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Commissioners’ request for detailed budget questioned

By Hunter Hine Staff Writer

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Public safety employees, others could benefit from new property tax rebates

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) Using language from a newly modified state law, Ocean City officials are hoping to re-

ward volunteer firefighters — and possibly all city employees — for living in town limits.

During the 2023 session, Maryland legislators passed modifications to a bill that allows public safety officers to receive local tax incentives for living in the jurisdictions where they work. The changes expand the definition of public safety officers to in-

clude volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians and give elected officials the ability to remove a $2,500 cap on the incentive amount.

At a work session Tuesday, City Council members voted 5-0 — with Council President Matt James and Councilman Will Savage abstaining because they are volunteer firefight-

“The commissioners are not entitled to a detailed budget. They are not. If we decide to give it to them, then that is this board’s decision.

Board President Todd Ferrante

(April 28, 2023) Worcester County Public Schools’ Superintendent Lou Taylor and Chief Financial Officer Vince Tolbert plan to meet with county officials to discuss the public school system’s fiscal 2024 budget and County Commissioner President Chip Bertino’s request for more clarity.

The Worcester County Board of Education decided at its April 18 meeting to have the conference after discussing the issue for nearly 45 minutes.

Earlier that same day, at the county commissioners meeting, some commissioners expressed worries over a perceived lack of transparency in the budget after Taylor and Tolbert

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City to incentivize volunteer firefighters

ers — to create an ordinance to make active volunteers eligible to receive the incentives.

Volunteer Fire Chief James Jester pushed for the change in an effort to increase membership and participation in the department. The city’s paid and volunteer fire departments have both struggled with recruiting.

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Ocean City hosted the 50th in-person Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition and Art Festival at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center last weekend. Pictured are attendees looking at the masters level carving entries. The duck with the blue ribbon was declared first in the masters decorative life-size floating waterfowl, diving ducks division.

Fire engines are shown in the garage of the Ocean City Fire Department Headquarters on 14th Street. Council members voted this week to issue a purchase order early for two new

set for arrival in fiscal 2025 to avoid expected higher costs from inflation and impending emissions requirements.

Purchase order for two new fire engines approved early

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) In an attempt to avoid higher costs due to inflation and impending federal emission requirements, Ocean City officials are locking in the purchase of two new fire apparatus a little earlier than expected.

At a work session Tuesday, City Council members voted 6-1, with

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Councilman John Gehrig opposed, to approve a zero-dollar purchase order for two new replacement engines for the fire department.

The new vehicles, which will replace two apparatus set for retirement, were initially set for purcahse and in fiscal 2025. But with equipment costs increasing roughly 45 percent, and new federal emissions

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standards set for implementation in 2027, city staff members determined they should be secured now at the existing price.

Fire Chief Richard Bowers and City Manager Terry McGean explained that if they wait on buying the apparatus, costs will escalate by $200,000 or more.

“The problem is it takes two years to get these things built,” McGean said. “If we don’t lock them in before May we know for a fact that the price is going to go up from 1 to 3 percent. And … there’s a very, very good chance we will no longer be able to get the standard engines and we wind up going out to the new lower emissions, which adds the additional 200,000 dollars.”

He added that the engines are still set to be delivered to the department in fiscal 2025.

“This encumbers the money,” McGean said. “But the money doesn’t actually get spent until FY 25. We have to encumber the money.”

Before Tuesday’s vote, council members asked about the motors, which Bowers said will be in high demand and low supply as new, more expensive equipment is built to meet

the emissions requirements. He explained that by buying the old engines, they are avoiding those higher costs and requirements. He also called the new motors “un-proven performance motors,” and said they may need replaced sooner.

Gehrig expressed several concerns about the purchase order, including the possibility of having to meet the emissions standards before the new motors are set for replacement in 20 years.

Bowers and McGean assured the standards are not imposed retroactively, but Gehrig was still skeptical.

Gehrig also asked whether cost savings could come from eliminating “luxury” packages or similar unnecessary expenses. Bowers responded that the engines are not coming withhigh-end details, and that any chrome or “shiny” materials are needed to protect the engines from salt air and other elements.

Gehrig also said he did not understand the financing plan, which ultimately prompted him to deny the request.

Councilman Peter Buas also asked for some clarification on the funding plan, but was satisfied with the response from McGean and finance department staff.

Paid public safety, other city employees could be looped in

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Councilman Peter Buas also took the measure a step further on Tuesday by suggesting that staff look into a tax credit or stipend for all paid public safety employees.

“I love the idea,” Buas said during the meeting. “I brought it up in collective bargaining. I think we should do whatever we can to incentivize the town staff to live on the island. However, I think the priority would be the police and paid firefighter/ EMTs.”

Buas added that he would like to expand the incentives to issue the credits as stipends for anyone who lives in Ocean City, as opposed to only incentivizing employees who pay taxes and own property.

“I don’t mind taking the baby steps now but I don’t want to end the conversation,” he said.

Piggybacking on that, Mayor Rick Meehan suggested staff look into tax credits for all city employees, which became part of the final motion.

Meehan also recommended that the change be contingent to a working memorandum of understanding

with the volunteer firefighters and apply only to city property owners through tax rebates. He also suggested applying the $2,500 cap.

“I think that’s fair across the board to everybody,” Meehan said.

In response, council members opted not to include the cap in the motion, but added a line about including the change in the MOU.

Before the vote, McGean detailed the financial impacts of looping in non-active volunteer firefighters, and both capping and not capping the incentive amount at $2,500.

Staff members recommended that only active volunteers be eligible, which would carry a total cost of $7,000 in lost property tax revenues if the amount is capped, or $9,000 if it not, based upon current residency numbers. If non-active members were included, the lost revenue would shoot up to about $23,000.

The newly passed state legislation also allows county governments to incentivize volunteer firefighters, and James said he hopes the Worcester County Commissioners follow city council members’ lead.

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Benches sit outside the Ocean City Fire Department Headquarters on 14th Street. This week, council members voted to create an ordinance that will allow active volunteer firefighters to receive tax incentives for living in Ocean City.

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Board of ed. wonders what info county wants

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presented it to them and requested an about 4.1 percent budget increase from fiscal 2023 amounting to $4.2 million.

The revenue for the fiscal 2024 budget is almost $132 million, about 80 percent of which will come from county appropriations, according to proposed budget presentations at the March 21 board of education meeting. The board voted to approve the budget that night.

The county commissioners must approve the budget before it goes through.

In 2022, the school system received 16.69 percent of its funding from the state, according to the fiscal 2023 budget.

The fiscal 2024 budget has a $2.86 million increase in state funding compared to last year.

School board President Todd Ferrante said commissioners wanted a breakdown in “line-item-by-line-item” detail.

“I’m not sure that we know exactly why they [commissioners] want the complete detail, not that we haven’t revealed all the detail, because we have, and [Chief Financial Officer Vince Tolbert] went into it today at our presentation,” Ferrante said. “He revealed even more of it [the budget] than before, but, like I said, it’s an unheard of request, first time ever.”

The general sentiment among school board members was that the request from commissioners was unusual.

Board member and former superintendent Jon Andes said that in all his 16 years as the county’s school chief the commissioners never requested such a

detailed budget. In the past, commissioners listed specific questions regarding the budget that the board would answer, he said.

Board member Katie Addis agreed with the request, wondering why all the board members shouldn’t get a more detailed budget.

“Different years call for different actions and this might be a year that we need to knuckle down as a board and start scrutinizing different things that may need to leave the budget in order to make ends meet for our county,” Addis said.

Board member Elena McComas responded that 82 percent of the budget is set, and that it’s the other 18 percent that commissioners would like more broken down.

“I understand where they’re [county commissioners] at. I get that part. The

budget however is under the board [of education] control,” McComas said.

Last year the board had an excess of about $11 million after being told that the county budget was going to be $5 million short. In other recent years, the commissioners told the school board the county budget had a $19 million shortfall, Taylor said.

Commissioners traditionally project revenues to be low, Taylor said.

Tolbert said that for all his 25 years with the local school system there has always been a deficit between requested expenditures and anticipated revenues.

“That’s not something new,” he said.

Taylor shared concerns that commissioners might think long-tenured and masters-degree-holding teachers, who get much higher salaries than new teachers, are overpaid.

“If they [the commissioners] get in the business of telling this board, and this superintendent, which, if they have a right, we live with it, what to cut personnel-wise, we are going to be in trouble ladies and gentlemen, and you can take it from a veteran for a lot of years,” Taylor said.

The fiscal 2024 budget’s expenditure increases will include more than $4.25 million in salary increases, a $1.1 million, or 9.49 percent, increase in health insurance and $403,742 in bus contractor increases, raising the hourly wage from $25 to $28, according to the March 21 proposed budget presentation.

Taylor emphasized many times that information he presented to the board was strictly for context and not intending to state an opinion.

“I’ve had a great working relationship with our commissioners and I intend, as long as I sit here, to continue,” he said.

Taylor told the board that while he has no problems presenting specific and detailed costs, using the examples of toilet paper and fuel, he worries that it would open the door to commissioners making cuts and “taking the rug from underneath your feet as board members.”

McComas called the school system “amazing” and credited it to the county’s small class sizes. She worried that cutting down on teachers could lead to larger classes.

WCPS ranked third in the state in the Maryland State Department of Education’s most recent Maryland Report Card.

“Ninety-four percent of our budget is salaries, bus contractors and utilities. We have a very small amount that’s ‘other,’ and those things I outlined for the commissioners this morning. It’s not things that you can do-away with,” Tolbert said.

In December, the board heard from parents at a public input meeting, Tolbert said. Among the things parents named important to include in the

Taylor tries to keep waters calm with county

budget, was to recruit and retain quality employees, maintain textbooks and class supplies, and maintain small class sizes and technology, Tolbert said.

To meet the parents’ expectations, the budget provides a salary increase for teachers without the removal of positions, $100,000 to maintain supplies that are more costly because of inflation, and asks to maintain the school’s Apple lease with a small increase in cost, Tolbert said.

“The board is doing what the parents asked at the public input meeting. The things in the budget are nothing

that’s new, nothing that’s extravagant, just to maintain what we have,” Tolbert said.

Taylor said he received 37 requests for positions from 14 schools, but he still cut all new positions. He said that one of his priorities was getting a salary package for teachers.

“It’s very challenging and difficult for me as your superintendent to keep the waters as calm as I can with the money that is given to us, and I have told a number of people, ‘no,’” Taylor said.

Board Vice President William

Buchanan said that the board has to trust Tolbert and his department each year with putting together a responsible budget. Addis disagreed, saying it’s the board’s job to scrutinize the budget.

“They’re [commissioners] just trying to do their due diligence just like we should be trying to do our due diligence, and that is to scrutinize the budget even if it is an encyclopedia book thick,” Addis said.

Addis wondered why the board hadn’t gone over the budget in more detail before the request. Other members asked if she had made inquiries to Tol-

bert outside of board meetings. She insisted that any such questions should be addressed publicly, and that the commissioners feel the same way.

“The commissioners are not entitled to a detailed budget,” Ferrante said to Addis. “They are not. If we decide to give it to them then that is this board’s decision.”

Along with deciding on a budget meeting with county administrators, Taylor said that after the meeting with county commissioners, members of the board would receive copies of what was discussed.

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Downtown Rec Complex renovations begin

By Mallory Panuska

(April 28, 2023) With the sound of a pick-up basketball game in the distance and a bayside backdrop, Ocean City officials celebrated the groundbreaking this week for long-awaited renovations to the Downtown Recreation Complex.

“This will absolutely serve as a downtown focal point,” Susan Petito,

the city’s director of recreation and parks, said Tuesday of the future park to an audience of elected officials, city staff members, engineers and more before the ceremonious flinging of dirt at the downtown site.

“It will be a beautiful area that’s going to boast green spaces, walking paths, spaces for skill development and physical activity, water views, fishing opportunities and so much

more,” Petito continued. “It will be a place where social equity abounds and quality of life is in hand.”

The recreation complex spans a two-block area between Third and Fourth streets along the bay downtown. For roughly 18 years, Petito said officials have been planning a series of improvements that are now finally taking shape.

Plans include updates to the westblock infrastructure, including property elevation, improved bayside boardwalk access, and adding head-in parking along Fourth Street. Walking paths, benches, a new playground, and increased security measures are also set for installation in the area, which is currently closed to the public.

Renovations to the east block of the complex will include an expansion of the Ocean Bowl Skate Park, the installation of a new multi-court surface for both tennis and pickleball, reconstruction of the basketball courts, and construction of a new public restroom.

During Petito’s speech she thanked an array of people for helping the project come together. They included City Council members, many of whom attended the ceremony, Mayor Rick

Meehan; local legislators; members of the Recreation and Parks Committee and a project planning committee; staff and members of the Ocean City Development Corporation.

Meehan called the park a “gem” during his comments Tuesday, pointing out the long history that included playing softball games in the 1970s, among other activities.

“We’re so fortunate now to be able to really repurpose it and build something for two-thousand 23, four, five and beyond that really meets the needs of today’s residents and visitors,” Meehan said.

Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-38) also attended the groundbreaking and promised to do what she can to help secure a federal grant to help with costs.

“This is exactly what we should be doing,” she said of the project. “These open spaces are here for our visitors and right here for all of us to enjoy so you have my commitment moving forward.”

According to the construction plans, the renovations are set for completion over the next year, and the newly renovated park is set for reopening before summer 2024.

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Council eyes first draft of room tax policy

Councilman Gehrig gives feedback, staff to go back and make some changes

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) Ocean City Council members got their first look this week at a policy that specifically details which resort advertising expenses do and do not qualify for room tax revenues.

And after getting feedback that came primarily from Councilman John Gehrig, staff members will alter

the document and bring it back for another review.

“The need for this policy came out during budget discussions,” City Manager Terry McGean said during a council work session Tuesday. “So myself, the tourism director and the budget director worked on establishing a policy we felt tried to reflect the spirit and intent of the ordinance that was passed.”

The resort’s room tax ordinance, as written, dedicates 42 percent of the city’s gross room revenue to cover expenses to promote destination marketing without deductions for

salaries, office equipment, and the like. The eligible expenses include advertising, marketing, promotions, sponsorships, research including consultant fees, subscription and trade dues, conference fees, and marketing and promotion of special events.

McGean said during a budget meeting last month that the language, like any law, is “open to interpretations” which he said created some confusion, friction and debate. The discussions prompted staff members to develop the more detailed policy explaining what does and does not

qualify for advertising dollars.

Tom Perlozzo, the city’s director of tourism and business development, presented the draft of the new policy Tuesday.

“I wanted to make sure you had a clear understanding of how we’ve been operating, in some cases, and this just allows us to continue a smoother process as we move forward,” Perlozzo said after summarizing the details.

With the foundation of the initial ordinance, the policy explains what qualifies as “destination marketing

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Tom Perlozzo, the city’s director of tourism and business development, presents a draft policy that maps out advertising expenses that do and do not qualify for room tax funds to City Council members during a work session Tuesday.

Worcester County licensing board roasts Toast’s requests

By Hunter Hine Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) The Worcester County Board of License Commissioners denied almost all six requests from Toast, an Italian restaurant on Wicomico Street in Ocean City, at their April 19 meeting, save for one adjusted concession.

Michael Berardinelli and Brian Shofi, representing Toast, held a nearly hour-long discussion with testimony from a patron, an employee and friends in favor of the requests. The day before, Toast posted on Facebook a call for patrons to attend the meeting.

Toast is located under, and is part of, Emerson Towers, a condominium where Bill Rank, the one person at the meeting who spoke against granting the requests, resides.

The board noted that they had received around 18 emails in support of Toast, and one email against.

The original requests asked for an amplified two-piece band and a keyboard inside the restaurant from 10

a.m. to midnight, an amplified acoustic guitarist to roam the outdoor deck from 10 a.m.-10 p.m., a music technician inside during business hours, off-sale of beer and wine in factory-sealed containers, background music inside during business hours and background music outside from 7 a.m. to midnight.

By the end of the presentation, board member Charles Nichols moved to deny every request outright.

“I’ve heard a lot of stuff here today, and it’s been very broad in discussion…,” Nichols said. “I’m going to make a motion to deny this request. Too much, too broad, and that’s my motion.”

BLC member Marty Pusey wanted to amend the motion to allow some concession, and BLC Chairman William Esham suggested the board allow Toast to expand its inside background music privileges to 10 p.m. The board agreed.

Before the decision was made, and

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activities.” It lists 13 specific uses, such as buying advertising space in television, radio, newspapers, magazines, digital media, and billboards; agency fees and creative production of advertising materials and assets; social media marketing including paid advertisements, influencer costs and placement costs; buying equipment for production of promotional advertising; and more.

It also lists specific expenses that do not qualify for advertising funds, and clearly summarizes eligibility qualifications. According to the policy, an individual or entity must have approval from the tourism director, and in some cases the city manager, and/or submit a tourism development grant application for funds.

They must also obtain preliminary review and approval from members of the Tourism Commission, with final approval from the City Council.

Gehrig, who has been vocal about having a clear, detailed document to identify advertising expenses, first thanked Perlozzo for developing the policy. In his assessment of the details, he asked about the cost of legal work, which he said is a “stretch” as it could be considered labor or personnel. Gehrig also questioned expenses for city-sponsored events, and contended that money should not come from advertising, among several other comments.

Ultimately, Gehrig said he will summarize his feedback, and his comments will be incorporated in an updated draft.

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The Worcester County Board of License Commissioners denied almost all of six requests from the owners of Toast Italian restaurant on Wicomico Street in downtown Ocean City at their April 19 meeting, save for one adjusted concession.

Proposed changes to music, alcohol sales denied outright

while Berardinelli was making his case to the board, he thanked the board for granting Toast the ability to use background music at a hearing in August, and noted that he has been operating with a liquor license in the county for over five years. Toast recently relocated to the space under Emerson Towers, Berardinelli said.

“I would like to assure you that the modifications we are seeking today are not intended to disturb the community but rather to enhance it,” Berardinelli said.

Berardinelli noted that the restaurant that came before Toast under the condominium had disturbed tenants, and that he was willing to compromise on the time-frame of entertainment.

“We’re looking for a fair balance between community and business here,” Berardinelli said.

The people who came to speak in favor of the requests mostly commented on the need for more music. They told the board that because of Toast’s current background music restrictions, many of its patrons had been playing music from cellphones to entertain their own tables.

When Rank stood to speak from the audience, he said he took issue with the background music in particular, which Toast played loud enough to hear from his home on several occasions.

“We and so many others in the building and in surrounding buildings, we call it home, and we don’t rent it,” Rank said. “We should be afforded the right to be in our home, to enjoy our home, without waking up at 7’o’clock in the morning perhaps, and going to have a cup of coffee, and

there’s music playing.”

Rank suggested that Toast shouldn’t try to compete with other bars, but should set themselves apart as a highend restaurant. He claimed restaurants like Touch of Italy, Coral Reef and the Hobbit don’t use loud background music and still have lots of business.

“As a resident and a homeowner at Emerson Towers, I simply repeat my request to you (the board) to use your best judgment, to understand that this is a primarily residential condominium, and to help us maintain the quality of life at Emerson Towers,” Rank said.

After Rank finished, Berardinelli asked him a series of follow-up questions. He asked Rank to name what restaurants don’t use background music, if Rank has reached out to him in the past with concerns and how many times Toast’s music has been too loud.

When Berardinelli asked Rank if he solicited emails from others in the condo in reference to Toast’s requests for the BLC, Esham told him, “that’s like me asking you if you asked these people to be here,” in reference to the people who came to support his requests.

“I have to say Mr. Rank has never stepped foot in our establishment as a patron to allow us the benefit of the doubt. I have never met a neighbor who did patronize us and decided to oppose our request,” Berardinelli said earlier in the meeting.

The board members eventually stopped Berardinelli’s line of questioning, told him to keep questions relevant to the subject, and moved on to the final decision after a few deliberations.

Council unanimously denies name change for adult shop

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) Ocean City’s Deja Vu Romantic Boutique lost a battle with city government this week through a swift and direct denial to a request to change the adult store’s name and sign.

Local attorney David Gaskill, representing store owner Ofir Bouzaglo, asked City Council members at a work session Tuesday for permission to change the name of the uptown business to Romantic Kingdom. According to renderings, Bouzaglo wanted to replace the existing red cursive “Deja Vu” and smaller “Romantic Boutique” lettering with white block letters spelling out “Romantic Kingdom.” The rendering showed hearts dotting the i’s in both words, and small red devil horns over the “o” in the word “Kingdom.”

“It’s really rather innocuous,” Gaskill said of the change. “It’s not going to be bigger. It’s just changing the name from Deja Vu Romantic

Deja Vu adult store name change

Boutique to Romantic Kingdom.”

The explanation was not convincing enough for council members, though, who voted 7-0 to deny the request.

Councilman Will Savage, who moved for the denial, said later that he not only believes the business is inconsistent with Ocean City’s family-friendly image, he said the request did not follow regulations mapped out in a settlement agreement that prevents any new, larger signage.

Councilman Frank Knight and Council President Matt James chimed in as well, stating that the verbal request and rendering were not consistent.

“The signage was just huge,” Knight said of the white “Romantic Kingdom” lettering as shown in the rendering.

Bouzaglo said after the vote that he asked for the name change to remain consistent with other Romantic Kingdom stores he owns. He also said he

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Public invited to hearing on working FY24 county budget

(April 28, 2023) The Worcester County Commissioners this week declared that the public is invited to attend a hearing on next fiscal year’s operating budget and the proposed real property tax rate of $0.845 per $100 of assessment.

The hearing will take place at the Worcester County Government Center in Snow Hill at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 2. The meeting will also be streamed live at worcestercountymd.swagit.com/live.

Public testimony, either in person the night of the hearing or written in advance, is permitted. Those who plan to speak in person during the hearing are encouraged to pre-register by calling county administration

at 410-632-1194. Speakers may address the commissioners for up to three minutes.

Written comments may also be emailed to wchearing@co. worcester.md.us or mailed to the County Commissioners’ Office at Room 1103 Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863. Written comments must be received on or before 4 p.m. Monday, May 1. Commenters must include their full names and addresses to be included in the public record.

Comments received by the deadline will be read into the record by Worcester County staff during the public comment portion of the meeting.

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The Deja Vu Romantic Boutique is shown in the Bayside Plaza on 130th Street. The sign and name will not be changing anytime soon despite the owner’s desire to replace them. City Council members unanimously denied the request this week, citing concerns about the proposed size and style of the new sign and lettering.

Outdoor county burn ban in place

Dry conditions prompt fire marshal to issue indefinite stop to all ignition sources

(April 28, 2023) as of Monday, all outdoor burning has been banned for an indefinite period in Worcester County, Worcester County Fire Marshal Matthew Owens announced last week.

“Due to the county’s current dry conditions, the burn ban is effective starting April 24,” Owens said. “This ban should reduce the number of outof-control, outside fires, which cause safety concerns for area residents, visitors, and especially responding

fire personnel.”

The ban applies to all outdoor ignition sources, with the following exceptions:

• Proper use of gas and charcoal grills

• Campfires at the county’s commercial properties

• State and federal campgrounds

• Permitted official Ocean City bonfires

• Private property recreational campfires, which are limited to a fire area of two feet, with a height of three feet

• Public fireworks displays

• Volunteer fire company training

exercises

The ban will remain in effect until the dry conditions dissipate.

In addition, all existing outdoor burn permits have been rescinded.

“Our water tables are extremely low, and this is confirmed by county and USGS monitoring well networks,” Environmental Programs Director Bob Mitchell said. “We have extremely low precipitation totals, and the U.S. Drought Monitor has the county under a moderate drought category.”

For further information, contact Fire Marshal Owens at 410-6325666.

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was not surprised by the denial, as city officials have not always been welcoming of his business.

Boasting as “Ocean City’s only sex shop” on its website, Deja Vu has existed in a corner spot inside the 130th Street Bayside Plaza since about 2008. It operates under the confines of the resort’s sexually oriented business ordinance and a settlement agreement the owner inked with the town in 2014.

The agreement followed more than a year of negotiations between Bouzaglo and city officials over the lighting and displays at the shop. Bouzaglo was ultimately required to change the name of the store from Sin City to Deja Vu, and ordered to remove lingerie-clad mannequins and neon signs in the front window. The settlement also required Bouzaglo to obtain permission from council members to change the store’s name, prompting his visit to

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Tuesday’s work session.

Gaskill said that the denial of the request seemed “arbitrary,” and commented that it seemed as though council members discussed their vote before the work session given that nothing was publicly said during the meeting.

Savage said he did not converse with anyone except James before the meeting, whom he said he contacted simply to say that he planned to motion to deny the request.

Hartman and Carozza look back at 2023 MGA session

By Jack Chavez Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) The 2023 session of the Maryland General Assembly is firmly in the rear-view mirror now, and with eight more months of 2023 still to go, Del. Wayne Hartman and Sen. Mary Beth Carozza took some time to look back on the session that was before setting their eyes on the rest of the year.

The 2023 session was challenging for the Republican duo, defined mostly by the transition from Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan and his administration to Democrat Gov. Wes Moore and his.

The simple changing of parties at the state’s highest level of elected office in itself presented challenges.

“We don’t have the governor’s staff coming to us with things (like we used to),” Hartman said. “The governor’s office, we have a good relationship — I have a good relationship with the governor’s liaison, Eric Luedtke, who served in the Ways and Means Committee. Any time I need something through their office I have good contact. But still, it’s a different agenda.”

Carozza said she was “very concerned” about the General Assembly neglecting to pass any significant legislation to curb violent crime, which she said is rising among juveniles.

“In my mind, public safety is job Number 1,” she said. “We can’t move forward with education and housing and environment if families aren’t safe in their homes and neighborhoods.”

The difference in opinion from one side of the aisle will be a challenge, and it proved so in other ways during this session. Hartman pointed out the

push for electric vehicles and offshore wind — the latter a particularly sensitive topic for Marylanders on the coast.

As Hartman sees it, under Moore the state is “going to the left very quickly.”

“(There were plenty of) social things on the agenda, such as funding ‘undocumented citizens.’ We’re putting money in the budget to provide housing and meals for undocumented individuals,” Hartman said. “That’s the whole dilemma. To me, ‘illegal’, to them, ‘undocumented citizens.’ There are two ways of looking at things.”

There was some cooperation in the session.

Both Hartman and Carozza praise the FY2024 budget, which they feel falls in line with what they’d like to see as far as spending goes.

“I did support this budget that Gov. Moore ended up (adopting) and then sent to the General Assembly. That’s our one constitutional responsibility.”

“It was balanced, within our constitutional responsibility, no new tax increases. It provided some tax relief for low-income families and veterans and it also included, once it came over to the legislature, additional funding for the trauma centers across the state and Maryland.”

That was one of the big wins for Carozza from this session, making sure that TidalHealth in Salisbury — the only trauma center on the Eastern Shore — received funding it sorely lacks.

“It’s been woefully underfunded since 2017,” Carozza said. “It’s simply not fair that as their services increased, their reimbursements have not. We wanted to, as the Eastern Shore Delegation, make sure that the (Health Services Cost Review Commission) was aware of our support for additional funding to TidalHealth.”

Carozza helped secure $250,000 for Atlantic General Health in this

Mary B. Carozza

Wayne Hartman

OCEAN CITY COUNCIL BRIEFS

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) Ocean City Council members discussed and approved the following at a meeting on April 17:

Fare increases

Ocean City buses and trams will officially cost $1 more this season.

Council members officially approved two resolutions to bump the cost of all-day bus rides from $3 to $4, and Boardwalk tram ride fees from $4 to $5. The new rates will go into effect May 1.

Staff members floated the change several months ago to increase revenue in the transportation department to cover rising fuel costs and staff raises.

Council members initially voted 61, which Councilman Peter Buas opposed, to advance the requests,

which set in motion a feedback period to approve the new bus rates. After the period ended with no comments or public hearing requests, the measure was cleared for final approval.

Council members voted 6-0 to approve the new rates, with Buas absent from the meeting.

Bicycles on Boardwalk

Council members approved an amendment to a resolution that allows bicycles, electric bikes, push carts and the like to operate on the Boardwalk during Springfest and Sunfest.

The original language prohibited the riding of vehicles on the boards during certain times of the busy festivals. But because of bicycle-themed events now scheduled, the amendment was proposed.

Springfest is set this year May 4-7 and Sunfest is Oct. 19-22. Most of the events will take place in and around the inlet lot, with crowds and other activities flowing out onto other parts of the Boardwalk.

Model block bank note

Council members approved the first reading of an ordinance that will allow members of the Ocean City Development Corporation to use money from the inlet parking lot fund to pay off existing debt on properties within the downtown model block.

The model block is a cluster of 35,000 square feet of properties between Somerset and Dorchester streets. For years, OCDC members have been acquiring land and floating

plans to develop the area.

To help with the efforts, OCDC Executive Director Zach Bankert and Board President Kevin Gibbs asked council members for permission to pay off the existing $625,000 of debt from money allocated to the organization within the inlet parking fund. Bankert said paying off the total now will make future payments lower because of rising interest.

Through a city ordinance, 50 cents per hour of parking revenue collected on the weekends in the inlet lot downtown is allotted for OCDC use. The ordinance requires council approval for the organization to spend any of the money.

Following council members’ approval, the request will move to second reading and final approval.

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year’s capital budget, too, a priority request from her district. Other wins included $75,000 for Diakonia’s new campus project and $75,000 for the Ocean Pines South Volunteer Fire Department’s South Station, which Hartman helped secure.

Looking ahead, Hartman is working on legislation that will allow outof-state dealers to participate in local RV shows, which is helpful for Eastern Shore residents who don’t live close to in-state options.

“We could divide it into two to increase RV shows in the state and another to allow out-of-state dealers to at least display at a Maryland show,” Hartman said. “That’s something that we definitely have to work on next year.”

And both Carozza and Hartman are looking at 2024 as the year that Ocean City finally gets its room tax increase.

“That’s something to revisit,” Hartman said.

Carozza said she, Hartman and Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan will continue to work on strengthening that legislation.

“We’re working it as a local issue

with the commitment of the Senate president to pass it in the next session,” she said.

Carozza said she’ll be working on a couple of other bills. One will require training in child custody evaluators involved in domestic violence and abuse cases. Another will involve the role of physician’s assistants to increase access to service, especially in rural areas.

“We made great progress … but simply ran out of time,” Carozza said.

In the interim, Carozza said she’s been going around to different fire departments, laying the groundwork for anything that could require future legislation.

Hartman will have more time for one of his favorite parts of the job — constituent services.

“When someone is having challenges (such as with a state office), I encourage them to reach out to our office for help,” Hartman said.

“That’s something that I always focus on. That’s what makes the job enjoyable. The three months in Annapolis certainly aren’t my favorite part of the job — it’s when someone picks up the phone and we see if we can get their issue resolved.”

Bank of OC Building remodel plans detailed

Grants and donations will fund overall transition to arm of life-saving museum

By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) Plans to turn a downtown resort landmark into an arm of the Ocean City Life-Saving Museum are officially on thanks to state grants and private donations.

Since its construction in 1910, the Bank of Ocean City Building — as the deed requires it to be named in perpetuity — has been standing on the corner of South Baltimore Avenue and Dorchester Street. In February 2020, the bank owners donated the building to the town, putting in motion a plan to remodel it.

At the time, funding sources were unknown, but it was assumed that museum revenue, the city’s budget and grants would fit the bill.

At a work session Tuesday, City Engineer Paul Mauser told City Council members that the money for the project has been secured through grants and private donations, and gave an update on the proposed vision and construction schedule.

The scope of work consists of roof reconstruction, which Mauser said is desperately needed, and exterior and interior improvements.

Mauser said the total construction cost estimate is $550,000, with demolition work, which has been completed, set at $38,585 and design costs coming in at $40,455. He said staff members have secured grants from the Department of Housing and Community Development, Ocean City Development Corporation and the Maryland Heritage Areas Program, and received private donations for a total $625,000 for the project, which is just under the total amount needed.

The shortfall is expected to be covered through the competitive bid process, which Mauser said is set to

begin in mid-May.

According to the timeline, the bid opening is slated for July 11. Staff members are set to award the bid on July 31, with construction to begin in late October. The project is estimated to take seven months to finish, with an expected completion date of May 24, 2024.

After Mauser detailed the exterior work, Museum Curator Christine Okerblom broke down plans for the inside.

She said the building will provide space for new exhibits, museum artifacts, new public programs and public research space.

An architectural rendering from several years ago shows the planned design of the Bank of Ocean City Building on the corner of South Baltimore Avenue and Dorchester Street downtown. Funding has been secured for the planned remodel, which will spruce up the exterior and outfit the interior for the Ocean City Life-Saving Museum use.

The first floor will serve as the main exhibit hall and provide open floor space for community members to attend programs and events. It will also provide space for research and artifact displays, and incorporate historic elements, such as the old bank safes, into the design.

The second floor will be multi-purpose, and consist of office and research space, as well as archival storage.

Okerblom said the goal is to keep the original architecture details intact where possible, and ensure any materials used complement the historic early 1900s designs.

Ocean City closer to becoming first no-waste US resort

(April 28, 2023) Through a new contract with Go Green OC, Ocean City is getting closer to becoming the first zero-waste resort town in the United States.

According to a news release, the partnership with the nonprofit will include the largest compost operation ever seen on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with nearly 30 Ocean City businesses participating and a goal of 500,000 to 750,000 pounds of food waste diversion in 2023.

As part of the initiative, Ocean City will also begin moving events at the Convention Center toward zero waste over the next five years with a goal to reduce waste by 90 percent.

The partnership with Go Green OC will provide the necessary resources and expertise to achieve the goal.

“We are more than thrilled to be partnering with Ocean City,”Go Green OC Founder Josh Chamberlain said in the release. “This partnership will accelerate our goals faster than ever before. In 2023, we should surpass one million pounds of food waste diverted since the inception of our program in 2018 and grow our zero waste goals in tandem with our local allies.”

Members of the town’s leadership are equally excited about this partnership and the impact it will have on the local community and environment.

“Ocean City has always been committed to being a sustainable and responsible community,” Mayor Rick Meehan said in the release. “Our partnership with Go Green OC takes that commitment to the next level. We are excited to lead the way in promoting sustainability and supporting Go Green OC in their efforts to make Ocean City the first zero waste resort town in the United States.”

The release said the partnership represents a significant step toward a more sustainable future for Ocean City and demonstrates the town’s commitment to preserving the environment for future generations. The initiative is also expected to serve as a model for other communities across the country.

“We’ve been striving towards this goal for years, and we’re thrilled to be partnering with Ocean City and our local allies, including Maryland Coastal Bays, Assateague Coastal Trust, Sierra Club Lower Eastern Shore Group, Surfrider FoundationOCMD, and Ocean City Surf Club,” Garvey Heiderman, the director of Compost Operations at Go Green OC, said in the release. “Together, we’re committed to achieving a zero-waste Ocean City and promoting sustainability in our community.”

After 32 years with the Town of Ocean City as Recreation and Parks Golf Course Superintendent, Joseph Perry retired on April 1.

Perry retires after 32 years with Rec & Parks

(April 28, 2023) After 32 years with the Town of Ocean City as Recreation and Parks Golf Course Superintendent, Joseph Perry retired on April 1.

Since 1990, Perry has played a leading role with the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department.

Prior to beginning a full-time career with the city, Perry was a golf course superintendent of Crestbrook Park in Watertown, Connecticut. He has worked in various recreation and parks departments for 40

years, including Texas and Illinois.

As superintendent at Eagle’s Landing Golf Course, Perry was involved with the construction of the golf course before it opened in 1991.

In that first year, Eagle’s Landing was recognized as one of the best public courses in the country to open that year. Perry has helped Eagle’s Landing receive numerous awards and recognitions over the years.

Under his direction, he helped secure a state-of-the-art irrigation system and pump station for more than

$2 million for the golf course.

Perry also was committed to the Eastern Shore Association of Golf Course Superintendents (ESAGCS). He served at every board level and was association president in 1998.

In 2014, Perry was inducted into the Eastern Shore Golf Hall of Fame and in 2015 was recognized for distinguished service by the ESAGCS.

Director of Recreation and Parks Susan Petito addressed her appreciation of Perry and his many years of service.

“Joe Perry has been the driving force behind Eagle’s Landing’s reputation as one of the finest public golf courses in Maryland with regard to course conditioning and playability,” she said.

“His dedication to Eagle’s Landing and to his profession has earned him well-deserved recognition throughout the state; however, none so much as the appreciation and recognition we all have for him in the Recreation & Parks Department. Joe will be missed!”

Driver could be charged with DUI

By Hunter Hine Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) The Ocean City Police Department has charges pending for a driver who admitted to driving under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance when they rolled their car on St. Louis Avenue.

Around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, the driver was speeding on the wrong side of the road headed North on St. Louis Avenue.

When the driver swerved to avoid hitting another car head-on, it hit a parked truck that was attached to a loaded boat trailer, said OCPD Deputy Communications Manager Ashley Miller.

The car rolled over and ended up turned on its roof by the intersection of 14th Street and St. Louis Avenue, according to a Facebook Post from the Ocean City Fire Department.

The driver was taken TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital for minor injuries, and St. Louis Avenue was briefly closed.

Johnson gets 12 yrs. for distribution

(April 28, 2023) Charles Lamar Johnson, 35, of Berlin, who pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine, was sentenced to 12 years in prison April 12 by Worcester County Circuit Court Judge Brian D. Shockley

The charges resulted from an investigation conducted by the Ocean City Police Narcotics Unit and the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team last October. During that investigation, an undercover officer purchased an amount of cocaine from Johnson in

Berlin.

Detectives then obtained a search and seizure warrant for Johnson’s residence and located and seized an amount of cash, several cell phones, and a digital scale with cocaine residue. On Dec. 13, 2022, Johnson was indicted on charges including distribution and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. He pleaded guilty to the crimes.

Worcester County State’s Attorney Kris Heiser commended the Ocean City Narcotics Unit and the Worcester

Cpl. James Brasure named Officer of the Year by legion

(April 28, 2023) Ocean Pines Police Cpl. James Brasure was named Officer of the Year for the community during an April 5 ceremony of the American Legion, Synepuxent Post 166.

Ocean Pines Lt. Shakhan Toppin said Brasure has been with OPA Police for 27 years – since 1995. Toppin was named Officer of the Year in 2022.

“His dedication to duty, his work ethic, and his commitment to the community were factors I considered when I nominated him for this prestigious award, which was given by the American Legion,” Toppin said.

The Ocean Pines Police Department is currently hiring officers. Police academy candidates are welcome to apply.

To download an application, visit https://www.oceanpines.org/documents/10184/89280/Employment-Application-Form-Revised.pdf. Applications may be dropped off at the

County Criminal Enforcement Team for their joint investigation, and applauded Assistant State’s Attorney Joaquin Cabrera who prosecuted the case.

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Police have charges pending against a driver who rolled their car on St. Louis Avenue Tuesday morning. Emergency crews responded to the accident.

Ocean Pines Police Station, 239 Ocean Parkway or emailed to stoppin@oceanpines.org.

Ocean Pines Police Cpl. James Brasure, left, was named Officer of the Year for the community during an April 5 ceremony of the American Legion, Synepuxent Post 166. He is pictured with OPPD Sgt. Shakhan Toppin.

WORCESTER COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FY 2024 REQUESTED OPERATING BUDGETS

The Worcester County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budgets as requested by the Agencies and Departments which are funded by the Worcester County Commissioners. If you wish to speak or attend in person, we encourage you to pre-register by calling the County Administration office at 410-632-1194. Speakers will be allowed to address the County Commissioners for up to two (2) minutes. Public Comment may also be submitted in advance by email at wchearing@co.worcester.md.us or in writing received on or before 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Monday, May 1, 2023 in the County Commissioners’ Office at Room 1103 Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863. All commenters must identify themselves by their full name and address to be included in the public record. Written comments received by the deadline will be read into the record by Worcester County staff during the public comment portion of the meeting. Anyone not planning to speak may view the public hearing live on the County website at https://worcestercountymd.swagit.com/live. The Public Hearing will be held at:

7:00 P.M., Tuesday, May 2, 2023

WORCESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, SNOW HILL, MD

General Fund requested expenditures exceed available revenues (based upon current tax rates) by $11,586,353. This difference must be reconciled by the County Commissioners either through reductions in expenditures or increases in taxes, fees and/or use of Budget Stabilization Funds. Copies of the requested budgets are available for public inspection on the Worcester County website at www.co.worcester.md.us.

GENERAL FUND ESTIMATED REVENUES

Anime Ocean City this weekend

By Jack Chavez Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) If you see Goku, Chun-Li, Ash or Sailor Moon gallivanting around Ocean City this weekend but could have sworn a comic con had already happened recently, you’re not hallucinating.

They’re probably guests for the firstever Anime Ocean City, a traveling comic and anime convention put on by Incredible Conventions, at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center on 40th Street.

The event, which kicks off Saturday and wraps up on Sunday, is catered to anime and pop culture fans and boasts several special guests, including Johnny Yong Bosch from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers franchise, cartoonist and illustrator Edwin Huang and voice actor Joshua Seth, among others.

“These are special guests who have never been to the area,” showrunner Mike Federali said. “If you’ve never experienced anime, it’s not too overwhelming. There’s a great sense of camaraderie. It’s a great opportunity to be around fans.“

The convention also features a “massive” artist alley and marketplace, a game zone, a costume contest and more “really exclusive” panels with celebrities, Federali said.

“We’ve been looking at a number of anime shows up and down the East

Coast, fun places to go,” Federali said about looking into Ocean City.

“Being able to see (Assawoman) Bay from the back window (of the convention center), it was one of those things that stunned us by how beautiful (of a spot) it is,” he said.

Incredible Conventions shows typically draw about 2,500 to 5,000 guests and Federali said he wouldn’t be surprised to see Anime Ocean City clear the lower figure. For comparison, Ocean City Comic Con in December drew about 9,000 people.

“I think anime has always been popular,” Federali said. “We’re riding a wave of new, great shows. My hero of academia. We’re at the kind of new golden age for anime.”

Federali was particularly excited about Bosch’s inclusion in the weekend, whom he said is “everywhere” in anime these days.

“Him being in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, it’s one of those things like, we know he’s never been to this area so it’s a chance for fans to finally get to this area and spend some time with a legend,” Federali said.

He also spoke about the camaraderie involved with anime fandom. Conventions like his and James Dufendach’s Ocean City Comic Con don’t see each other as rivals, either. In fact, Dufendach is helping Anime Ocean City.

“He’s offered up some prizes for us — door prizes and raffles,” Federali said. “He’s a really good person. It’s really good to know another showrunner of his caliber. He puts on a great show. We were at his last show. It was fantastic.”

For a first-timer who isn’t trying to go on an all-weekend marathon, Federali said Anime Ocean City is the perfect introduction.

“We provide a lot of bang for your buck,” he said. “This is not one of those, you don’t have to attend for 72 hours straight and party all night. It’s a fun, simple show. Have a good time and roll back out.”

Anime Ocean City will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Single-day passes are $20 on Saturday and $15 Sunday, weekend passes are $30 and VIP weekend passes are $50.

Tickets are more expensive at the door. Children 10 years and under get in free with the purchase of a single ticket.

For more information, visit https://animeoceancity.com.

PHOTO COURTESY MIKE FEDERALI

The first Anime Ocean City convention will kick off Saturday at the Roland E. Powell Center in Ocean City before wrapping up on Sunday. It will feature multiple special guests, including renowned cartoonist and illustrator Edwin Huang, whose work is pictured.

OC hosts Maryland International Kite Expo this weekend

(April 28, 2023) Ocean City will kick off the season early by painting the sky with every color under the sun at this weekend’s Maryland International Kite Expo (M.I.K.E.)

The festival will showcase a cast of kite flyers from all over the United States.

Thousands of spectators will watch giant kites, little kites, trick kites, sea life kites, animal kites, miniature kites, artistic kites, kites as big as a city bus, all fly high above the Ocean City skyline.

In addition, stunt teams will perform acrobatic maneuvers all in sync.

The teams consist of four or more precision kite fliers, all flying four-line kites in perfect formation. They will

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, figure out where your priorities lie, then position yourself in the right corner to get things done effectively. It could take some time before you see progress. Remain patient.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

It’s best if you can keep tight control of your emotions and not let others see what is brewing behind your stoic demeanor, Taurus. This will give you an advantage in negotiations.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

Gemini, if you’re too pragmatic this week, you may miss the opportunity to do something spontaneous and really enjoyable with friends. Don’t think; jump in this one time.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

The week may start off sluggishly, Cancer. Give yourself permission to start off slowly and build up as you get enough energy and motivation to move along.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, rather than being ready to roar at the world, you can barely let pass a meow. You’re more than happy to roll back over in bed most days. Search for an energy boost.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

Virgo, early on in the week you may feel disorganized and out of sorts. But soon enough you will find your stride. Once you’re in a groove it will be smooth sailing.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, if someone at work has been holding you back or seems to be standing in your way, it’s justifiable to feel resentment. Take the high road and remain pleasant and positive.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, don’t ignore your responsibilities, no matter how mundane they may seem. Completing small tasks will help you set the course for more success.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

Your judgement may be clouded by some lofty dreams you have been having, Sagittarius. Separate the whimsy from what you actually may be able to transfer to real life.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

You may be tempted to butt heads with authority figures in the days to come, but you’ll catch more flies with honey, Capricorn. Get your frustrations out another way.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Relationship issues come to the forefront, Aquarius. This can be any relationship, be it personal or professional. Sit down with this person and flesh things out.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

The current cosmic climate has you a tad restless, Pisces. You’re ready to stretch your fins, so to say. Set off on a grand adventure.

PHOTO COURTESY KITE LOFT

Colorful kites of all shapes and sizes will fill the sky in downtown Ocean City this weekend during the 28th annual Maryland International Kite Expo (M.I.K.E.)

NOW PLAYING

PHIL PERDUE

Captain’s Table: Friday & Saturday 5-9 p.m

BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH

126th Street & Coastal Hwy., Ocean City 443-664-2896, /www.bourbonstreetonthebeach.com

April 28: Dave Sherman, 4 p.m.; Tranzfusion, 7 p.m.

April 29: Ward Ewing, 4 p.m.

April 30: Jack Worthington, 4 p.m.

CAPTAIN’S TABLE

15th Street and Baltimore Avenue, Located in The Courtyard by Marriott, Ocean City, 410-289-7192/7191 / Captainstableoc.com

Friday & Saturday: Phil Perdue, 5-9 p.m.

COCONUT’S BAR & GRILLE

3701 Atlantic Avenue, Ocean City, 21841 410-289-6846 / castleinthesand.com

May 4: Dylan Canfield, noon to 3 p.m.; Chris Diller Duo, 4-8 p.m.

COINS

28th Street and Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 410-289-3100 / www.coinspuboc.com

April 28: Wes Davis, 7 p.m.

April 29: Shortcut Sunny, 7 p.m.

PICKLE’S PUB

706 Philadelphia Avenue, Ocean City, 410-289-4891 / picklesoc.com

April 28: Beats by Deojee, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

NO MORE WHISKEY

April 29: Marlin City Madness, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

April 30: Beats by Deojee, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

May 1: Karaoke with Wood, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

May 2: Beats by Wax, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

May 3: Beats by Deojee, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

May 4: Beats by Wax, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

SEACRETS

49th Street and the Bay, Ocean City 410-524-4900 / www.seacrets.com

April 28: Justin Taylor Duo, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Bobby-O, 6 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.; DJ Tuff, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Screaming Monkeys, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.; Night Anthem, 10 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.

April 29: Full Circle, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Bobby-O, 6 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.; DJ Cruz, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Hotel Don’t Tell, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.; Band of Make Believe, 10 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.

April 30: Rox Ocean City Briday Show at Seacrets, 1-3 p.m.

May 4: Opposite Directions, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Connair, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

PIZZA TUGOS

9935 Stephen Decatur Hwy., West Ocean City 410-524-2922 / pizzatugos.com

April 28: No More Whiskey, 9 p.m. to midnight

Every Wednesday: Karaoke w/DJ Chuck D, 8 p.m. to midnight

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perform routines choreographed to music today through Sunday.

“Spectators will experience the thrill of watching sport kite demonstrations and get the opportunity to meet the greatest kite flyers in the world. Visitors will understand why Ocean City is the Kite Capital of the World,” said Jay Knerr of the Kite Loft. “Ocean City is one of the best places in the world to showcase kites. It is home to the world’s largest kite retailer (Kite Loft) and now to America’s most exciting kite festival. Hundreds of kite fliers from East Coast clubs and sport kite competitors from

around the country will fill the sky with an explosion of color, a photographer’s dream come true.”

Entertainment throughout the weekend festival will include:

• Free sport kite lessons and a “How to fly a kite” field in front of the Kite Loft between Fifth and Sixth streets on the beach during the day on Saturday and Sunday.

• Giant kite exhibitions from Fourth to Fifth streets.

• Quad line demos on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

• East Coast kite clubs’ air and ground displays from Fourth to Sixth

Dining Guide

■ PRICE RANGE: $, $$, $$$

■ RESERVATIONS: Reservations accepted

DOWNTOWN

South end to 28th Street

■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE

15th Street and Baltimore Avenue, inside

The Courtyard by Marriott, Ocean City 410289-7192, www.captainstableoc.com

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

Visit Captain’s Table for seafood, steaks, lobster specials and martinis; Open for breakfast and dinner everyday; Breakfast, Monday and Friday, 7:30am to 10:30am, Saturday and Sunday, 7:30am to 11:30am; Dinner, Monday through Thursday, 4pm to 9pm, Friday through Sunday 4pm to 10pm. Come hear Phil Perdue live on piano, Friday and Saturday nights from 5pm to 9pm.

■ COASTAL SALT

1601 Atlantic Avenue, Ocean City 410-973-7258, www.coastalsaltoc.com

New American restaurant with reel eats & high spirits. Local seafood and Chef’s specials. Enjoy breakfast, lunch, or dinner overlooking the beautiful ocean view from the boardwalk. Open Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. Pet friendly, patio with heaters. The best staff, creative eats with plenty of free parking.

■ COINS PUB & RESTAURANT

28th Street Plaza and Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-289-3100, www.coinspuboc.com

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

American style local restaurant serving seafood, steaks and chefs specials. Check out the off season weekday specials. Early bird; daily, 2 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s early bird specials, all day and all night. Happy Hour; daily, 2 to 5:30 p.m. with food and drink specials. Open Monday through Friday, 2 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Dine-in, carry out. Ordering online www.coinspuboc.com.

■ CORAL REEF RESTAURANT & BAR

Oceanfront and 17th St. in Holiday Inn & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612, www.coralreefrestaurant.com

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

Enjoy traditional Eastern Shore cuisine with a Caribbean flare from a selection of house specialty entrees such as burgers, seafood, and pastas! Breakfast, Daily, 7am to 11:30am; Lunch and Dinner, Sunday through Thursday, 11:30am to 9pm, Friday through Saturday, 11:30am to 10pm; The elegant, yet cozy dining venue is perfect for a date, fancy family dinner, or celebratory meal.

■ FISHTALES BAR & GRILL

21st Street and the Bay, Ocean City, 41029-0990

$-$$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

Fishtales located in a premier outdoor beach location on the bay with the best sunsets.

Come for the best local fare in town. We offer lunch and dinner with great happy hour food and drink specials. Kids play area too. So, sit back and enjoy. Open 7 days a week.

■ HARBOR WATCH

806 S. Atlantic Avenue, Ocean City 410-289-5121, www.harborwatchrestaraunt.com

$$-$$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar

Join us for our award-winning Raw Bar where you will find the most fresh, off-the-boat seafood! Featuring the best views of the Inlet and Assateague Island, dine in for our unlimited sides and certified Angus Beef steaks; Now Open, Monday and Thursday, 4-9 p.m., Friday through Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Call for banquet and largeparty details.

■ PAPI’S TACO JOINT

15th Street @ Philadelphia Avenue, Ocean City 443-664-861, PapisTacoJoint.com

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

Try the new Authentic Mexican restaurant open 7 days a week. Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. With a family atmosphere you can enjoy build your own street taco’s with a sheet table side with their home-made authentic salsas. Serving foods such as little cravings, Papi’s trio guacamole, Queso Fundido and choice of salsas, salads, bowls, soups, main dishes and desserts. Also, brunch, gluten free and vegan menus. Happy Hour: Monday through Friday, 3 to 5 p.m. with beer, wines, cocktails and specialty signature drinks. Dine in, or order online for your carryout and delivery by Door Dash. Catering is available.

■ PICKLES PUB

706 Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City 410289-4891, www.picklesoc.com

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

Open daily. Serving food until 1 a.m. Free parking across the street. Daily food and drink specials. Live entertainment 6 nights a week. Lots of pool tables. Liquor store attached. Game room. 30+ drafts on tap. Dine in or carry out.

MIDTOWN

29th to 90th streets

streets along the Boardwalk.

• Music will be played throughout the day at The Kite Loft on Fifth Street and the Boardwalk.

The 28th annual free event will take place on the beach from Fourth to Sixth streets. The general public is encouraged to bring their kites and participate.

Sponsors of the event include the Town of Ocean City, Shenanigan’s Pub, The Shoreham Hotel, Alaska Stand and The Kite Loft.

For more information, call The Kite Loft at 410-289-7855 or visit www.kiteloft.com.

5639, www.longboardcafe.net

Classic and creative American dishes and cocktails are showcased in a festive, surfthemed setting with weekly specials. Featuring burgers, tacos, prime rib, seafood and more. Open 11 a.m to 9 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays. Dine-in and curbside pick-up.

■ MARLIN MOON

Located in the Double Tree Hotel, 3301 Atlantic Ave., Ocean City 410-289-1201, www.marlinmoonocmd.com |$$

Eat where the locals eat! 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. Open all year round daily featuring a great selection of entrees, small plates, appetizers, and creatively crafted cocktails. Breakfast, 7:30am to 11am; Lite Fare, 11am to 10pm; Dinner, 4pm to 10pm.

■ PGN 29th Street, Ocean City, 3301 Atlantic Ave., Ocean City 410-289-8380, 410-2894083, www,pgncrabhouse.com

$$ | Kids’ menu | Beer & Wine

Know for their famous steamed crabs. Dining in or carry out is available. Casual seasonal seafood stop for the all-you-can-eat specials. Steamed crabs, chicken and corn on the cob. You can find clams, ribs, crab cakes, seafood platters and more. You can call for daily specials. Open 7 days a week.

11 a.m.

■ SEACRETS 49th Street, Ocean City 410-524-4900, www.seacrets.com

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

Open Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday through Saturday, 10 a.m. through midnight with island atmosphere. Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood.

UPTOWN

91st to

■ BAHAMA’S CRAB SHACK CARRYOUT & OUTLET

Oceanside MD/DE Line and Coastal Hwy, Fenwick 302-537-5882, Premium seafood, fat crabs by weight, sandwiches and dinners. Open daily at 10 am, closed Wednesdays. Seafood, chicken, homemade soups, super crab cakes, steamed shrimp, fresh clams, soft crabs, scallops, oysters, and snow Crab Claws.

■ BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH

OC, Beautification Committee’s Arbor Day celebrated Fri.

(April 28, 2023) The Town of Ocean City along with the Ocean City Beautification Committee will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 28, at Ocean City Elementary School.

The long-standing tradition is hosted by the Ocean City Beautification Committee, who has partnered with the students at OCES to bring this program to the community.

Students will assist Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan and City Council in plantSee ARBOR Page 31

www.carouselhotel.com

Enjoy one of four restaurants in the Carousel. Serving breakfast; The Bistro, Saturday through Sunday, 7 to 11 a.m. proudly serving Starbuck’s brand. Reef 118 Restaurant, Saturday through Sunday, 7 to 11 a.m. buffet or A la carte. Serving Dinner; Bamboo Lounge, Sunday through Thursday, 4 to 9 p.m., Friday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Bistro, Friday, 3 to 10 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Reef 118 Restaurant, Friday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Enjoy cocktails in the Bamboo Lounge, Sunday through Thursday, 4 to 10 p.m., Friday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

■ NORI SUSHI BAR & GRILL

Inside the Gold Coast Mall, 11403 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City 443-880-6258

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

Serving daily small plates, soups, salads, sandwiches, fried rice, entrees and desserts. Also, Nori’s premium rolls, nigiri and sashimi, hand-roll combos. Full bar with wine, beer and cocktails. Inside dining and take out, 7 days a week, 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Delivery via Door Dash online.

■ SOPHIA’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT PIZZERIA

Inside the Gold Coast Mall, 11405 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City 410-723-5188

$$ | Kids’ menu

Appetizers, salads, subs, soup of the day. Specialty pizzas, calzones and low-carb alternatives, Italian entrées. A la carte fresh vegetables, homemade desserts. Open daily, 11:30 a.m. Call for take-out or delivery by Door Dash and Uber Eats.

■ S.Q.U.A.R.Z. PIZZA & RESTAURANT

In Montego Bay Shopping Center, 12825 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City 443-664-8149, www.squarepizza.com,

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

New Ownership. Open 7 days a week at 4 PM. Serving soups, salads, build your own pizza, small plates, sandwiches, dinner entrees and desserts. Full bar and HH 7 days a week, 4 to 6 PM. Dine in special menu that changes weekly in addition to the regular menu. Wide variety of gluten free options. No fryers on premises, Dine in, carry out and delivery available. Check out the menu and order online. 10% of entire check excluding alcohol.

■ OC CHOPSTICKS Asian Bistro

■ 32 PALM

Located in The Hilton,32nd Street, Ocean City 410-289-2525, www.32palm.com

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

32 Palm’s inviting decor fuses the perfect atmosphere with Eastern shore favorites for an exceptional dining experience! Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner featuring a unique selection of bourbons. Routinely updated menus with the highest quality local ingredients for fresh seafood any time of the year!

Also, don’t miss out our extensive wine list and whiskey menu.

■ LONGBOARD CAFE

6701 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City 443-644-

12601 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City 443-664-2896, www.bourbonstreetonthebeach.com

$$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar

Happy Hour, daily, 3-6 p.m. Check our website for days and hours open. Louisiana-style cooking with specials for Restaurant Week and regular menu. Featuring surf and turf, fantastic chicken dishes, seafood gumbo, fried catfish, jambalaya, prime rib and many more specialty dishes.

■ CAROUSEL OCEANFRONT HOTEL & CONDOS 118th Street, Ocean City 800-641-0011,

12741 Ocean Gateway, Suite 890, West Ocean City (Outlets Ocean City) 410801-1111, www.occhopsticks.com

$$ | Beer | Premium Sake

Authentic Chinese, Japanese and Thai food. Dine-in and carry out. Lunch specials, dinner and lite fare. Sunday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m to 9:30 p.m. and Friday through Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

■ PIZZA TUGOS

9935 Stephen Decatur Hwy., West Ocean City 410-524-2922, pizzatugos.com

Rev. Jill Williams officially joins congregation May 1

(April 28, 2023) The Reverend Jill Williams has accepted the call to serve as the new Priest-inCharge at St. Paul’s bythe-Sea Episcopal Church.

Pastor Williams will be joining the congregation in Ocean City beginning May 1.

in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and Baltimore, Maryland. She is a graduate of the Virginia Theological Seminary.

Prior to entering seminary, Pastor Williams was a teacher in the Baltimore County Schools.

Jill Williams

“We are so pleased to have Pastor Jill leading our parish as we pursue our mission to ‘Love God and Serve the World,’” said Senior Warden Tom Shuster.

Pastor Williams comes to Ocean City from the Diocese of Newark where she recently served as Priest-in-Charge of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in northern New Jersey.

She has previously served churches

“I am so blessed to be joining this wonderful community as they continue to live out their vibrant and loving faith,” she said. “I am excited to get to know everyone and walk through this life together. I can’t wait to see what God is going to do with us all”

Her first worship service will be Sunday, May 7 at 10 a.m.

St. Paul’s by-the-Sea has been an iconic presence and vibrant force in downtown Ocean City since the end of the 19th century. The historic church on Baltimore Avenue at Third Street was built in 1900. Worship services are offered every Sunday morning.

Free health fair at convention center planned for Tuesday

(April 28, 2023) Atlantic General Hospital, the Town of Ocean City, and AARP Ocean City Chapter #1917 are cosponsoring a free health fair for the community.

The event will take place Tuesday, May 2, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center on 40th Street in Ocean City.

The health fair is free and open to the public.

Free health screenings will be offered, including carotid, respiratory, bone density, hearing, blood pressure, skin cancer, medicine review by AGHRx RediScripts pharmacists, lipid panel

and blood glucose (a 12-hour fast is required).

At 9 a.m. Dr. M. Sean Hooker of Atlantic General Orthopedic Surgery will discuss how robotic technology is used in surgery, followed by a representative from Taylor Bank who will give a presentation on identity theft and scams at 10 a.m.

The final speaker of the morning is Dr. Edwin Castañeda of Atlantic General Primary Care, who will provide information about antibiotics at 11 a.m.

For more information, contact Atlantic General Population Health’s Alyce Marzola at 410-641-9268 or email amarzola@atlanticgeneral.org.

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ing a tree as part of the Beautification Committee’s TreeMendous Program.

The celebration begins at 9:30 a.m. and is followed by the presentation of the flags by the American Legion Color Guard.

Students will then present skits, poems, songs and artwork to show the importance of trees in the environment. After the performances, the students will assist the mayor and council with the planting of a tree.

Following the tree planting, the students will enjoy demonstrations by the Ocean City Police Department’s mounted police and K-9 units.

ART SHOW

Sue Bromm won a third-place ribbon for her artwork during the Art League of Ocean City’s Corporate Partner Show, an annual art exhibition honoring its partners, at the Ocean City Center for the Arts.

All citizens and visitors are invited to attend.

For more information, contact Donna Greenwood, Beautification Committee chairperson, at 410-289-7060 or visit www.oceancitymd.gov/ocbc.

Stop diamondback terrapins from drowning in crab pots

By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) Crabbing season is here. That’s great news for crab lovers, but not so great for Maryland’s state reptile, the diamondback terrapin.

Diamondback terrapins are aquatic turtles that were once plentiful but today are struggling to survive, largely because of the human presence: their greatest threat is drowning in crab pots.

“Crab pots don’t kill crabs, because crabs don’t need air,” Sandi Smith, outreach and marketing coordinator for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program said. “But they do kill turtles. Once the turtle gets inside the crab pots, they can’t escape and drown.”

Terrapins are drawn into crab pots by the same bait crabbers use to attract blue crabs. However, unlike blue crabs, terrapins must rise periodically to the surface for a breath of air. Terrapins trapped in a fully submerged crab pot will eventually drown.

“Most recreational crabbers don’t realize that it is illegal to use a crab pot without what is called a “bycatch reduction device” or BRD.” Smith said. “It’s not a new law, just an unknown law and one that is hard to enforce.”

The law, which was passed in 1999,

requires each entrance to a crab pot be equipped with a BRD.

Waterfront property owners are legally allowed to crab with a maximum of two recreational crab pots, but they must register through the Maryland DNR for a free license.

The BRD is pretty simple; it is a rectangular piece of metal or thick 11gauge galvanized wire that is too small for a mature turtle to get through to enter the crab pot (1 3/4 inches by 4 3/4 inches). This keeps out adult turtles, but easily allows even the biggest crabs to enter.

“When one [turtle] gets trapped in a pot, it starts to panic, which attracts others into the pot,” Smith said.

Without the BRDs, more than just diamondback terrapins can get stuck in the crab pots. Smith has seen otters and even raccoons stuck in the crab pots as well.

Ghost crab pots (a pot that has lost its float) are a real issue. “Recreational boaters may run over a buoy and the crab pot will sink to the bottom,” Smith said. “It’s the gift that keeps on killing.”

Maryland Coastal Bays Program works with watermen in the winter to locate and remove ghost crab pots.

“Local places like Elliott’s Hardware

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delaware botanic gardens

Enjoybeer and pretzels

aquatic bugs & beer

thursdaY | may 18, 2023 | 3–5 PM 30220 Piney Neck Road, Dagsboro, DE 19939

• Experience hands-on inquiry activity at the Dogfish Learning Garden: “What lives in our waters?” Presented by environmental scientist, Jackelyn Toggart from Envirotech

• Explore the constructed wetland with other guests

• Enjoy beer and pretzels

TICKETS: $25

For more information, please contact Sheryl Swed at sherylswed@delawaregardens.org delawaregardens.org

CROSSWORD

PHOTO COURTESY TIMOTHY RUSSELL

Diamondback terrapins found inside this crab pot will be released.

Photo by Ray Bojarski

Fri., April 28

RESERVATION DEADLINE FOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S ANNUAL SPRING DINNER MEETING

To be held May 5, 6 p.m. at Pocomoke Community Center, 1410 Market St., Pocomoke City. Learn about gambling in OC. Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased by sending a check to Judi Menavich, 9 Drawbridge Road, Berlin, MD 21811 by April 28. 610-324-7635

ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION

Ocean City Elementary School, 12828 Center Drive, 9:30 a.m. Celebration begins with Color Guard flags, then students present skits, poems, songs and help the Mayor and City Council plant a tree. Demonstrations by mounted police and K-9s. www.oceancitymd.gov, 410-2897060

OUR 1960S MUSIC!

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 2 p.m. Grow up in Baltimore or OC in the ’60s? Mark Millikin, author of “The Joy and Heartache of Our 1960s Music,” talks about radio stations, DJs and music of the era. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

GRAND OPENING

RE/MAX ONE, 12911 Ocean Gateway, Unit 104, Ocean City. 4-6 p.m., To Register: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=6n4htedab&oeidk=a0 7ejqr4mrjd977d4e9.

4TH FRIDAY STREET FESTIVALS

Market Street & Front Street, Pocomoke City, 5-8 p.m. Vendors, children’s activities, beer/wine and music. This month’s theme is “Disney Dreams” to celebrate Disney’s Aladdin Jr. at the MAR-VA Theater. Interact with characters. www.downtownpocomoke.com, 410-957-1333 Ext. 111

PUTTIN FOR A CAUSE MINI-GOLF TOURNAMENT

Old Pro Golf, 13603 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 6:30 p.m. Registration at 5:30 p.m. Lite fare, contest, awards, raffles and giveaways, activities and more. Cost is $25 or $100 for foursome. Sign up: Wayne Littleton, 443-978-0680, littletonwayne@yahoo.com.

Sat., April 29

ANIME OCEAN CITY

Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Special guests, Artist Alley, vendors, panels, cosplay contest and more. $50 for VIP, $30 for weekend, $20 for Saturday, $15 for Sunday, free for kids 10 years and under. www.animeo-

ceancity.com, 757-578-5177

TRAIN & TOY SHOW

Roxana Volunteer Fire Company, 35943 Zion Church Road, Frankford, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Hosted by the Delaware Seaside Railroad Club. Admission cost is $6. www.delawareseasiderailroadclub.com, 302-448-5654

TINKER TIME: BLACKOUT POETRY

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., Snow Hill, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Drop in anytime, use the library’s supplies and your imagination to create. This month, explore blackout poetry. 410-632-3495, www.worcesterlibrary.org

ANNUAL SPRING COMMUNITY EXPO

Ocean Pines White Horse Park, 235 Ocean Parkway, 9 a.m.-noon. Takes place alongside the Ocean Pines Farmers and Artisans Market. Meet local small businesses and community resources. New this year, J3 Mobile Shredding will be onsite to shred documents for free.

ARTIST’S TALK ‘UNTOLD STORIES: CHRONICLING OUR DELMARVA HISTORY’ Germantown School Community Heritage Center, 10223 Trappe Road, Berlin, 10 a.m.-noon. Patrick Henry will discuss what inspired his curated collection of historical photographs from the last 19th into mid 20th century. Reservations: germantownschool@gmail.com, 443-235-9803, 410-641-0638.

CRAFTY SATURDAY: CONSTRUCTION CRAFTS

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10 a.m. Come and make some fun crafts perfect for every little construction worker during National Work Zone Week. For ages 4 years and older. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

OPENING ‘MEET AND GREET’ ARTIST RECEPTION

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 12:30-2:30 p.m. Showcasing a photography display by Mourad Shelby and Jeanne Woodward. Exhibit on display from April 5 to July 4. The artwork is available for purchase.

REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE

PRESENTS ‘CHARACTER MATTERS’ Ocean City Golf Club, 11401 Country Club Drive, Berlin, 3-6 p.m. Speaker is former USMC Lt. Col. Stuart Sheller. Tickets cost $50 and includes Happy Hour buffet/cash bar. Tickets: WorCoRcc@gmail.com, 443668-8864, WCRCC, P.O. Box 1432, Berlin, MD 21811.

FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET

Saturdays - White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Shop for everything from fresh local produce to unique handmade artisan goods. Open to the public.

Sun., April 30

ANIME OCEAN CITY

Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Special guests, Artist Alley, vendors, panels, cosplay contest and more. $50 for VIP, $30 for weekend, $20 for Saturday, $15 for Sunday, free for kids 10 years and under. www.animeoceancity.com, 757578-5177

SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC SERVICE

Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church, 103 W. Market St., Snow Hill, 11 a.m. Featuring Snow Hill’s own Kirk Carmean’s southern gospel music and an Italian lunch served afterwards. All are welcome. www.makemiechurch.com

OCEAN CITY BRIDAL SHOW

Seacrets, 117 49th St., Ocean City, 1-3 p.m. Wedding vendors, cocktails, fashion show and raffles. Admission: $12.95. Tickets: https://roxbeachweddings.com/oceancity-bridal-show/. 410-289-7699

MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

OC Performing Arts Center - Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 3 p.m. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Overture No. 1, Cello Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 9 “From the New World.” General admission: $55. Tickets: https://ocmdperformingartscenter.com/u pcoming-events/mso-apr. 410-289-2800

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES MEETING

Sundays - Berlin Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 212 West St., Berlin, 10 a.m. www.jw.org

Mon., May 1

STORY TIME ‘JUNGLE JAMBOREE’

Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Have jun learning about different jungle animals through books, songs and dancing. For ages 2-5 years. 410-524-1818, www.worcesterlibrary.org

GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:30 p.m. The group will explicate selected poems by contemporary Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

T.O.P.S. OF BERLIN - GROUP #169

Atlantic General Hospital, Conference Room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 56:30 p.m. Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a weekly support and educational group promoting weight loss and living a healthy lifestyle. Rose Campion, 410-641-0157

CALMING GLITTER JARS

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sell crab pots with BRDs,” Smith said. “But crab pots at Walmart don’t, although they are amenable to having volunteers put the BRDs on the pots in the store.”

Commercial crabbers do not need to use the BRDs because they monitor their crab pots daily and can therefore release the turtles fairly quickly.

The diamondback terrapin is currently under consideration as a species of concern by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Its habitat is brackish waters in the bays and creeks of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It’s the only turtle in North America restricted to estuaries.

Terrapins provide high quality food for many species. They also control numbers of periwinkle snakes which, left unchecked, can damage marshes, and they clean the bay bottom by consuming dead estuarine organisms.

Crabbers can get free BRDs from the Maryland Coastal Bays Program. Contact Sandi Smith at sandis@mdcoastalbays.org.

Smith will be at Bay Day in Ocean Pines on May 7 with an education booth and free BRDs.

SUBMITTED BY DAVID J. LANDIS, SR. GUEST SPEAKER

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean PinesOcean City heard from Dr. Jennifer Leggour, executive director of Worcester Youth & Family in Berlin, on March 22. She is pictured with Club President Bob Wolfing.

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Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 5:30 p.m.

This DIY glittery paradise, a swirling vortex of calm, helps eliminate the stress of a long day. All supplies included. Registration required: 410-632-3495. www.worcesterlibrary.org

DELMARVA WOMEN’S A CAPELLA CHORUS

Mondays - Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

All ladies who love to sing invited. Mary, 410-629-9383 or Carol, 302-242-7062.

OVEREASTER’S ANONYMOUS

Mondays - Worcester County LibraryOcean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 7-8 p.m. No dues or fees. 410-459-9100

Tues., May 2

COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR

Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Free health screenings and discussions about robotic surgery (9 a.m.), identity theft (10 a.m.) and antibiotics (11 a.m.). 410-6419268, amarzola@atlanticgeneral.org

STORY TIME AT THE CORNER SANCTUARY: SEEDS

Pocomoke Community Garden, 327 Clarke Ave., Pocomoke City, 10:30 a.m. Plant seeds in some of the garden’s raised beds and take some seeds home. For ages 2-5 years. Dress to get dirty. 410-9570878, www.worcesterlibrary.org

STORY TIME ‘FAMILIES’

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs and finger plays. Take-home activity included. For ages 2-5 years. 410-641-0650, www.worcesterlibrary.org

OC KNITTING GROUP

Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Bring whatever project you happen to be working on. 410-524-1818, www.worcesterlibrary.org

MASTER GARDENER PLANT CLINIC

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 11 a.m. Join in as Master Gardener Ginny Rosenkranz talks about all things plants. Bring any question you have and feel free to show your plants as well. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

ANIME & MANGA CLUB

Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 3 p.m. Introducing a new anime and manga club. Monthly themes will include trivia games, Japanese snacks and art exploration. For ages 13-16 years. 410-524-1818, www.worcesterlibrary.org

PRAYER WALK AND VIGIL FOR OUR SCHOOLS

Stephen Decatur Park, Tripoli Street, Berlin, 5-7:30 p.m. Congregations will meet at local schools’ flagpoles at 5 p.m. Then walk around the school grounds

praying. The groups then meet at Stephen Decatur Park from 6-7:30 p.m. for refreshments and music. 410-726-1795

SONGWRITERS WORKSHOP

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 6 p.m. Bring a song you are working on to the open collaborative. All genres welcome. Present works in progress or talk through composition issues with other songwriters. 410-6410650

BEACH HEROES-OC

Tuesdays - Volunteer beach clean-up group meets from 9-10 a.m., year-round. Trash bags, grippers and gloves provided. Check the Facebook page “Beach HeroesOC” for weekly meeting locations. All are welcome.

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES MEETING

Tuesdays - Berlin Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 212 West St., Berlin, 7 p.m. www.jw.org

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY

Tuesdays - Worcester County Health Department, 9730 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 3:30-4:30 p.m. TOPS is a weekly support and education group promoting weight loss and a healthy lifestyle. 410-289-4725

OC KNITTING CLUB

Tuesdays - Worcester County LibraryOcean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m.

ARGENTINE TANGO PRACTICE

Tuesdays - Experienced dancers and others interested in watching or learning more are welcome, 7-9:30 p.m. No partner required. Info: TangobytheBeach.com.

Wed., May 3

BARIATRIC SUPPORT GROUP

Held via Zoom the first and second Wednesdays of each month. For non-surgical patients. Atlantic General Bariatrics Center, 410-641-9568.

BABY TIME

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10 a.m. A time just for you and your teeny tiny. Stay after to socialize with other families. For children younger than 2 years and their caregivers. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 1:30-2:30 p.m. The group provides discussion, education and a speaker on the topic of diabetes. Darlene Jameson, 410-208-9761, djameson@atlanticgeneral.org

WATERCOLOR BASICS

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 2 p.m. Jan Coulbourne demonstrates the use of value, mediums and brushstrokes to assist in creating a beautiful artwork. Supplies included. Registration required; 410-641-0650. www.worcesterlibrary.org

HOMEMADE SPA PRODUCTS

Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., 4 p.m. Make selfcare products including shower scrubs, shaving cream and scented sprays using essential oils. For ages 10 years and older. Registration required: 410-957-0878. www.worcesterlibrary.org

KIWANIS CLUB MEETING

Wednesdays - Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway, 8 a.m. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Third Wednesday meetings are offsite and will be updated monthly on the website and Facebook. Guests are welcome. www.kiwanisofopoc.org

Thurs., May 4

SPRINGFEST

Hugh T. Cropper Inlet Parking Lot, 809 S. Atlantic Ave., Ocean City, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Four days of free music, food vendors, arts and crafts vendors and more. Admission is free. Rain or shine. Shadows of the 60’s at 7p.m. Tickets: www.ticketsmaster.com. Info: www.ococean.com/springfest.

CPAP MASK FITTING

Atlantic General Hospital’s Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Center, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin. For patients who are having trouble adjusting to their CPAP equipment. Free service, but requires an appointment: Robin Rohlfing, 410-641-9726.

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU

Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Celebrate the official Star Wars holiday with crafts and activities. 410-957-0878. www.worcesterlibrary.org

STORY TIME ‘STAR WARS’

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:30 a.m. May the Fourth be with you. Stick around for a craft after. For ages 2-5 years. 410208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

STORY TIME ‘BEAR COUNTS’

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 10:30 a.m. Stories, songs and rhymes. For ages 2-5 years. 410-632-3495, www.worcesterlibrary.org

MERRY MAKERS: MOSAICS FOR MAY

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:30 a.m. Following the basic principles of arranging smaller pieces of material to form a larger pattern on a surface. Limit 10. Registration required: 410-208-4014. www.worcesterlibrary.org

CHESS CLUB

Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Quiet place to meet new friends and play some chess. Bring your boards. All are welcome. 410-524-1818, www.worcesterlibrary.org

FAMOUS MOMS TRIVIA

Snow Hill 50plus Center, 4767 Snow Hill

Road, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Join in for a famous moms themed trivia. 410-632-3495, www.worcesterlibrary.org

BOOK DISCUSSION: ‘HEAVEN’ BY MIEKO KAWAKAMI

Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., 2 p.m. Copies of the book are available at the Pocomoke Library front desk. 410-957-0878, www.worcesterlibrary.org

CLAY IMPRESSION ART

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 3:30 p.m. Create a unique piece by experimenting with pressing designs into clay. For ages 12-15 years. 410-632-3495, www.worcesterlibrary.org

STAR WARS ESCAPE ROOM

Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 4:30 p.m. Help a droid named R5-D4 escape from the ship he is trapped on by hunting for clues, breaking codes and working together with friends. For ages 6-10 years. 410-524-1818, www.worcesterlibrary.org

ZUMBA

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 4:30-5:30 p.m. Join certified Zumba instructor Joyce Landsman for an hour of movement. These classes uplift and improve mood. Registration required: 410-641-0650. www.worcesterlibrary.org

MAYOR’S BIKE RIDE & BICYCLE PARADE

Atlantic Avenue & First Street, Ocean City. 5-8 p.m. Dress up as a Star Wars character for a chance to win an award. Registration begins at 5 p.m. At 6:10 p.m., parade starts 1.75 mile loop. Awards at 7 p.m. https://oceancitymd.gov/oc/mayors-bikeride/

SOUND BATH

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 6 p.m. Kacey Martin produces resonant music with sound bowls. Experience this immersive, meditative practice that helps relieve stress, anxiety and worry. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

BEACH SINGLES-55 PLUS

Thursdays - Harpoon Hanna’s, 39064 Harpoon Road, Fenwick Island, DE, 4-6 p.m. Info: 302-436-9577 or BeachSingles.org

Crossword answers from page 32

appear in Ocean City Today & Bayside Gazette each week and online at oceancitytoday.com & baysideoc.com

HELP

Thunderbird Beach Motel

Now Hiring PM Maintenance

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Production Crew for our WOC kitchen facility

Up to $20/hr.

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Call 410-723-6397

by Monday 5 p.m.

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

Hiring Cooks, Audio/Video

Techs, Maintenance Staff, Painters, Carpenter, Plumber, Housekeeper, Boat Mates

Apply in person or online at seacrets.com

Work on the Beach in Ocean City, MD

Renting

Apply in person MondayFriday, 9am-2pm. 32nd Street & Baltimore Ave., Thunderbird Beach Motel.

Now Hiring Day & Nighttime Customer Service/Cashiers

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Looking for easy outgoing person with fun personality. Cool place to work. Competitive wages. Serious inquires only 410-250-5678

Seniors encouraged to apply.

Assateague Pointe Gate Attendant Route 611. Tues., Wed. &/or Thurs., 1am-9am; Saturday, 5pm-1am. Contact 410-641-1674.

HELP WANTED

Dogtel in West Ocean City Part time and weekends. Call Dan 410-984-5719.

Barn 34 Hiring Kitchen Help, Hostess & Food Runner positions. Apply in person Thurs. & Fri. between 9am - 12pm 3400 Coastal Hwy.

Maintenance Person

Flexible hours. Full time or part time. 3-4 days a week.

Contact Jimmer Gardiner with Harbour Island at 14th St. on the Bay 240-298-0365

Agent Associate (Position 122201)

University of Maryland Extension College of Agriculture and Natural Resources seeks SNAP-Ed Project Leader and Nutrition Educator - Wicomico County

Position Summary/Purpose of Position:

This position is a 12-month, term appointment. The full-time position is part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) conducted by the University of Maryland Extension. The educator will deliver nutrition education programs to low-income residents in Wicomico County with emphasis on reaching food supplement (stamp) recipients.

The position will be housed in the Wicomico County Extension office in Salisbury, MD. Bachelor's Degree in nutrition, health education, or a related field preferred.

Salary will be commensurate with experience with a base salary of $58,226. The University of Maryland offers an extensive benefits package, which can be found by visiting: https://uhr.umd.edu/benefits.

All candidates must apply online at: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/105906

When applying, please submit application letter, resume, copy of transcripts and names/contact information of 3 professional references.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion and clearance of a Criminal History Record Check. EEO/ AA

Closing Date: Until filled

Office Assistant for local CPA Firm. Full time tax season/part time non tax season. Send resume to jennifer@jenniferlynchcpa. com.

HR Spec Wanted at Island Wear Inc. in Ocean City to recruit, int + rec hiring of empls; on-board, train + oversee hired empls; maintain empl records; mng empl relations; make firing recs; off-board fired empls.

Reqs: BA in business, HR, or related deg + 2 yrs business, HR, or related exp. Send resume to islandwearoc@gmail.com

Now Hiring for Seasonal Certified Pool Operator Apply within Comfort Suites, 12718 Ocean Gateway (Rte. 50), Ocean City, MD (WOC). 410-213-7171.

Now Hiring!!!

67th St., Coastal Hwy. FT, PT Positions Available

We are looking for friendly, energetic people to join our crew Experience preferred

• Pizza Maker

• Counter Server

• Grill Cook

• Dishwasher

Competitive Pay and Great Tips! Serious inquiries only! Apply within or email us mionespizza67@gmail.com

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Year-Round Outboard Motor/Boat Mechanic needed for established Boat Yard in West Ocean City, Maryland. Call Harbor Marine, 410-213-2296.

Cleaners - Vacation rentals needed for OC and the Pines. Experience preferred but not required. OC Purifiers. Call or text 443-397-1189 or email karen@ocpurifiers.com.

PoolGeneral Maintenance Outdoor work, lifting heavy objects. Mechanical, basic pool pump & motors, CPO a plus/not required. Able to pass CPO test. Summer. includes weekends & long hours; working alone or with others.

410-289-4902 ask for Suzanne

Small Engine Mechanic. Year-round. Competitive wages. 443-754-1047

Ocean City Florist

Now Hiring

PT Floral Designer 2-3 days a week. Some Saturdays will be required. Experience necessary. Call 410-250-1636 or apply within.

Security Guard Positions available in local high-rise condominium. Part time and/or full time. Good starting pay w/salary increase and bonuses available annually. Send resume to apurnell@legumnorman.com

PGN Crab House 29th Street & Coastal Hwy. Now Hiring for • Waitstaff • Kitchen Help Apply within in person after 11:00 am

Summer Bayside Condo near Jolly Roger. 2BR, 2BA W/D & AC. Cable, Wi-Fi, fully furnished. Sleeps 4-6. 2 units available May-Sept. Call Mike at 410-603-6120. www.mbjcproperties.com

Seasonal Weekly Rental (ONLY). Single Family Home, Berlin. 4BR, 3BA. $625/per night. Call 610-383-1138 for details.

Seeking YR & Seasonal Rentals! Call Howard Martin Realty 410-352-5555.

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Industrial Warehouse

Spaces: 4000 sq. ft., 2100 sq. ft. and 1500 sq. ft. Masonry construction, 18 ft. high ceiling, large garage door, bathroom. Route 90/Bishopville. Call 443-497-4200.

Self-Storage Units on Route 50 on Grays Corner Rd. 100 sq. ft., 200 sq. ft. & 250 sq. ft. 100 sq. ft. $125/mo. 200 sq. ft. $185/mo. & 250 sq. ft. $200/mo. Call Bill 301-537-5391

Huge Multi-Family Community Yard Sale. Fox Chapel, Queens Circle & Kings Court. West OC. Multiple items including clothes, household items, antique clocks & much more. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!

Saturday, April 29th, 7am-11am

COMMUNITY YARD SALEBerlin, Decatur Farm, off Route 113 across from Stephen Decatur ParkSaturday, May 6th, 8am to noon.

COMMERCIAL

1 Office/Retail Space available in West Ocean City. Approximately 1600 sq. ft. Call 443-497-4200

Nurse new to the area, with 30-plus years of experience to care for your loved one at home. Reasonable rates. Resume, license and references upon request. Most importantly reliable and dedicated. Call Barbara, 856-528-6254.

Classified Deadline is Monday @ 5pm

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SERVICES

CAREGIVER AVAILABLE for home care, everyday needs. 35 years experience. Delaware and Maryland area. Call Deborah at 302-934-7420

DONATIONS YARD SERVICES

WHALEYVILLE, April 28, 8-4, 12402 Blueberry Rd. Power saws, small power tools, hand tools, workbench, electric power washer.

DONATIONS

Do you have an old bicycle not being used? It could mean a world of difference to a hard-working international student. We are looking to get as many bikes as possible. Your donation will be taxdeductible. Contact Gary at 443-975-3065.

YARD SALE

Oyster Harbor Community Wide Yard Sale

Whisper Trace Drive May 6, 2023, 8am-1pm

Rain date May 13, 2023

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Cooks and Cleaning Help Wanted Flexible schedule, clean kitchen, new equipment. Weekly paychecks. Friendly work environment. If interested apply in person. Open daily, 12:00 p.m. American Legion Post #166 2308 Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City, MD Pool Attendant Flexible hours. Full time or part time. 3-4 days/evenings a week. Contact Jimmer Gardiner with Harbour Island at 14th St. on the Bay 240-298-0365 Now Hiring Seasonal Sales Positions Full-time, part-time now through October. Competitive starting pay. Parking available. Apply in person: SOMERSET JEWELERS 412 South Atlantic Avenue, OCMD 410-289-7011 Warehouse/Contractor Shops/Storage/ Flex Building for Lease/ Option to Purchase 1000-10,000 sq. ft. In town Ocean City on 142nd St. 410-723-4400 or 410-430-8332 Front Office Manager $50-55K/year Full Time with Benefits To apply: 410-289-6166, ask for Allyson Classifieds ~ 410-723-6397 Advertise Your Summer Rentals. GET IT RENTED HERE! 410-723-6397 www.oceancitytoday.net www.baysideoc.com e uar s dsie t icnaeco . w. w moc . y. adoty y

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON

37 LIBERTY ST OCEAN PINES A/R/T/A BERLIN, MD 21811

Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated November 26, 2008, recorded in Liber 5176, Folio 564 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, with an original principal balance of $420,000.00, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester County, at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on

MAY 9, 2023 AT 4:05 PM

ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon located in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $26,000 in the form of certified check, cashier's check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale.

The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser's default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 355517-1)

Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., Substitute Trustees

OF GROUND and the improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.

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COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

1099 WINTERSON ROAD SUITE 301

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MARYLAND 21090

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY

8634 LANGMAID ROAD

NEWARK, MD 21841

Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Clifton Henry Dennis Jr, dated July 30, 1999 and recorded in Liber 2733, Folio 406 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $51,459.54, and an original interest rate of 8.000%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for Worcester County, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863, on

Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A deposit of $5,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. At the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser, if a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding, of the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest. All due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities charges, or front foot benefit payments, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment. Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments, ground rent, or condo/HOA assessments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses, and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies, declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in the underlying secured debt. The pur-

chaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to postsale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without interest.

(CGD File #: 459381)

Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery, Christianna Kersey, Kevin Hildebeidel, Kyle Blackstone, and Kathleen Young, Substitute Trustees

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COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

1099 WINTERSON ROAD SUITE 301

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MARYLAND 21090

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE

OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY

8 SHORE POINT DRIVE OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Katie Lee Douglas, and Duncan Douglas, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4755, Folio 305 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $960,000.00, and an original interest rate of 2.000%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for Worcester County, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, MD 21863, on May 2, 2023 AT 3:55 PM

ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, and the improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property being sold is a condominium unit and all common elements appurtenant thereto.

Terms of Sale: The property will be sold “as is” and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements and agreements of record affecting same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. A deposit of $85,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten

days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. At the Substitute Trustees’ discretion, the foreclosure purchaser, if a corporation or LLC, must produce evidence, prior to bidding, of the legal formation of such entity. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason, there shall be no abatement of interest. All due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities charges, or front foot benefit payments, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment. Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments, ground rent, or condo/HOA assessments, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses, and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute Trustees may, in addition to any other available remedies, declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser agrees to pay reasonable attorneys' fees for the Substitute Trustees, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of resale, reasonable attorney's fees, and all other charges due and incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable title, the purchaser's sole remedy at law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit without interest. The sale is subject to postsale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and

PUBLIC NOTICE

The motor vehicles described below have been abandoned. The owners and lien holders are hereby informed of their right to reclaim the vehicles upon payment of all charges and costs resulting from the towing, preservation, and storage of the vehicles.

The failure of the owners or lien holders to reclaim the vehicles within three weeks of notification shall be deemed a waiver by the owners or lien holders of all rights, title and interest and thereby consent to the sale of the vehicles at public auction or to have it otherwise disposed of in a manner provided by law.

These three weeks of notification begins on April 20, 2023

All vehicles will be sold at auction on-line at www.govdeals.com. For details call 410-723-6643.

AUTH: Ross Buzzuro

Chief of Police

void, and the Purchaser's sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without interest.

(CGD File #: 449606)

Edward S. Cohn, Stephen N. Goldberg, Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Michael McKeefery, Christianna Kersey, and David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees

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; or

Hairston who died on December 29, 2022 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.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

To all persons interested in the estate of FRANKLIN POWELL HASTINGS Estate No. 19655 Notice is given that DIANE H BRINKER whose address is 11427 BELL ROAD, WHALEYVILLE, MD 21872 was on MARCH 31, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of FRANKLIN POWELL HASTINGS who died on MARCH 7, 2023 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 30th day of SEPTEMBER, 2023.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present

(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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

TERRI WESTCOTT, Register of Wills for Worcester County ONE W MARKET STREET ROOM 102 - COURT HOUSE

SNOW HILL, MD 21863-1074

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THOMAS H. QUEEN

LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS H. QUEEN & ASSOCIATES

7961 EASTERN AVENUE, SUITE 304

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19550

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ERNEST HAIRSTON

Notice is given that Crystal L. Hairston, 3070 Pine View Court, NE Washington, DC 20018, was on April 10, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Ernest

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 10th day of October, 2023.

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; 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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

Crystal L. Hairston Personal Representative True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074

Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest

Date of publication: April 13, 2023

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NOTICE of Public Hearing on Disposal of Real Property Right

The County Commissioners of Worcester County, Maryland propose to release an easement granted to it by the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland by deed dated April 24, 2006 and recorded in the land records of Worcester County at Liber 4721, Folio 727 for ingress and egress over property known as Parcel C-1.1. The release will be for zero consideration.

The PUBLIC HEARING on this disposal of surplus real estate will be held on TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 at 10:30 A.M.

in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Room 1101 – Government Center One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863

Questions may be directed to Weston S. Young, Chief Administrative Officer, by calling 410-632-1194, or by email at weston.young@co.worcester.md.us.

WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

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CHARLES T. CAPUTE ESQ MCALLISTER, DE TAR, SHOWALTER & WALKER LLC

100 N. WEST STREET

EASTON, MD 21601-2710

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Estate No. 19666

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF CALVINA WAINWRIGHT FISHER

AKA: CALVINA W. FISHER

Notice is given that Cynthia F. Twilley, 1106 New Bedford Way, Salisbury, MD 21801, was on April 10, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Calvina Wainwright Fisher who died on January 22, 2023, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

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; 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

claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

Cynthia F. Twilley Personal Representative

True Test Copy

Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County

One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074

Name of newspaper designated by personal representative:

Ocean City Digest

Date of publication:

April 20, 2023

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Estate No. 19671

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF JOAN DIANE S. WATT

AKA: JOAN WATT, JOAN SATTERFIELD WATT

Notice is given that Cecil H. Satterfield Jr., 44 Sundial Circle, Berlin, MD 21811, was on April 11, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joan Diane S. Watt who died on April 3, 2023, 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 11th day of October, 2023.

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; 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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

Cecil

H. Satterfield Jr.

Personal Representative

True Test Copy

Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County

One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House

Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074 Name

designated by

Ocean City Digest

Date of publication:

April 20, 2023

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MICHAEL B. MATHERS ESQ. WEBB, CORNBROOKS, WILBER, VORHIS, DOUSE & MATHERS,

LLP

P.O. BOX 910115 BROAD STREET SALISBURY, MD 21803-0910

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

To all persons interested in the estate of KATHLEEN R. PENKUSKY Estate No. 19677 Notice is given that JOSEPH C. PENKUSKY whose address is 4111 WATERFRONT ROAD, BIVALVE, MD 21814 was on APRIL 12, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of KATHLEEN R. PENKUSKY who died on MARCH 28, 2023 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 12th day of OCTOBER, 2023

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; 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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

TERRI WESTCOTT, Register of Wills for Worcester County ONE W. MARKET STREET ROOM 102 - COURT HOUSE SNOW HILL, MD 21863-1074

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KELLY A. BURGY ESQ.

COUNCIL BARADEL KOSMERI & NOLAN, P.A. 125 WEST STREET, 4TH FL, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19680 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ANGELA DOOLEY CLARK

Notice is given that Michael Clark, 17 Fosse Grange, Berlin, MD 21811, was on April 17, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of

the estate of Angela Dooley Clark who died on February 16, 2007, 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 17th day of October, 2023.

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; 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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

Michael Clark

Personal Representative True Test Copy Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074

Name of newspaper designated by personal representative:

Ocean City Digest

Date of publication:

April 20, 2023

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NOTICE of Bid Solicitation

Ocean Pines Waste Water Plant Fuel System Upgrade Worcester County, Maryland

Worcester County is seeking Bids from qualified Vendors to contract for the removal of the existing fuel system and installation of a new system in conformity with the requirements contained herein Bid Documents.

Bid Documents for the above referenced project may be obtained from the Worcester County Commissioner’s Office by either e-mailing the Procurement Officer, Nicholas Rice, at nrice@co.worcester.md.us or by calling 410-632-1194 during normal business hours, or via the County’s Bids page on the County’s website. Vendors are responsible for checking this website for addenda prior to submitting their bids. Worcester County is not responsible for the content of any Bid Document received through any third party bid service. It is the sole responsibility of the vendor to ensure the completeness and accuracy of their Completed Bid Documents.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 10:00 AM at the Worcester County DPWWater Wastewater facility, located at 1000 Shore Lane, Berlin, MD 21811. The last day for questions will be noon on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Sealed Bid Documents are due no later than Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 2:30pm and will be opened and read aloud in the Office of the County Commissioners, Worcester County Government Center – Room 1103, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863.

Envelopes shall be marked “Ocean Pines Waste Water Plant Fuel System Upgrade”, in the lower left-hand corner.

Late Bid Documents will not be accepted.

Minority vendors are encouraged to compete for award of the solicitation.

Nicholas W. Rice, CPPO, CPPB, NIGP-CPP Procurement Officer

Worcester County, Maryland

THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

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NOTICE

of Bid Solicitation WORCESTER COUNTY

HMA PAVING

Worcester County, Maryland

Worcester County is seeking Bids from qualified Vendors to contract for labor, equipment and materials necessary to perform Work consisting of placing Surface Fine 9.5MM Hot Mix Asphalt Paving at various locations as indicated on the FY24 Paving Schedule in conformity with the requirements contained herein Bid Documents.

Bid Documents for the above referenced project may be obtained from the Worcester County Commissioner’s Office by either e-mailing the Procurement Officer, Nicholas Rice, at nrice@co.worcester.md.us or by calling 410-632-1194 during normal business hours, or via the County’s Bids page on the County’s website. Vendors are responsible for checking this website for addenda prior to submitting their bids. Worcester County is not responsible for the content of any Bid Document received through any third party bid service. It is the sole responsibility of the vendor to ensure the completeness and accuracy of their Completed Bid Documents.

The last day for questions will be noon on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Sealed Bid Documents are due no later than Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 2:30pm and will be opened and read aloud in the Office of the County Commissioners, Worcester County Government Center – Room 1103, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863.

Envelopes shall be marked “Worcester County HMA Paving”, in the lower left-hand corner.

Late Bid Documents will not be accepted.

Minority vendors are encouraged to compete for award of the solicitation.

Nicholas W. Rice, CPPO, CPPB, NIGP-CPP

Procurement Officer Worcester County, Maryland THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

To all persons interested in the estate of RUTH MOORE WEBB Estate No. 19684 Notice is given that WILLIAM ROGER DECKER whose address is 29 BETHANY ROAD, SELBYVILLE, DE 19975 was on APRIL 18, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of RUTH MOORE WEBB who died on APRIL 7, 2023 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 18th day of OCTOBER, 2023

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; 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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

TERRI WESTCOTT, Register of Wills for Worcester County ONE W MARKET STREET ROOM 102 - COURT HOUSE

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

WORCESTER COUNTY

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AGENDA -

THURSDAY MAY 11, 2023

Pursuant to the provisions of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held in-person before the Board of Zoning Appeals for Worcester County, in the Board Room (Room 1102) on the first floor of the Worcester County Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland.

6:30 p.m. Re-Advertisement of Case No. 23-34, on the lands of Brett Costello, requesting a variance to the rear yard setback from 30 feet to 12.8 feet (to encroach 17.2 feet) for an extension of an existing deck in the R-3 Multifamily Residential Dis-

trict, pursuant to Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-207(b)(2) and ZS 1305 located at 86 Lookout Point, Tax Map 16, Parcel 41, Section 4, Lot 85, Tax District 3, Worcester County, Maryland.

6:35 p.m. Case No. 23-42, on the application of John Stanton, on the lands of MAS Estate, LLC, requesting a special exception to allow a roadside stand for the sale of fresh seafood, a variance to the front yard setback from 50 feet to 23.8 feet (to encroach 26.2 feet), a left side yard variance from 30 feet to .5 feet (to encroach 29.5 feet), a variance to the minimum lot width from 200 feet to 137.38 ( reduce 62.62 feet) and a reduction of the minimum lot area from 40,000 sq. ft. to 29,239 sq. ft. (reduce 10,763 sq. ft) in the V-1 Village District, pursuant to Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(c)(3), ZS 1116(c)(4), ZS 1-204(c)(8), ZS 1-305, ZS 1-322 & ZS 1-325 located at 1405 Snow Hill Road, Tax Map 94, Parcel 171, Tax District 8, Worcester County, Maryland.

6:40 p.m. Case No. 23-44, on the lands of Big D & Lulu, LLC, requesting a special exception to allow an outdoor commercial recreation establishment and a special exception to install a 12 foot tall fence on 3 sides of the recreation area in the C2 General Commercial District, pursuant to Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(c)(3), ZS 1-210(c)(1), ZS 1305(k)(3)C & ZS 1-325 located at 12630 Ocean Gateway, Tax Map 27, Parcel 139, Unit 16, Tax District 10, Worcester County, Maryland.

6:45 p.m. Case No. 23-41, on the application of Hugh Cropper, IV, on the lands of Robert Remo & Renee Wood, requesting an after-the-fact variance to the right side yard setback from 6.23 feet to 5.4 feet (to encroach .83 feet) for an existing deck landing and stairs in the R-2 Suburban Residential District pursuant to Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1206(b)(2) and ZS 1-305, located at 10510 Norwich Road, Tax Map 21, Parcel 8, Section A, Block 18, Lot 5, Tax District 10, Worcester County, Maryland.

6:50 p.m. Case No. 23-17, on the application of Kristina Watkowski, on the lands of SunTRS Castaways, LLC, requesting a variance to the front yard setback from 10 feet to 3 feet (to encroach 7 feet) and a variance to the rear yard setback from 5 feet to .7 feet (to encroach 4.3 feet) and a variance to reduce the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area buffer from 100 feet to 49.3 feet (to encroach 50.7 feet) for a proposed replacement park model in a rental campground in the A-2 Agricultural District, pursuant to Zoning Code ZS 1-116(c )(4), ZS 1-202 (c)(18), ZS 1305 and ZS 1-318 and Natural Resources Code §§ NR 3-104(c)(4) and NR 3-111, located at 12550 Eagles Nest Road, Tax Map 33, Parcel 33, Site 317, Tax District 10, Worcester County, Maryland.

6:55 p.m. Case No. 23-45, on the application of Mark Cropper, on the lands of Tee Pee, LLC requesting a variance to the rear yard setback from 5 feet to 1 foot ( to encroach 4 feet) for an open deck addition in the A-2 Agricultural District pursuant to Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-

202(c)(18) and ZS 1-318, located at 12006 Assateague Way, Tax Map 33, Parcel 347, Lot 428, Tax District 10, Worcester County, Maryland.

7:00 p.m. Case No. 23-46, on the application of Mark Cropper, on the lands of Waterside Dr. LLC, requesting a modification to extend a waterfront structure in excess of 125 feet by 74 feet for the installation of three proposed boatlifts with associated pilings on an existing pier extending a total of 199 feet channelward, pursuant to Natural Resources Code §§ NR 2-102(e)(1) and Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(n)(3), located at 5717 Waterside Drive, Tax Map 50, Parcel 51, Lot 13, Tax District 10, Worcester County, Maryland.

7:05 p.m. Case No. 23-47, on the application of Mark Cropper, on the lands of Waterside Dr. II LLC, requesting a modification to extend a waterfront structure in excess of 125 feet by 125 feet for the installation of a proposed pier, platform, and four boatlifts with associated pilings extending a total of 250 feet channelward, pursuant to Natural Resources Code §§ NR 2-102(e)(1) and Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(n)(3), located at 5721 Waterside Drive, Tax Map 50, Parcel 51, Lot 11, Tax District 10, Worcester County, Maryland.

7:10 p.m. Case No. 23-43, on the application of Maryland Coastal Bays Program, on the lands of the State of Maryland, Ruark Family LP, and Assateague Island National Seashore, requesting a modification to extend a waterfront structure in excess of 125 feet by 25 feet for construction of a proposed living shoreline project extending a total of 150 feet channelward, pursuant to Natural Resources Code §§ NR 2102(e)(1) and Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(n)(3), located at 7000 Rum Pointe Road, Tax Map 40, Parcels 8, 36, and 40, Tax District 10, Worcester County, Maryland.

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WORCESTER COUNTY MARYLAND

OFFICE OF THE TREASURER GOVERNMENT CENTER

1 WEST MARKET STREET, ROOM 1105

SNOW HILL, MD 21863

TAX SALE

OF PROPERTIES LOCATED IN WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

State and County taxes for the 2021 tax levy (and prior years) by the County Commissioners of Worcester County and/or delinquent water, sewer, and assessment charges and/or delinquent nuisance abatements on the properties hereinafter described being due and in arrears and unpaid, and in order to compel the payment of the same, together with interest thereon and costs attending the proceeding, as provided by law, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Treasurer, Finance Officer, and Collector of State and County taxes for Worcester County, Maryland, as provided by the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, the

undersigned Treasurer, Finance Officer and Collector, aforesaid, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the following properties. This public auction will be held with Real Auction.com. The link is https://worcester.marylandtaxsale.co m

STARTING WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023 @ 10:00 A.M. CLOSING FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2023 AT THE HOUR OF 1:00 P.M.

LIST OF PROPERTIES

Acct#03137376 Assessed To A New Day Consulting LLC. Located At 261 Charleston Rd Berlin, Md. Described As Lot 38 23135 Sq Ft Charleston Road Whitetail Sancty Sec 15b. Assessment $681,333. Total Due $16,428.18

Acct#02021854 Assessed To Aydelotte Roland Jay &. Located At 509 Church St Snow Hill, Md. Described

As 24,483 Sq Ft 509 Church St Snow Hill Lot Adj Lds Aydelotte Pl. Assessment $103,000. Total Due $2,780.74

Acct#02006936 Assessed To Ballard Artie H &. Located At 4239 Market St Snow Hill, Md. Described

As Lot 18 Blk 1 Sec 1 W/S Market St 35184 Sq Ft Pl Castle Hill Ests. Assessment $85,900. Total Due $2,134.14

Acct#10221064 Assessed To Bealefeld Shirley W Leaf &. Located At 11 134th St 0307 Ocean City, Md.

Described As U 307 134th St Ocean Princess CM. Assessment $156,400.

Total Due $5,161.10

Acct#10053986 Assessed To Behney Christopher. Located At 210 Trimper Ave 0004 Ocean City, Md.

Described As U 4 Trimper Ave Sand & Foam CM. Assessment $106,000.

Total Due $3,539.18

Acct#10120586 Assessed To Bellosi-Mitchell Grace M &. Located At 10900 Coastal Hwy 0202 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 202 Beach Hwy Golden Sands Club CM. Assessment $325,033. Total Due $10,544.33

Acct#10265592 Assessed To Bernetta A Vaughan Revocable Livin. Located At 614 Osprey Rd 000f Ocean City, Md. Described As U F Osprey Road Dawn's Cove Th CM. Assessment $270,000. Total Due $8,816.83

Acct#10722136 Assessed To Bernetta A Vaughan Revocable Livin. Located At Dawn's Cove Th CM F Ocean City, Md. Described As Boat Slip #F Osprey Rd Dawn's Cove Th CM. Assessment $15,000. Total Due $610.71

Acct#10183162 Assessed To Berrett Rebecca Ann. Located At 607 Twin Tree Rd Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 4 Blk 13 Sec 1d Twin Tree Road Pl Caine Woods. Assessment $238,833. Total Due $7,529.95

Acct#01011960 Assessed To Boston Louise. Located At Colona Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As App 1 Ac N Side Colona Road S Of Pocomoke. Assessment $23,500. Total Due $640.78

Acct#10256682 Assessed To Bowen Robert Lamont. Located At 126 Georgia Ave Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 3 II Ph I Georgia Ave Resub Par 3 Sec 2 Swathmore Twnhses. Assessment $3,132. Total Due $10,157.88

Acct#10408199 Assessed To Boyle Bridget. Located At 107 Barbados

Sun CM 107 Ocean City, Md. Described As Boat Slip #107 Mooring Rd Barbados Sun CM. Assessment $13,500. Total Due $562.45

Acct#01040707 Assessed To Bryant Melvin J &. Located At 506 Young St Pocomoke, Md. Described As Lot 1 3632 Sq Ft 506 Young St L V Layman Inc Subd Pl. Assessment $29,700. Total Due $1,394.01

Acct#10198747 Assessed To Bungarra LLC. Located At 13308 Colonial Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As Lot 1550 Sec 4a E Side Colonial Rd Pl Montego Bay Mob Hm Pk. Assessment $124,500. Total Due $4,122.66

Acct#10768889 Assessed To Burke Edward A Trustee &. Located At Baltimore Ave Ocean City, Md. Described As Parcel A 1704 Sf Baltimore Ave Resub Of Lts 6 & 7 Into. Assessment $93,700. Total Due $3,158.93

Acct#01003143 Assessed To Carter Melinda. Located At 1523 Unionville Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 100' X 200' N Side Unionville Rd SW Of Pocomoke. Assessment $73,100. Total Due $1,333.61

Acct#07000030 Assessed To Chatham Daphne Frances For Life. Located At 8138 Meadow Bridge Rd Salisbury, Md. Described As 64 Acs Mt Pleasant Land E Side Meadow Bridge Rd. Assessment $21,200.

Total Due $1,372.61

Acct#03076342 Assessed To Clazey Carl S &. Located At 131 Watertown Rd Berlin, Md. Described As Lot B-11-293 10095 Sq Ft Watertown Rd Pl Ocean Pines Sec 11. Assessment $188,267. Total Due $3,984.80

Acct#10222079 Assessed To Colletti Ricardo V &. Located At 3801 Atlantic Ave 0110 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 110 Btw 38th & 39th Sts Diamond Beach CM. Assessment $ 240,900. Total Due $ 7,880.37

Acct#10222311 Assessed To Colletti Ricardo V &. Located At 3801 Atlantic Ave 0216 Ocean City, Md.

Described As U 216 Btw 38th & 39th Sts Diamond Beach CM. Assessment $260,800. Total Due $8,366.73

Acct#03124800 Assessed To Collick Albert B &. Located At 9309 Seahawk Rd Berlin, Md. Described As Lot 3 3.086 Acs W/S Step Dec High School Rd Subdiv William Smith. Assessment $143,367. Total Due $2,236.89

Acct#03034321 Assessed To Collick Beatrice. Located At 114 Railroad Ave Berlin, Md. Described As 69 3 X 591 36 N Side Railroad Avenue Berlin. Assessment $54,467. Total Due $2,327.14

Acct#01019848 Assessed To Collins Claudia M. Located At 409 Dudley Ave Pocomoke, Md. Described As 60' X 150' N Side 409 Dudley Ave Pocomoke. Assessment $41,700. Total Due $1,032.78

Acct#01016318 Assessed To Collins Diondre Lamount. Located At 714 Fourth St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 0.456 Ac W Side 714 4th St Near Scotts Allen. Assessment $36,100. Total Due $1,846.69

Acct#10000823 Assessed To Collins Kathie Lynn. Located At 13022 Wilson Ave Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 180 50' X 100' Jefferson Ave Pl 2 Glen Acres Subdiv. Assessment $219,300. Total Due

$4,837.24

Acct#03061019 Assessed To Conca Violet H. Located At 24 Admiral Ave Ocean Pines, Md. Described As Lot B-08-074 9526 Sq Ft Admiral Ave Pl Ocean Pines Sec Eight. Assessment $58,133. Total Due $1,339.79

Acct#03108023 Assessed To Concetta Bednar Residuarty Trust. Located At 28 Castle Dr Ocean Pines, Md. Described As Lot B-10-438

10535 Sq Ft Castle Drive Pl Ocean Pines Sec 10. Assessment $265,100.

Total Due $4,115.05

Acct#10050340 Assessed To Cook Jacquelyn Evans. Located At 3001 Atlantic Ave 00G1 Ocean City Md. Described As U G-1 Btw 30th & 31st Sts Sea Gate CM. Assessment $24,320. Total Due $7,856.04

Acct#01012096 Assessed To Cooper James &. Located At 1973 Colona Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 24,260 Sq Ft N Side Colona Road S Of Pocomoke. Assessment $94,300.

Total Due $2,269.61

Acct#03029123 Assessed To Corbin Leslie H. Located At 104 South Main St Berlin, Md. Described As Lot W Side 104 S Main X Washington Sts. Assessment $223,067.

Total Due $7,612.63

Acct#01015745 Assessed To Cox

Ronald. Located At 810 Second St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 60' X 200' W Side 810 2nd St Pocomoke. Assessment $56,400. Total Due $2,813.14

Acct#01015842 Assessed To Cox

Ronald E. Located At 808 Second St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 60' X 200' W Side 808 Second St Pocomoke. Assessment $34,800. Total Due $1,779.76

Acct#03070255 Assessed To Crecelius Lloyd J Jr. Located At 12 Admiral Dr Berlin, Md. Described As Lot B-06-480 10044 Sq Ft Admiral Dr Pl Ocean Pines Sec 6. Assessment $168,133. Total Due $3,603.29

Acct#01023608 Assessed To Crippen Alexander &. Located At 410 Linden Ave Pocomoke, Md. Described As 41' X 78' X 54' X 78 S Side 410 Linden Ave Pocomoke. Assessment $37,700. Total Due $1,922.83

Acct#07000227 Assessed To Culver Donald Oran &. Located At 8124 Stevens Rd Salisbury, Md. Described As 37.891 Acs E Side Stevens Road W Of Snow Hill. Assessment $168,800. Total Due $4,359.82

Acct#03020789 Assessed To Davis Mamie L & Jesteavus Davis. Located At 10112 Germantown Rd Berlin, Md. Described As 1 Ac W Side Germantown Road SE Of Berlin. Assessment $38,000. Total Due $1,093.94

Acct#01003410 Assessed To Devereaux Robert & Brenda. Located At Cedar Hall Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As Lot SW Side Cedar Hall Rd Sw Of Pocomoke. Assessment $19,800. Total Due $560.03

Acct#01001477 Assessed To Devereaux Robert L Sr & Brenda S. Located At 1944 Cedar Hall Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 1.67 Acs E Side Cedar Hall Rd Bndy Ln Adj N Jones Etal. Assessment $78,700. Total Due $1970.89

Acct#02011204 Assessed To Dixon

Teamer Jr &. Located At 3944 Market St Snow Hill, Md. Described As Lot SW/S Market St S Of Snow Hill.

Assessment $110,300. Total Due $2,667.28

Acct#03146731 Assessed To Donaway Keith Allen &. Located At 12292 Blueberry Rd Whaleyville, Md. Described As Lot 1 2 Ac S/S Blueberry Rd M Donaway Min Subdiv. Assessment $107,133. Total Due $2,546.91

Acct#01001019 Assessed To Donaway Rita Elizabeth. Located At 2514 Worcester Hwy Pocomoke, Md. Described As 190' X 190' X 190' X 143' Near E Side R-113 NE Of Pocomoke. Assessment $59,100. Total Due $1,552.42

Acct#05008778 Assessed To Ebelein Dawn Marie. Located At 11211 Tammy Ln Bishopville, Md. Described As Lot 125 28960 Sq Ft Tammy Lane Pl 5 Holiday Harbor. Assessment $438,533. Total Due $9,440.64

Acct#10025516 Assessed To End Game Construction LLC. Located At Quillin Way Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 47 24851 Sq Ft Quillin Way Pl Golf Club Shores III. Assessment $92,400. Total Due $2,144.14

Acct#10295130 Assessed To Fairfax Nursing Center Inc. Located At 427 14th St 01070 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 107 S 3AZ 14th St & Bay Harbour Island CM. Assessment $305,900. Total Due $9,972.14

Acct#03136167 Assessed To Ferris Martin A III. Located At 917 Yacht Club Dr Berlin, Md. Described As Lot 48 2491 Sq Ft Yacht Club Drive Sec 1 Marina Village Ths Sc 18. Assessment $3,031.67. Total Due $1,902.17

Acct#01023071 Assessed To Fleming Tammie Sue. Located At 503 Market St Ocean City, Md. Described As 43' X 205.5' N Side 503 Market St Pocomoke. Assessment $87,800. Total Due $3,870.61

Acct#10008123 Assessed To Freburger Kelly M. Located At 13011 Drum Point Rd Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 30 N Side Drum Point Rd Pl 1 Sec 1 Captains Hill. Assessment $681,000. Total Due $14,769.32

Acct#01004492 Assessed To Gammon Inez A &. Located At 2536 Carter Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 1.736 Ac SE Side Byrd Road NE Of Pocomoke. Assessment $109,300. Total Due $2,645.10

Acct#10327431 Assessed To Garfield Craig L Jr. Located At 14305 Light House Ave 000B Ocean City, Md. Described As U B Lighthouse Ave Lighthouse Cove CM. Assessment $165,600. Total Due $4,630.00

Acct#02020203 Assessed To Green Felicia &. Located At Ross St Snow Hill, Md. Described As Lot 7 1.18 Acs W Side Ross St. H Williams Subdiv. Assessment $27,400. Total Due $1,213.13

Acct#10258669 Assessed To Green Michael O. Located At 504 Yawl Dr Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 339 3600 Sq Ft E S Yawl Dr Pl Montego Bay Sec 6 C. Assessment $142,967. Total Due $4,697.70

Acct#01001418 Assessed To Hall Diane Susie Stevens &. Located At 1813 Pit Circle Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 1.871 Acs W Side Pit Circle Rd SW Of Pocomoke. Assessment $22,400. Total Due $753.57

Acct#08000689 Assessed To Happy Chesapeake LLC The. Located At Ward Rd Girdletree, Md. Described As 32 Acs N Side Ward Road W Of Girdletree. Assessment $12,700. Total Due $405.11

Acct#08000727 Assessed To Happy Chesapeake LLC The. Located At Betheden Church Rd Girdletree, Md. Described As 6 Acs Near Klej Grange Betheden Church Road. Assessment $38,500. Total Due $1,102.19

Acct#08000743 Assessed To Happy Chesapeake LLC The. Located At 3203 Betheden Church Rd Girdletree, Md. Described As 284.91 Acs W Side Betheden Church R Survey Shirley W Pilchar. Assessment $509,500. Total Due $10,977.55

Acct#08000751 Assessed To Happy Chesapeake LLC The. Located At 2633 Ward Rd Girdletree, Md. Described As 183 Acs S Side Ward Rd Consd Pl Shirley Pilchar. Assessment $96,300. Total Due $2,366.05

Acct#10226821 Assessed To Harmon Barbara J. Located At 14 136th St 0301 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 301 136th St Sunspot CM. Assessment $214,000. Total Due $7,014.69

Acct#10120071 Assessed To Harper Kevin. Located At 10300 Coastal Hwy 508 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 508 Coastal Hwy Atlantis CM. Assessment $227,600. Total Due $7,380.69

Acct#10430755 Assessed To Harris Wayne L &. Located At 4 Hidden Cove Way Lug-B Ocean City, Md. Described As U-Lug-Be-2e Ph 5 Hidden Cove Way The Garden CM Sunset Isl. Assessment $317,700. Total Due $10,351.87

Acct#10285623 Assessed To Harrison Paul John William. Located At 320 H Gorman Ave Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 13A 320H Gorman Ave Villa Park Townhouses. Assessment $184,067. Total Due $5,974.57

Acct#10366216 Assessed To Hauser Sheila D. Located At 12506 Deer Point Cir Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 10 14251 Sq Ft Deer Point Circle Deer Point Subdiv. Assessment $307,700. Total Due $6,736.91

Acct#03126013 Assessed To Haynie Mark W & Evelyn M. Located At Timberline Cir Berlin, Md. Described As Lot 397 Timberline Circle White Horse Park Phase 3. Assessment $96,900. Total Due $2,211.31

Acct#01020587 Assessed To Heath Clarence W &. Located At 504 Young St Pocomoke, Md. Described As Lot 2 3102 Sq Ft 504 Young St L V Layman Inc Subd Pl. Assessment $27,300. Total Due $1,427.75

Acct#02022079 Assessed To Hillman Emily Dawn. Located At 232 Washington St Snow Hill, Md. Described As 117' X 191' X 162' X 81' S Washington St Snow Hill. Assessment $81,600. Total Due $3,437.46

Acct#01021400 Assessed To Holden Gregory T &. Located At 509 Cedar St Pocomoke, Md . Described As 60' X 120.4' 509 Cedar St Pocomoke. Assessment $48,900. Total Due $2,212.44

Acct#01000683 Assessed To Hudson Robert J. Located At 2237 Worcester Hwy Pocomoke, Md. De-

scribed As 184' X 200' NW Side R113 NE Of Pocomoke. Assessment $120,700. Total Due $2,894.98

Acct#03042871 Assessed To Hudson Robert Jay. Located At 58 Lookout Point Berlin, Md. Described As Lot C-04-098 9368 Sq Ft Lookout Point Pl Ocean Pines Sec 4. Assessment $504,133. Total Due $10,131.78

Acct#01013181 Assessed To Huttner Robin A. Located At 1318 Old Virginia Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 2 Acs E Side Old R-13 S Of Pocomoke. Assessment $133,200.

Total Due $3,053.17

Acct#10230136 Assessed To James Paula & Nina Fernandez &. Located At 4000 Coastal Hwy 0211 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 211 Btw 40th & 41st Sts Ocean Point No 2 CM. Assessment $118,800. Total Due $3,951.10

Acct#10197406 Assessed To Jayne Teddy LLC. Located At 150 Pine Tree Rd Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 1347 Sec 1 Pine Tree Road Pl Montego Bay Mob Hm Pk. Assessment $264,400. Total Due $8,517.92

Acct#02022141 Assessed To Johnson John P Jr. Located At 208 E Martin St Snow Hill, Md. Described As 5706.36 Sq Ft 208 E Martin St Snow Hill. Assessment $32,300.

Total Due $3,968.64

Acct#03002985 Assessed To Jones Millard Edward F. Located At 8336 Circle Rd Berlin, Md. Described As 1.136 Acs S Side Circle Rd Se Of Whaleyville. Assessment $144,800.

Total Due $3,154.77

Acct#10338387 Assessed To Kavoossi Saiid & Annette M &. Located At 12116 W Cannonball Dr Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 222 North Longboat Way Assateague Pt Resort P 2. Assessment $126,700. Total Due $2,786.11

Acct#01021656 Assessed To Keiffer James W. Located At 610 Walnut St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 50' X 155' E Side 610 Walnut St Pocomoke. Assessment $56,800. Total Due $2,549.18

Acct#01021664 Assessed To Keiffer James W. Located At Cedar St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 47' X 134' N Side Cedar St Pocomoke. Assessment $10,100. Total Due $608.85

Acct#01005294 Assessed To Kinard Tina Mason. Located At 2515 Olds Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 185' X 369' NW Side R-113 NE Of Pocomoke. Assessment $60,900.

Total Due $1,576.15

Acct#05009111 Assessed To Kitchens Earl L &. Located At St Martins Neck Rd Bishopville, Md.

Described As 7.80 Acs S Side St Martins Neck Rev Lds G Kitchens & J Taylor. Assessment $39,233. Total Due $1,110.15

Acct#05029546 Assessed To Kitchens Earl L &. Located At 11306 St Martins Neck Rd Bishopville, Md.

Described As 35,236 Sq Ft St Martins Neck Rd Rev Lds Kitchens/Taylor. Assessment $158,300. Total Due $3,467.35

Acct#10131634 Assessed To Kostack Joseph R &. Located At 183 Jamestown Rd 0011 Ocean City, Md.

Described As U 11 Jamestown Rd

Watergate CM. Assessment $196,500. Total Due $6,451.57

Acct#10398754 Assessed To Kwedar Michael T &. Located At 18

Harbour Towne CM 18 Ocean City, Md. Described As Boat Slip #18 Phila Ave & Bayside Harbour Towne CM. Assessment $20,000. Total Due $771.61

Acct#02012464 Assessed To Lakeland Peter. Located At 6735 Ayres Lane Rd Snow Hill, Md. Described As 2.43 Acs N Side Ayres Land Rd SE Of Snow Hill. Assessment $91,500. Total Due $2,233.52

Acct#10217555 Assessed To Lauer Kathleen R. Located At 719 142nd St 0232B Ocean City, Md. Described As U 232 B B P 2 142nd St Light House Village CM. Assessment $78,967. Total Due $2,606.75

Acct#02020815 Assessed To Lehmann Michelle. Located At 110 Ironshire St Snow Hill, Md. Described As 99' X 150' 110 Ironshire X Snow Sts Snow Hill. Assessment $211,100. Total Due $8,170.51

Acct#03095169 Assessed To Lewis

William D Jr &. Located At 40 Nottingham Ln Ocean Pines, Md. Described As Lot B-10-035 7500 Sq Ft Nottingham Ln Pl Ocean Pines Sec 10. Assessment $154,400. Total Due $3,009.28

Acct#04001702 Assessed To Lockwood Sylvester L. Located At 8314 Patey Woods Rd Newark, Md. Described As Lots In Blks A C F H & J Patey Woods Rd Newark. Assessment $81,400. Total Due $1,901.82

Acct#03002101 Assessed To Logan Edna Collins &. Located At Campbelltown Rd Showell, Md. Described As 4.43 Acs W Side Campbelltown Rd Edna Logan Et Al Survey. Assessment $72,700. Total Due $1,847.65

Acct#10168236 Assessed To Lucas

William H & Vicky Lynn. Located At 5 138th St 003W Ocean City, Md. Described As U 3-W 138th St Windward CM. Assessment $173,300. Total Due $5,704.97

Acct#03066142 Assessed To Mahon Michelle R. Located At 12 Southwind Ct Berlin, Md. Described As Lot B-09-207 9750 Sq Ft Southwind Ct Pl Ocean Pines Sec 9. Assessment $152,900. Total Due $3,061.73

Acct#10179130 Assessed To Mckenzie Robin Jo Robinson. Located At 13603 Sea Captain Rd Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 1 Blk 11 Twin Tree Road Pl Caine Woods Sec 3. Assessment $228,667. Total Due $7,435.27

Acct#10190134 Assessed To McLaughlin Nancy Carol Devaughn. Located At 13205 Atlantic Blvd Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 1375 Sec 1 Atlantic Blvd Pl Montego Bay Mob Hm Pk. Assessment $122,433. Total Due $3,782.23

Acct#10161142 Assessed To MDR

Bachelors Hall 2 LLC. Located At 13110 Coastal Hwy 07130 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 713 P 1 Wight St Braemar Towers CM. Assessment $492,333. Total Due

$15,901.06

Acct#10161495 Assessed To MDR

Bachelors Hall LLC. Located At 13110 Coastal Hwy 07140 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 714 P 1 Wight St Braemar Towers CM. Assessment $492,333. Total Due

$15,901.06

Acct#02011425 Assessed To Mills

Fletcher J &. Located At 4108 Market St Snow Hill, Md. Described As

100' X 286.05' X 85.84' X 258 SE Side

R-394 S Of Snow Hill. Assessment

$79,600. Total Due $1,999.71

Acct#01003054 Assessed To Mills

Steven Jr. Located At 1805 Cypress Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 197' X 147' W Side Unionville Rd SW Of Pocomoke. Assessment $11,600.

Total Due $517.53

Acct#10323096 Assessed To Morgen Robyn. Located At 10120 Queen's Cir Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 45 Queen's Circle Fox Chapel Subdiv. Assessment $475,900. Total Due $10,473.29

Acct#10235154 Assessed To Naylor Cindy L. Located At 417 14th St 0060 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 60, 14th St & Bay Harbour Island CM. Assessment $466,900. Total Due $15,153.27

Acct#10379059 Assessed To Naylor Cindy L. Located At 26 Harbour Island Ocean City, Md. Described As Boat Slip 26 14th St & Bay Harbour Island CM. Assessment $33,333. Total Due $1,172.44

Acct#02022990 Assessed To Newnam Charles Edward Sr. Located At 111 Purnell St Snow Hill, Md. Described As 49 1/2 X 100 111 Purnell St Snow Hill. Assessment $28,400.

Total Due $3,438.72

Acct#03125971 Assessed To Nokes Stephen P & Maryll S. Located At Timberline Cir Berlin, Md. Described As Lot 394 Timberline Circle White Horse Park Phase 3. Assessment $98,000. Total Due $2,245.65

Acct#01035290 Assessed To Oneill Suzanne P. Located At Acorn Cir Pocomoke, Md. Described As Lot 8 Acorn Circle White Oaks Subdiv. Assessment $31,700. Total Due $1,170.33

Acct#08004854 Assessed To O'Neill Suzanne P. Located At 1512 Snow Hill Rd Stockton, Md. Described As 20909 Sq Ft E S R-12 Stockton. Assessment $41,500. Total Due $1,324.75

Acct#10019982 Assessed To Owens Laree P. Located At 8704 Lewis Rd Berlin, Md. Described As 5.27 Acs E S Lewis Rd Pl Plan Of Prop For Laree Owens. Assessment $50,800. Total Due $1,430.24

Acct#08002053 Assessed To Parker Kathy Wimbrow. Located At 6140 Taylor Landing Rd Girdletree, Md. Described As 4 Acs SW Side Taylors Landing Road. Assessment $137,700. Total Due $3,222.66

Acct#01017314 Assessed To Parsons Karen Annette. Located At 208 Walnut St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 70.12' X 104.5' X 70 X 102' S Side 208 Walnut St Pocomoke. Assessment $83,600. Total Due $3,691.56

Acct#03018741 Assessed To Perdue Rosa L. Located At 11407 Sinepuxent Rd Berlin, Md. Described As 1 Ac Sinepuxent Road East Of Berlin. Assessment $171,967. Total Due $3,388.45

Acct#02005298 Assessed To Peterson Jon K &. Located At Disharoon Rd Snow Hill, Md. Described As Lot B 7.81 Acs E/S Disharoon Rd Amendment To Lot B Pl. Assessment $52,600. Total Due $1,275.70

Acct#08010145 Assessed To Pilchard Gary W. Located At Johnson Neck Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 21.74 Ac N/S Johnson Neck Rd Sur Of Esmt G W Pilchard.

Assessment $41,700. Total Due $1,037.88

Acct#01028057 Assessed To Powell Alice Mae. Located At 709 Eighth St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 40' X 100' S Side Eighth St Pocomoke. Assessment $45,100. Total Due

$2,273.49

Acct#03015904 Assessed To Purnell Cynthia. Located At 10349 Assateague Rd Berlin, Md. Described As Lot North Side R 376 Berlin To Lewis Store. Assessment $96,833. Total Due $2,054.83

Acct#10086906 Assessed To R & R Investments Of Virginia LLC. Located At 75th St Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 16 Blk 108 50 X 120' N Side 75th St Pl Oceanbay City. Assessment $300,000. Total Due

$9,655.26

Acct#10147387 Assessed To R & R Investments Of Virginia LLC. Located At 11700 Coastal Hwy 1101 Ocean City, Md. Described As U T1101 Beach Hwy Carousel Center CM. Assessment $417,867. Total Due $13,520.50

Acct#01010697 Assessed To Rebel Willie Jr. Located At Sheephouse Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 371' Triangular Shaped Lot S Side Sheephouse Rd. Assessment $17,100. Total Due $501.12

Acct#08001340 Assessed To Redden Farms LLC. Located At 5040 Onley Rd Girdletree, Md. Described As 5.50 Acs Onley Road Girdletree. Assessment $157,400. Total Due $3,686.58

Acct#10248701 Assessed To Rose Aubrey E &. Located At 711 Edgewater Ave 711 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 711 Edgewater Ave Pier Seven CM. Assessment $147,300. Total Due $4,868.28

Acct#10261651 Assessed To Rose Aubrey E &. Located At 206 8th St 0026 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 26 8th St Surfside 8 CM. Assessment $69,100. Total Due $2,351.71

Acct#10216982 Assessed To Rose N Blevins. Located At 9 138th St 0101 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 101 138th St Skyhaven CM. Assessment $151,500. Total Due $5,003.42

Acct#03134490 Assessed To Sandifer Leigh A. Located At 112 Upshur St Berlin, Md. Described As Lot 8A 10152 Sq Ft Upshur Lane Blk F Bound Ln Ads Burley Hgt. Assessment $250,567. Total Due $6,103.14

Acct#10194865 Assessed To Santangelo Thomas A &. Located At 185 Beachcomber Ln Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 1132 Sec 3 Beachcomber Lane Pl Montego Bay Mob Hm Pk. Assessment $136,933. Total Due $4,391.60

Acct#01002902 Assessed To Satchell Cory R. Located At 1409 Unionville Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 1.24 Acs N Side Unionville Rd Bndy Sur Cory R Satchell. Assessment $42,500. Total Due $1,192.15

Acct#01002910 Assessed To Satchell Cory R. Located At Sand Pit Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 4.36 Acs E Side Sand Pit Rd Bndy Sur Cory R Satchell. Assessment $17,400. Total Due $507.67

Acct#01017403 Assessed To Savage Dondrey &. Located At 215 Laurel St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 85.65' X 123.31' X 89.72' X 107

Side 215 Laurel St. Assessment $70,000. Total Due $3,460.60

Acct#02014017 Assessed To Schafer Shane A &. Located At 2924 Snow Hill Rd Snow Hill, Md. Described As 3.68 Acs East Side R-12 N Of Girdletree. Assessment $112,300.

Total Due $2,329.53

Acct#03149129 Assessed To Sheridan Robert T &. Located At 108 Upshur Ln Berlin, Md. Described As Lot 11A 10148 Sq Ft Upshur Ln Blk F Bound Adj Burley Hgts. Assessment $259,333. Total Due $9,506.46

Acct#10118816 Assessed To Siler Bernard. Located At 10300 Coastal Hwy 306 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 306 Coastal Hwy Atlantis CM. Assessment $286,567. Total Due $7,902.94

Acct#03092720 Assessed To Slattery Darrin R. Located At 34 Boston Dr Ocean Pines, Md. Described As 7675 Sq Ft Boston Dr. Assessment $90,033. Total Due $1,300.15

Acct#10054664 Assessed To Smiroldo Franco D. Located At 7 40th St 0308 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 308 40th St A Place In The Sun CM. Assessment $144,000.

Total Due $4,762.04

Acct#03113264 Assessed To Smith Alice M. Located At 108 Elizabeth St Berlin, Md. Described As Lot 4 Elizabeth St Pl Purnell Subdiv. Assessment $121,333. Total Due $4,815.25

Acct#03091570 Assessed To Snyder Claude &. Located At 73 Boston Dr Ocean Pines, Md. Described As Lot B-11-161 10343 Sq Ft Gloucester Rd Pl Ocean Pines Sec 11. Assessment $245,233. Total Due $5,182.45

Acct#01017950 Assessed To Soghomonian John. Located At 406 Second St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 82' X 140' 406 Second St & Walnut St. Assessment $79,400. Total Due $3,908.13

Acct#01043315 Assessed To Stephenson George R. Located At 108 Haleys Way Pocomoke, Md. Described As Lot 8 4950 Sq Ft Haleys Way Butler's Village Th. Assessment $73,000. Total Due $3,230.73

Acct#10098521 Assessed To Stotler Stacy L. Located At 718 Mooring Rd B104 Ocean City, Md. Described As U B104 Mooring Rd The Chateau CM. Assessment $185,667. Total Due $6,032.83

Acct#01030434 Assessed To Thornes Kimberly L. Located At 603 Market St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 65' X 200' N Side 603 Market St Pocomoke. Assessment $211,300.

Total Due $9,688.25

Acct#10038464 Assessed To Thornton Michael B & Judy Z. Located At 1207 Edgewater Ave 0106B

Ocean City, Md. Described As U 106 B B Edgewater Ave Mariners Retreat CM. Assessment $289,200.

Total Due $9,434.70

Acct#10379563 Assessed To Thornton Michael B & Judy Z. Located At 6 Mariners Retreat CM

Ocean City, Md. Described As Boat Slip #6 Edgewater Ave Mariners Retreat CM. Assessment $30,000. Total Due $1,093.43

Acct#05001250 Assessed To Tingle Norman B &. Located At 9506 Morris Rd Bishopville, Md. Described As 21.07 Acs South Side Morris Road S Of Selbyville. Assessment $123,600. Total Due $2,884.76

Acct#10003024 Assessed To Todd William Bryan Jr & Elizabeth. Located At 12528 Salisbury Rd Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 7 & Pt Lot 8 Blk 20 Sec B N/S Salisbury Rd Pl Cape Isle Of Wight. Assessment $139,800. Total Due $3,623.99

Acct#05002273 Assessed To Travers Christine Helen &. Located At 13358 Selby Rd Bishopville, Md. Described As 20.52 Acs E Side Selby Rd Bndy Ln Adj 235/28 &235/. Assessment $322,667. Total Due $7,031.56

Acct#01011782 Assessed To Tull Kevin Lamont &. Located At 3631 Brantley Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 198' X 330' N Side Brantley Road S Of Pocomoke. Assessment $49,800. Total Due $1,351.42

Acct#03172082 Assessed To Velong Gina L. Located At 174 Intrepid Ln 1403 Berlin, Md. Described As Unit 1403 Intrepid Lane Decatur Frm Twhse Ph T14. Assessment $178,533. Total Due $6,527.80

Acct#10274427 Assessed To Viel Patrick M &. Located At 11 36th St 0104 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 104 36th St Sunchaser CM. Assessment $224,800. Total Due $7,362.26

Acct#10318459 Assessed To Walker James M. Located At 644 Gulf Stream Dr Ocean City, Md. Described As Lot 78 Gulf Stream Dr Montego Bay Mobile Hm Pk Sec 8C. Assessment $278,667. Total Due $9,068.07

Acct#01001361 Assessed To Waters Joseph M. Located At 1924 Unionville Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As Pt Lots 5 6 13 14 Blk N Pt 5 6 13 14 Blk O Pl Pen Prod Exchange. Assessment $28,900. Total Due $887.12

Acct#01003429 Assessed To Watson Roger D. Located At Cedar Hall Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 4.21 Acres E Side Cedar Hall Rd SW Of Pocomoke. Assessment $29,900. Total Due $780.42

Acct#01017071 Assessed To Watson Roger D. Located At 217 Cedar St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 55' X 85' N Side 217 Cedar Street Pocomoke. Assessment $40,700. Total Due $1,862.88

Acct#02026716 Assessed To Whaley Raye Gillette. Located At 100 Washington St Snow Hill, Md. Described As 57' X 89.5' S Washington St Snow Hill. Assessment $70,600. Total Due $3,031.71

Acct#10230322 Assessed To White Bernard H III & Loretta M. Located At 4000 Coastal Hwy 0317 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 317 Btw 40th & 41st Sts Ocean Point No 2 CM. Assessment $118,800. Total Due $3,951.10

Acct#01015605 Assessed To Whitney Licurtis. Located At 108 Oak St Pocomoke, Md. Described As 70' X 140' S Side 108 Oak Street Pocomoke. Assessment $20,200. Total Due $1,026.71

Acct#10019451 Assessed To Wooden Maryellen. Located At 8209 Stephen Decatur Hwy Ocean City, Md. Described As 100' X 300' NW

Side Stephen Decatur Road. Assessment $126,600. Total Due $2,989.29

Acct#10006589 Assessed To York Floyd C &. Located At 10516 Keyser Point Rd Ocean City, Md. Described As Lots 13 14 Blk 14 Sec A 60 X 125 Pl Cape Isle Of Wight. Assessment

$262,500. Total Due $5,787.12

Acct#01007157 Assessed To Young John W & Helen F. Located At Stockton Rd Pocomoke, Md. Described As 58' X 75' Mason Lot S Side Stockton Rd. Assessment

$6,300. Total Due $345.08

Acct#10230268 Assessed To Yurcisin Paula E. Located At 4000 Coastal Hwy 0311 Ocean City, Md. Described As U 311 Btw 40th & 41st Sts Ocean Point No 2 CM. Assessment $118,800. Total Due $3,951.10 TERMS OF SALE

All bidders must register. Registration for the sale begins at 10:00 a.m. April 13th and ends promptly at 10:00 a.m. May 12th. Proper identification for individuals and proof of existence for legal entities shall be required by RealAuction for all registrants. In order to bid, an individual or entity must be registered. ACH will need to be tendered by 4:00 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 19th on the final date of sale. It shall be in the amount of taxes due including expenses of sale (attorney, auctioneer, advertising and miscellaneous). A receipt will then be issued by RealAuction. A tax sale certificate will be provided by mail to the tax sale purchaser within thirty days of the date of the sale.

These properties are offered for sale “AS IS”, at the risk of the purchasers and neither the undersigned nor any other party makes any warranties or representations whatsoever either expressed or implied, of any kind or character, with respect to the properties or the title thereto. In the event a tax sale certificate is issued and then voided by the Treasurer, through no fault of the buyer, only a refund of amounts actually paid on day of sale shall be made and shall be the Treasurer’s sole liability and limit thereon. Properties are listed and sold based upon information provided by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, which is in no way represented to be accurate or correct. The sale, the premises, and the properties are, to the extent provided by law, subject to any and all title defects, claims, liens, encumbrances, covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, rightsof-way and matters of records. In the event of mistake, defective title, description or nonexistence of property, no refund shall be given.

Bidders should be well versed in the law regarding tax sales and should investigate the properties and titles thereto prior to purchase or bid. Competent legal advice should be sought by prospective bidders prior to the sale. No legal advice shall be given by the County Attorney, Treasurer, or staff.

Bidders representing legal entities are limited to one bidder per property sold. Bidding shall be conducted in accordance with procedures determined by the Treasurer or his agent at the sale.

All costs in connection with the foreclosure of the right of redemption and all other title costs are at the expense of the purchaser or purchasers. All taxes and fees and other impositions including, without limitation, the following: transfer tax, agricultural transfer tax, recordation tax, and recording costs required will

likewise be at the expense of the purchaser or purchasers. Terms of sale shall be complied with as determined by the Treasurer, who shall be the sole judge of such.

These requirements are directory as to the Treasurer and not mandatory. They may be altered by the Treasurer at his sole discretion in the interests of justice, fairness, and efficiency or other good and valid reason.

PROPERTIES LISTED HEREIN, ON WHICH TAXES ARE PAID PRIOR TO DATE OF SALE WILL NOT BE SOLD.

PHILLIP G. THOMPSON TREASURER

AND

is described as being located at 110

NEWPORT BAY DR UNIT D Parcel # 3541A-D2 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: John Cappello

APPLICANT: Pristine Permitting, LLC

PW 23-050 A request has been submitted to install one boatlift on 2 existing pilings and install 2 new additional pilings not to exceed 17.5’ channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 621 94TH ST SLIP B Parcel # 8957 -B in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Dennis & Jennifer Weeks

APPLICANT: J. Stacey Hart & Assoc.

Notice is given that Patricia A. Pino, 11624 Worcester Highway, Showell, MD 21862, was on April 24, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Joseph L. Pino Sr. who died on February 18, 2023, 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 24th day of October, 2023.

sonal 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; or

FINANCE

OFFICER FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND AND COLLECTOR OF STATE AND COUNTY TAXES FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BOARD OF PORT WARDENS

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 106, ”Waterways,” Article II – “Shoreline Development” of the Code of the Town of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Port Wardens Ordinance of Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, Maryland.

Thursday, May 11, 2023

At 2:00 p.m.

PW 23-005 A request has been submitted to install seven temporary mooring buoys a maximum channelward extension of 50’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 4501 COASTAL HWY Parcel # 7011 -4-0 -0113768957 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Aloft Hotel t/a Hotel at 45 LLC

APPLICANT: Kristina L. Watkowski

PW23-048 A request has been submitted to install (2) 5’x 14’ PWC floats and (1) 5’x10’ float, maximum channelward extension of 30’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 203 125TH ST UNIT S375 Parcel # 5183A-375 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Christopher & Debra

Pappas

APPLICANT: Hidden Oak Farm, LLC

PW 23-049 A request has been submitted to install one boat lift with four associated pilings a maximum channelward extension of 16’. The site of the proposed construction

PW 23-051 A request has been submitted to install one boatlift with associated pilings maximum channelward extension 28’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 2005 HERRING WAY UNIT B Parcel # 3269 -125 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: John Estock

APPLICANT: J. Stacey Hart & Assoc.

PW 23-052 A request has been submitted to replace 33’ of deteriorated timber bulkhead with vinyl not to exceed 18” channelward; and to construct a 5’ x 10’ pier extension; relocate existing boatlift to end of pier and install 3 new PWC lifts all a maximum channewlard extension of 50’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 823 PENGUIN DR Parcel # 4481 -32 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Douglas Zarlenga

APPLICANT: J. Stacey Hart & Assoc.

PW 23-053 A request has been submitted to install one boat lift on existing piles a maximum 30’ channelward of existing bulkhead. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 72 HARBOUR ISLAND CM Parcel # 3486 -72 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Vincent & Dana Marks

APPLICANT: J. Stacey Hart & Assoc.

PW 23-054 A request has been submitted to install one boatlift with associated pilings a maximum of 19.5’ channelward of existing bulkhead. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 735 BRADLEY RD UNIT 307 – Slip 17 - Parcel # 9271 -307 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Ponte Vista CM Council of Unit Owners – c/o John & Lisa Scherer

APPLICANT: J. Stacey Hart & Assoc.

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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; 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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

Patricia A. Pino

Personal Representative

True Test Copy

Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County

One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074

Name of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest

Date of publication: April 27, 2023

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Estate No. 17670 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF GEORGE F. WATERS

Notice is given that Gloria Portillo Waters, 4925 Carmean Road, Snow Hill, MD 21863, was on April 21, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of George F. Waters who died on September 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 21st day of October, 2023.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned per-

(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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

Gloria Portillo Waters Personal Representative True Test Copy

Terri Westcott Register of Wills for Worcester County One W. Market Street Room 102 - Court House Snow Hill, MD 21863-1074

Name of newspaper designated by personal representative:

Ocean City Digest

Date of publication:

April 27, 2023

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

To all persons interested in the estate of JOHN PATRICK CARR Estate No. 19694 Notice is given that THOMAS A. CARR whose address is 6310 BRYANTOWN DRIVE, BRYANTOWN, MD 20617 was on APRIL 21, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of JOHN PATRICK CARR who died on APRIL 3, 2023 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 21st day of OCTOBER, 2023

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; 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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claims within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. A 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.

TERRI WESTCOTT, Register of Wills for Worcester County

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SMALL ESTATE NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

To all persons interested in the estate of W WILLIAM CLINTON TAYLOR Estate No. 1 19691 Notice is given that D DONNA TAYLOR whose address is 2127 OPRCHARD DRIVE, POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851 was on A APRIL 21, 2023 appointed personal representative(s) of the small estate of W WILLIAM CLINTON TAYLOR who died on F FEBRUARY 15, 2023 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 shall file their objections with the Register of Wills within 30 days after the date of publication of this Notice. All persons having an objection to the probate of the will shall file their objections with the Register of Wills within six months after the date of publication of this Notice.

All persons having claims against the decedent must serve their claims on the undersigned personal representative or file them 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; or

(2) Thirty days 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 claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within thirty days from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Any claim not served or filed within that time, or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter.

Wetland boundary rules explained

Property lines determined by delineation, process that uses photography, graphics

By Lauren Bunting Contributing Writer

(April 28, 2023) A wetland delineation is the fieldwork that determines or outlines the boundary between uplands and wetlands on a property.

It may be done with aerial photography, digital imagery or other graphic representation of the area or land.

This on-site work follows guidelines established by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Identification of wetlands using the federal delineation method primarily involves the determination of three

factors: the predominance of hydrophytic (wetland) vegetation, hydric (wetland) soils, and signs of hydrology.

The USDA website defines wetlands further: Land that (1) has a predominance of hydric soils; (2) is inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; and (3) under normal circumstances does support a prevalence of such vegetation, except that this term does not include lands in Alaska identified as having a high potential for agricultural development and a predominance of permafrost soils.

Hydric soils are soils that, in an undrained condition, are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during a growing season to develop an anaerobic condition that supports the growth and regeneration of hy-

drophytic vegetation.

Hydrophytic vegetation are plants growing in water or in a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen during a growing season as a result of excessive water content.

Wetland delineation reports usually take approximately one or two months to complete, but if there is a dispute as to whether an area of land is wetlands or not, sometimes a process called water-table testing is done.

This process must be started in late winter and continues through early spring, approximately February through April.

This process is where multiple locations on the land in question are tested for groundwater levels over the spring/growing season and monitored usually on a weekly basis.

Ashore Resort & Beach Club open

(April 28, 2023) Certares and its partners announced the opening of Ashore Resort & Beach Club (“Ashore”), a reimagined upscale resort destination set on beachfront location in Ocean City.

Following a property-wide renovation to be completed this spring, Ashore’s owners said it will define a new standard of destination travel on the Maryland coast.

Ashore features panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Assawoman Bay, oceanside food and beverage service and amenities, a new 3,000-square-foot deck overlooking

the Atlantic, new restaurant concepts and beachfront entertainment.

Previously known as the Ocean City Fontainebleau Resort, the property was purchased in 2022 by a joint venture between an affiliate of Certares Real Estate Management LLC and affiliates of Monomoy Property Ventures LLC (MPV) and Highlands Investments LLC.

The resort comprises 250 fully renovated guest rooms and suites, including 15 multi-room suites, catering to individuals, families and groups of all sizes.

Five new food and beverage con-

cepts will be available as well, from the Tide Room restaurant to the Wahoo Beach Bar and The Shore Deck.

“We were thrilled to acquire this beachfront property and identify new and exciting ways to capture its untapped potential,” said Nolan Hecht, senior managing director of Certares. “With the help of a best-in-class design firm and fantastic operator, we are looking forward to delivering a new and improved vacation experience to couples, families and friends staying at the resort as well as offering revamped dining options to the broader Ocean City community.”

— Lauren Bunting is the Broker of Record with Keller Williams Realty of Delmarva in Ocean City.

Berlin going with slight tax increase

cents) and say let it be.”

However, Planning Director Dave Engelhart said they could “amend any ordinance you pass,” but stressed that the budget is unique.

that it’s not yet complete.

By Jack Chavez Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) The Berlin mayor and Town Council agreed on a tax rate of 82.75 cents per $100 of assessed property value following a public hearing Monday night, so will this be the tax rate for FY2024?

Maybe. Probably.

In a 4-to-1 vote with Councilmember Jack Orris opposed, the council approved an ordinance that is poised to raise the annual property tax on a home assessed at $300,000 by $37.50.

Originally, the ordinance presented to the mayor and council was for a rate of 83.5 cents, but despite assurance from Mayor Zack Tyndall and town staff that there was nothing “frivolous” in the budget, it was a hard sell for some of the councilmembers.

“I feel like we don’t quite have all the information we need to successfully balance this budget,” Councilmember Jay Knerr said. “I think we need complete … the pay study, (determine) increases in fees to propose, things of that nature. It’s just difficult to say let’s go with (83.5

Finance Director Natalie Saleh clarified that the tax rate needs to be set before the budget is approved. Essentially, it should be confirmed by the first week of June so she has enough time to send it to the state before its June 10 deadline to have the budget on its own tax rolls.

The body cited multiple reasons to either not pass the ordinance as originally written — or at least hold off a bit longer — because of insufficient data, needing public comment and, as in Orris’s case, simply not wanting to bill residents even more.

“Every time this comes around … the phrase used (is) ‘It’s only X amount a year or month.’ I really strongly feel this … this may be a relatively small (increase) but it has to come from somewhere else, in someone’s household budget,” Orris said. “Food, medication, things like that — that’s what I think about when I look at budgets, not only what’s good for the town but good for residents.”

Multiple times, the wage compensation survey and classification study, which the town commissioned for $32,500 last year, came up in discussion, especially concerning the fact

The concern generally was that the town should know exactly what will be needed financially by the town to make its employees whole before deciding on a tax rate, but Saleh pointed out that, regardless of the final figure, the town knows what’s coming eventually.

“(The) study as how I see it, even if we push the tax rate option another week or two, you have an idea of what needs to be done with wage study,” Saleh said.

Tyndall said the study is not “in its final draft” and that the town likely won’t be ready to implement its conclusions until closer to the start of FY24 if not a month or two after that.

“That needs to be a public discussion, concerning this wage study,” Councilmember Dean Burrell said. “I believe that wholeheartedly. It is not a secret and it needs to be shared.”

“I do realize … that we’re not trying to keep it a secret but at the same time it needs to be shared and folks need to know publicly what we’re looking at and the direction we’re trying to grow.”

Later, Saleh stressed again, there is no point in delaying wage increases when the town knows it’ll need to happen eventually.

“I hear the wage study a lot,” she

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BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS BRIEFS

By Hunter Hine Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) The Worcester County Board of License Commissioners approved one of two requests for Beach Barrels, a restaurant on 132rd Street, at the its meeting on April 19.

Owners Ray and Deborah McGrath asked the board to allow a portable service bar with wheels to serve guests in the dining area outside, and to allow three days to host acoustic music. Beach Barrels already had approval to host a four-piece band playing amplified music four nights a week.

The board denied the mobile outdoor bar, but did allow Beach Barrels to have a two-piece band playing nonamplified music indoors from 5-8 p.m., seven days a week.

“It’s basically music that, or playing, that you can actually have a conversation in the bar, or sitting at a table, and it’s not going to overwhelm you at all,” Ray McGrath said.

Two neighbors of the restaurant came to the meeting to speak against the requests. They shared concerns about the noise levels coming from the bar and the larger crowd that more music might draw.

“The people that walk by after they (Beach Barrels) close and discard their trash, that definitely is a nuisance,” said  Robert Hemp, one of the neighbors.

Hemp showed pictures to the board of a bus he claimed had been blocking a public alley behind the restaurant.

Ray McGrath said it was a bus belonging to one of the bands who played there, and that it was parked on the landlord’s private property.

Before hearing from Beach Barrels, the board also approved the transfer of several liquor licenses, and granted new entertainment privileges to a number of local eateries.

The Globe

The board approved the transfer of a liquor license to serve beer, wine and liquor from Burley Café Inc. to Braddah Barneys LLC.

Jon Lane, owner of Braddah Barneys, LLC, recently closed the Braddah Barney’s restaurant on Sunset Avenue and took over the Globe on Broad Street in Berlin. The restaurant will keep its name, the Globe, despite the change of ownership.

Along with the transfer of the liquor license, the board agreed to allow Lane to have 16 seats at the outdoor tiki bar, and 47 seats on the outside deck.

Lane took over the Globe in February and acquired the tiki bar, which was previously Tiki Tim’s, in early March.

The board members acknowledged past problems between the Berlin Historic District Commission and the tiki bar’s previous owner, who built an outdoor roof and wall without the commission’s approval.

Lane said he has been working with the HDC to resolve the issue.

“I’ve met with them (HDC) multiple times, met with all of my neighbors, we’re all in good standing,” Lane said.

HogFin

Hogfin LLC applied for the transfer of a liquor license from Matt Ortt Companies, Inc. to its new restaurant HogFin, which is taking over the space that Coastal Smokehouse used to occupy on Route 50 in West Ocean City, a restaurant previously owned by Ortt. Hogfin LLC is a company owned by the Ropewalk franchise.

Those representing Ropewalk at the meeting were Chris Reda, Marc McFaul and Adam Horn, who will be resident agent of the restaurant since he is the only one of the three residing in Worcester County.

The BLC granted a transfer of the liquor license to Hogfin to sell beer, wine and liquor and host a maximum four-piece amplified band inside the restaurant for three days a week from 6-10 p.m. Hogfin cannot have outside speakers, DJ’s or off-sale of alcohol, but they were granted permission for one video game system near the front entrance.

Surfin Betty’s Burger Bar

Surfin Betty’s Burger Bar is a new restaurant that’s taking over the location that used to be Giogidorio’s Pizza, which is next to the fire department on 15th Street.

Owner Ralph Sapia, represented by Mark Cropper, requested a liquor license to serve beer and wine and asked for approval for an outdoor seating area on the south side of the restaurant.

The board approved the liquor license and the outdoor seating area as long as Sapia builds a fence around it that’s at least four feet high. His restrictions included no off-sale of alcohol, no DJ, no outdoor speakers and no games.

Cantina Los Agaves

Representatives of Cantina Los Agaves LLC asked the BLC to transfer a liquor license from Tequila Mockingbird Inc. to their company in order to serve beer, wine and liquor at the new Cantina Los Agaves Mexican Grill.

Tequila Mockingbird of West Ocean City was previously located at a space just off of Route 50, which is now being reopened as Cantina Los Agaves Mexican Grill.

In addition to approving the transfer of the liquor license, the BLC also approved the restaurant to host a sixpiece mariachi band one night a week 4-9 p.m. Only the singer is allowed to be amplified.

Vista Rooftop

Owners and operators of the upand-coming Vista Rooftop at the Fenwick Inn applied for a liquor license to serve beer, wine and liquor.

The Inn’s rooftop area has gone through several different restaurants over the decades that it’s been there, said local attorney Hugh Cropper who was representing Vista’s stakeholders.

The board found an issue with the Vista’s lease before making a motion.

The lease had a clause that included alcohol sales in percentage rent, which is not allowed in Maryland, they said.

The BLC approved the license and a request to have live entertainment inside only with doors closed from 411 p.m. every day with a maximum four-piece band. The board restricted the Vista from off-sale of alcohol and DJ’s.

Cropper returned later in the meeting to seek approval for use of the rooftop’s outdoor deck, a request they had forgotten. The board amended the motion and approved it.

BLC members told the stakeholders that full approval of the license and requests was contingent on the owners fixing the lease.

The Reel Inn

Reel Investments OC, LLC applied for a transfer of a liquor license from Richard Lathroum, the previous owner of the Reel Inn, to serve beer and wine at the Reel Inn in the Harbour Island community on 14th Street in Ocean City.

Reel Investments is purchasing the Reel Inn.

Hugh Cropper, represented Reel Investments, as well as Angela Lathroum, who is part owner of the

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said. “Even if we removed it and there was no increase, it would come and we would have to adjust the budget. Where’s the good in this? We’re back to square A.”

She and Tyndall both made the same point for using any kind of contingency money for yearly expenses.

And Tyndall shared that he’s heard from multiple department heads that they sometimes go home at night wondering how they’re going to keep their department running with current funding levels.

Councilmember Steve Green twice moved to adopt an 83-cent tax rate, with both motions failing. At that rate, he said the increase on a $400,000 property would be roughly $5 per month or $60 per year.

He also pointed out that a 1.5-cent increase pales in comparison to what the town did in 2019 when it raised the tax rate to 80 cents from a 68cent levy.

“I don’t want to be back in (that) position (down the road),” Green said.

Councilmember Shaneka Nichols, who supported a failed motion by Orris to preserve the current 81.5cent rate, said that she doesn’t want the situation to get to that point, either, but he’s talking from a frame of reference that is simply a non-starter for some Berlin residents.

“In District 3, $400,000 is laughable for most of, the majority of, the residents in my district,” she said. “I don’t say 81.5 (cents) to go against the grain … My biggest fear has always been to be in that spot where

the prior council found themselves a few years back.

“But there are people who can’t afford to pay for their flipping (basic expenses), let alone an increase of $60 per year. That takes us back to where we are where people who have been here their entire lives can’t afford to stay.”

Even with the increase, Berlin’s tax is still at least a couple of cents below the tax rates for other municipalities in the region. Crisfield, Fruitland, Pocomoke City, Princess Anne, Salisbury and Snow Hill were all at least 86 cents. Pocomoke’s tax rate was 94 cents last fiscal year.

The town found itself in the unenviable position of dealing with a considerable gap between revenues and expenses this spring while looking to address multiple high-priority — and expensive — projects that have long plagued residents and town employees.

There are considerable stormwater drainage issues that the town is finally addressing. Earlier this year the town entered into the state’s Law Enforcement Officer Pension System (LEOPS) to make the town competitive in the region and stop the hemorrhaging of experienced officers and recruits alike to greener pastures. The town is now looking to do the same thing for the rest of its employees.

All the while, Berlin is mulling how to grow its business district.

Looking toward the future, essentially, an 81.5-cent property tax became wishful thinking in the face of ambition.

The next step for the town will be confirming the budget.

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property with her husband, Richard.

Angela Lathroum is a resident agent on the transferred liquor license.

A resident agent must be someone who has lived in Worcester County for at least two years, be registered to vote in the county, own property in the county and own 10 percent of the company stock. The family owning Reel Investments recently moved from Pennsylvania, so a resident agent is required on the license.

Cropper asked the board on behalf of Reel Investments to transfer the li-

cense with the same conditions as under the previous owners except for one change; to extend the allowed music time from noon to 11p.m.

The provisions that were carried over from the previous license include off-sale of beer and wine in factorysealed containers and entertainment with a two-piece band inside the building only, although the doors can be open.

Cropper told the board that the condo association in the Harbour Island Community made an agreement with Reel Investments permitting the restaurant to serve food and drink around the community pool area.

Gardeners can go native with help from two big plant sales

By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) It’s that time of year when people are out working in the yard and garden shops are stocking up on plants for the season.

As residents make their choices, it’s important for them to consider not just beauty, but the impact a plant might have on the local wildlife and the environment, according to two local conservation groups, Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) and the Lower Shore Land Trust.

Together, they are encouraging residents to go native in their landscaping endeavors.

“For us, this is more than a plant sale. We utilize it as a tool to educate the community. This year we want to emphasize the crucial role oak trees have as hosts for many pollinating insects and in turn providing food for a list of threatened songbirds,” Kate Patton, the executive director of the Lower Shore Land Trust, said.

The land trust has named its 16th annual Native Plant Sale, “Year of the Oak.”

“We’ve added over 15 varieties of native shrubs and trees as a tool to reduce habitat loss along forest edges

and encourage landscaped neighborhoods to re-introduce native shrubs back into the design. Two of my favorites are the persimmon tree and Burr oak,” Patton said.

This year, Assateague Coastal Trust’s 24th native plant sale zeroed in on the specific conditions in Ocean Pines to point gardeners there to the best plants.

“We looked for plants that are suitable for Ocean Pines conditions — plants that can handle shade, more acidic conditions, and a little salt. We have two kinds of ferns, dwarf iris, and false Solomon’s seal. And we have four different kinds of phlox,” said Verena Chase, who directs the trust’s Coastal Kids program.

ACT is also guiding gardeners to deer-resistant plants, butterfly attractors, and providing other tips.

“When folks come to the plant sale, we’ll have nice informative signs for each plant,” Debbie Dean, community engagement coordinator for ACT, said.

Planting native is not only good for the environment and local wildlife, it makes it easier on the gardener, the organizations agree.

“Native plants are adapted to this

March fifth biggest month in Maryland casino history

(April 28, 2023) Maryland’s six casinos combined to generate $176,524,584 in revenue from slot machines and table games during March 2023.

It is the fifth-best single-month total in the history of Maryland’s casino program and represents an increase of $5,958,747 (3.5 percent) compared to March 2022.

Casino gaming contributions to the state in March 2023 totaled $74,549,152, an increase of $2,578,910 (3.6 percent) compared to March 2022.

Contributions to the Education Trust Fund (ETF) in March 2023 were $54,165,601, an increase of $1,836,410 (3.5 percent) compared to March 2022.

Casino gaming revenues also support the communities and jurisdictions where the casinos are located, Maryland’s horse racing industry, and small, minority- and women-owned businesses.

Maryland’s six privately owned casinos offer both slot machines and table games: MGM National Harbor in Prince George’s County; Live! Casino & Hotel in Anne Arundel County; Horseshoe Casino Baltimore in Baltimore City; Ocean Downs Casino in Worcester County; Hollywood Casino

Perryville in Cecil County; and Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Allegany County.

The gaming revenue totals for March 2023 are as follows:

MGM National Harbor (2,194 slot machines, 210 table games)

$72,627,054 in March 2023, an increase of $4,840,091 (7.1 percent) from March 2022

Live! Casino & Hotel (3,845 slot machines, 179 table games)

$64,417,103 in March 2023, an increase of $2,331,615 (3.8 percent) from March 2022

Horseshoe Casino (1,448 slot machines, 122 table games)

$18,074,752 in March 2023, a decrease of $805,781 (-4.3 percent) from March 2022

Ocean Downs Casino (854 slot machines, 18 table games)

$8,039,896 in March 2023, an increase of $313,505 (4.1 percent) from March 2022

Hollywood Casino (705 slot machines, 19 table games)

$7,970,591 in March 2023, a decrease of $456,759 (-7.2 percent) from March 2022

Rocky Gap Casino (617 slot machines, 16 table games)

$5,395,189 in March 2023, a decrease of $263,925 (-4.7 percent) from March 2022

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Verena Chase holds signs she created for the Assateague Coastal Trust Native Plant sale. Each sign features a picture of the mature plant and information on growing conditions, deer deterrent, pollinator friendly and whether it is suitable for growing in Ocean Pines.

Go native and help local wildlife

area ... the mild winters and hot summers. They don’t need a whole lot of care,” Chase said.

The plants you choose have an impact on the local wildlife.

“There is a lot of plant/animal dependency. For instance, monarch butterflies eat milkweed, and cannot survive on any other plant,” Chase said.

The monarch butterfly is considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because of habitat destruction and climate change.

ACT and the land trust are selling local varieties of milkweed so gardeners can help monarchs fuel up for their 3,000-mile annual migration to Mexico.

“A lot of our plants have a double duty of feeding pollinators first, and then the seeds are feeding the birds. Joe Pye weed is a beautiful plant, great for pollinators, and great for birds such as American goldfinches, Carolina wrens and tufted titmice. They all love the seeds,” Chase said.

“Coneflowers and asters are one of the last plants with flowers and they are super important for the pollinators as the last food before they overwinter, and they make seeds that all these birds like,” she said.

Also good for birds are winterberry

and red chokeberry, which is multistemmed has early white flowers attractive to bees and big berries for winter color.

Both organizations encourage gardeners to remove invasive plants such as wisteria vines and English ivy.

“Both of these were introduced, and they overwhelm our naturalized areas,” Beth Sheppard, agricultural outreach specialist for the land trust, said.

a clean birdbath, and some sort of shelter are also important as are limiting lawns, reducing pesticide use, and preserving trees, she said.

ACT has a variety of native plants as well as heirloom tomatoes and peppers and herbs for sale. It will also have garden baskets, succulents in planters, and mushroom logs from Goat Plum Tree. Go Green OC Compost will be available for a donation.

Attendees will have the opportunity to make bee houses out of two invasive species: bamboo and phragmites. Preorders are encouraged.

To order from ACT, visit https://www.actforbays.org/shop

Worcester Tech High School gets over $1M in funds

By Hunter Hine Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) Worcester Technical High School received more than $1 million in funding from the Maryland State Department of Education’s Maryland Rebuilds Grant Program, which will be allocated to early childhood resources.

“If people want to plant a vine,” Chase added, “try the Carolina Jessamine vine instead.”

Gardeners have many way to provide good habitat for birds and pollinators such as including a range of seasonal food sources, early blooming plants, summer powerhouses such as goldenrod and late winter seeds found in grasses such as little blue stem and echinacea coneflower and liatris not being cut back until the following spring,” Sheppard said.

Providing a source of water such as

The organization will have its plant pick up on May 6, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Patrons who cannot pick up their plants on May 6, can work with ACT on a different pick-up date.

The land trust’s plant sale has perennials, ferns, grasses, shrubs and trees available. The organization is offering a number of packages of plants focused on pollinators, salt-tolerant, shade and wet feet. The trust’s plant sale pickup is May 5 and 6.

This is a pre-order sale only and closes this weekend. Alternate arrangements can be made if pick-up on these dates is not possible.

To order from the land trust, visit https://www.lowershorelandtrust.org.

The mission of the MRGP, a special one-time initiative, is to use federal funds to help fortify and grow early childhood education in the wake of the pandemic’s effects on learning, according to a state education department press release.

With the money, the high school is creating the Early Childhood Youth Apprenticeship and building the Nest Early Learning Center, said Brian Phillips, coordinator of instruction for career and technical programs at Worcester County Public Schools and one of the program’s leaders.

The early childhood apprenticeship program will act as a pipeline to the childcare workforce, while the Nest center will be a childcare facility located at the high school.

“This program of study (the apprentice program) boasts paid, on-the-job

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‘A lot of our plants have a double duty of feeding pollinators first, and then the seeds are feeding the birds.’

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Enjoy waterways safely with these three apps

By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) Many people who move to the Eastern Shore do so to be close to the water. The region provides plenty of opportunities and places to enjoy the water, through boating, swimming, fishing and dining at one of the many waterfront restaurants.

But for people to enjoy all of these opportunities, the water needs to be clean and safe. There are three apps that provide information on water quality and safety and help members of the community become citizen sci-

entists by easily recording and sharing data on water and pollution events.

The apps are Swim Guide, Water Reporter and MyCoastMaryland. Each of the apps can be easily downloaded to a mobile phone. The apps provide information on water conditions in the area and the opportunity to provide data and observations.

“We want people to get familiar with these apps. They are easy to use tools that aid in scientific research and enforcement,” Gabby Ross, a coastkeeper for Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) said.

Berlin churches celebrate National Prayer Day, May 5

(April 28, 2023) The Interfaith Friendship Association and other churches in the Berlin area will hold a prayer walk and vigil for schools on May 2 as part of the activities leading up to the National Day of Prayer on May 4, 2023.

Participating congregations and houses of worship will gather at 5 p.m. at the flagpole of the local school that they have adopted.

Following that, participants will pray for the students, their families, the faculty, staff, and administrators of the school, as well as the school bus drivers. Each group will then reconvene at the flagpole to conclude the prayers.

After these observances, members of the congregations will gather at Stephen Decatur Park to join in prayer and fellowship at 6 p.m.

The public is welcome to the prayer and praise gathering at Stephen Decatur Park, which will include refreshments and music.

Fr. Larry Barnhill is presenting this

event on behalf of the Interfaith Friendship Association and the Houses of Worship from the greater Berlin and Ocean City area.

Churches that are members are St. Peter’s Lutheran, Buckingham Presbyterian, Church of the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, St. Paul’s United Methodist, New Bethel United Methodist, Temple Bat Yam, Community Church at Ocean Pines and Holy Trinity Cathedral Anglican Church.

“By using these apps, we can protect our coastal way of life,” Ross said.

ACT submits data on enterococcus bacteria levels weekly to the Swim Guide App from 11 sites along Isle of Wight Bay, Assawoman Bay, St. Martin River, Shingle Landing Prong, Herring Creek and Turville Creek.

New data from the region is available every Friday.

“Enterococcus bacteria comes from many sources, but is typically associated with fecal matter. Failing septic tanks, failing wastewater treatment plants and geese and other waterfowl feces.

“We have mostly brackish water here, which is where enterococcus thrives,” Ross said.

By using Swim Guide, water sport enthusiasts can know the quality of water before they jump in.

“Swim Guide makes it really easy, you have green, yellow and red, same thing as a stoplight. Green means you are good to go. Yellow means be cautious, especially with the weather, and red is obviously, it failed for the week, use extreme caution,” Ross said.

“Generally speaking, with enterococcus bacteria, you never want to be swimming with open cuts or wounds. It could get into the bloodstream and cause an infection.”

“Always monitor the weather, you

never want to swim in an area that could be yellow or red, especially after a heavy rainfall,” Ross said, explaining that the enterococcus bacteria is usually higher after a rainfall. She suggests waiting 48 hours after a major rain event to get in the water.

Swim Guide is not just for experts. People can become citizen scientists by downloading the app and reporting pollution events they see while they are out on the water.

Ross encourages the reporting of fish or aquatic life high mortality events, sewage overflows, foulsmelling water, algae blooms or weird colored foam, oil spills or other contaminants that create a sheen in the water, large amounts of sediment, or strange colored water.

“If you are not sure, document it anyway. It’s better to document and let someone know about it. The further you let it go, the worse it could get,” Ross said.

The app is easy to use, just download it onto your phone and when you see an event, report it. The app accepts date, time, weather, the exact location, photos, and detailed comments.

Ross had her own experience driving through Ocean City once. She saw some kind of solvent being released

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training in the child-care center while students complete the rigorous demands of the Child Development Associate, a credential that’s universally recognized in the field of Early Childhood careers,” Phillips said.

The apprenticeship is recognized by the Maryland Department of Labor,

and it will serve as a “completer” pathway for tech school students, Phillips said.

Phillips said the Nest center is still in the early stages of construction, but will include a new playground, the equipment for which is being ordered along with other supplies.

“These resources would not have been possible without the Maryland Rebuilds grant, which funds the installment of the child-care center and apprenticeship wages,” Phillips said. “In the years following the grant period, the child-care center has been designed to be financially self-sustaining.”

The next step for the Nest center is hiring child-care staff, Phillips said.

“Registration for the child-care center will begin once the director has been hired. The Nest has an opening day tentatively slated for September

5th, 2023,” Phillips said.

The state education department spread its $23 million in Rebuild Program funding across non-profits, higher education, private childcare and public education institutions to support six strategies, including expanding access to quality healthcare, expanding mental health services and boosting family childcare.

The tech school was one of 22 recipients of the grant program’s funding. Among them, Chesapeake College was awarded over $1 million in order to grow a child-care workforce.

Salisbury University was awarded over $2 million to expand career options and opportunities to acquire bachelor’s degrees and early childhood teaching licenses for paraprofessionals and childcare providers, according to the press release.

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into the waterways at the Ocean City convention center. It turned out to be a floor cleaner that one of the workers dumped. She was able to report the spill to Ocean City Public Works and the liquid was cleaned up immediately and the workers were educated on the need to properly dispose of these chemicals.

“If you see something, say something,” Ross said.

All events in the area go directly to Ross, so she can investigate the pollution event and notify appropriate authorities.

“We are the ears, eyes and nose for the waterways,” Ross said.

“We want people to be communicating about these types of events because the more people know about it, the more awareness builds and the better off we all are on the coastal bays watershed.” Ross said.

A second app, Water Reporter, is more of a social network to support watershed initiatives. This app is used for stream restoration and for those who are involved in the waterways or want to connect to people who are working on these issues.

People can follow other people and groups. Ross encourages people to follow here at Gabby Ross and Assateague Coastal Trust.

For Water Reporter, ACT submits everything they see, including bacteria, dissolved oxygen, water temperature, pH levels, and pollution events.

“A lot of waterkeepers are using this,” Ross said.

“Government agencies are using these apps to collect information and they are also using it for legislation, grants or funding opportunities for different waterways.

“It can also help you find waterways that you might not have explored yet.”

The Water Reporter app helps organizations monitor areas they cannot get to by accessing information from citizen scientists.

“We can turn these reports into action,” Ross said.

A third app, MyCoastMaryland is used to document flooding statewide.

Residents are familiar with the regular flooding in the low lying areas of

downtown Ocean City. Many Ocean Pines residents experience regular flooding during heavy rains along canals and some of the lower lying areas in the community.

“Through MyCoast, we can help you tell your story,” said Kate Vogel, a coastal resilience planner for Maryland DNR.

On average, high tide flooding days are expected to increase.

“The knowledge we are gaining from communities helps with resilience planning,” Vogel said.

“The app can help property owners, business managers, local government and decision makers determine where flooding is happening,” Vogel said.

The app is used to track high tide flooding, storm reporting, coastal storm damage and restoration efforts.

This knowledge we are gaining from communities, we can incorporate into our planning for the future,” Vogel said

By tracking the flooding data, DNR can identify areas that need grant money for projects such as green infrastructure.

“We can’t get the necessary dollars if we don’t have this data collected. We all have a common goal, to prevent the eastern shore from being left behind.

“All of these apps are going to make a better Maryland,” Ross said.

Coast Guard Auxiliary offers Safe Boating Course in OP

(April 28, 2023) The US Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering a one-day Maryland Safe Boating Course on Saturday May 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Ocean Pines Library.

A Safe Boating Certificate is required for all boat operators born after July 1, 1972, and is awarded after successful completion of the course. The class includes piloting in local waters, tying nautical knots, foul weather tactics, legal issues, updated Maryland regulations, and common marine maintenance.

Those attending the class, and passing the test will receive a Mary-

land Boating Certificate, which is NASBLA approved and valid in all states.

The cost is $20 to participate. Register or get more information by calling Barry Cohen at 410-9354807, or email CGAUXOC@Gmail.com.

Checks should be made payable to: USGCAUX 12-05 and mailed to: USCGAUX 12-05, P.O. Box 1682, Berlin, Maryland 21811.

Payment via PayPAL is also accepted.

The 2023 course schedule: June 67, July 11-12, Aug. 5, and Sept. 12-13.

Herring Creek is one of many local waterways being monitored by Assateague Coastal Trust. The group encourages people to use three apps, Swim Guide, Water Reporter and MyCoastMaryland that provide information on water quality and safety and help members of the community become citizen scientists.

TOP ARTWORK

Gordon Inyard was awarded first place for his artwork during the Art League of Ocean City’s Corporate Partner Show, an annual art exhibition honoring its partners, at the Ocean City Center for the Arts.

DONATION

WINNERS

The Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club held the finals of their oratorical contest on March 30 at Stephen Decatur Middle School. The winner was Jude Damouni, left, who was presented $300. Avery Weber came in second and won $200. Alexandro Pace finished in third and received $150.

BOOK FAIR

During the week-long Book Fair in the Guerrieri Library, Worcester Prep Lower School students invited special guests to “Breakfast with Buddies” on March 29. Guests enjoyed Dunkin Donuts breakfast and coffee, compliments of the Nistazos family, while purchasing books together.  Kindergartener Romie and fourth grader Rodolph Crevecoeur are joined by their mother, Renee Crevecoeur Delmas.

ANIME ART SHOW

THANK YOU

The Art League of Ocean City developed a “Manga Animé” exhibit to promote creativity among students outside formal art programs and to increase community awareness of the Manga and Anime art form. Students in middle and high school, and higher education on the Eastern Shore submitted entries judged by professors Elvin Hernandez and Brad Hudson. Art League President John Sisson and Ocean City Comic Con donated prizes to the winners. Pictured is first-place winner, Shilo Brown of Stephen Decatur Middle School.

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Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines - Ocean City Treasurer and Reporting Secretary Carolyn Dryzga, left, presented a $1,000 donation on March 28, to Caryn Horn, clinical director of Worcester Youth & Family at the organization’s facility in Berlin.

The local veterans in this photo served in-country during the Vietnam War and were honored at the American Legion Post 166 in Ocean City during the annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration on March 30.

BEST IN SHOW

The Art League of Ocean City developed a "Manga Animé" exhibit to promote creativity among students outside formal art programs and to increase community awareness of the Manga and Anime art form. Students in middle and high school, and higher education on the Eastern Shore submitted entries judged by professors Elvin Hernandez and Brad Hudson. Art League President John Sisson and Ocean City Comic Con donated prizes to the winners. Pictured, from left, is Sisson, Matthew Pattison of UMES, the Best in Show winner, and Judge Brad Hudson.

INDUCTION

Twenty-three Worcester Preparatory students were inducted into the Pablo Picasso Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica and one – Jennifer Kimbrew – into the Societe Honoraire de Francais Chapitre Bastille at the school’s Spanish and French Honor Society Induction Ceremonies. Pictured, in front, from left, are Landon Schul, Lindsay Bruner, Nazli Unal, Emma Zajdel, Danielle Carr, Lillian Doran and Travis Netting; in second row; Jackson Fernley, Jayden Scopp, Kimbrew, Lydia Schwartz, Sydney Tingle, Savannah Palmisano, Abigail Ament, Benjamin McGovern and Michael DePalma; and in back, Allen Zhang, William Wells, Dillon Scopp, Lucas Nicastro, Jack Lynch, James Haley, Aleksey Klimins and Ryan Mann.

FLOWER CLASS

A flower arranging class was offered at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street on March 17. Pictured, seated are instructor Joan Guerriero, left, and Jean Nussle, and in back, from left, are Janet Eke, Lynn Rehn, Mary Toney, Marilyn Fraulo and Georgia Cacciapaglia.

NEW MEMBER

February was a notable month for the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines - Ocean City, because eight new members were inducted. Pictured is Geoffrey Goodson, right, inducted at the Feb. 22, meeting, with president and sponsor of new inductees, Bob Wolfing.

PRESENTATION

Linda Linzey, of the Suffrage Centennial Celebration Committee (SCCC), right, recently gave a presentation on American suffragists and women's history to the United Women in Faith at Community Church at Ocean Pines. She is pictured with Linda Baker, president of UWF.

SHOWS SUPPORT

At a meeting of Lions Club District 22B South, Ocean City Lioness Lions Club President Bev Topfer presented a check for $1,000 to Tim and Cheryl Cuneir from Georgia with his leader dog, Glacier. Leader Dogs for the Blind is funded through donations from Lions Clubs across America. A qualified blind person is eligible to be trained to receive a dog as not only as a companion but as a guide for independence.

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Family raises money for sarcoma research

Inaugural JUTT Memorial Classic event celebrated life of Justin McIntyre

By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer

(April 28, 2023) Macky’s long time bartender, Justin (the JUTT) McIntyre, who died of cancer last May, was celebrated this week with the first annual JUTT Memorial Classic at Glen Riddle Golf Club.

“We had about 108 golfers and close to 30 volunteers and onlookers,” Caryn McIntyre, Justin’s mother, said.

“We have reached $45,000 and donations are still coming in. We would love to meet our goal of $50,000.”

All the funds raised through the event will go to sarcoma research at Johns Hopkins.

Donations for prizes, gift baskets, Eagles vs. Commanders tickets, and more were provided by businesses locally and in Baltimore and Montgomery County thanks to efforts by Beth Roche and Michelle Aldridge.

“Justin was a bartender at Macky’s. They were family. They would do anything for each other,” said McIntyre. Golfers and friends came from the Maryland, DC, Virginia, Delaware, Indiana, and North Carolina. Even his doctors from Johns Hopkins came in for the event, according to his mother.

In August 2020, McIntyre went to his doctor for what was thought to be a kidney stone. What the doctors found was a large mass. He had stage four sarcoma cancer.

His mother said they tried numerous treatments, including radiation, surgery, chemotherapy, but nothing worked.

Last May, he came home on hos-

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

pice and died May 17, 2022 at age 42.

“Sarcoma is a horrific disease,” said McIntyre.

A sarcoma is a type of cancer that starts in tissues like bone or muscle. Bone and soft tissue sarcomas are the main types of sarcomas. Sarcomas are not common, according to the American Cancer Society.

“Justin was known for his killer smile, his big blue eyes, his total sweet soul, and sweet disposition. He was an incredible young man,” his mother said.

“Justin was born on July 4. He came in like a firecracker,” she added.

She said that when he was young, they used to tell him the fireworks were just for him.

On Sept. 26, 2022, a memorial service was held for Justin.

“Close to 400 people attended. It ended with a big fireworks show… Justin fashion,” his mom said.

McIntyre says they are already planning for next year. Donations are still being accepted at www.the jutt1.com.

‘Not Your Average Home Fries’ easy to make

and clarification need to be addressed for complete comprehension.

By Deborah Lee Walker

Contributing Writer

(April 28, 2023) There is nothing like waking up at the beach and indulging in a big breakfast.

And what is a breakfast without home fries? The crispy golden potatoes fried to perfection are a perfect pairing with eggs, bacon, or whatever tickles your fancy.

That being said, does one know the history of fried potatoes?

Believe it or not but the unassuming potato is rich in antiquity. Myths

If one were to ask what is the most popular fried potato in America, the unequivocal answer would be French fries. And for this reason, the subject of fried potatoes is consumed with the origins of French fries.

It is believed that the Belgians were the first to begin the process of frying strips of potatoes, sometime between the late 17th and early 18th century.

Legend has it, that the poor villagers of Meuse subsisted on a diet of

fried fish from the local lakes. When the river would freeze over each winter, fried potatoes became a substitute for the fish and the earliest iteration of French fries were born.

However, according to historical records, potatoes were not really a part of the 17th century Belgian diets.

But what we know for sure is that the Spanish explorers imported potatoes from South America to Europe in the 16th century.

It was the French army pharmacist named Antoine-Augustin Parmentier who highlighted and showcased potatoes to a pivotal point in French cuisine.

According to “From Fries to Tots: A Delicious History of Fried Pota-

toes,” Parmentier hosted extravagant spud-themed dinners, meals that featured up to 20 courses of potatoes served in creative ways.

Guests are thought to have included Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.

Parmentiers’ feasts may have inspired Jefferson to serve fried potatoes at the White House when he was president.

His handwritten recipe for deep fried potatoes were similar to potato chips except that they were thicker. Even though they weren’t exactly like fries of today, this contemporary conception is believed to be the beginning of a newfound trend in

PHOTO COURTESY MICHELLE ALDRIDGE

Caryn McIntyre presents Dr. Jonathan Greer of Johns Hopkins with a check for sarcoma research from a golf tournament held Monday in honor of her son, Justin, who passed away from the disease in May. Pictured, from left, are Michelle Aldridge, Dr. Brenda Nettles, Deanna Figel, Dr. Greer, McIntyre, her husband, John, and son, JP, and Dr. Fabian Johnston.

PHOTO COURTESY MICHELLE ALDRIDGE

Justin McIntyre was a longtime bartender at Macky’s, who passed away from sarcoma cancer in May. Family and friends participated in the first JUTT Memorial Classic golf tournament on Monday to raise money for sarcoma research at Johns Hopkins.

This simple recipe full of flavor, crispy and delicious, so good you want seconds

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America.

By the 19th century, recipes started to appear for French fried potatoes. But it was World War I that made French fries a household name.

Potato consumption soared during the war because of its modest price tag and as you know the rest is history.

French fries, home fries, and hash browns are fried potatoes, it is the style of cooking and shape of the potato that are the difference.

So, what exactly is the difference between home fries and hash browns?

Home fries are usually fried with salt, pepper and onions. If one likes to spice it up — jalapenos, green peppers, bacon, or fresh herbs are generally added.

Hash browns, on the other hand, are all about texture. Potatoes, usually russet potatoes, are thinly shredded, then fried in oil until they are golden and crisp with frizzled edges.

Whether you are a home fry or hash brown connoisseur, the type of fat for frying needs to be addressed.

A little unsalted butter, a touch of bacon fat, and canola oil produce the best crispy potatoes.

Everything is better with bacon, butter adds richness, and canola oil helps keep the potatoes from burning.

Home fries are a great way to make use of leftover baked potatoes. The only drawback is that the texture is slightly mushy and a uniform cut may be hard to achieve.

That being said, I like to slice raw potatoes thinly, and allow them to

soak in cold water for 15 minutes. This helps reduce the starch for a crispier and flavorful hash brown. If you are a home fry fan, following is a simple recipe that is packed with flavor. This is not your average home fry potato dish, but it will keep family and guest asking for seconds. Enjoy!

Not Your Average Home Fries

Ingredients

4 russet potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced

½ pound sliced bacon

2 teaspoons unsalted butter

2 tablespoons canola oil

1 small yellow onion, thinly sliced

1 small green pepper, stem removed, and seeded, and chopped fresh parsley as a garnish

thinly sliced green onion as a garnish (optional)

kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1. In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat. When cooled, coarsely chop bacon, and set aside.

2. Soak sliced potatoes for 15 minutes in cold water and dry in a tea towel.

3. Add potatoes, and cook in bacon fat over medium heat. As they start to get done, add green pepper and onions. Allow the mixture to achieve a nice sear and add cooked bacon. Then salt, and pepper to taste.

4. Plate home fries and garnish with fresh parsley and green onions. Secret Ingredient – Potatoes. “I love potatoes, roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes – I just love potatoes.”

OCVFC VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

Gold Badge member Frank Christopher served 47 years

By Steve Price Contributing Writer

(April 28, 2023) This week we recognize Gold Badge Member Frank Christopher. Frank retired after 38 years of service for Verizon and the C & P Telephone Company on Dec. 31, 2006.

During his career as a cable maintenance technician, several members of the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company were co-workers with Frank, including John Guntow, Dick Riley, and Ed “Greenie” Greene. He also became acquainted with Verla Cropper, a member of the OCVFC Ladies Auxiliary.

Following his retirement, Frank and his wife, Phyllis, moved to enjoy the warm weather and sunshine in Cape Coral, Florida.

Frank has been a member of the OCVFC for 47 years, joining the volunteer fire company on May 5, 1976, and becoming a Gold Badge Member in May 2006. During his 30 years of active service to the OCVFC, Frank served as lieutenant on Rescue #707 and captain on Engine #703.

When asked his reason for joining the OCVFC, firefighter Christopher

cited an emergency event that affected not only members of his family but also members of the OCVFC. He had been transferred to Ocean City by the C & P Telephone Company in June 1975 and purchased a home in West Ocean City. His wife, Phyllis, was seven months pregnant at the time. In September 1975, their

Frank Christopher

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2nd daughter was born in the rear of an OCVFC ambulance on Route 50 near Berlin while enroute to Peninsula General Hospital (now Tidal Health).

EMT Nelson Wright was the medical attendant with Roger Steger (later to become Chief Roger Steger) driving the ambulance. Steger pulled over to the side of the road to assist EMT Wright with the delivery.

The “new” father was asked to drive the ambulance to Salisbury although he was not a member of the fire company at the time. We are happy to report that everyone arrived safely. Frank said, “This event planted the seed to become a member of the OCVFC”.

Frank names the tragic Sauté Café fire of July 16, 1983, resulting in the Line of duty death of OCVFC Fire-

fighter Jeff Dieter as the most significant event of his firefighting career. He recalled the overwhelming outpouring of support received by the volunteer fire company from the community and our neighboring fire companies.

Christopher cites achieving Gold Badge Membership; his involvement with the preservation and restoration of the 1953 Ford/Barton American Engine #708; the formation of the OCVFC Muster Team and the lifelong friendships and great memories as his greatest accomplishments in the fire service.

We thank Firefighter Christopher for his years of service and dedication to the safety of the citizens and visitors to our resort community.

For membership information or to learn more about your volunteer fire company, please visit www.ocvfc.com.

Carozza ensures shore voices head in session Editor,

As a Maryland State Senator representing Worcester, Wicomico, and Somerset counties and with the end of the 2023 legislative session, I wanted to share my general approach to public service and the facts of how I advocate for our shore priorities with a new governor and administration, new statewide officeholders, and new Maryland General Assembly.

I represent the very best of Maryland in District 38 with such a strong cross-section of constituencies including tourism/hospitality; farming/poultry; fishing; forestry; major health care providers; public and private K-12 schools and three institutions of higher education; retirees; veterans; and among the most creative small business operators and job creators in the country.

To be effective in representing all my constituents, I must know and understand my district, and work with community partners, the private sector, and elected officials on both sides of the aisle to advance shared Shore priorities of the 11 municipali-

ties and three counties in District 38. For the past eight years, I worked with Gov. Hogan and his administration, and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to increase public safety, expand workforce opportunities for our youth, support economic development, including Broadband expansion, and small business, ensure resources for our Maryland coastal bays, fight the opioid crisis, push for retiree and other tax relief to stay competitive in Maryland, and assist constituents and businesses through the pandemic.

With the election of a new governor and new Maryland General Assembly including my own reelection to the State Senate, I have been making the extra effort to ensure that the voices and priorities of the shore are heard in Annapolis. This includes coordination of priorities here at home, building new relationships, and renewing others with the governor, Lt. governor, and his team.

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meeting with the governor’s cabinet secretary nominees and taking the opportunity to share shore priorities with them; and even joining Gov.Wes Moore and Lt. Go. Aruna Miller for the Special Olympics’ Polar Plunge in the chilly Chesapeake Bay waters in January.

Looking back at the 2023 legislative session, I am encouraged by many of the accomplishments impacting my three counties but also acknowledge that some initiatives will take more than one session to complete.

Perhaps, the most important achievement this session affecting the entire Lower Shore and statewide is the Eastern Shore Delegation’s team effort to secure critical funding and legislation to support TidalHealth’s trauma center, the Eastern Shore’s only trauma program which serves patients from every Maryland jurisdiction.

Back in the fall, months before the start of the January session, TidalHealth’s leadership informed the delegation that the trauma center was in jeopardy and needed funding to continue operations after being denied their repeated requests for appropriate funding from the Health Services Cost Review Commission.

Working together, we were able to secure an additional $9.5 million to assist Maryland trauma centers experiencing financial challenges, including TidalHealth which has been woefully underfunded by the state. In addition, I sponsored with Delegate Tom Hutchinson of Cambridge, and the Maryland General Assembly unanimously approved, Senate Bill 493 to study the adequacy of trauma funding across Maryland which is the long-term solution for ensuring fair funding for TidalHealth’s trauma center in the future.

Serving my constituents and advo-

cating for our shared shore priorities remains my top priority. I encourage my constituents to contact me directly at marybeth.carozza@senate.state.md. us as the best ideas always come from the front lines. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-38)

School budgets rising but student success declines

Editor,

Our children are small and stupid but we love them, therefore we must have guard rails to guide them through their education.

For the first 200 years of our history, the classroom teacher has been the sole guardian of the guard rails that guide our children.

In Loco Parentis is the old Latin term that simply said that the teacher while in the classroom acted in the absence of the parent with the authority of a parent. This was accepted by parents, administrators and unambiguously communicated to the child.

Today Abraham is a 7-year-old turning eight in second grade. Every morning he enters into a ritual during which he stands up and paces up and down during class, cries and screams.

It has been going on since he entered first grade. His classroom teacher no longer has the powers of a parent and is only permitted to find out why?

“My daddy hit me.”

The teacher today is now required to turn in the family. Reports are filled out and turned in to Childcare. A speech therapist is set up for appointments as well as a psychologist.

With all the attention Abraham gets, the next day one should not be surprised if he cries out again. His classroom disruptions go on and on depriving the other students of im-

portant teaching time.

In the past with the teacher acting as parent, the teacher would have told Abraham to “shut up!”

If he repeatedly acted out the teacher would have disciplined him, maybe by drawing a circle on the blackboard, and telling Abraham to stick his nose in it and making Abraham wear a paper hat folded into a cone that had dunce written on it.

If that didn’t work there would have been meetings between teacher and the parents. Family was always involved with teacher to seek a solution.

Today in Lou Taylor’s circus mix of woke, diversity, equity, inclusion the family is often held accountable and derogatory behavior during the teaching process are tolerated under equity.

Newsflash Lou — all children are not equal they are all different! Amer-

ica although not perfect tries to have equal opportunity for their different skills after graduation.

For the first time in decades, the Commissioners of Worcester County have decided to review the 2024 annual school expenses submitted by the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools.

Funding the 13 public schools in the county is the largest expense the county has.

In the past the commissioners have merely rubberstamped whatever they are given by the superintendent and the Board of Education.

Hats off to Mr. Bertino, Mr. Bunting and Mr. Elder for finally calling for a detailed review of the school budget.

The school budget has grown over 300 percent after inflation per pupil over the last 50 years!

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GUEST SPEAKER

PHOTO COURTESY DAVID J. LANDIS, SR.

Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City President Bob Wolfing is pictured with Reverend Dawn Lockett Hobson of Tyree African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Germantown Section of Berlin, during a recent meeting. Reverend Hobson gave an overview of the history and significance of the church in the community as well as its focus on youth.

School budgets follow state rules

Two weeks ago, a Worcester County Commissioner majority and Commissioners President Chip Bertino complained about their inability to obtain a detailed breakdown of the public school system’s budget. Without it, Bertino said, he and others would not be able to understand where the $104 million the school board wants in county money is going.

Bertino went on to observe that the county’s $79,000 mosquito control budget contained more detail than the $131 million school budget. That’s undoubtedly true, but it’s also like telling Ford it should list all the components of its F150 in the owner’s manual because Schwinn does that with its bicycles.

Nevertheless, the questions raised by the commissioners’ unexpected request for nuts-and-bolts information are as troubling as they are obvious:

Can the commissioners read (and understand) hundreds of pages of line items in the limited time they have before they must approve their own budget? Or would they cherry-pick items for political purposes? Could it be they are just doing their due diligence and aren’t looking for someone or something to blame for tax rates that seldom, if ever, retreat?

The reality is it doesn’t matter what the commissioners want. That’s because county government’s role in education funding is established by the state, just as the state’s “Financial Reporting Manual for Maryland Public Schools” dictates exactly how local school boards must set up their budgets.

As for the commissioners’ role, the manual points out, “In 1968, the education laws were reviewed and changes were proposed to limit county government control of local school budgets.”

Those changes were codified in the state statutes shortly thereafter to prevent county governments from going cheap on education funding to balance their own budgets and keep their jobs by keeping taxpayers happy.

As it is, the board’s 83-page budget package is available online at the Worcester County Public Schools website. Take a look and then ask yourself what, besides political talking points, the commissioners would gain by going through it line by line when their authority to change it is limited.

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Woozy without weed

Wouldn’t you know it? Just as the great State of Maryland is about to make marijuana legal, I’m too old to care.

It isn’t that I’m opposed to people being in a self-amused mood, or people who drive 35 mph and think they’re about to break the sound barrier, or those who buy 30 pounds of Tootsie Rolls because ... well ... why not?

No, I’m not opposed to any of that, because it won’t affect me one way or the other.

By Stewart Dobson

The fact is, I can get quite the buzz just from getting out of my chair too quickly these days:

“Oh man! This room is soooooooo cooooool. Got any Tootsie Rolls? Heh-heh-heh-heh.”

But it’s a fact that you reach a point in life where the route your brain fuel (that would be blood and oxygen) had been taking to the old cortex has since added a number of roadside attractions that delay its arrival at the desired destination. The result, I can tell you, is a body waiting for its head to catch up.

So, no, I don’t need help from various substances to achieve a higher level of woozy. But again, I have no quarrel with those who do enjoy the feeling of cheerful uselessness.

In fact, I think this country would be much better off if some of the characters getting screen time on TV did indulge in that sort of thing on an as-needed basis.

“So, I say to you, Mr. President, we are serious about this debt ceiling legislation that will ... will ummm ... hee-hee-hee-ho-ha...I forgot.

“That’s OK, Mr. Speaker, because I don’t even know where I am at the moment. Hey, let’s go get some pizza ... yeah, pizza! ... and hash this out.

“Cool.”

Just to be clear, I will neither confirm nor deny any past involvement or familiarity with certain forms of smokable vegetation.

Were I to say that I did, I have no doubt that many people would say, “Yeah, that figures.” On the other hand, were I to say that I never touched the stuff, many people would say, “Yeah, he’s lying.”

Consequently, there’s nothing to be gained by letting on about that one way or the other, although I will say that I’m told the green leafy substance available today is much more potent than it once was.

I don’t think I need any of that, especially considering I’m at the age where I couldn’t be sure whether it was the smoke or a bubble in my brain fuel filter that was causing me to say things like, “Hey everyone, I can see the back of my own head!”

Besides, I’m reminded by what Jimmy Buffett wrote 20-some years ago in his book, “A Pirate Looks at 50.” He recalled that he was out fishing with a 70-year-old guide when the old man lit up a joint and offered it to him.

“You know,” Buffett said, “when this stuff has worked its way that far up the food chain, it’s time for me to quit.”

Unfortunately, academic achievements in the county have declined.

In light of the decline in academics and the runaway costs of education, every county resident should be proud of the commissioners for taking a detailed look at not only the four plus million in requested annual increases but at the detail of every expense.

For now, these three commissioners are trying to abide by hideous Maryland State education rules and laws. Evaluating expenses is a first step.

Why has the expense of education per student in the county increased 300 percent above inflation yet math proficiency has declined to 37 percent and algebra proficiency (a requirement) has declined to 22 percent?

Well Mr. Taylor says “we are better than Baltimore.” That is true in Baltimore math proficiency is -0 percent!

A first step is not enough for two Commissioners Mrs. Caryn Abbott and Mr. Eric Fiori who want to know why the expense of education is spiraling up and the achievements are declining?

They are joined by Katie Addis, the only Board of Education member to date, who did not rubber stamp Lou Taylor’s budget.

Why were the graduating seniors from Steven Decatur 50 years ago more credentialed and more likely to go to college at one third the cost of today?

“What happened to our meritbased education system?” Two Commissioners and a Board of Ed member want to know. It’s about time, don’t you think?

Our children are small and stupid but we love them, so why are we depriving them the guardrails of a classroom teacher acting as parent to help form their development?

Why are teachers required to report parents for disciplining their child? Undermining the strength of the family should have no part in education.

For 200 years classroom teachers in America were the envy of the world.

K-12 education consisted of a room with 30-35 students, a blackboard with chalk, and of course a classroom teacher. The teacher would compose and present their curriculum to the assistant principal for approval.

Once approved, the classroom teacher was 100 percent backed by the principal, the superintendent and of course the parents who all gave complete control of the classroom to the classroom teacher.

This included disciplinary matters as that insured a quite attentive teaching environment for the children.

The teacher had the power of a parent.

Mr. Mitrecic and Mrs. Purnell are two county commissioners that feel the commissioners should blindly approve another year of the school budget.

The humorous thing about Mr. Mitrecic is he says in Ocean City Today “they were elected just like we are,” regarding the Board of Education. The last time Joe ran in an actual election contest was 15 years and he lost to Brent Ashley.

Joe, like many politicians in Ocean City, believes that the chronic voter apathy in town suggests, in a convoluted way, that they were “elected.”

News flash, when you have no opponent Joe, there is no election contest. The only true competitive elections in the county are the commissioners, certainly not the mayor or council in Ocean City.

What are we doing today in Lou Taylor’s diversity, equity and inclusion circus?

Today we have speech therapists, sign language interpreters, psychologists, occupational therapists, teaching assistants and the classes are half the size.

With all those professionals and all that attention why are they failing to educate our young?

If they are not educating them to the same level as before, what are they doing? Public school in our county has become more about indoctrination than education.

Children today are not allowed to experience the full structure of the classroom teacher with the power of a parent so important in forming their young personality.

So some will keep “acting out” disrupting teaching for the majority.

Recently a crowd of young adult students at Stanford Law School acting out in a primitive tribal manner overthrew a lecture by an appellate judge.

My fear is old guys like Jon Andes and I soon will be dead and there will be no social memory of traditional education as a guide. Where are you when we need you, Jon Andes?

Tony Christ Ocean City

(Editor’s note: Jon Andes is a member of the Worcester County Board of Education, which approved the budget.)

Commission needs to fully fund FY24 school budget

Editor,

Is transparency really what Commissioner Bertino is looking for with regard to the school budget?

Or are the Commissioners really interested in a line-by-line item rejection?

At last week’s budget presentation, Mr. Bertino said he was looking for more “clarity,” to see where “we can be more efficient,” but that they didn’t know what they might be looking for.

Do we want politicians cutting line items that professionally trained educators know are needed?

From their own website, “The Board of Education determines the policies of the County’s educational system and prescribes rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the schools.”

The board, through its executive officers, the superintendent, and professional staff, exercises control and supervision over the school system. One specific duty is to “Prepare and adopt a school system budget.”

The Board has adopted the FY 24 budget.

Commissioner Mitrecic pointed out that the Board of Education is an elected body, responsible for the school system and that the commissioners are just responsible for funding it.

The commissioners surely have the power to underfund the FY 24 School Budget, for the first time in six years. However, is that really a smart decision when Worcester County is currently the top performer in the state? When there is a teacher shortage and we need to keep our teachers?

The commissioners need to fully fund the FY24 School Budget, as they have done in the past 6 years.

Linda Linzey Berlin

Murder of 25K people known as Katyn Massacre

By Peter Ayers Wimbrow III Contributing Writer

(April 28, 2023) This week, 80 years ago, the International Katy Commission issued its report. The commission consisted of the following: Alexandru Birkle, Romanian doctor of medicine; Herman Maximilien de Burlet, Dutch anatomist, embryologist, physiologist and pathologist; František Hájek, Czech professor of forensic medicine; Marco Markow, Bulgarian professor of forensic medicine; Eduard Miloslavi , Croatian professor of pathology; Professor François Naville, Swiss physician and director of Medico Legal Institute of the University of Geneva; Dr. Ferenc Orsó, University of Budapest; Vincenzo Mario Mario Palmieri, Italian professor of forensic medicine; Arno Saxe , Finnish pathologist; Professor Reimond Speleers, of the Ghent University in Belgium; Helge Tramsen, Danish expert in forensic medicine; Andrej Žarnov, Slovak Professor of pathological anatomy.

The commission had been created

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by the German government to investigate the cause of death of 22,000 Poles, whose bodies had been found by the Germans. The Germans had accused the Soviets of the murders, since the Germans only found them after they drove the Soviets out of that area.

Two days after the Red Army moved into Eastern Poland in September 1939, pursuant to its agreement with the German Reich, Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria, the People’s Commissar for Internal Affairs and First Rank Commissar of State Security, ordered the NKVD to create the Administration for Affairs of Prisoners of War and Internees.

The Soviets did not consider the Polish soldiers, whom they captured, as prisoners of war, but rather, as counter-revolutionaries, illegitimately resisting the authority of the newly expanded Ukranian and Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republics, which occupied the eastern part of Poland in late September 1939.

The Soviets shipped 230,000 Polish soldiers, who were taken into custody, east to a number of camps. Many of the soldiers were reservists who had been called up to defend their country when it had been attacked by Germany.

Beria sent a note to the Soviet Politburo, recommending the “elimi-

nation” of some 25,000 Polish “Nationalists and Counter-Revolutionaries.” Upon the approval of the Politburo, the process was set in motion, which would result in the murder of those 25,000 people and would come to be known as the “Katy Massacre.”

One of the camps was located at the Village of Cozelsk, which is near the City of Kaluga in Russia. This camp was used mainly for officers of the Polish Army and housed about 5,000. The victims were either murdered in the camps and then transported to Katy Forest, or they were transported to the Katy Forest, where they were then murdered.

In any event, most were buried there, although some were buried in other places. The term “Katy Massacre” has come to represent all Polish soldiers and the “intelligentsia” that were murdered while in Soviet custody.

In April 1940, Soviet NKVD MajorGen. Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin, personally, with a German Walther Model 2.25 ACP pistol, executed between 6,000 and 7,000 Polish prisoners in 28 days. For his “... skill and organization in the effective carrying out of ‘special tasks’...,” he was presented with the Order of the Red Banner and a small pay raise.

After the Axis nations launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941

and invaded the Soviet Union, the U.S.S. R. executed a treaty with the Polish government-in-exile, in London that declared all previous agreements with the German Reich null and void, and agreed to allow one of the few surviving Polish generals in its custody, W adys aw Anders, to form a Polish Army to fight alongside the Red Army.

Eventually, friction with the Soviets caused Anders to take his men out of the Soviet Union. As the II Polish Corps, they would capture Monte Casino in Italy in 1944. One of the sources of the friction between Gen. Anders and the Soviet government was his continual questioning about Polish officers who had been taken into custody by the Soviets, that he wanted to use in the formation of his army.

These questions were embarrassing to the Soviet authorities. Stalin assured him that they were all freed, but they could not all be accounted for because the Soviets had “lost track” of them — in Manchuria!

Berlin Radio announced that German soldiers serving under Gen. Baron Rudolf Kristolf von Gerstof had discovered a mass grave of 4,243 Polish officers in the Katy Forest, near the Russian city of Smolensk, on April 12, 1943.

In 1942, Polish railroad workers, working behind the German lines converting the Soviet rails to the same width of German rails, had found the mass grave of Katy and reported their findings to the Polish underground. No one would believe them because they could not believe that there were graves that contained as many dead as the railroad workers alleged. However, discovery by German soldiers could not be ignored – nor would it.

Among the dead at Katy was an admiral, two generals, 24 colonels, 79 lieutenant-colonels, 258 majors, 654 captains, 17 Naval captains, 3,420 NCOs, seven chaplains, a prince, 20 university professors, 300 physicians, several hundred lawyers, engineers and teachers, and more than 100 writers and journalists, as well as about 200 pilots. It was an attempt by the Soviets to sever the head from any potential resistance to the new order.

The Reichsminister of Propaganda, Dr. Josef Goebbels, recognized an opportunity when he saw one. On April 13, 1943, Radio Berlin broadcast to the world that German soldiers had uncovered, “... a ditch ... [92 feet by 52 feet] in which the bodies of 3,000 Polish Officers were piled in 12 layers.”

The next day, Dr. Goebbels wrote in his diary that, “We are now using the discovery of 12,000 Polish Officers murdered by the NKVD for antiBolshevik propaganda on a grand style. We sent neutral journalists and Polish intellectuals to the spot where they were found. Reports now reaching us from the head are gruesome.

The Fúhrer has also given permission for us to hand out a drastic news item to the German press. I gave instructions to make the widest possible use of the propaganda material. We should be able to live on it for a couple weeks.”

On April 15, the Soviets responded that, “... Polish prisoners of war, who in 1941 were engaged in country construction work west of Smilenski had fallen into the hands of the German Fascist Hangman ...”

The Germans then assembled the aforementioned Katy International Commission. In addition to the experts, the Germans also brought British, Canadian, and American POW officers to the sites.

Included among the group were the Polish writers, Józef Mackiewicz and Ferdynand Goetel, both of whom had to leave Poland because of their involvement. The experts unanimously concluded that the executions had occurred in early 1940, at the time when the area was still under Soviet control and before Operation Barbarossa.

In April 1943, when the Polish government-in-exile insisted on an investigation by the International Red Cross, Stalin accused them of collaborating with the Germans, broke diplomatic relations and established a Polish, Pro-U.S.S.R., Communist, government-in-exile in Moscow.

Of course, this had merely been a convenient excuse, for Stalin had no intention of allowing the people in London to establish a government in postwar Poland. And his purpose in murdering all of those people at Katy , was to eliminate the people who would be most likely to oppose “The Dictatorship of the Proletariat.”

After being informed that the Wehrmacht was going to have to withdraw from the Katy area, Dr. Goebbels, on Sept. 29, 1943, wrote in his diary, “Unfortunately, we have had to give up Katy . The Bolsheviks undoubtedly will soon ‘find’ that we

Baltimore memorial to the murdered Polish officers at Katyn

JUDY FALLON

Bishopville

On April 17, 2023, Judy Fallon of Bishopville, Maryland, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side.

She lived 82 amazing years, before she was called home.

She worked for the Town of Ocean City on the tram and Winterfest of Lights for many years. She was a hairdresser by trade.

Her love for boating and fishing started from the time she was a kid on Bodkin Creek in Pasadena and the Severn River in Severna Park.

It continued when she moved to Bishopville over 30 years ago, as she fished many local tournaments in Ocean City. In the winter months you could find her fishing in The Keys.

She loved spending time with her family.

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shot 12,000 Polish Officers. That episode is one that is going to cause us quite a little trouble in the future. The Soviets are undoubtedly going to make it their business to discover as many mass graves as possible and then blame it on us.”

When the Red Army re-occupied the area, a cemetery, which the Germans had permitted the Polish Red Cross to build, was destroyed. In January, the Soviet Union established the “Special Commission for the Termination and Investigation of the Shooting of Polish Prisoners of War by German Fascist Invaders in Katy Forest.”

It was commonly referred to as the “Burdenko Commission” because it was chaired by Nicolai Burdenko, president of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the U.S.S.R and SurgeonGeneral of the Red Army.

The report it issued declared that – SURPRISE! – as Dr. Goebbels had predicted, all shootings were done by German occupation forces in the Autumn of 1941.

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt directed the Special Emissary to the Balkans, former Pennsylvania Governor, Navy Lieutenant-Commander, George Howard Earl III, to investigate the Katy Massacre.

Having done so, Gov. Earl concluded that the Soviet Union was, indeed, responsible. The president rejected the governor’s conclusion, announcing that he was convinced of German culpability. When Gov. Earl requested permission to publish his finding, the president issued a written order to desist and reassigned him to American Samoa — in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — for the balance of the war. He got off lucky!

When the pretender to the Polish throne, London resident Count Geoffrey Wladyslas Vaile Potocki de Montauk, published his “Katy Manifesto,” the British arrested and

She is survived by four children, Steve Drocella and wife, Tracey, of Bishopville, Robin Drocella of Bishopville, Lisa Drocella Wilson of Glen Burnie, and Josh Fallon and wife, Katie, of West Fenwick; four grandchildren, Nicklaus Drocella, Johnny Drocella, David Wilson and Mason Roberts; and three great-grandchildren, Kristalynn Wilson, Parker Fallon and Grady Fallon.

A “Celebration of Life” will be held on May 21, 2023 at 1p.m. at Yellowfins in Selbyville.

ISABELLE J. BROOKS Selbyville

Isabelle J. Brooks, age 84, of Selbyville, Delaware, died Thursday, April

20, 2023 at home. She was born in Washington, D.C., and was the daughter of the late Everett Miller and Eudora (Milstead) Miller.

Isabelle was a secretary for her husband in the advertising business.

She had attended Fenwick Island Baptist Church.

She is survived by a daughter, Suzee Nolan and husband, Kenneth of Berlin, Maryland; two sons, John J. Brooks of Berlin, Maryland, and Ronald C. Brooks of Potomac, Maryland; three sisters, Sallie Craig of Lewes, Delaware, Evelyn Davis of Pennsylvania, and Elnora Spikes of Selbyville, Delaware; seven grandchildren, Samuel Nolan, Emma Brooks, Ella Brooks, Elissa Brooks, Emelia Brooks, Delaney Brooks and Curt Brooks.

DORSEY SAMUEL TRUITT SR. Ocean City

It is with great sadness that the family of Dorsey Samuel Truitt Sr. announces his passing on April 12, 2023 at the age of 90.

Dorsey was born to George C. Truitt and Lillian M. Dorsey on Jan. 1, 1933.

imprisoned him! The Western Allies were not going to allow their Soviet ally, who was winning the war for them, to be embarrassed by the discovery of the bodies of a few thousand Poles!

In 2007, Michael Kwieci ski produced a movie, titled “Katy ” about the massacre, based on the book by Andrzej Mularczyk, which was nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category.

On Feb. 4, 2010, Vladimir Putin, then prime minister of the Russian Federation, invited Polish officials to visit Katy , in April, to commemorate the massacre.

“Katy ” was shown on Russian state television for the first time. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attended a ceremony with Putin on April 7, 2010. Three days later, a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 87 other highranking Polish government officials and military officers to Katy , crashed near Smolenski, killing all aboard. One writer observed that that soil liked Polish blood!

The National Katy Massacre Memorial is located at the southern end of President Street, at its intersection with Aliceanna Street, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Lt. Janina Dowbar-Mu nicki Lewandowska, a pilot in the Polish Air Force, daughter of a Polish general, and the only woman murdered, is depicted on the Memorial with two other officers. The Memorial bears the inscription, “If I were ever to forget them, may God forget me.”

Next week: Dambusters

Mr. Wimbrow writes from Ocean City, Maryland, where he practices law representing those persons accused of criminal and traffic offenses, and those persons who have suffered a personal injury through no fault of their own. He can be contacted at: wimbrowlaw@gmail.com.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald John Brooks; a daughter, Kimberly Brooks; two brothers, Joseph E. Miller and Robert I. Miller; and two sisters, Ilene Griffith and Lois Wilhelm.

A funeral service was held on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at Fenwick Island Baptist Church, 36806 Lighthouse Road in Selbyville. Burial will be in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro.

Condolences may be sent by visit-

He was happily married to Pamela (Penny) Truitt and father to Dorsey S. Truitt Jr. and his wife, Robin, Dawn L. Gordon and her husband, Michael, Patrick E. Truitt and his partner, Amy McConnaughy, and Deborah L. Truitt. Dorsey is also survived by many grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, and other family members, friends, and the infamous Stella and Fritz.

Dorsey proudly served in the United States Navy.

He was passionate about cars his whole life.

He took great pride in his business, Atlantic Skates, which has been operating for nearly 50 years.

He befriended anyone he crossed paths with. His sarcastic humor, social personality, and infectious smile will forever be missed.

Judy Fallon Isabelle Brooks

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To honor Dorsey’s wishes, he will be cremated and there will be no viewing or service.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to Atlantic General Hospital, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, Maryland 21811, or to a charity of your choice.

Written by Dorsey’s 9-year-old great-granddaughter:

Hi, love is the most beautiful thing that can happen, but it can be ugly sometimes.

So be happy when you have it, don’t be sad it’s gone tho, be happy it was there.

If you lose someone you loved, God is taking care of them.

You are loved no matter what you do to make them mad or sad, they will still love you.

Don’t act like you are not loved, because God loves you. Your Mom and Dad love you.

EDMOND JAMES KELLY O’BRIEN

Berlin

Edmond James Kelly O’Brien, age 73, passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.

Born in New York City, he was the son of the late William Joseph O’Brien and Dorothy Natalie Kelly.

Edmond O’Brien faithfully served the Ocean City community with the Ocean

City Police Department from February 1978 until he retired in November 2005.

He went on to teach up-and-coming police officers at the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy and served as an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at Wor-Wic Community College for many years.

For over 45 years, Ed O’Brien was dedicated to the Ocean City community and the field of law enforcement.

Ed served in the U.S. Army and National Guard. He was stationed in South Korea (U.S. Army) and was a veteran of Operation Desert Storm (National Guard).

Ed was a dedicated and fun-loving husband, father, and grandfather. In his spare time, he enjoyed spending time with his family.

He enjoyed movies, he was an avid sports and Yankees fan, and enjoyed watching his grandchildren in their youth athletics.

He was proud of his Irish heritage and enjoyed researching his ancestry and family lineage.

He is survived by his loving wife, Mary O’Brien, of 46 years; two sons, Kevin M. O’Brien (Jennifer) and Patrick S. O’Brien (Nicole); a daughter, Kelly A. Rados (Matthew); two brothers, James O’Brien (Kathy) and

Christopher O’Brien; three sisters, Mary Ellen Palmieri (Dan), Loretto Dapiran (Frank) and Suzanne O’Brien; and five grandchildren, Liam, Lily, Skylar, Finn and Landon.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, William O’Brien.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., at Holy Savior Catholic Church in Ocean City. Friends may call one hour prior.

Interment will follow at Garden of the Pines Cemetery in Ocean Pines, then a brief Celebration of Life at the Showell Fire Hall.

Letters of Condolence can be sent to the family via www.burbagefuneralhome.com. Arrangements are in the care of The Burbage Funeral Home.

ERIK THOMAS CANTINE

Ocean City

Erik Thomas Cantine was born in Michigan on Jan. 24, 1968 to the late Cecelia (ChiChi) Cantine and the late Earl H. Cantine.

He grew up in Springdale, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh.

After graduating from Springdale High School, Erik earned a culinary degree from the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, where he was later inducted into their Culinary Hall of Fame.

In 1996, Erik was instrumental in

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converting a 1902 abandoned Pittsburgh church into the infamous Church Brew Works. He was the executive chef there for many years and was proud of this momentous undertaking.

Erik also learned the trade of ice carving and joined an international circuit, becoming a world-renowned professional ice carver.

Erik later relocated to Ocean City, Maryland, where his two brothers were living.

In 2009, Erik helped open the Casino at Ocean Downs and worked there for 13 years as food and beverage director.

Erik met a lot of people and made a huge impact on the local community. Many will recall his amazing ice carvings at the AGH Penguin Swims and at the Town of Berlin tree lightings.

Erik’s final project was to help design the Spain Wine Bar and Restaurant in the Cambria Hotel.

Erik was a dedicated and fun-loving father. His personality was larger than life and his creative talents were second to none.

He will be remembered as a kind and gentle soul, always willing to lend a helping hand.

He had a zest for life, a radiant smile and a great sense of humor. He nurtured and honored his life-long friendships and will be missed by all.

Erik is survived by his children, Mikayla (21), Quinton (10) and Cecily (8), as well as their mothers, Colleen Black and Sarah Scott; two brothers, Earl (Diane) and Michael (Amanda); and two step-siblings, Rachel (Jeremiah) and the late Edward Cantine.

He is also survived by his nephews, Noah, Michael, Robert, Thomas, Liam and Mason, and niece, Alythia; his Aunt Fran, Aunt Lee, and many beloved cousins.

His family would like to thank the Coastal Hospice-Stansell House for the compassionate and exceptional care that was provided to Erik in his final months.

He died peacefully on April 22, 2023 after a two-year battle with Glioblastoma.

A special thanks to his loving friend Kate Maloney, who helped him in numerous ways throughout this journey.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cantine Family Trust Account, c/o Bank of Ocean City, 10005 Golf Course Road, Ocean City, Maryland 21842, or Coastal Hospice – Stansell House, 1500 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, Maryland 21811.

A Celebration of Life was held Thursday, April 27, 2023 at the Ocean City Marlin Club.

Letters of condolence can be sent to the family via www.burbagefuneralhome.com. Arrangements are in the care of The Burbage Funeral Home.

Edmond O’Brien Erik Cantine

Hommel pleased with performance

Several Decatur track athletes earn spots on podium for top 3 finishes

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor

(April 28, 2023) The Stephen Decatur girls’ track team finished in fourth place, while the boys’ squad came in seventh during the Kent Island Invitational last Thursday in Stevensville.

“I am very happy with how both teams performed at the KI Invitational meet,” Coach Brenda Hommel said.

Fifteen schools participated.

Kent Island won the girls’ competition with 182 points. Cambridge was runner-up, scoring 79 points.

Snow Hill took third with 72.5 points, followed Decatur with 72.

“Our girls’ team was only 1/2 point from third place and seven points from second, which is a clear measure of how far we have come as a young team this season,” Hommel said.

Scoring points for Decatur for finishing eighth or better in their individual events were: senior Mayah

Garner (high jump, third, 4 feet 10 inches), juniors Macy Woroniecki (3,200-meter run, second, 13:20.77; 1,600-meter run, fourth, 5:49.76), Tiara McDonald (400-meter dash, seventh, 1:03.80), Sauna Vick (100meter hurdles, seventh, 19.96 seconds; 300-meter hurdles, seventh, 57.72 seconds) and Adelaide Weber (discus, fifth, 76 feet 4 inches), sophomore Amber Marshall (3,200-meter run, fourth, 14:05.07) and freshman Lotus Wise (200-meter dash, first, 26.85 seconds; triple jump, fourth, 31 feet 3.5 inches).

Woroniecki, Marshall, McDonald and freshman Ellie Cheynet took second in the 3,200-meter relay race (10:58.53).

McDonald, Wise, Garner and sophomore Peyton Redmond finished third in the 800-meter relay race (1:54.34).

Garner, Vick, Redmond and freshman Jordan Carrigan placed fourth in the 400-meter relay event (55.17 seconds).

Cheynet, Marshall, Woroniecki and sophomore Nevaeh Horton crossed the finish line fifth in the 1,600-meter relay race (4:50.32).

“We had several ladies recognized

Decatur

softball

on the podium earning medals for their events and even more that earned PRs at this meet,” Hommel said. “We were especially excited for Lotus Wise, who earned first place in the 200m run in a time of 26.85. As a freshman, Lotus is showing an enormous amount of potential in the 200m as well as the long and triple jumps.”

Kent Island led the boys’ competition, recording 147 points. Cambridge was second with 131.5, followed by Snow Hill in third (73.5).

Decatur scored 40 points, to finish in seventh place.

“Our boys’ team also performed well, scoring just 1.5 points less than sixth-place Easton,” Hommel said. “With very few seniors on the team, the boys are in a great position to become even more competitive in future years.”

Decatur athletes who scored points for the team for top-eight finishes were: senior Nick Purnell (shot put, fourth, 37 feet 11.5 inches), juniors Ethan Justice (1,600-meter run, fifth, 4:49.73; 800-meter run, sixth, 2:02.89) and Patrick Haines (110meter hurdles, eighth, 20.31 sec-

team tops Bayside South opponents

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor

(April 28, 2023) The Stephen Decatur softball team won, 11-1, over the Washington Jaguars on Monday, then two days later, the Lady Seahawks shut out the Parkside Rams, 11-0.

Decatur hosted Washington to open the week’s competition, tallying four runs in the first, three in the second and two in the third to take a 9-0 lead.

The Jaguars scored one in the top of the fourth.

The Seahawks added one in the fourth and drove in its final run in the bottom of the fifth to end the game.

“[It was] 11-1, but we just couldn’t sustain our hitting to really get rolling like we have lately,” said Coach Scott Kurtz. “Overall, the girls did their jobs, [we] just didn’t have consistent good hits like we have gotten used to.”

Decatur had 10 hits in the game.

Freshman Emily Blume and junior Leah Simpson contributed two hits

PHOTOS COURTESY BRENDA HOMMEL

Several Stephen Decatur track and field athletes earned medals and spots on the podium for placing top three in their events during the Kent Island Invitational last Thursday in Stevensville. Pictured are freshman Lotus Wise, who won the 200-meter dash, and sophomore Amarian Manuel, who took second in the long jump.

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and two RBIs each.

Sophomore Ryleigh Smith chipped in with two hits.

Freshman Madison Donoway tallied one hit and one RBI.

Sophomore Madison McGinnis struck out 12, walked one and gave up two hits in five innings.

“Maddy pitched a solid five innings,” Kurtz said.

Decatur headed to Salisbury on Wednesday to battle Parkside. When the two teams went head-to-head on March 30 in Berlin, the Seahawks came out on top, 3-2.

On Wednesday, Decatur got on the board with one run in the first inning. The Seahawks tacked on four in the fourth, four in the fifth and two in the top of the sixth.

“This was an important game. Parkside is always tough,” Kurtz said after the 11-0 shutout. “Our girls stepped up in many different ways.”

Smith had three of the team’s 11 hits. She also recorded one RBI.

Donoway added two hits and two RBIs.

Senior Sarah Smith chipped in with two hits and an RBI.

McGinnis struck out nine, walked one and gave up one hit in six innings.

“Maddy pitched solid for six innings. Several girls had multiple hits,” Kurtz said. “It was altogether a great win. Didn’t expect to beat them 11-0, so I’m very pleased.”

Decatur will travel to Mardela Springs to play the Mardela Warriors on Monday at 3 p.m. The Seahawks will then host the Easton Warriors on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in their final game of the regular season.

Decatur baseball wins over Wash.

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor Rich Ferro

(April 28, 2023) After a close first few innings, the Stephen Decatur baseball team had a big fifth to pull ahead and win, 13-3, over the Washington Jaguars on Monday in Berlin.

The Jaguars scored one in the first, but the Seahawks answered with three in the bottom of the inning.

Washington tied it up at three in the top of the third.

Decatur tallied one in the fourth and scored eight in the fifth to take a

12-3 lead. The Berlin squad added one final run in the sixth inning.

Decatur logged 15 hits in the game. Juniors AJ Kolb and Ryder Swanson chipped in with three hits and one RBI each.

Juniors Caden Shockley and Lukas Loring contributed with two hits and two RBIs apiece.

Senior Gus Croll hit a home run and earned three RBIs.

Senior Brooks Kendall pitched all six innings. He struck out eight, walked one and gave up six hits.

Coach Rich Ferro praised his pitcher for keeping the team in the game.

“Brooks held us in,” he said. “[Offensively] we finally got on the barrel and scored.”

Decatur will travel to Mardela Springs to face the Mardela Warriors on Monday at 3 p.m.

The Seahawks will then host the Easton Warriors on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Tennis players continue to succeed

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor

(April 28, 2023) The Stephen Decatur girls’ and boys’ tennis teams hosted the Washington Jaguars on Monday, and both earned victories.

The Lady Seahawks won all seven matches.

Topping their first through fourth singles opponents were: sophomore Emily Ferguson (8-6), senior Sarah Tarr (8-6), sophomore Anika Karli (8-0) and senior Paula Magathan (82).

Tarr and Ferguson edged out their first doubles competition, 8-6.

Karli and Magathan took their second doubles match, 8-1.

Sophomore Brooke Berquist and junior Kalli Nordstrom shut out their

third doubles competition, 8-0.

“I thought we played well. The girls continue to improve each week and each match,” said Coach Jamie Greenwood. “The top three (Emily, Sarah and Anika) are getting great court experience in preparation for the regional tournament. Just four matches left in the regular season and we are working to finish undefeated.”

Decatur’s boys’ team came out on top, 4-3.

Junior captains David Janney and Matt Beck won, 8-5, and 8-3, at first and second singles, respectively.

Final track meet of outdoor season slated for Tuesday

onds), sophomore Amarian Manuel (long jump, second, 19 feet 9.75 inches; triple jump, sixth, 38 feet 9.75 inches), and freshmen Braydon Bell (3,200-meter run, fifth, 11:30.66) and Collin Pennington (1,600-meter run, eighth, 4:59.56).

Pennington, Bell, Justice and senior Nick Moreno placed fourth in the 3,200-meter relay race (9:04.37).

Manuel, sophomore Donovan Henry and seniors Jaden Holland and Logan Bradshaw took sixth in the 800-meter relay race (1:35.93). The boys crossed the finish line seventh overall in the 400-meter relay event (46.40 seconds).

They teamed up for doubles competition and outscored their first double opponents, 8-2.

Junior Briggs Pugner and senior Joseph Domingo were victorious 8-3, at third doubles.

“We have played great the last two matches,” said Coach Steve Berquist. “I was missing my three and five seeds and the team stepped up and got the win against a good Washington team.”

Decatur will host the Wicomico Indians on Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Berlin. The Seahawks will then travel to Easton the next day to face the Warriors at 4 p.m.

Sophomores Ethan Cowder, James Uebel, Luke Leffew and Alex Ward came in eighth in the 1,600meter relay race (3:51.85).

“Amarian Manuel was the only boy who saw the podium in long jump, earning second place with a jump of 19 feet 9.75 inches,” Hommel said.

“Many of our boys were able to score for the team or achieved PR times in both running and field events, including Nick Purnell placing fourth in shot put, Braydon Bell fifth in the 3200m, Ethan Justice fifth in the 1600m, and a fourth-place finish for the 4x800 team of Ethan Justice, Collin Pennington, Braydon Bell and Nick Moreno.”

The final track meet of the regular season is Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Salisbury.

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Stephen Decatur junior Macy Woroniecki came in second place in the 3,200-meter run during the Kent Island Invitational last Thursday in Stevensville.

PHOTOS COURTESY BRENDA HOMMEL

Decatur boys’ lax team goes on roll after trailing early

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor

(April 28, 2023) After trailing early, the Stephen Decatur boys’ lacrosse team turned things around and won, 23-7, over the Salisbury School Dragons on Wednesday in Salisbury.

Salisbury School netted two quick goals, then Decatur scored seven unanswered to lead, 7-2, at the end of the first quarter.

“They scored the first goal in like 14 seconds. They scored the first two goals quick … it’s not how we expected to come out and play,” said Decatur Coach “Hoffy” Hoffman. “I called a timeout after the first goal to try to refocus them and raise their level of intensity. They started picking it up after that.”

At halftime, the visiting Seahawks held a 15-3 advantage. After three quarters, Decatur was ahead, 20-4.

“We settled the ball down, which allowed us to get some time with new plays we’ve added to ger ready for playoffs,” Hoffman said. “We worked on stuff we do at practice, but against a defense that doesn’t anticipate it.”

Senior captain Gabe Geiser was the top producer with five goals.

Freshman John Fohner chipped in with four goals and three assists, and scooped up four ground balls.

Several WP Lady Mallards win close tennis matches

Sophomore Graham Geiser tallied three goals and two assists.

Sophomore Luke Popielaski scored three goals and had one assist.

Freshman Declan Horan started in goal for Decatur. Cooper Clarke, a sophomore, took over for the second half. They combined for eight saves.

“We didn’t play that well,” Hoffman said. “We’re a team that plays down to our competition, unfortunately.”

Hoffman got all his varsity players into the game as well as a few JV Seahawks who he said earned the opportunity to move up for the game.

“It was a chance for them to get some varsity game experience and give us some numbers,” he added. “It filled some holes and gave us a bit more depth.”

Decatur has two regular-season games remaining against Bayside South Conference opponents.

The Seahawks will host the James M. Bennett Clippers today, Friday, at 5:30 p.m. (weather depending). Decatur’s seniors will be recognized before the game.

Then on Wednesday, Decatur will take on the Parkside Rams at 4 p.m. in Salisbury.

Hoffman watched the game between the two teams on Wednesday, which Parkside won, 12-11.

He thinks both teams are beatable.

“Both teams we saw weaknesses. We have a bit of a game plan for both teams,” Hoffman said.

WP boys’ lax squad scores early and often in 17-6 win

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor

(April 28, 2023) The Worcester Prep boys’ lacrosse team, playing in its seventh consecutive game on the road, earned a 17-6 victory over the Indian River Indians on Wednesday in Dagsboro, Delaware.

The visiting Mallards led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Drew Haugh

“Both teams were without key players, but the Mallards came storming out of the gates, scoring the first seven goals,” said Prep Coach Drew Haugh.

At halftime, Worcester held a 10-3 advantage. After three quarters, the Berlin squad was ahead, 15-6.

The Mallards added two more goals in the final quarter.

“The defense of Lucas Nicastro, Cole Campbell, Owen West, Baylor Hoen, Ansh Batra, Frankie Miller,

and Jeremy Forman, played an outstanding game,” Haugh said. “Dillon Scopp was incredible, playing as a defensive midfielder. He totally dominated his offensive opponent. Max Carpenter was a clearing machine and a ground ball vacuum, playing a smothering defense with his short stick on the midfield.”

Junior Connor Ferguson recorded 19 saves in goal for Worcester.

Senior captain Griffin Jones led the team with seven goals and five assists. Senior captain Jack Gardner has six goals and one assist.

Sophomore Ryan Mann chipped in with three goals and three assists.

“The Mallards are on track to win their third Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference championship, and attaining their goal of three-peating for their third championship in the last three years,” Haugh said.

Worcester will face the Gunston Herons on Thursday at 4 p.m. in Berlin.

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor

(April 28, 2023) Several Worcester Prep tennis players edged out their Parkside opponents on Monday, to help the girls’ team win, 5-2, on their home courts in Berlin.

“I’m really proud of how much resilience they showed today,” Prep Coach Kevin Chalk said after the competition. “There were some awesome points out there – and we definitely had a slow start – but I couldn’t have asked for a better finish to clinch it.”

Junior captain Lebby Becker won her first singles match, 8-3.

Junior captain Natasha Richter battled at second singles and came out on top in a tiebreaker set, 7-3.

“And she was down through most of the match before turning it around at the end,” Chalk said.

Sophomores Savannah Palmisano and Angie Todorov outscored their fourth and fifth singles opponents, 8-6,

respectively.

Parkside forfeited the second doubles match.

“An incredible fight today. It was probably our best win of the season — mainly because there were a number of matches (No. 2 singles, No. 4 singles, No. 5 singles) that could’ve went either way, but all of our girls fought hard to get the win.”

Worcester’s boys’ team won two of the seven matches.

Sophomore captain Aleksey Klimins earned an 8-2 victory at first singles. Junior captain Dylan Simons topped his second singles competition, 8-4. “[Parkside is] very solid,” said Prep Coach Terry Underkoffler. “The guys played well. Good matches.”

The boys’ team is scheduled to compete in the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference championship tournament today, Friday, beginning at 4 p.m. at Gunston School in Centreville (weather depending). The girls’ ESIAC competition will take place on Saturday, May 13, beginning at 9 a.m.

Before then, the Lady Mallards are first scheduled to play the Gunston Herons in a regular-season match today, at 4 p.m. in Centreville (weather depending). They will also have three additional matches before their conference tournament.

Kevin Chalk

T. Underkoffler

‘Hoffy’ Hoffman

Writer remembers memories of surfer friend, Mike Adams

By Dave Dalkiewicz Contributing Writer

(April 28, 2023) I received unexpected news recently that a good friend of mine passed away.

It came from one of his children and was shocking to say the least.

Mike Adams is his name, and we were definitely connected by surfing.

Though we shared waves in this area, most of our surfing together was at distant locales. Places like Florida, California, Puerto Rico, and Tortola come to mind.

Mike liked to travel and worked for US Airways for quite a long time.

US Airways eventually merged with American Airlines, but Mike was able to fly to these out-of-the-area places for gratis and even bestowed buddy passes on me when he could.

I well remember one trip to Tortola.

We would fly into St. Thomas and catch one of two ferries, either “Bomba Charger” or “Native Sun,” over to the west end of Tortola, which is a British Virgin Island.

Up over the hill and we were on the north side of the island where the waves would break with fair consistency. Bomba Shack was a go to spot and always dependable, even with a bit of wind on it.

We were daily participants, surfing it regularly, with some days providing us with multiple sessions.

The jewel of the area happened to be a surf break called Cane Garden Bay, which is a beautiful bay providing good harbor for mostly traveling sailboats, except when a solid groundswell began to show up.

As we surfed Bomba Shack we would always look to the east to see if Cane Garden Bay was showing any sign of white water, which would indicate that indeed the famous break would be worth checking out.

Toward the end of one of our trips we did start to see some white-water

WP Lady Mallards win twice by three goals over Salisbury

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor

in the second meeting.

activity as we looked to the east. Though late in the day, I felt compelled to check it out.

Mike was content to remain at Bomba Shack, so I decided to make the trek. It was probably about a mile away as the crow flies but with the mountainous terrain probably more like two miles.

Fortunately, there was a paved road plus a friendly motorist stopped and asked if I wanted a ride!

Gladly the ride was accepted and we got to the break in no time. Now remember, it was late in the day.

It was also overcast and raining a bit so the atmosphere was not ideal, plus on arrival the ocean was in between sets. In his island twang the driver said, “There’s no waves here mon!”

My reply was, “Wait!”

And sure enough a set did come through and even though he offered to give me a ride back to where he picked me up I asked him to just let me out right then and there.

Now it wasn’t full on Cane Garden Bay but breaking about chest to head high on the inside which was challenging enough because it was quite shallow.

There were enough stories about guys walking away after riding a few waves, wiping out and looking like hamburger! This was the tropics after all, and coral littered the bottom.

I had to be careful.

Suffice to say that I was able to get a few waves and escape unscathed. The walk back after sunset was quite satisfying indeed plus I had a great story to tell Mike!

Mike was quite the wave rider as a surfer, stand-up paddle boarder, surf-ski rider, sailor, and musician. He also knew two languages.

Thank you, Mike Adams, for the travel, the smiles, the interest, the buddy passes, but especially the camaraderie. Keep riding that continuous wave in the afterlife.

— Dave Dalkiewicz is the owner of Ocean Atlantic Surf Shop in Ocean City.

(April 28, 2023) The two times the Worcester Prep girls’ lacrosse team faced the Salisbury School Dragons this season they were close battles, but the Lady Mallards prevailed winning both games.

The first matchup was on April 17 in Berlin, with the Prep squad coming out on top, 14-11.

Chris Williams

The teams went head-to-head again on Wednesday in Salisbury, with the Mallards earning a 13-10 victory.

“This was a very similar game to the first time we played. Tied at half, close in the second half, our defense and goalie made some key stops and then we pulled away to win by three,” Prep Coach Chris Williams said. “Same script. The big difference was in the first game we made adjustments in game. This time, since we had faced them, we had a game plan and stuck with it and had faith in it.”

The score was tied, 7-7, at halftime

Sophomore Emma Zajdel led Worcester with four goals. Freshman Caitlin Shimko scored three, scooped up four ground balls and won 12 draws.

Senior Isabella Borsoni netted two goals and picked up five ground balls.

Freshman Laura Malinowski chipped in with two goals and one assist, and senior captain Caitlyn Hoen and sophomore Nazli Unal (one assist) had one each.

Junior captain Caitlin Williams recorded 11 saves in goal for Worcester.

“This was another very competitive game with Salisbury School. They always play us tough, and have some very talented players,” Coach Williams said. “I’m very proud of our girls from taking their best punch at the beginning of the game, staying positive, and being able to pull away at the end. It was a close game all the way through, but we kept to the game plan and got the big win.”

Worcester will host the Saints Peter and Paul Sabres on Tuesday in Berlin at 4 p.m.

TOP GYMNAST

Twisters Level 10 gymnast Dylan Simons recently competed in the Junior Olympics Gymnastics regional event and qualified for the nationals competition in May. Level 10 is the highest achievement in the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympics program. While there, the Worcester Preparatory School junior also received the Academic All-American award. Simons is pictured with his coach, Cameron Leonard.