainly was the sole official who went public against the effort.

Shortly after the Mayor and Council decided to ask the Court of Special Appeals to reconsider its recent ruling against the town, Paddack took to a lengthy Facebook post to express his frustration with the council’s decision to continue on this legal battle.

“The Town of Ocean City will continue the Nathans Associates case with a request for reconsideration to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. I humbly admit I failed to persuade my colleagues on the Council with my sound reasoning. I heard my colleagues' logic and reason. I tried to understand their points but in the end they made no sense to me,” Paddack wrote. “Continuing the Nathan's Associates case through the courts at the expense of the taxpayers … just makes no sense to me. To continue an attempt to crush a business that generates tax revenue. A tenured business such as Dumser's that has fostered memories for hundreds of families. To discount the future memories makes no sense to me. What the town will gain in the court of public opinion is unfortunately more public resentment, lack of trust and vocal outcry. “ Whether it was in response to Paddack or the haters on Facebook of the city’s position, Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan issued his own statement through traditional media outlets as well as Facebook.

“Although on-going litigation prevented us from speaking openly, I believe it is important to clarify our position. Despite the deceptions of the heirs of Mr. Rapoport, our actions have NEVER been against Dumser’s.

In fact, the Council has shown NO desire to displace Dumser’s. Once this matter is resolved, the Town will be in a position to negotiate an agreement with Dumser’s that will be beneficial for them, as well as the tax payers of Ocean City …,” Meehan wrote. “Simply, if you own property in Ocean City and are paying taxes, then this “rent” belongs to you…not the heirs of Mr. Rapoport. While they have done a good job making it look like the Town of Ocean City are the bad guys, they are the ones who continue to profit off of land that is owned by the public. But yet, somehow, the Town of Ocean City is the “greedy” one. In this case, perception is NOT reality.”

It's important to note if the city were to be victorious Dumser’s Dairyland owner Don Timmons has said he would never become a tenant to the city. Therefore, if the city were to prevail in the end in this case, Ocean City will have to build a new structure on this property (the building is owned by the family) and then find a new tenant.

At the end of this week’s council meeting, Ocean City Councilman Matt James commented on the case as well.

“I just want to take a minute to publicly thank the mayor for releasing a statement today about the Rapoport case and the city’s position,” he said. “At the end of last week, Councilman Paddack made a Facebook post that we were attempting to crush a business, and I think it’s great that the mayor made it clear that has never been our intent and that we’re just looking out for the best interest of the public.”

Where this drama will go from here is easy to predict. The Court of Special Appeals will stand by its decision issued last month. The city will then decide to take the case to the Court of Appeals, which may or may not agree to hear the case.

The issue of short-term rentals has come up three times over the last month with governments in Ocean City and Berlin discussing it as well as the Worcester County Commissioners this week.

The commissioners have taken the opportunity with the proliferation of Airbnb rentals to potentially create a rental license for the county as a whole. The entire discussion came as a surprise to me as I figured the county already had a rental license requirement in place. This week’s discussion around it was interesting, and it’s clear the county sees a potential new revenue source. Requiring a rental license will not bring in a lot of money, but anything will help evidently.

Commissioner Joe Mitrecic, who led the charge on the county creating a rental license requirement, said, “This is a revenue generator the county needs to move towards. … We’re going to have to find some money and this is a possibility for us to increase revenue.”

New Commissioner Josh Nordstrom agreed with Mitrecic and had a good take on the situation.

“These Airbnbs, these private rentals, they compete with our hotels, they compete with these businesses who are here and pay their taxes and their licensing fees,” he said. “If it’s essentially the same as staying in a hotel or similar I think they ought to be subject to the same sort of laws that the hotels are.”

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Students

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January 25, 2019

In The News

Worcester Preparatory School recently presented middle school basketball sports awards at a ceremony. The seventh-grade girls honorees were Ansley Gardner, MVP; Esi Mehilli, Coaches Award; and Mary Kate Barnhart, Most Improved Player. The eighth-grade leaders were Linley Hill, MVP; Zoe Brafman, Coaches Award; and Thalia Vasilikos, Most Improved Player. The seventh-grade boys trophy winners were Sam Menendez, MVP; Dylan McGovern. Coaches Award; and Hunter Simons, Most Improved Player. The eighth-grade boys winners were Griffin Jones, MVP; Harrison Humes, Coaches Award; and Timmy Hebert, Most Improved Player. Pictured, seated from left, are Gardner, Mehilli, Barnhart, Brafman and Vasilikos; and standing, Hebert, Humes, Jones, Menendez, McGovern and Simons.

Ocean City Elementary School students from Monica Piern’s third-grade class enjoy reading books together each week with their reading buddies from Shelby Ennis’ kindergarten class. Pictured are Nolan Sweitzer, Jackson Lilley and Gavin Smith.

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The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City sponsors Kiwanis student leadership clubs in local schools including Buckingham Elementary School.

Officers for the club were installed by Kiwanis Past Lt. Gov. Carolyn Dryzga last week. She also presented them with a $500 check from the parent club to assist the K-Kids programs for the year. Pictured, from left, are President Brianna McCray, Vice President Sloan Wade, Secretary Elizabeth Palmer and Treasurer Miralena Smith.

Worcester Warriors member Jackie Ball met with Berlin Intermediate School's sixth-grade student body to help educate them about the harmful effects of opioids. Ball is pictured above with Berlin Intermediate School's SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) members.

Announcements

The following represents a collection of press releases reporting on the achievements of local students.

•Moravian College named 732 students to the Dean's Honor List for the Fall 2018 semester including Katie Boyle from Berlin. Students who carry three or more course units during the fall or spring term and attain a GPA for the term of 3.50 or higher are placed on the Dean's Honor List.

•Sarah Ashmore, a resident of Bethany Beach, Del., has been named to the Emerson College Dean's List for the Fall 2018 semester. Ashmore, who is majoring in journalism, is a member of the class of 2022. The requirement to make Emerson's Dean's List is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher.

•Tiffany Wakefield has been named to the Dean's List at Ohio Christian University College of Adult and Graduate Studies for the Spring 2018 Semester.

•Eric Robinson, of Bishopville, a student in the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences of the University of New Haven, has been named to the Dean's List for the fall term.

Robinson is working on a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice.

•Stella Cunningham, Class of 2021, has been named to the Dean's List for the fall 2018 semester at the University of Vermont. Cunningham, from Berlin, is majoring in Health and Society in the College of Arts and Sciences. To be named to the dean's list, students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20 percent of their class in their respective college or school.

•Joseph Kennard of Berlin was named to the Bloomsburg University

Fall 2018 Dean's List. Kennard is a member of the class of 2022 and is majoring in Nursing BSN. Kennard was among more than 1,900 students named to the Fall 2018 Dean's List.

•Hannah Proctor, daughter of Rick and Carol Proctor of Ocean City, and Kate Schulz, daughter of Tom Schulz of Berlin and Kristin Schulz of Mt. Horeb, Wis., were recently accepted into Sigma Theta Tau, the honor society of nursing at Salisbury University.

Sigma Theta Tau, an international organization, promotes nursing excellence and shares nursing knowledge for use in practice.

Proctor is a senior nursing major.

She is a 2014 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin.

Schulz is a senior nursing major.

She is a 2003 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin.

•U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman 1st Class Haley Mills graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eightweek program that included training in mil- HALEY MILLS itary discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Mills is the daughter of Kimberly Owens of Berlin and Chris Mills of Altamonte Springs, Fla., and stepdaughter of Kenneth Seig of Berlin.

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Every Monday: TOPS Meeting

5:30-6:30 p.m. Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a support group promoting weight loss and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.410-641-0157.

Every Monday: Delmarva Chorus Meeting

7 p.m. Ocean Pines Community Center. Women of all ages invited to sing with the group.

410-641-6876.

Second Monday Of Month: Ocean Pines Camera Club

7 p.m. Ocean Pines branch library. Monthly gettogether to share photos, tips, programs. Group goes on a photo shoot the Saturday following meeting and hosts a hands-on workshop the last Thursday of each month. Professional and amateur photographers and new members welcome. Meets second Monday of each month.

Third Tuesday: Alzheimer’s Support Group

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9715 Healthway Dr., Berlin. Free caregivers group. 410-629-6123.

Every Wednesday: Delmarva Hand Dance Club Dance To Sounds of ’50s And ’60s Music

5:30-9 p.m. Ocean City Elks Lodge, 13708 Sinepuxent Ave. $5 donation per person to benefit veterans and local charities in the Delmarva region. Dance lessons with Certified Hand Dance instructor Diane Engstrom on first and third Wednesdays of every month, 5-5:45 p.m.

Dancing afterward until 9 p.m,. All are welcome. dance@delmarvahanddancing.com or http://delmarvahanddancing.com. 410-208-1151.

Second Wednesday: Polish American Club Of Delmarva Meeting

2-4 p.m. Columbus Hall. Anyone of Polish or Slavic descent is welcome. No meetings June, July, August. 410-723-2639 or 410-250-2548.

Every Friday: Knights Of Columbus #9053 Bingo

Doors open at 5 p.m., bingo at 6:30 p.m. 9901 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City. Possible to win the $1,000 big jackpot each week. 410-524-7994.

First Saturday Of Month: Writers Group

10 a.m.-noon. Berlin branch, Worcester County

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Library. Anyone interested in writing is invited to join the group and share a story, poem or essay or just come and enjoy listening to others. This is a free activity. New members are always welcome. The group is comprised of amateur as well as professional, published writers willing to share their knowledge and offer tips on being creative with words.

Now Through Jan. 29: Art Exhibits

“Artist’s Choice” and “Shared Visions.” Ocean City Center for the Arts, 502 94th St. 410-5249433, artleagueofoceancity.org.

Jan. 26: All-You-Can-Eat Taco Night Canceled

Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary.

443-880-6966.

Jan. 26: All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Buffet

7-10 a.m. Whaleyville United Methodist Church, 11716 Sheppards Crossing Rd., Whaleyville. $8/adults; $4/child. 410-726-0603.

Jan. 26: Divas Of Hollywood Drag Show

7-11 p.m. 28th Street Pit & Pub, Ocean City. Tickets: $30 in advance (443-944-4763); $35 at the door. Fundraiser for Diakonia Inc.

Jan. 27: Annual Women’s Day

10 a.m. St. Paul United Methodist Church, 405 Flower St., Berlin. All are welcome. Church’s Rev. Barbara Harmon will bring the message for this service. 410-251-7584 or 443-235-3214.

Feb. 5: 10th Annual $1 Taco Night

2:30-7 p.m. Stephen Decatur High School cafeteria. Chicken and beef tacos, sides, drinks and desserts. Reservations not necessary. Dine-in or carry-out. All proceeds benefit Stephen Decatur High School. 410-641-2171.

Feb. 5, 6, 7: Md. Basic Boating Safety Course

U.S. Coast Guard offering the program. Ocean Pines branch library. The Maryland Safe Boating Certificate is required for all boat operators born after July 1, 1972, and is awarded after successful completion of the course, which includes piloting in local waters, tying nautical knots, foul weather tactics, legal issues and common marine maintenance. $15 for all three evenings.

Register: 410-935-4897 or email CGAUX1205@Gmail.com.

Feb. 6: Grace Parker All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast

7 a.m.-noon. First Presbyterian Church of Ocean City, 13th Street and Philadelphia Avenue. Eggs any style, pancakes, buckwheat pancakes, sausage, ham, biscuits, hash brown potatoes, grits, coffee, tea. Cost: $9; carry-out: $7. Milk, soda, orange juice available. 410-289-9340, leave a message.

Feb. 14: AARP Meeting

10 a.m. Ocean City Senior Center, 41st Street and Coastal Highway (behind the Dough Roller).

Please arrive early at 9:30 a.m. for a social halfhour and refreshments. Guest speaker will discuss “Guarding Your Identity.” Optional luncheon will follow the meeting at High Stakes Restaurant. New members welcome. 410-250-0980.

Feb. 17: Authentic Italian Dinner

1-5 p.m. St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Church, Ocean City. Benefits The Fellowship Commons. Meal will be prepared by Vi Candeloro and her family and friends. Celebrating the birthday of Galileo Galilei, who has been called the father of observational astronomy, modern physics, scientific method and modern science. Advance tickets recommended. 410-289-3453, 410-641-8171 or

Page 45 Feb. 22: Carrabba’s Carry-Out/Dine-In office@stpaulsbythesea.org.

5-7 p.m. Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. Menu will be chicken marsala, penne pomo, salad, bread, mini cannolis and a drink: $14. Carry-out or dine-in. Limited number of dinners available. Pre-orders are encouraged: 443880-6966.

Feb. 23: Winter Pancake Breakfast

8-11 a.m. Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean PinesOcean City. Assateague Room of the Ocean Pines Community Center. Pancakes, sausages, scrambled eggs. orange juice, coffee, tea. Tickets: Adults, $6; under 12, $3; under 5, free. Carry-out also available. Tickets: See any Kiwanis member of call 410-208-6719. Same price at the door. Proceeds benefit youth of the community.

March 14: AARP Meeting

10 a.m. Ocean City Senior Center, 41st Street and Coastal Highway (behind the Dough Roller).

Please arrive early at 9:30 a.m. for a social halfhour and refreshments. Guest speaker will discuss elder law. Optional luncheon will follow the meeting at a local restaurant. New members welcome. 410-250-0980.

April 11: AARP Meeting

10 a.m. Ocean City Senior Center, 41st Street and Coastal Highway (behind the Dough Roller).

Please arrive early at 9:30 a.m. for a social halfhour and refreshments. Guest speaker will discuss good kidney health. Optional luncheon will follow the meeting at a local restaurant. New members welcome. 410-250-0980.

April 13: Bridge Bash And Games Galore

9:15 a.m. Doors open for registration and breakfast (homemade cinnamon rolls, pastries, juice, coffee; playing begins at 9:45 a.m.; lunch, short program and door prizes at noon. Asbury United Methodist Church, Salisbury. P.E.O. Chapter V, a philanthropic organization where women celebrate advancement of women, educate women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans and stewardship of Cottey College and motivate women to achieve their highest aspirations. $30 per person, space is limited. Four two-hour classes will be offered in March for 4100, location to be determined. 410873-2126 or cowall@comcast.net.

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Best Beats

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Berlin Liquor Store

Largest Liquor Store In OC Area!

January 25, 2019

on the beach

Who’s Where When

BEER•LIQUOR•WINE Every Thursday And Sunday Senior Citizens Get

10% OFF

10% OFF

Liquor And Wine (On Orders Of $50 Or More)

Liquor And Wine

Cannot be combined with any other offer.

Must bring in coupon. Expires 2/3/19 • MCD

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT 10818 Ocean Gateway, Berlin, MD 21811 410-973-2873

we Have Fresh, local Chesapeake Bay oysters

raw Boat spECial

www.higginscrabhouse.com

Fried, steamed, on the Half-shell, Baked

auCE CraBs $35.99 gEt ’EM wHilE you Can!

oystErs on tHE HalF-sHEll largE CHillEd stEaMEd sHriMp ClaMs on tHE HalF-sHEll

Higgins soutH

31st st. & Coastal Hwy. 410-289-2581

Friday 2:30 p.M., saturday noon

Just a Few Blocks south of the Convention Center

Family Friendly

Kids’ Menu Availble

28TH/127TH STREET PIT AND PUB 410-289-2020 443-664-7482 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. & 127th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, Jan. 25: First Class, 7 p.m.

Wednesdays: DJ Wax (127th St.)

DJ WOOD Greene Turtle North: Every Saturday

DJ ROBCEE Fager’s Island: Friday, Jan. 25

ATLANTIC HOTEL 410-641-3589 2 North Main St., Berlin Mondays: Earl Beardsley Tuesdays: Bob Miller on Piano BUXY’S SALTY DOG DRY DOCK 28 410-289-0973 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, Jan. 25: Smooth & Remy, 5 p.m., RoastJohn, 9 p.m.

DJ DUSTY Clarion/Ocean Club: Every Friday & Saturday

AARON HOWELL 45th St. Taphouse: Wednesdays

CAPTAIN’S TABLE 410-289-7192 Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, 15th St. & Baltimore Ave. Every Thursday Thru Saturday: Phil Perdue On Piano CLARION HOTEL 410-524-3535 10100 Coastal Highway Ocean Club: Friday & Saturday, Jan. 25 & 26: Glass Onion Every Friday & Saturday: DJ Dusty FAGER’S ISLAND 410-524-5500 60th St. in the Bay Friday, Jan. 25: DJ Greg, 5 p.m., DJ RobCee, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 26: DJ Groove, 9 p.m.,

ANDREW ROBEAR Pickles Pub: Saturday, Jan. 26

DJ GROOVE Fager’s Island: Saturday, Jan. 26

KEVIN POOLE Harpoon Hanna’s: Thursdays

BINGO W/BLAKE Greene Turtle West: Tuesdays

GREENE TURTLE NORTH 410-723-2120 11601 Coastal Hwy. Fridays: DJ Wax, 10 p.m.

Saturdays: DJ Wood, 10 p.m.

Higgins nortH

128tH st. & Coastal Hwy. 410-250-2403 restaurant & liquor store will reopen Mid-March

GREENE TURTLE WEST 410-213-1500 Rte. 611, West OC Friday, Jan. 25: Lou/Max/Fox Trio, 9 p.m.

Tuesdays: Blake Haley

DAVE SHERMAN Harpoon Hanna’s: Saturday, Jan. 26

BEATS BY WAX Hooters: Friday, Jan. 25 Greene Turtle North: Fridays 127th St. Pit & Pub: Wednesdays Pickles Pub: Thursdays

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Who’s Where When

GLASS ONION Clarion/Ocean Club: Friday & Saturday, Jan. 25 & 26

ROASTJOHN Dry Dock 28: Friday, Jan. 25

HARPOON HANNA’S 302-539-3095 Rt. 54 & The Bay, Fenwick Island, DE Friday, Jan. 25: Dave Hawkins, 5 p.m., On The Edge, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 26: Dave Sherman, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 29: DJ Rupe Thursday, Jan. 31: Kevin Poole HOOTERS 410-213-1841 12513 Ocean Gateway, Rte. 50, West OC Friday, Jan. 25: DJ Wax

SMOOTH & REMY Dry Dock 28: Friday, Jan. 25

RANDY LEE ASHCRAFT & THE SALTWATER COWBOYS Johnny’s Pizza & Pub: Wednesdays Smitty McGee’s: Thursdays & Fridays

JOHNNY’S PIZZA & PUB 410-723-5600 56th St. & Coastal Hwy., Bayside Saturday, Jan. 26: Pearl Wednesdays: Randy Lee Ashcraft & The Saltwater Cowboys PICKLES PUB 410-289-4891 8th St. & Philadelphia Ave. Friday, Jan. 25: Beats By Jeremy Saturday, Jan. 26: Andrew Robear Mondays: Karaoke With Jeremy Thursdays: Beats By Wax

FIRST CLASS 28th St. Pit & Pub: Friday, Jan. 25

NEW CENSATION Clarion/Ocean Club: Friday & Saturday, Feb. 1 & 2

ON THE EDGE Harpoon Hanna’s: Friday, Jan. 25

OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS Seacrets: Saturday, Feb. 2

SMITTY MCGEE’S 302-436-4716 37234 Lighthouse Rd., West Fenwick Ireland, DE Thursdays & Fridays: Randy Lee Ashcraft & The Saltwater Cowboys SEACRETS 410-524-4900 49th St.& Coastal Hwy. Closed/Reopening Friday, Feb. 1: DJ Cruz, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 2: Opposite Directions, 5 p.m., DJ Cruz, 6 p.m.

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January 25, 2019

I stopped in this week to the Atlantic Hotel for Pizza Night; Fager’s Island for its awesome clambake; and Higgins Crab House South, which is now back open after a short break.

Fager’s Island: Dogfish owner Sam Calagione, owner John Fager, Katy Durham and Mayor Rick Meehan

By Terri French

Faces

SPOTLIGHT ON THE REGIONAL RESTAURANT AND BAR SCENE

In Places

Fager’s Island: Staffers Chris Redman, Gabby Brown, John Campbell, Manager Dave Rizer, Scott Campbell and Dee Gabriel

Higgins: Irma Membreno and Darren Carey

Higgins: GM John McAdams and David Zielinski Jr.

Atlantic Hotel: Servers Maddy Stearns, Max Hilbert and Noble Mariner

Fager’s Island: Frank Gertzen, Chad and Veronica Kramer and Patty Gertzen

Atlantic Hotel: Chef Tracy King and Nicholas Epps

Fager’s Island: Dan and Laura Crocker, Lisa Stashak and Jeff Cywinski

Atlantic Hotel: Ali Giska and Rose Zollinger

Higgins: Manager John Oleksak and Jim Winnerling

Community

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Members of the Ocean City Career Firefighters Association teamed up with Ocean City Elementary School for their Operation Warm Project. This year, Operation Warm, coordinated by firefighter paramedic Ryan Womer and teacher Kristin Van Kirk, provided 28 brand new coats to students. Pictured with some of the students who received coats are firefighter paramedics Galen Curtis, Dan Wills, Ryan Womer and Sean Sullivan.

Submitted Photos

The first-ever Paint Pip The Beach Cat Night was held last weekend at Little Dreamers Wellness Center in Berlin. It was a fundraiser for Kenille’s Kupboard and the Worcester County Humane Society. Each organization received $200 from the event. Attendees are pictured above.

Andrea Bowland, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County, center, accepted a $5,000 donation from First Shore Federal, presented

by Ocean Pines Branch Manager Debbie Tingle, left, and Berlin Branch Manager Patti Feeheley.

As it has since 1998, Worcester County GOLD’s 2018 Helping Hands for the Holidays Program was a success, providing holiday assistance for 355 families who live in poverty and low-income circumstances. Together with donors and volunteers, GOLD and community sponsors provided gifts for 724 children and 68 seniors and vulnerable adults with disabilities, a total of 792 individuals served. Above, Gavin Kinzer and Lindsay Richard with the Ocean City Police Department delivered gifts donated during their toy drive.

The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES) has awarded Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) a $1,000 mini-grant. The purpose of the grant is to provide one-time assistance for transportation home for patients who qualify after receiving treatment in AGH’s emergency room. Pictured, from left, are Chuck Gizara, director of integrated care management at AGH; Bett Weaver, case manager; Heather Mahler, program director at CFES; and Toni Keiser, vice president of public relations at AGH.

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garth Baldridge and his son, elias, came out to create some winter beach mandalas during free family art day at the Ocean City Center for the Arts.

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People

By Jeanette Deskiewicz

FeATuring ThOSe helping CAuSeS in The reSOrT AreA

Joining in the paint party fun were Camp possibilities staff members Vince DiMaggio and Courtney Bollinger at the group’s recent fund-raiser.

In Society

January 25, 2019

Young photographers Sadie Kauffman, Brooke Fitzgerald, and rylie Kirby provided keepsake photos to those attending the Ocean pines Aquatics Father-Daughter Swim.

The Ocean City Center for the Arts holds free family art day the 2nd Saturday of each month, with Maeve Donahue, Debbi Dean-Colley and Jack Karli leading the January project.

leading the sea life paint party fundraiser was instructor Dawn Tarr-Scott with event organizer Katie rimel to benefit Camp possibilities.

Welcoming dads and their girls into the FatherDaughter swim at the Sports Core pool were Bob paul and lynn gabeler of Ocean pines Aquatics.

Camp possibilities camper, Bailey griffin, and her mom, Katie, sold refreshments in holy Savior parish hall during a paint party fundraiser for the camp.

Ocean pines Aquatics lifeguards Davis Mears and Dustin Berkey made sure all the fathers and daughters swam safe in the Sports Core pool.

Bingo is back for 2019 at OC elks lodge on Wednesday nights with larry Doody and Mary Watson selling game cards at the best end of the table.

On the floor with the pull tab games were Dan Wormann and Bill Thompson at the first OC elks lodge Bingo night of the new year.

January 25, 2019

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Things I Like ...

By Steve Green

Hearing a howling wind outside from bed Not having to rush in the morning

That Piaza has gluten- and dairy-free pizza Getting a check from my health insurance provider

Photos of a snow-covered Boardwalk Heated floors in a bathroom When a phone call works in place of a meeting

Watching young athletes improve

Places where wind chill is not a concern Small steamed clams

Reading something my kids wrote

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Page 52 FRUITLAND-SALISBURY RESTAURANT 213 213 N. Fruitland Blvd., Fruitland 410-677-4880 • www.restaurant213.com Recently named one of the 100 Best Restaurants for Foodies in America for 2015 by OpenTable (1 of the only 2 restaurants named in the State of Maryland), the food at Restaurant 213 is far from your conventional Chesapeake Bay fare. A former apprentice of Roger Vergé in southern France, chef Jim Hughes prepares unpretentious, globally influenced cuisine inspired by the area’s plentiful ingredients. Chef Hughes has catered many events for Ronald Reagan, while he was President of the United States. He also served as Chef for the King of Saudi Arabia at the Saudi Arabian Royal National Guard military academy. Chef Hughes has been honored by the James Beard Foundation and DiRoNA (Distinguished Restaurants of North America). For 2015 Restaurant 213 was voted Best Chef, Best Special Occasion Dining, and Best Fine Dining Restaurant by Coastal Style Magazine, and Best Special Occasion Restaurant by Metropolitan Magazine. Frommer's Travel Guide has Awarded Restaurant 213 its highest Rating of 3 Stars, making it one of only 3 restaurants on the Eastern Shore. Additionally, "Special Finds" awarded this distinction from 2010-2015 in their Maryland & Delaware Travel Guide Edition. Open Tuesday-Sunday at 5 p.m. Special 5-course prix-fixe dinners offered on Sundays and Thursdays.

WEST OCEAN CITY-BERLIN OCEAN PINES ASSATEAGUE DINER Rte. 611 & Sunset Avenue West Ocean City 443-664-8158 www.assateaguedinerandbar.com Inspired by a classic diner culture, this new hotspot offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu here features classic comfort foods prepared and executed with a modern coastal trust.

Be sure to check out the exceptional coffee program and the Westside Bar within features delicious craft cocktails throughout the day.

BLACKSMITH RESTAURANT AND BAR 104 Pitts Street, Berlin • 410-973-2102 Located in the heart of America’s Coolest Small Town, Berlin, Md., Blacksmith has established itself as one the area’s most loved dining and drinking destinations for foodies and wine, spirt and craft beer enthusiasts.

Chef owned and locally sourced, Blacksmith keeps the main focus on Eastern Shore tradition. Everything here is homemade and handmade. Cakes and baked goods are delivered daily from down the street. Cozy and modern, traditional and on trend; Blacksmith has risen to the ranks of the area’s finest casual eating and drinking establishments. Visit and see why folks from Baltimore, D.C., Chincoteague and locals alike think Blacksmith is worth the trip. Open daily at 11:30 a.m. for lunch, dinner and bar snacks. Closed Sunday.

BREAKFAST CAFE OF OCEAN CITY 12736 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City 410-213-1804 Open 7 days a week between Sunsations & Starbucks, across from Outback, come join us at the “Breakfast Cafe” (formerly Rambler Coffee Shop) we are a family-friendly restaurant that’s been family owned for 30 years passed from mother to son in 2001. We believe that fair pricing, putting out quality food as fresh as we can make it and a nice atmosphere makes a meal. I like to think we have many “House Specialties” which include our Crab Omelet, real crab meat, cheddar cheese and mushrooms, our Sunfest Omelet, Swiss cheese, ham and mushrooms; Cafe or French Sampler, pancakes or French toast, with eggs, bacon and sausage.

Homemade creamed chipped beef on toast and sausage gravy on biscuits with browned potato home fries, with onion, excellent cheesesteak subs and fries and more! We use Rapa Scrapple fried on the grill the way you like it for all our breakfasts, sandwiches and sides. Summer hours, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Come enjoy!

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DUMSER’S DAIRYLAND West Ocean City, Boardwalk locations, 501 S. Philadelphia Ave., 49th St. & 123rd St. www.dumsersdairyland.com This classic ice cream shop is a tradition for many families. Voted O.C.'s “Best Ice Cream” for the past 20 years, Dumser's is celebrating 80 years of serving the shore, and the ‘40sstyle décor takes you back in time. With locations throughout Ocean City, treating your tastebuds to this signature homemade ice cream is easy. The 49th and 124th streets locations offer vast lunch and dinner menus (breakfast too at 124th) in addition to a wide variety of ice cream treats. You’ll find an impressive array of kid-favorites, along with fried chicken and seafood options, wraps, subs, sandwiches, salads and sides like sweet potato fries and mac-and-cheese wedges.

FOX’S PIZZA DEN 11328 Samuel Bowen Blvd.

West Ocean City 410-600-1020 • www.foxpizzamd.com Enjoy a brand new, spacious dining room.

Happy hour every day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with $5 food specials. Full menu includes appetizers, salads, stromboli, hoagies and wedgies, pizza, spaghetti and more. Open every day from 11 a.m. to midnight.

FULL MOON SALOON 12702 Old Bridge Road, West Ocean City 443-664-5317 Locally owned and operated, this moderately priced casual restaurant/bar has freshly caught seafood, BBQ, and pork entrees, giant sandwiches as well as a variety of homemade soups.

Locally we are known for our jumbo lump crab cakes, pork and beef BBQ, cream of crab soup, and 100% angus burgers as well as a variety of other sandwiches and entrees that are cooked with a local flair. Open daily at 11 a.m. for lunch and open until midnight. Sundays breakfast offered 8 a.m.-noon. Fifteen televisions and a big screen available for all sports events.

GREENE TURTLE-WEST Rte. 611, West Ocean City 410-213-1500 Visit Maryland’s No. 1 Sports Pub and Restaurant, the World-Famous Greene Turtle.

Proudly serving West Ocean City since January 1999, The Greene Turtle features a beautiful 80-seat dining room, large bar area with 54 TVs with stereo sound and game room with pool tables. With an exciting menu, The Greene Turtle is sure to please with delicious sizzling steaks, jumbo lump crab cakes, raw bar, homemade salads and more. Live entertainment, Keno, Turtle apparel, kids menu, carry-out. Something for everyone! Voted best sports bar, wings and burgers in West OC. Great happy hour and plenty of parking.

HOOTERS RESTAURANT Rt. 50 & Keyser Point Rd. West Ocean City 410-213-1841 • www.hootersofoc.com New mouthwatering smoked wings with half the calories. Traditional wings and boneless wings with 12 sauce selections. Burgers, quesadillas, tacos, and healthy salads. Extensive seafood selections with raw bar and Alaskan crab legs. Children's menu and game room.

Apparel and souvenir shop. Sports packages on a ton of TVs and live entertainment. Wingfest every Tuesday from 6 to 8 with 50 cent wings. And of course, the world famous Hooters Girls. Large parties welcome. Call for private party planning.

LIGHTHOUSE SOUND St. Martin’s Neck Road • 410-352-5250 Enjoy the best views of Ocean City at the newly renovated, Lighthouse Sound. Come relax and

dine overlooking the bay and the beautiful Ocean City skyline. Savor entrees such as local rockfish, tempura-battered soft shell crabs, char-grilled filet mignon and jumbo lump crabcakes. Open to the public, we serve Sunday brunch, lunch and dinner. One mile west of Ocean City, Md., just off Route 90 on St. Martin’s Neck Road. Reservations recommended.

RUTH’S CHRIS Within the GlenRiddle Community 410-213-9444 • www.ruthschris.com Ruth’s Chris specializes in the finest customaged Midwestern beef. We broil it exactly the way you like it at 1,800 degrees to lock in the corn-fed flavor. Then we serve your steak sizzling on a heated plate so that it stays hot throughout your meal. Many of our recipes were developed by Ruth, favorites such as shrimp Remoulade, Crabtini and Ruth’s chop salad. Located five miles west of Ocean City in the GlenRiddle Golf clubhouse. Extensive wine list. Reservations recommended.

THE SHARK ON THE HARBOR 12924 Sunset Ave., West Ocean City 410-213-0924 • ocshark.com We make real food from scratch. We believe that great food and healthful ingredients are not mutually exclusive of each other. Featuring local organic produce and seafood. All natural products – clear of preservatives and antibiotics. Whole grains and whole foods are used in the preparation of our menu – which our chefs write twice daily, based on what's fresh, available and delicious. Fresh. Local. Organic.

Taste the difference. Open Daily Year Round, Monday through Saturday for Lunch & Dinner and Sundays for Brunch, Lunch & Dinner.

Reservations suggested.

INLET TO 94TH STREET 28TH STREET PIT & PUB 28th Street & Coastal Highway 410-289-2020 • www.pitandpub.com Ocean City’s home of Pulled Pork and the finest barbecue, the legendary 28th Street Pit & Pub is known for serving up delicious smokehouse specialties. Grab a brew and enjoy the live sports action on one of the big screen TVs. Happy Hour daily, 3-6 p.m. Family friendly atmosphere. Weekend entertainment.

32 PALM 32nd Street Oceanside In The Hilton 410-289-2525 Executive Chef Rick Goodwin has introduced an exciting new menu. A favorite among many is the Bermuda Triangle, featuring cinnamon seared scallops finished with an ancho mango coulis along with house broiled crabcake with a sweet chili remoulade and finally, applewood smoked bacon wrapped around jumbo shrimp, grilled to perfection with jalapeno barbecue sauce. Other wonderfully delicious dishes cover the land and sea as well and each have a special touch that makes this restaurant unique among its peers. Children’s menu available.

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

45TH STREET TAPHOUSE 45th Street and the bay 443-664-2201 At the newly remodeled 45th Street Taphouse, the best views of bayside Ocean City, MD are the backdrop where craft beer meets Maryland cuisine. This is vacation done right, all year long. Wash down a Crabby Pretzel or homemade crabcakes with one of our 35+ craft beers on tap, all made right here in the USA. Not feeling crabby? Pair your craft brew with our award-winning wings or even our brand new breakfast menu. Anyway it’s served, come get tapped with us.

January 25, 2019 BONFIRE 71st Street & Coastal Highway 410-524-7171 www.thebonfirerestaurant.com 150 ft. Seafood & Prime Rib Buffet A famous Ocean City Restaurant for 37 years.

It’s all here. The service, the atmosphere and the finest, freshest food available. Fresh seafood, snow crab legs, prime rib, BBQ ribs, raw oysters, raw clams, steamed shrimp, fish, homemade soups & salads. Decadent dessert selection – homemade donuts & bread pudding, soft serve ice cream with hot fudge topping and lots more! Large selection of children’s favorites – chicken tenders, hot dogs, burgers, macaroni & cheese and pizza. A la carte menu available featuring fresh cut steaks and seafood. Open Monday-Friday at 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, at 3 p.m. Plenty of free parking.

BUXY’S SALTY DOG 28th Street • 410-289-0973 www.buxys.com Destiny has a new home in Ocean City. From the ‘burgh to the beach, Buxy’s is your home away from Pittsburgh. Come see what all the locals already know and have known – Buxy’s is the place to come to meet friends, relax and be social with no attitudes. House specialties include “The” Cheesesteak Sub, Primanti-styled sandwiches, pierogis,egg-rolls and homemade crab dip. Don’t miss our daily specials.

CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th Street & Baltimore Avenue 410-289-7192 One of Ocean City’s premier restaurants is back with a new and improved atmosphere and a brand new home. However, the mission to provide the same fresh, quality food and attentive service has not changed. Excellent chefs, who inspect each dish for culinary perfection, prepare the meals here. The finest seafood is guaranteed and nothing but the best in black angus beef is served. Be sure to inquire about the daily specials and check out the new bar and lounge area. They have the kids covered as well with a quality kids menu.

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

COINS PUB & RESTAURANT 28th Street Plaza • 410-289-3100 Great mid-town location offering a complete dinner menu, lunch and lite fare. Coins features the freshest seafood, shrimp, scallops, clams, fresh catch and lobster plus the best crab cake in Maryland, hand cut steaks cooked to your liking, succulent veal and chicken dishes. Also authentic pasta selections. Enjoy live entertainment and dancing in the lounge nightly. Happy hour daily 3-6 p.m.

Casual dining in a relaxed atmosphere. Special kids menu. Lots of free parking.

DRY 85 OC 12 48th Street • 443-664-8989 • dry85.com Steps from the beach. Gourmet "stick to your ribs" Lowcountry cuisine. A made-from-scratch kitchen with every sauce and every dressing hand crafted. It's that attention to detail that takes the concept of burgers, fries, ribs and wings and turns them completely on their head. Charcuterie boards. Late night bar. 120+ Whiskies. Craft beer. Artisanal craft cocktails.

Seasonal outdoor seating. Named one of the Top 40 Whiskey Bars in America by Whiskey Advocate.

DRY DOCK 28 28th Street and Coastal Highway 410-289-0973 The new kid on the dining scene in Ocean City features eclectic pizzas, delicious sandwiches, soups, salads and hot steamers in a modern, nautical themed atmosphere. A beautiful boat bar is featured inside and features craft cocktails and brews. Outdoor seating is available.

Carry out available and beer and wine to go.

Live music is also offered in this kid-friendly establishment.

FAGER’S ISLAND RESTAURANT & BAR 201 60th Street On The Bay 410-524-5500 • www.fagers.com Fager’s Island is an award-winning popular bayfront restaurant where lunch is a forgivable habit, dinner an event and sunsets unforgetSEE NEXT PAGE

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FROM PAGE 52 table. Lite fare lunch served from 11 a.m.-9 p.m., dinner from 5 p.m., famous raw bar, festive Sunday Jazz Brunch, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and children’s menu. Complete house wine list and award-winning proprietor’s list available upon request. Outdoor decks and bar. Nightly entertainment in-season, Friday-Saturday, off-season. Open every day, year-round. A Fun Place!

HIGGINS CRAB HOUSE 31st Street & Coastal Highway 410-289-2581 There is no doubt about it. Higgins offers traditional Eastern Shore favorites for the entire family to enjoy. Of course, the house specialties include all-you-can-eat crabs, crab legs, fried chicken, steamed shrimp and baby back ribs. In addition, there is a full menu offering a variety of delicious soups, appetizers and entrees. Both locations open daily at Noon.

JOHNNY'S PIZZA & SPORTS PUB 56th Street & Coastal Highway 410-723-5600 www.johnnyspizzapub.com The Official Pizza of OC, Johnny's Pizza & Sports Pub serves families throughout Ocean City and its surrounding communities 365 days a year. Eat in, carry out or have it delivered right to your doorstep. Our comfortable dining room features ample seating for small groups or large parties and our speedy delivery service will deliver your hot, delicious pizza right to your home, hotel or condo for your added convenience. From steaming homemade pizzas to lightly tossed salads and fiery hot wings, we have something for everyone. Live entertainment every weekend all winter and live entertainment four nights in the summer.

MARLIN MOON RESTAURANT 33rd Street in the DoubleTree Ocean City Oceanfront • 410-289-1201 www.marlinmoonocmd.com Eat where the locals eat. Marlin Moon is back in town with the talented Executive Chef, Gary Beach, creating his legendary food magic.

Marlin Moon combines an eclectic atmosphere of ocean views and a fresh vibe with creative seafood and steak dishes you won’t forget. Winner of the Maryland People’s Choice Award, Marlin Moon delivers the culinary combinations you’re craving and uses only locally sourced seafood, meats and vegetables. Some of the original classics, such as Mom’s Shrimp and Fred-dy’s Seafood Pasta, are back as well as a raw bar, small plate appetizers, fresh salads and entrees sure to satisfy any food mood. Open daily serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner from 7 a.m.-11 p.m.

RED RED WINE BAR OC 12 48th Street • 443-664-6801 redredwinebar.com Steps from the beach. Fresh coastal cuisine with a focus on locally sourced seafood and hand tossed pizzas. Artisanal cheeseboards.

35+ Wines By the Glass. Full bar. Craft beer.

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PICKLES PUB 8th Street, Ocean City • 410-289-4891 It’s pub food with a twist and a special emphasis put on quality and large portions. The big juicy burgers and oven baked wedge sandwiches are locals’ favorites as are the pub wings (in a variety of styles) and tacos (choose from thai pulled pork, grilled chicken and blacked ahi avocado). There are numerous unique craft pizza options to choose from as well with the house favorite here being the blackened shrimp and arugula.

SEACRETS On The Bay At 49th Street 410-524-4900 • www.seacrets.com We are Jamaica USA! Serving our world famous jerk chicken, along with a full menu of appetizers, soups, sandwiches, salads, entrees, desserts and a children's menu. Enjoy happy hour drink prices everyday until 7 p.m.and live entertainment in a tropical atmosphere.

Please check our website www.seacrets.com for a complete list of live bands and daily food and drink specials or call 410-524-4900. Find us and get lost!

94TH STREET NORTH-FENWICK BETHANY BILLY’S SUB SHOP • 410-723-2500 140th Street, Oceanside • 410-250-1778 Rte. 54, Fenwick Shoals • 302-436-5661 Now the best just got better because they deliver fresh-dough pizza, subs and shakes to your door and have three locations to serve you better. Washington Magazine wasn’t lying when it said Billy’s had the best milkshakes and fresh ground beef hamburgers at the beach and they don’t stop there. Fresh-dough pizza, cones, shakes, sundaes and more.

More cheese steaks sold than anyone else in Maryland. Billy’s accepts MC/Visa.

BREAKFAST AT THE CRABCAKE FACTORY 120th Street/Beachside (Serene Hotel) 410-250-4900 The Crabcake Factory started out as a breakfast house in 1996 and still serves one of the best and most creative breakfast menus in Ocean City. Try Eastern Shore favorites prepared daily by Chef-Owner John Brooks including a chipped beef, skillets, omelettes and their famous lump crab creations. World-Famous Crabcakes are served all day starting at

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8 a.m. and can be packed on ice for you while you are eating breakfast. Try Sue’s Spicy Bloody Marys to start the day with a kick. Full breakfast menu available for carry-out. Online at: www.CrabcakeFactory-USA.com. See other listing (Crabcake Factory USA). Open year-round.

CAROUSEL OCEANFRONT HOTEL AND CONDOS 118th and the Beach • 410-524-1000 Reef 118 Oceanfront Restaurant located in the Carousel Hotel offers beautiful oceanfront dining in a casual atmosphere. Enjoy a hearty breakfast buffet or try one of our specialty omelets including lump crab and asparagus.

Our menu offers a wide variety of Succulent Seafood along with steaks, pastas & ribs. $5.95 kids’ menu available. Stop by the Bamboo Lounge serving happy hour daily 4-6 p.m. with super drink prices and $4.95 food specials. Visit the Carousel and get served by the friendliest staff in OC! THE CRAB BAG 130th Street, Bayside • 410-250-3337 Now serving lunch and dinner, trust us when we say you can’t go wrong with anything you order here. The crabs are fat and never disappoint and are available eat-in or carryout. The BBQ ribs are also worth a try as well as any of the char-grilled specialties. Remember “Super Happy Hour” offered seven days a week, all day.

Plenty of bargains available on drinks and food.

CRABCAKE FACTORY USA 120th Street & Coastal Highway 410-250-4900 Voted “Best Crabcakes in Maryland, DC and Virginia,” by The Washington Post (July 2004).

Full-service family restaurant, carry-out and sports bar. Outside seating available. Open daily at 8 a.m. Menu selections include prime rib, chicken chesapeake, steamed shrimp, beer battered fish, real Philly cheese-steaks, burgers and kids menu. Shipping crabcakes online year-round at www.Crabcake-FactoryUSA.com or www.-Got-Lump.com. Homemade soups served daily. See previous listing (Breakfast House at Crabcake Factory USA) for breakfast specials. Casual dress, full liquor bar, no reservations, year-round.

FI-NA-LE RESTAURANT Rte. 1, Fenwick Island, DE 302-539-3526 Fi–na–le ... Fin Alley is now fi–na–le, sounds the same but looks even better. Under SAME ownership. Indoor and outdoor bayside casual dining with beautiful water and sunset views.

Happy hour Monday-Friday from 4-6 p.m.

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In the Village of Fenwick, two blocks north of Rte. 54. Open Monday-Thursday at 4 p.m. and Friday, Saturday and Sunday at noon.

GREENE TURTLE-NORTH 116th Street & Coastal Highway 410-723-2120 www.facebook.com/OriginalGreeneTurtle This is the Original Greene Turtle, an Ocean City Tradition, since 1976! A fun and friendly Sports Bar & Grille, where every seat is a great spot to watch sports with 50+ High Def. TVs up & downstairs! Menu favorites include homemade crab cakes, kids’ menu, salads, burgers, wings and more! Join them for weekday lunch specials 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and happy hour 3-7 p.m. Popular features are game room, gift shop, carry-out, party trays, nightly drink specials, MD Lottery-Keno, Powerball and DJs with dance floor. Something for everyone! Open 11 a.m-2 a.m., year-round.

HARPOON HANNA’S RESTAURANT & BAR Rte. 54 and the bay, Fenwick Island www.harpoonhannasrestaurant.com 302-539-3095 No reservations required. Harpoon Hanna’s features a children’s menu & full bar. We are a casual waterfront restaurant serving lunch & dinner including fesh fish, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and all-you-can-eat Alaskan crab legs. Open year-round.

HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT Located inside the Clarion Resort 101st Street, Ocean City • 410-524-3535 Horizons Oceanfront Restaurant is proud to have Chef Rob Sosnovich creating beach-inspired dishes in both our oceanfront restaurants, Horizons and Breaker’s Pub. Our new all day menu, available 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., features many of your favorites and some exciting new creations with a local flare – from Lite Bites to Big Bites and everything in between. Our deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet is open year-round and our “famous” all-youcan-eat prime rib, crab legs and seafood buffet is available most weekends throughout the year and daily in season. The Ocean Club Nightclub features top-40 dance music every weekend and nightly this summer. We’ve added some popular local bands to our lineup, so come join us “where the big kids play!”

Lenny’s Beach Bar & Grill: enjoy surf, sun and live entertainment 7 days a week on the deck, from Memorial day through Labor Day during our afternoon beach parties. Enjoy something to eat or drink from our extensive menu. Try our “Bucket of Fun”, or a fresh “Orange Crush”–two of our favorites!

SMITTY MCGEE’S Rte. 54-West Fenwick Ireland 302-436-4716 • www.smittymcgees.com Smitty McGee’s is the place to be for fun. Best wings on the beach for 28 years and counting.

Enjoy great food and drink specials in a casual atmosphere. Happy hour daily. Come enjoy the live entertainment Thursday and Friday. Full menu served unil 1 a.m. Banquet facilities available. Open seven days a week. We never close!

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The Kaye Hotel was built by Marie Kaye Kinnamon on the corner of 6th Street and the Boardwalk in 1927. Following her death and the subsequent sale of the property, the name was changed to The Hotel Normandy prior to the 1945 season – most likely to honor the D-Day landings in Normandy the previous summer.

The Normandy catered to families, and many of them returned each year to spend a week at the ocean. One of the last of the old “cedarshake” hotels, the aging building was torn down following the 1991 season. The Americana Motor Inn opened on the site the following year.

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