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State’s medevac can now set down uptown With Northside Park pad, digital mapping, helos can land in inclement weather

By Mallory Panuska Managing Editor (Nov. 3, 2023) Ocean City’s Northside Park is on track to make history as the first non-airport or hospital helipad in the state to have digital mapping capabilities to land medical helicopters on site.

“It’s basically about having the ability of public safety to be able to get patients out as quickly as we can to trauma centers,” Deputy City Manager Jay Harmon said during a City Council work session this week of a new partnership between the Ocean City Fire Department and the Maryland State Police to establish a Helicopter Instrument Approach

Procedure and Departure Procedure at the park’s West Lagoon Field.

“If it saves one life it’s worth what we’re asking for,” he continued.

Fire department officials and state police representatives attended the Tuesday meeting to ask council members to approve $43,000 to buy portable lighting, and pay for a flight validation assessment and annual airspace review to launch the program. Council members fully supported the request and voted 6-0, with Councilman John Gehrig absent, to advance it.

Fire Chief Richard Bowers explained that the Helicopter Instrument Approach Procedure and Departure Procedure is a digital flight plan that will expand the abilities of aerial medical transportation.

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Restoring Henry Hotel mission of foundation First order of business will be raising money to give structure physical support

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A rain-soaked Boardwalk can be a lonely place, as shown in this scene captured by local photographer Lee Wilkinson. But one rainy night hardly put a damper on an otherwise balmy October.

By Hunter Hine Staff Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) A foundation formed to restore and add on to the historic Henry Hotel is launching a website as members turn to the public for help with fundraising for the project.

Today, the website is set to launch, and people can find it at henryhotel.org. It will serve as a new informational hub for the Henry Hotel Foundation, a nonprofit founded by foundation President

Nancy Howard.

The website currently is minimal and undergoing development, but soon people will be able to find more about the hotel’s history and submit donations there to help fund infrastructure upgrades and educational resources that foundation organizers plan to build into the hotel in the coming years, Howard said.

The current building, which sits on the corner of Baltimore Avenue and South Division Street, was constructed in 1916 to replace an earlier structure that burnt down, according to a short history of the hotel written

by Gordon Katz of the Ocean City Life-Saving Museum.

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Downtown OC Henry Hotel opened in 1927 Continued from Page 1 Charles T. Henry, a black businessman from Berlin, bought the building in 1926 and opened “Henry’s Colored Hotel” in 1927. At the time, it was one of five places in Ocean City that catered exclusively to black seasonal workers and visitors, according to Katz’s history.

Pearl Bonner acquired the hotel’s property title in 1973 after running the hotel for two mortgage holders.

Bonner died in 2003 and passed the hotel down to her three daughters.

Howard said that Bonner’s two living daughters, Yvonne Camper and Carole Bright, now own the hotel, which was named an African American heritage site on the Lower Eastern Shore on May 3, 2007, according to Katz.

Besides crowd-sourcing funding, Howard also hopes the website will assist the foundation members in reaching anyone who has a link to, or something to share about, the hotel’s history.

“We are trying to find people who have a connection to the Henry Hotel. People that actually would have stayed in the Henry Hotel — they’re dying now. It’s been a long time, and we’re trying to find anybody who has a relative who might have stayed at the Henry Hotel,” Howard said.

She said that they also intend to reach anyone who could offer more information about the Black experience in northern Worcester County through the 1900s.

There are tentative plans to turn the hotel’s first floor into a museum and education center, which would serve as a place to learn about just that, Howard said.

“When you do history like this, I

think you walk a fine line about glorifying something or condemning something. It’s neither, it’s just reporting on it … By denying it, it’s not going to go away. And we’re certainly not trying to glorify it, but we’re just trying to put it out there so that people know the full history,” Howard said regarding the history of segregation.

Before anything can be done on the inside, Howard said they must make significant infrastructural improvements to the outside, and they will start by constructing a muchneeded foundation for the building — that’s a concrete foundation, not to be confused with the nonprofit foundation.

“We have to have a foundation put down because God knows how that hotel is still standing (with) the winds and the rains and the standing water, and if you look underneath of it, there’s nothing there. I mean, there’s no foundation,” Howard said.

Howard expects the project to cost about $300,000, and it would involve lifting the building to add the foundation under it, she said.

To help cover the cost, the Henry Hotel Foundation has applied for a grant from the Maryland Historical Trust’s African American Heritage Preservation Program that could grant them up to $250,000 in funding.

Howard and other organizers are awaiting an answer for the application. They expect to hear from the program by the end of the year.

“If we are lucky enough to get the foundation built in 2024, we will have put in for other grants, and then in 2025, hopefully do the rest of the exterior, and then in 2026, just keep

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The Henry Hotel Foundation is launching a new website where people can go to learn more about the hotel’s history and submit donations that will help fund planned renovations for the building.

Pictured is the Henry Hotel, which sits on the corner of Baltimore Avenue and South Division Street.

going to get started on renovating the interior,” Howard said.

The foundation has applied for other smaller grants to make up the rest of the money, and members hope that opening the website will help add another revenue stream through public donations, Howard said.

After the foundation is built, the

nonprofit will move on to the siding, roof and entire exterior, which Howard estimated to cost $2 million to $2.5 million.

Then comes the planning and renovation of the interior to create the museum and learning center.

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OC Council halts proposed parking code amendment

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Pictured is a minimum driveway apron and inlet garage door used as an example during discussions resort planning commissioners recently had about a proposed parking code amendment. Council members voted not to discuss the proposal and send it back for alterations this week.

By Mallory Panuska Managing Editor (Nov. 3, 2023) The Ocean City planning commission’s pared down version of a proposed zoning code amendment that aims to alleviate crowded street parking through amended garage rules will need to be whittled down even more after City Council members voted to keep the commission’s version off future work session agendas.

“We rejected it and said we would entertain it again based only on interior garage sizes,” Councilman Peter Buas said during a work session this week of an early version of the amendment that came before both government bodies in a joint session late last year.

“The recommendation has the interior garage size adjustment but also includes other adjustments as well,” he continued.

Planning commissioners took marching orders from council members after the last joint session on Dec. 13 and discussed changes to the amendment — which has been in the works for a while — at length during several meetings. After the discussions, commissioners voted in a split majority on Oct. 17 to forward the amendment to council with a favorable recommendation.

Code amendments must be approved by the council, whereas the planning commission can only make recommendations. And while this one was presumably going to be set for discussion at an upcoming work session, it will not even make it to an agenda after Buas’ motion during Tuesday’s work session to stop it in its tracks.

He said the commissioners essentially ignored the council when they included elements beyond the interior garage spaces in the recommendation. And while Mayor Rick Meehan pointed out that the planning commissioners can bring the rest of the amendments up another time, the council voted 6-0, with Councilman John Gehrig absent, to send the existing one back.

“The recommendation was very different than our instructions,” Buas said.

The planning commissioners have said the code amendment was proposed to help alleviate crowded street parking. They have argued that vehicles end up on the streets because residents use their garages for general storage rather than vehicles.

The original draft of the amendment established the minimum dimensions for garage parking areas in a tiered system, with a one-car garage requiring a 12-foot wide space, twocar garages requiring 23-foot wide spaces, and three-car garages requiring a 34-foot wide spaces. They all were required to be 22 feet deep.

After gauging input from the public, who mostly included representatives of the local development community, and discussing the subject at length, the commissioners changed the draft to do away with the tier system and make a distinction between larger and smaller plots.

The recommendation that passed proposes that for developments on plots more than 50 feet wide, all garage parking spaces must be a minimum of 10 by 21 feet, and the width of each space must be the same whether it’s a one-, two- or three-car garage.

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Ocean City Council updated on transportation projects

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Cars are pictured driving under the drawbridge signal on the Route 50 bridge near the inlet.

By Mallory Panuska Managing Editor (Nov. 3, 2023) From bottlenecks to bridge spans, an array of local transportation projects both on and off of a 15-item wish list were broken down for Ocean City Council members this week.

Representatives of the Maryland State Highway Administration present updates regularly to council members about ongoing and planned projects. At a work session Tuesday, District Engineer Mark Crampton addressed the latest list line-by-line.

It began with a question about the installation of six electric vehicle charging stations, which Crampton said are in the works, and concluded with an update on a Route 90 corri-

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“I guess the ‘Reader’s Digest’ summary is the study is currently funded for $15 million,” Crampton said of the long-planned improvements to the midtown gateway.

He added that work is underway and approvals are expected by 2027.

Several items detailed planned projects on the Route 50 Bridge going into downtown Ocean City.

Crampon said the first two, referring to signal timing and signage, have been addressed. The third detailed concerns about work to the moveable span, which is expected to last until 2026.

According to a report on the project, Crampton said work is going on now with intermittent lane closures.

Then into the first part of 2024, some machinery within the span will need replaced and the bridge will be closed to openings for a roughly six-week period.

“That’s going to be the most noticeable thing,” he said.

Following that, there will be some more machinery replacement and work to prevent the span from locking like Crampton said it did in the middle of the summer due to the heat.

A letter from the Ocean City Development Corporation regarding the Route 50 bridge was also addressed.

The letter included recommendations to improve the aesthetics and use, such as repainting, adding “character” to the tender house, and repairing the chain link pedestrian fence.

“In terms of repairs and painting and things like that we are certainly open to dialoguing with the OC folks,” Crampton said.

The transition of ladder-style crosswalks to piano, or continental, also got some attention.

When Crampton got to the item, he said the crosswalks will be replaced in-kind as the streets are replaced.

In response, Councilman Tony DeLuca said continental-style crosswalks are more visible and safe. He said would like to see all of them upgraded to that design if possible.

DeLuca also mentioned the ongoing “Reach the Beach” campaign as a “number 16” item that was not on the formal list.

“I realize it’s a longterm aspirational goal but more specifically, each of the meetings I bring up a couple of specific bottlenecks that cause at least an hour [delay] each way during the peak season from Baltimore, which is our number one destination,” DeLuca said of the proposal to eliminate all traffic lights between Ocean City and Baltimore and Washington D.C. The multi-phase project, which See REACH Page 8

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A Maryland State Police helicopter lands on the runway at Ocean City Municipal Airport in front of an Ocean City Fire vehicle.

Continued from Page 1 the Maryland State Police Aviation Command Trooper 4, or other helicopters for that matter, to land in the [north] end of town during weather conditions that currently prevent Trooper 4 from doing so,” Bowers said.

Donald Hawkins, the director of flying operations for the state police aviation command unit, explained that pilots currently cannot fly once the ceiling goes down below 1,000 feet. When that happens, it’s the highest time for accidents. But by implementing the proposed GPS technology, navigation possibilities will open up, and medical professionals will be able to land in all types of

weather.

“It provides a tremendous capacity to us to be able to service the community,” Hopkins said. “The city will have aircraft, training, capability. Put it it all together and we’ll be able to provide a higher level of service.”

State Police First Sgt. Jonathan Larson, the assistant commander/director of helicopter flight operations, said Maryland is “at the top of the sphere” in providing patient care with medical aviation services provided to residents and visitors for no charge.

“Ocean City will have the opportunity to be first GPS approach that’s not either an airport or helipad at a hospital,” he said. “It would provide those visiting the Town of Ocean City another additional opportunity to receive that care.”

From Jetski to surfing incidents and more, the injuries happen quickly and the clock begins ticking as soon as the patient is in trouble.

“Seconds and minutes matter,” Larson said. “[This technology] allows us the opportunity to get to the patient’s side and get to definitive care.”

Mayor Rick Meehan said the partnership and implementation of the new service is “important” to do.

“We have the land area to do it. I think it makes a difference for our community,” he said.

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Continued from Page 6 has no solid plans in place, would tentatively include overpasses over routes 404 and 213, a “half overpass” near the outlets in Grasonville, and a complete bypass around Easton, DeLuca explained.

Crampton said he understands the desire to make the area more passable, as he said he hits traffic on 404 and 213 during his daily commute.

Councilman Frank Knight brought up another more local “bottleneck” situation at the intersection of routes 611 and 50 that backs up significantly with drivers coming into Ocean City during the summer.

Mayor Rick Meehan suggested Crampton and his colleagues also look into digital speed signs for Coastal Highway.

“We do change the speeds on Coastal Highway during special event zones,” he said. “That would allow us to do that and be very, very visible.”

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K9 Rocco retires from OCPD force after seven-plus years (Nov. 3, 2023) Rocco, a K9 officer with the Ocean City Police Department, officially retired this week after seven-and-ahalf years of service.

According to a news release, Rocco was born Dec. 1, 2014, in Poland. He was trained and certified by the North American Police Work Dog Association as a patrol and narcotics detection canine and worked on the local force with Corporal Sean McHugh since March of 2016. His official retirement date was Nov. 1.

During his service with the department, Rocco was responsible for numerous narcotics and weapons seizures, three patrol apprehensions, and over 100 arrests. The

release said K9 Rocco never missed a single day of work during his career and has always been attentive and ready for whatever task McHugh needed him to perform.

Rocco also performed several demonstrations throughout his career for schools and neighborhood watch events over his seven-year career.

During retirement, the release said Rocco “plans on enjoying a life of leisure.”

He will live with McHugh and his family as their family pet.

The release said Rocco will undoubtedly be missed by department staff.

Following Rocco’s retirement, McHugh will continue his career with the force as first-line supervisor for the patrol division.

Ocean City Police K9 Rocco poses for a photo. The department retired Rocco Nov. 1 after seven-and-a-half years of service.

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Historic sign to be updated through efforts Continued from Page 3 cational grants that the organizers can apply for to pay for the work.

Howard also hopes the upper floors can be eventually converted into employee housing, but that is something the owners and city government would have to work out without the foundation she said.

The Beach to Bay Heritage Area, a nonprofit organization that preserves and promotes cultural history on the Eastern Shore, has already secured a grant to create murals about Black history, Howard said. They plan to set up a mural for the hotel on a chain link fence on the west side of Baltimore Avenue and south of South Division Street, she said.

The Beach to Bay Heritage Area is also updating the sign in front of the Henry Hotel that provides a brief history of the hotel. It will be updated with more current and substantial information about the hotel, Howard said.

Although it’s been widely circulated that famous jazz musicians and band leaders like Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Count Basie stayed at the Henry Hotel after performing in

town, no proof has been found to substantiate the claims, Howard said. It’s more likely the musicians stayed at another hotel across the street or left Ocean City immediately after performing, she said.

Members of the foundation, including Howard, have started looking through the hotel’s log books in attempts to find people who have stayed at the hotel.

Howard said that she decided to start the Henry Hotel Foundation after she left the board of the Ocean City Life-Saving Museum around 2021, where she served as president.

“When I was president of the museum society, the Henry Hotel was always an object of hope, desire,” Howard said. “Everybody was always wanting the Henry Hotel to be preserved. It’s in bad shape, but nobody wanted to condemn it. They weren’t sure what they wanted it to be, but they knew they didn’t want it to go away.”

So, Howard started calling people to join the hotel foundation’s board, and they received their nonprofit certifications around April 2022.

Garage use restriction dropped Continued from Page 4 and-a-half, with the stipulation that another amendment regarding space requirements did not change.

The commissioners also left in a line, which was one of the details Buas took issue with, that would restrict garage uses to parking only and prohibit general storage in the spaces.

They also edited a line that would have added a requirement that garages be set back from drive aisles by a 5-foot garage apron. Now the draft says that garage aprons must be recessed 5 feet into buildings rather than stick out.

Buas pointed out that the amendment also should not have addressed drive aprons at all.

Another joint session between the City Council and planning commission is also pending.

Council members tentatively agreed on Tuesday to set the meeting after the first of the year, but did not choose a specific date.

Upon suggestions from Buas, council members voted to amend the order of the agenda, which consists of open discussion, code amendments, planning and zoning matters, and more.

Howard believes the eventual museum and learning center will be an additional draw for Ocean City tourism. She said some bus tour groups have already inquired about visiting the hotel, but organizers have had to tell them there isn’t anything to see yet, though the foundation is working on it.

“It wasn’t a very positive time for

Ocean City, and we weren’t alone, the whole country, the segregation, so we weren’t something unique, but it’s something that you can’t forget. You don’t want to sweep it under the rug or try to wash it away,” Howard said.

“It happened, and it is history, so let’s not dwell on it, but let’s learn from it,” she added.

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Council members ultimately voted 5-1, with Council President Matt James opposed and Councilman John Gehrig absent, to allocate a little more than $24,900 in the fiscal year 2025 budget to help fund the program’s total $65,000 cost.

The in-house, 10-person class will be made up of part-time EMT recruits, who will be compensated to attend and required to sign a three-year contract to stay with the department and provide 900 hours of part-time labor. As part of the program, the recruits must provide 500 of the 900hour scheduling requirement on weekends.

Bowers said the original plan was to begin the program this March, but after talking with other staff members, they decided to wait until next year.

“With the priorities we have, it’s best to do it in fall of 2024,” Bowers said.

However, he said department staff needed the approval now to begin advertising the program.

“We did not want to promote it without council approval,” he said.

Bowers called the program an innovative approach to solving the department’s long-term struggles with recruiting part-time firefighters, and he is fully confident it will produce results.

“It is something the department has not done before,” Bowers said.

“And it’s something I do believe might bear some fruit … not only immediately, but in the future.”

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work Recruits get EMT training for hours Stormwater to begin Monday Continued from Page 10 everyone on the council, though.

James, who recently expressed concerns over what he has deemed a lack of effort from department officials to attract part-time firefighter and EMT applicants, said he would prefer to tap into existing resources.

“I could support this program, I just think we should exhaust traditional recruiting efforts first,” he said.

He suggested recruiting potential applicants at regional community colleges, and continuing efforts such as expanding testing dates that have produced results.

Ryan Whittington, the department’s community engagement officer, admitted that until recently the department’s recruiting efforts were

“weak.” But after making changes such as moving the part-time program into the chief’s office as a priority initiative, creating flexibility for testing, and specifically advertising paramedic-only programs, the department received a record number of part-time applications.

James pointed out the success of those efforts, and contended it is too early to spend money on another program. He also said there is a risk with hiring employees who are not trained and paying to train them, as they do not always work out.

City Manager Terry McGean pointed out that the new program is designed to require the trainees to not only work a set number of parttime hours, but to work a percentage on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

“One reason I like this program is

it requires them to work certain hours,” McGean said of the recruits.

While some of the other council members said they understood James’ point, they determined that the department would be best served by launching the new program while also continuing traditional recruiting efforts.

Councilman Tony DeLuca went as far as requesting that department officials go back to their original plan to start the program this March.

“The answer is not either or, the answer is all of the above. And we really need both. We need to address this now and find a creative program,” he said.

Bowers said he appreciated DeLuca’s enthusiasm, but reiterated that it would not be feasible to begin the program until the fall.

on Pine St., Berlin (Nov. 3, 2023) Planned stormwater improvements to Pine Street in Berlin are scheduled to begin on Monday, Nov. 6.

During construction, Pine Street will be open to local traffic only with single lane closures as needed. There will be no parking on the street between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and overnight parking may be limited as work progresses.

According to a news release, the work signifies the beginning of a larger project that will impact several streets in the area and will result in significant upgrades to the stormwater systems.

Following Pine Street, work will continue on a portion of Franklin Avenue and Nelson Street. That project is funded in part by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding through the Maryland Coastal Bays Program and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Work on those streets is expected to continue until spring. The release said every effort will be made to minimize inconvenience to residents.

Anyone with questions should contact the Berlin Water Resources Department at 410-641-3845.

Local church calls for cold weather shelter volunteers (Nov. 3, 2023) Volunteers are needed to help at a cold weather shelter at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, which recently opened to give people in need a warm place to stay.

According to a news release, volunteers are needed to keep the shelter open. Those interested in donating their time and service are asked to call Jason Long at 443-5131563 or email him at ocmdcoldweathershelter@gmail.com.

There are also three upcoming training sessions for potential volunteers to learn more about how they can help. The sessions are set for 1 p.m., Nov. 10; 1 p.m., Nov. 26; and 6 p.m. Nov. 28. All the sessions are at the cold weather shelter at the church at 1301 Coastal Highway in Ocean City and those who wish to attend are asked to RSVP.

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Pictured is a map depicting the current natural gas pipelines across the Eastern Shore. Eastern Shore Natural Gas, a subsidiary of the Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, has proposed the Worcester Resiliency Upgrade Project, which includes adding a new liquefied natural gas storage facility in Bishopville. A full map of existing pipelines is available at esng.com/about/our-pipeline-assets/pipeline-zone-map/.

Natural gas storage facility proposed in Bishopville area

By Hunter Hine Staff Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is accepting public comments regarding the Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company’s proposed Worcester Resiliency Upgrade Project in preparation for the commission’s environmental impact assessment on the project.

On Oct. 18, the Chesapeake Utilities Corporation announced that Eastern Shore Natural Gas, a subsidiary of the corporation, will invest

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Public comment open for fed review of plan Continued from Page 13 land with above-ground facilities.

The project also proposes adding more natural gas infrastructure to Worcester County and Sussex County, Delaware, as well as upgrading meter and regulator systems in those two counties along with Somerset County, according to the Oct. 18 press release.

Additionally, about one mile of a 10-inch diameter pipeline will stretch through Sussex County and Wicomico County, according to an Oct. 11 commission notice.

The upgrades come after three local natural gas distribution companies — Chesapeake Utilities Delaware, Chesapeake Utilities Maryland and Sandpiper Energy — have faced increased demand and capacity along with growing populations and businesses on the Eastern Shore, said Brianna Patterson, manager of public relations and strategic communications at the Chesapeake Utilities Corporation.

“Eastern Shore Natural Gas currently operates 517 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline facilities in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The pipeline system currently transports natural gas from several northern receipt points in Pennsylvania and Delaware, and does not have any storage facilities,” Patterson said.

Patterson said that the upgrades would also help protect customers from weather-related supply disruptions, like unprecedented cold-snaps that cause rapid increases in heating demand.

The regulatory commission’s gathering of public comment concerning the project is called “scoping” and helps the commission find which environmental issues to address in the environmental assessment about the resiliency project, according to the Oct. 11 notice.

In the Oct. 18 notice, the regulatory commission asks people to submit their comments before Nov. 10 at

5 p.m.

“Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts,” according to the notice.

People can file comments online to the docket by visiting ferc.gov and using the eFiling feature. People can also mail comments to the commission.

After the scoping, the commission will send the draft assessment to state and federal agencies for permitting, according to the Worcester Resiliency Upgrade website. Another public comment period will open after the commission issues the environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement.

Patterson said that so far, Delegate Wayne Hartman (R-38C) and Senator Mary Beth Carozza (R-38), have sent letters of support for the public comment period.

Likewise, the Town of Berlin, the Tri-City Council of the Lower Eastern

Shore of Maryland and the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce have also sent letters of support, she said.

“Pending timely receipt of the applicable federal permit authorizations and a Notice to Proceed from FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), construction is anticipated to start in the 3rd quarter of 2025,” Patterson said. “The project is expected to be operational before the winter heating season of 2025, pending receipt of regulatory approvals.”

Patterson said that existing natural gas customers would not face any service interruptions during construction if the project is approved, and it is expected to have minimal impact to the price of service.

The three local distribution companies would enter into 30-year service agreements once the project was finished, according to the Oct. 18 news release.

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Locals expressed opposition to a request from Todd Burbage, a local developer, to reclassify the environmental designation of a plot of land on Route 611 at a public hearing that was held by a panel of Maryland’s Critical Area Commission. Pictured is the meeting in Snow Hill on Monday.

Residents of South Point protest land use reclassification

By Hunter Hine Staff Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) South Point area residents on Monday protested a request to reclassify the critical area designation of a plot of land on Route 611 in hopes of halting potential development there.

Their arguments were heard by a panel of the Critical Area Commission at a public hearing at the county government center in Snow Hill on a request from the Ayers Creek Family Farm LLC. Attorney Hugh Cropper represented company owner Todd Burbage on the latter’s petition to change 8.34 acres of a 9.13-acre property along Stephen Decatur Highway from a Resource Conservation Area (RCA) designation to a Limited Development Area (LDA).

It’s the Burbage family’s position that the property, which is lot one on parcel 80 of the tax record, was designated a Resource Conservation Area by mistake when the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Program mapped it in 2002.

Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area was set up to identify and conserve natural resources in Worcester County in an effort to protect the shoreline and water quality of coastal bays.

The program classified plots near water or wetlands as “Intensely Developed Areas” (IDA), “Limited Development Area” or “Resource Conservation Area” based on what already existed on the land. The designations also determine what can be built on each plot in the future.

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Land mistakenly classified, argues Cropper, Burbage Continued from Page 15 classified as RCA. Just over four acres were classified as limited development. The land had been used as a golf course with cart paths, a maintenance building and a clubhouse. Also on the property are several ponds, woods and a tidal wetland.

Lot one was drawn out of parcel 80 in 2020, along with a few other lots.

Cropper said that at the time of the mapping, the area that is now lot one already had a building that contained a clubhouse, food service, a pro-shop and a parking lot. He said the statute that rules critical area zoning excludes these amenities.

“An RCA can include a golf course, but an RCA excludes principal buildings and or structures such as the clubhouse, pro-shop, parking lot, etc.

Now it’s my burden to show as a matter of mistake that at the time this was mapped an RCA, it shouldn’t have been,” Cropper said.

The clubhouse now serves as the office for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, Cropper said.

In March 2022, the Worcester County Commissioners approved the request from the Ayers Creek Family Farm to reclassify the acreage, agreeing that a mapping mistake had been made. The decision came after the planning commission passed the application to the commissioners with a favorable recommendation in November 2021, and after the county commissioners held a public hearing for the application in January 2022.

Some of the same residents who spoke to commissioners in 2022, spoke again on Monday. Although some opponents live two to three miles south of the property, they shared similar concerns about changing the classification to limited development area, including preserving the quality of nearby bays, conserving the area’s natural aesthetics and the effect on traffic along Route 611.

According to a memo handed out at the meeting, a resource conservation area has a housing density of less than one dwelling per five acres, while a limited development designation would open up the land to have up to four dwellings per acre.

The district that the property is zoned for only allows one house per two acres, Cropper said. If there was more septic, the most residences that could be allowed there are four houses, he said.

A sand-mound style septic system on site served the golf course and will continue to serve the subdivision, but since it’s not a public system, it has limited capacity, said Robert Mitchell, director of the environmental programs department for Worcester County.

“Any talk of townhouses, condos,

Busch Gardens, it’s not happening,” Cropper said.

Still, Steve Katsanos, said residents were concerned that Burbage hasn’t disclosed what he intends to build on lot one.

“He (Cropper) won’t tell us Mr. Burbage’s plans if the reclassification is approved. We can only wonder if he intends to wheel in 40 or so of his cozy cottages,” Katsanos said.

Katsanos said that there was no mistake in mapping the land for resource conservation because grandfather provisions permitted the buildings on the former golf course.

He also said that he believes the previous approval from the county commissioners is no longer valid since there is a new set of commissioners and more information has come out about the issue. Katsanos asked the panel to reject the request and return it to county commissioners.

“I’m here because I believe critical area designations have permanence that represent a promise to us and our children that the government will protect sensitive land that helps keep pollutants from the … waters in use commercially and recreationally,” Katsanos said.

One of the requirements for the limited development designation is that there is a public sewer on the property, and even though the planning commission knew there wasn’t a public system on the property they accepted it anyway, Katsanos said.

Katsanos said that regulations compel the commissioners to find that a reclassification remains consistent with the current comprehensive plan and that new development won’t reduce the environmental protection afforded by the conservation zone designation.

Mike LeCompte, president of the South Point Association, said he worries that more development could further damage what residents consider “nature at its very best.”

“If you guys go back on (the) natural resources side and look at the water quality of Newport Bay, it’s terrible. It’s the worst in the state,” LeCompte said. He attributed the poor quality to past commercial processing in Berlin.

LeCompte, who said he’s been a fireman for about 43 years, told the panel he has responded to about 20 accidents on Route 611 between Route 376 and South Point Road.

The stretch of road is a “one way in, one way out,” route for Assateague visitors and South Point residents alike, and aside from being a bottleneck for traffic, is also dangerous for pedestrians and plagued with runoff issues, LeCompte said.

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Members of Alayne Shockley’s fifth grade class at Worcester Prep pose for a group photo with members of the Berlin Fire Company after a recent fire prevention assembly. Pictured, in front kneeling with the class from left, are Berlin Fire Company Spokesperson Jimmy Corron and Firefighter Colbey Sirman. Standing in the back row with the class are Firefighter Stacy French, Asst. Chief Nate Thompson and Firefighter Zack Winkler.

Public input open until Nov. 6 Continued from Page 16 nail (until) probably all of us die off,” he said.

Dr. Vonnie Brown, another South Point resident who said she has a background as a public health nurse, said that she moved to the area for clean air, clean water and manageable traffic, but now the residents face a threat to their way of life.

“Development can be an economic engine. But unlike our county commissioners, you do not have to worry about an economic engine. Your job is not to stoke that engine. Your job is to preserve and protect our treasured bay,” Brown said.

Cropper invited people to look up Worcester County Tax Map 50/58, and said it will show that every one of

the speakers from South Point already live on land that has an LDA classification.

“They don’t have an understanding of what a reclassification of RCA to LDA means,” Cropper said.

The Critical Area Commission will continue to accept public comments on the issue until Nov. 6 by 4:30 p.m.

The panel has an additional meeting to discuss the project and prepare recommendation for full commission for Thursday Nov. 9 at 3 p.m., which will be open to the public but not open for comments.

The panel will then make a recommendation to the full 29member Critical Area Commission, who will likely consider a vote at their Dec. 6 meeting.

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Attorney General files brief in Mailloux case State argues to Maryland’s Appellate Court that judge erred in dismissing charges

By Hunter Hine Staff Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) On Oct. 19, clerks of the Appellate Court of Maryland filed an appellant brief from Maryland’s Attorney General Anthony Brown that outlines the state’s objection to the dismissal of charges against Tyler Mailloux, 23, of Berlin.

Mailloux was charged as the driver in the hit-and-run that killed Gavin Knupp, 14, of Ocean Pines in July 2022.

In the brief, state prosecutors argue that Dorchester County Circuit Court Judge Brett W. Wilson made an error when he granted a motion to

dismiss all 17 of the charges Mailloux faced at a hearing on Aug. 18 at the Worcester County Circuit Court in Snow Hill.

The Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office filed an appeal of the decision the same day.

Four of the 17 charges were felonies, and two carried a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. All the charges were related to Mailloux’s alleged failure to stop at the scene or report it later.

In making the decision to dismiss the charges, Wilson agreed with Mailloux’s attorney, George Psoras Jr., of Rice Murtha & Psoras LLC, in Lutherville, that Worcester County District Court had “exclusive original jurisdiction” over the first eight counts, although the state filed all the charges in circuit court.

The appellant brief provides a transcript of Wilson’s explanation for his decision on Aug. 18 of this year.

“Mr. Mailloux was charged in the wrong court,” Wilson said on that day.

Wilson said that the first eight charges, which are classified as violations of Maryland’s Transportation Code, had exclusive original jurisdiction in district court, whether they are a felony or misdemeanor, according to section he cited from the Maryland Code’s, Courts and Judicial Proceedings article.

By Wilson’s argument, prosecutors should have filed the charges in district court first instead of going straight to circuit court.

Had the case been filed in district court first, Mailloux would have had the chance to choose to bring the case to circuit court to be tried by a judge or jury, or to keep it in district court.

In the brief, the attorney general’s office disputes the decision on behalf of Worcester County prosecutors, saying that part of the same section of the law that Wilson cited actually gives concurrent jurisdiction to the

district court and circuit court for the first eight charges, meaning prosecutors could have filed the charges in either court.

The brief cites a line from the law that says any charges with a penalty of confinement for three or more years or a fine of $2,500 or more are concurrent in both courts. Counts one, three, five and seven met this criteria, according to the brief. A footnote in the brief says that counts two, four, six and eight also meet the penalty threshold.

The attorney general’s office goes on to argue that counts nine through 17 also fall within the jurisdiction of circuit court.

The state cites another section of the judicial proceedings article that says that if an individual is tried in circuit court for some of the charges they face, the circuit court also has jurisdiction over any other charges related to the same incident that would have otherwise had exclusive original jurisdiction in district court.

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Appeals case over jurisdiction DE police arrest Berlin man on child solicitation charges Continued from Page 20 diction in both district and circuit court, counts nine through 17 can also be tried in circuit court since they arose from the same circumstances, even if district court would have had exclusive original jurisdiction over counts nine through 17 on their own.

“In sum, the statutory scheme, read as a whole and consistent with its plain language, explicitly demonstrates that the charges here were properly brought to circuit court. The judge erred in dismissing the information,” according to the brief.

When Wilson dismissed the charges, he agreed with Mailloux’s defense counsel that even though one subsection of the law grants concurrent jurisdiction based on minimum penalties, another subsection exempts these kinds of transportation violations from the minimum penalty rule.

The accident that killed Knupp took place on Grays Corner Road around 10:30 p.m. on July 11, 2022, when Knupp was crossing the road and was struck by a vehicle. He was pronounced dead that night at Atlantic General Hospital.

(Nov. 3, 2023) The Delaware State Police have arrested 66-yearold Berlin resident Wayne Long for two counts of felony sexual solicitation of a child, according to a news release.

Detectives are seeking assistance in identifying potential victims associated with the investigation, which reportedly occurred in the Sussex County area.

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Accused OC rapist still at large after release on bail

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A mugshot and listing of charges for Adrian Castaneda Sanchez, 38, is pictured on the Ocean City Police Department’s “Wanted Wednesday” post on Facebook. Authorities in Philadelphia arrested Sanchez at the airport on Oct. 27 but then released him on $30,000 bond instead of extraditing him back to Worcester County.

(Nov. 3, 2023) A man wanted on multiple Ocean City rape and assault charges is still on the run after authorities in Philadelphia apprehended him but proceeded to release him on bail.

Ashley Miller, the deputy communications manager for the Ocean City Police Department, said in an email Wednesday that Adrian Castaneda Sanchez, 38, is currently still on the loose and considered a threat.

A news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Sanchez was arrested Oct. 27 at Philadelphia International Airport while trying to board a flight to Cancun, Mexico.

The release said Sanchez is a Mexican national and U.S. permanent resident who lived in Pennsville, New Jersey.

While Sanchez was turned over to the Philadelphia Police upon his arrest to start the extradition process

back to Worcester County to face the local felony rape and asset charges he was wanted for, Miller said that did not happen.

“Sanchez was instead released on a $30,000 bond,” Miller’s email said.

“Sanchez is no longer in police custody and the extradition process is not underway.”

Sanchez was the fugitive featured on the department’s “Wanted Wednesday” Facebook page on Wednesday. According to the post, he is wanted on two counts of first-degree rape, two counts of second-degree rape, a third-degree sex offense, three counts of fourth-degree sexual contact, and two counts of second-degree assault.

Anyone with information on Sanchez’s whereabouts is asked to call the department’s crime tip hotline at 410-723-6674 or file a tip online.

Man former custodian with Indian River School District Continued from Page 21 eral months over the summer.

Long is a former custodian with the Indian River School District. He supports several athletic teams, including Sussex Central High School, but has been known to attend sporting events and other events at various local school districts.

Police said detectives have evidence that there may be more unidentified victims who may have been targeted through Snapchat or other social media platforms over the past couple of years.

Long responded to Troop 4 after detectives contacted him by phone on

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The release said Long was at Sussex Correctional Institution on an $80,000 cash bond, as of Wednesday.

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Author panel slated for Nov. 8 at OP library (Nov. 3, 2023) Members of the public can still make plans to see and speak with four local writers at a nonfiction author panel this Thursday at the Ocean Pines Branch of the Worcester County Library.

The event begins at 6 p.m. and will feature Tony Russo, the author of “Dragged into the Light;” Syl Sobel, the author of “Boxed Out of the NBA;” Sara Lewis, the author of “Purposeful People Pleasing;” and Al “Hondo” Handy, who discuss his memoir, “Defying Expectations: Family, Sports & Recreation.”

The authors will talk about their

books and writing processes and engage with audience members.

Russo’s book details a murder in rural Pennsylvania and its connection to an online cult leader and her followers. His work was featured in Season 2 of Vice TV’s “The Devil You Know.” His previous books include local favorites “Eastern Shore Beer: The Heady History of Chesapeake Brewing” and “Delaware Beer: The History of Brewing in the First State.”

For Sobel’s book, he researched the Eastern Professional Basketball League, which showcased the best

players not featured in the NBA, largely due to unofficial racial quotas that persisted from the 1940s to 1960s. Through interviews and other sources, Sobel details how the league’s faster pace and innovations shaped the sport. He is also the author of children’s civics books, including “How the U.S. Government Works” and “Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts.”

Lewis urges readers in her book to reconsider the notion that peoplepleasing is a personality flaw—and how pleasing others can help individ-

uals find balance, happiness, and fulfillment.

Handy’s memoir chronicles his story as one of the first African-American students to attend an all-white school and win a state basketball championship. He recently retired from the Ocean City Recreation & Parks Department and hopes his memoir encourages young people to pursue their dreams confidently and with purpose.

For information on all Worcester County Library programs, visit the Events page at worcesterlibrary.org.

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Magi Fund holiday event Nov. 11 (Nov. 3, 2023) The Magi Fund will hold an all-new holiday event, A Magi Christmas Concert & Veterans Day Tribute, for one performance on Nov. 11.

The show, which will feature the National Christian Choir and the Orchestra of the Eastern Shore, is set for 3 p.m. at the Emmanuel Church Auditorium on Beaglin Park Drive in Salisbury.

The Magi Fund, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, has for three decades staged musical events as fundraisers for the Joseph House Center and the Christian Shelter. The Magi Fund has devoted 100 percent of ticket proceeds and contributions to benefit the two charities, which provide housing and crisis intervention for the region’s needy.

“We are celebrating our 30th year and we’re planning a very special and slightly different concert,” Magi Fund Chairman Bonnie Luna said in a news release. “November 11 is a significant day of remembrance – Veterans Day – and in addition to our Christmas program, we will recognize and honor our Veterans with a special patriotic tribute. This will be particularly memorable as we celebrate the birth of Christ and honor those who have served our country.”

Committee Member Cynthia

Williams added, “The National Christian Choir is returning for its 20th year of performing in the Magi Fund’s annual holiday concert. The Orchestra of the Eastern Shore is making its debut appearance. They will perform separately, as well as together, to produce an unforgettable program of music.

You don’t want to miss this concert.”

Williams said members of the community encourage the Magi Fund to continue providing this holiday event to kick off the Christmas season.

“Each year, God makes a way for us to do so,” she said in the release. “We are often told by attendees that the

concert sets the tone for their holiday, and many say it is the highlight of the season.”

Luna added that tickets for Magi concerts have always been in high demand.

Tickets are $20 and available at the Country House in Salisbury and all branches of First Shore Federal Savings and Loan in Salisbury, Ocean Pines, Snow Hill, Pocomoke, Berlin and Ocean View, Delaware.

For more information about the event or the Magi Fund, call Luna at 410-749-1633 or visit the Magi Fund website at magifund.com.

Downtown Berlin shops to begin extended holiday hours (Nov. 3, 2023) In celebration of the holidays, downtown Berlin shops will have extended Friday evening hours until 8 p.m. for the months of November and December.

According to a news release, the downtown shops have also partnered with local breweries and wineries to offer free tastings.

The extended hours and tastings will begin this Friday, Nov. 3, and last

through Christmas.

The downtown shopping district will be adorned with decorations, lights and seasonal music.

“We hope this will bring even more joy to the holiday shopping experience and encourage shoppers to explore the magic of downtown,” Ivy Wells, the town’s director of economic and community development, said in the release.

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New exhibits opening at art league reception Group’s monthly event set tonight at gallery on 94th Street, bayside, Ocean City (Nov. 3, 2023) The Art League of Ocean City’s November First Friday opening reception is set for tonight at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street.

The event is set from 5-7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

According to a news release, the Sisson Galleria will host an all-media group show called “Eastern Shore Heritage,” celebrating the stories, traditions, and heritage of the Eastern Shore.

The exhibit is financed through the Beach to Bay Heritage Area.

Judges for the exhibit are Joanne Guilfoil of Selbyville Delaware, an author/illustrator and painter; Rayevalion Gillette of Snow Hill, the curator and folklife program director at Salisbury University; and George Sass of St. Michaels,a photographer.

The evening will feature live music by saxophone player Stephen Harvey, refreshments, and displays from other cultural organizations in the community including Beach to Bay Heritage Area, Calvin B. Taylor House Museum, Delmarva Discovery Museum and Germantown School.

The Ocean City Development Corporation will present a first look at proposed mural designs for the Ocean Bowl Skate Park Mural and invites the public to give their feedback.

Artists Marc Emond of Stinky Beach Studio, Jeff Huntington of JAHRU Studio, and Cita Sadeli, aka MISS CHELOVE, were commissioned from a pool of 60 applicants to design mural proposals, and their designs will be on display for public comment.

The project is presented by the OCDC in conjunction with the Town of Ocean City’s Recreation & Parks Department and is supported by grant funding through the Maryland State Arts Council. The OCDC is sponsoring complimentary hors d’oeuvres for the First Friday reception.

The Thaler Gallery will feature pieces by the Delaware Watercolor Society. The society’s mission focuses on exploring, creating, and sharing the wonders of watercolor and other water-media with new, emerging and professional artists.

Studio E will feature the artwork of Helen Smith of Ocean Pines and Natalie Falk of Frankford, Delaware.

Smith will be showing acrylic paintings and Falk will show colored pencil creations.

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Ocean Pines artist Helen Smith poses with one of the acrylic paintings that will be on display through the month of November in Studio E at the Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street.

Marla Robertson and Bill “The Dude” Todd, co-workers and DJs on Ocean 98 radio, will share the Spotlight Gallery in November.

Robertson paints with acrylics and Todd does visual art.

Kate Hammen of Ellicott City is the artisan for November.

Hammen makes jewelry in her home workshop using a variety of tools found around the house. She uses patterns from things found in nature that she can preserve and turn into wearable art including seashells for their texture as well as herbs from her garden. All of her pieces are handmade and one-of-a-kind.

The Staircase Gallery show of “There’s Lines & There’s Shapes” by

Laura Kelley and L. Morgan Kelley will continue in November.

Offsite exhibitions also continue at the art league’s satellite galleries in North Ocean City.

The main lobby gallery at the Princess Royale on 91st Street will continue an exhibit of photographs

by Carol Ward.

The Coffee Beanery on 94th Street will continue a show of abstract paintings by Amanda Lind.

Refreshments at the Arts Center are sponsored by PKS Investments.

Arts center shows will be on display through Nov. 25, and satellite shows until Dec. 31. More information is available at OCart.org or 410524-9433.

St. Paul’s in Berlin holding document shredding event (Nov. 3, 2023) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Berlin is holding a document shredding event on Nov. 11.

Set from 10 a.m. to 1 p..m, the event will take place at the St. Paul’s parking lot at 3 Church St. in Berlin.

According to a news release, individuals can bring up to there boxes of personal documents to the Shred-it truck to dispose of them.

Light refreshments will be available.

The church will also be open for free tours of the interior, which includes stained-glass windows are registered with the Library of Congress.

Attendees are also asked to bring a canned food item to donate for a local charity in exchange for the shredding of their documents.

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Land trust set to host annual NOW PLAYING fundraiser Nov. 11 in Berlin (Nov. 3, 2023) Tickets and sponsorships are now available for the Lower Shore Land Trust’s Flannel Formal, the annual celebration of land conservation held each year to benefit the organization.

The event is set from 6-8 p.m., Nov. 11, at Merry Sherwood Plantation, 8909 Worcester Hwy., in Berlin.

According to a news release, the Merry Sherwood Plantation was built in 1869, and is on the Registry of both National and Maryland historic homes.

The release Flannel Formal attendees are invited to wear their favorite flannel, dressy or casual, to celebrate the season.

This year’s entertainment is live music by Margot Resto and Fil Rhythm Band, playing blues, Motown, funk and many other styles.

Other entertainment includes yard games, a bonfire, and a silent auction.

An array of artisan charcuterie, oysters on the half shell, Pit & Pub BBQ with all the fixings, and sweets

by Baked Dessert Cafe will be offered.

There will also be fine wines, craft beers, and a George’s Mixes Bloody Mary Bar. Land Trust members will announce the winner of The Stephen Parker Conservation Legacy Award, given in honor of renowned conservationist, Stephen N. Parker, at the event. The award is given annually to recognize a landowner or conservation practitioner for their contributions to private land conservation on the Lower Eastern Shore. Past recipients include Charles “Buddy” Jenkins, Larry Leese and John B. Long.

Tickets are $95 per person after Nov. 3 and at the door. RSVP is preferred by Nov. 3 at lowershorelandtrust.org, at 443-234-5587 or e m a i l mresto@lowershorelandtrust.org.

Sponsorships are available by contacting Kate Patton at kpatton@lowershorelandtrust.org or 443-234-5587 or by visiting lowershorelandtrust.org.

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Seacrets: Friday, Nov. 3, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th Street and Baltimore Avenue, Located in The Courtyard by Marriott, Ocean City, 410-289-7192 / Captainstableoc.com Every Friday & Saturday: Phil Perdue, 5-9 p.m.

COINS 28th Street and Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-289-3100 / www.coinspuboc.com Nov. 4: Giddy Up Sing-A-Long, 4-6:30 p.m.; First Class, 7:30 p.m.

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

Nov. 3: Opposite Directions, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Tuff, 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Shake, Shake, Shake, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

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Nov. 5: Football Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.

Nov. 9: Full Circle Duo, 5-9 p.m.; DJ Connair, 9 p.m. to 1:50 a.m.; Sip On That Thursdays, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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Dining Guide ■ PRICE RANGE: $, $$, $$$ ■ RESERVATIONS: Reservations accepted —————————————

DOWNTOWN

South end to 28th Street

■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th Street and Baltimore Avenue, in The Courtyard by Marriott, Ocean City, 410-289-7192, captainstableoc.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar A local tradition for over 60 years featuring hand cut steaks, premium lobster and perfectly prepared regional seafood. Breakfast: closed Monday through Wednesday; Thursday through Saturday, 7:30-11 a.m.; Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to noon. Open daily for Dinner: Sunday through Thursday, 4-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 4-10 p.m. Happy Hour, seven days a week, 4-6 p.m.

■ COINS PUB & RESTAURANT 28th Street Plaza and Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-2893100, 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, 2-5:30 p.m. Sunday’s early bird specials, all day and all night.

Happy Hour; daily, 2-5:30 p.m. with food and drink specials. Closed Monday. Open Tuesday 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 17th Street in the Holiday Inn & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612, coralreefrestaurant.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Enjoy traditional Eastern Shore cuisine and local favorites that are sure to please your entire party!

Choose from a selection of house specialty entrees such as sharables, handhelds and seafood. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Featuring specialty rums. Open daily, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Happy Hour, every day, 3-6 p.m.

■ HARBOR WATCH RESTAURANT 806 S. Atlantic Ave., Boardwalk & Inlet, Ocean City 410-289-5121, harborwatchrestaraunt.com $$-$$$ | Reservations | Kids’ menu | Full bar Harbor Watch Restaurant prides itself on the highest quality seafood, unlimited sides, known for our

award-winning raw bar, certified angus beef and home to the best view of Ocean City Inlet and Assateague Island. Open Friday through Sunday at 11:30 a.m.

Closing Sunday. Call for banquet and large-party details.

■ PAPI’S TACO JOINT 15th Street and Philadelphia Avenue, Ocean City 443-664-6811, Papistacojoint.com $$ | Kid’s menu | Full bar Authentic Mexican restaurant open 7 days a week. Weekdays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and weekends 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. With a family atmosphere you can enjoy building your own street tacos with a sheet table side with their home-made authentic salsa. Serving food such as little cravings, choice of salsas, salads, bowls, soups, main dishes and desserts. Also, brunch, gluten free and vegan menus. Happy Hour Monday through Friday, 3-5 p.m. with beer, wines, cocktails and specialty signature drinks. Dine in or order online for your carryout.

MIDTOWN 29th to 90th streets ■ 32 PALM 32nd Street in The Hilton, Ocean City 410-289-2525, 32palm.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Elevated cuisine, locally sourced ingredients and allocated spirits are prominently featured in our lounge and dining room. Open year-round for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Routinely updated menus with the highest quality local ingredients for fresh seafood any time of the year! Don’t miss out on Happy Hour, every day, 3-6 p.m.

■ MARLIN MOON RESTAURANT 3301 Atlantic Ave. in the Double Tree Hotel, Ocean City 410-2891201, marlinmoonocmd.com $$ | Full bar Winner of the Maryland People's choice award, Marlin Moon continues to offer its famous, locally loved dishes and famous happy hour. Enjoy creatively crafted cocktails, fresh selections from the raw bar and luscious desserts. Happy Hour, every day, 3-6 p.m., featuring drink specials. Breakfast, 7:3011:30 a.m.; Lite Fare, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Dinner, 4-10 p.m.; and Bar open noon to 11 p.m.

■ SEACRETS 49th Street, Ocean City 410-5244900, www.seacrets.com $$ | Kids’ menu | Full bar Open Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday through

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Saturday, 10 a.m. through midnight with island atmosphere. Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood.

Night; Friday, Fish and Chips Night.

NFL specials every game, food, and drink specials available.

Check out our website for more details. Closed every Tuesday.

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■ BAHAMA’S CRAB SHACK CARRYOUT & OUTLET Oceanside MD/DE Line and Coastal Hwy, Fenwick 302-5375882 Premier seafood, chicken, homemade soups, super crab cakes, steamed shrimp, fresh clams, soft crabs, scallops, oysters and snow crab claws. Fat crabs by weight, sandwiches and dinners. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Open Wednesday through Sunday.

■ CAROUSEL OCEANFRONT HOTEL & CONDOS 118th Street, Ocean City 800641-0011, www.carouselhotel.com Enjoy one of the restaurants at the Carousel. Fine Ocean Front dining with a beautiful view. The Reef 118 is open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday through Sunday serving breakfast, lunch and dinner and 4-9 p.m.

Monday through Thursday serving dinner. The Bamboo Lounge is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday and 4-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

■ VISTA ROOFTOP RESTAURANT Located on the 8th floor of the Fenwick Inn, 13801 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 410-390-7905, vistarooftopoc.com $$$ | Full bar Enjoy a beautiful ocean and bay view from the same restaurant.

Check out the menu on the website serving dinner, lite fare, Boozy Brunch every Saturday and Sunday, Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. Off-season daily specials available. Open Monday through Thursday, 3–11 p.m.; Friday, 3 p.m. to midnight; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to midnight.

■ WHISKER’S PUB 11805 Coastal Hwy., Located in the Ocean City Square Shopping Center 410-524-2609, whiskerspub.com $$/$$$ | Kid’s menu | Full bar Under new management. Serving lunch and dinner with new menu items. Finger foods, savory sandwiches, soups, salads, and delicious entrees. One of the highlights is the famous burgers.

High quality ingredients and cooked to perfection. Also, serving fresh seafood, steaks, and chef’s special dishes. Happy Hour, daily, 4-7 p.m. Dine in, carry out and curbside pickup. Come for the food and stay for the fun. New Fall menu specials: Monday, Burger Night; Wednesday, Rib Night; Thursday, Grandma's Meatloaf

■ CLUBHOUSE BAR AND GRILLE 100 Clubhouse Drive, Ocean Pines 410-641-7222, Oceanpinesgolf.org/dining $$ | Full bar Indoor and outdoor dining with sweeping views of the 18th green and pond, the Clubhouse Bar and Grille serves freshly prepared breakfast and lunch items with a full bar menu. Open everyday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

■ OCEAN PINES YACHT CLUB 1 Mumford Landing Road, Ocean Pines 410-641-7222, www.OPYachtclub.com $$-$$$ | Full bar The Ocean Pines Yacht Club offers casual coastal cuisine for lunch and dinner in a beautiful bayfront setting. Fresh seafood, signature drinks, live music and more. Open Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

91st to 146th streets

WEST OCEAN CITY ■ CANTINA LOS AGAVES MEXICAN GRILL 12720 Ocean Gateway #7, West Ocean City 410-390-3914, cantinalosagaves.com $$ | Kid’s menu | Full bar Ocean City’s newest Mexican restaurant and bar. Offering delicious and generous portions of the tastiest traditional and not so traditional #MexicanEats you have ever tried. Open daily at 11 a.m.

Serving food until 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Bar open til 11 p.m.

■ OC CHOPSTICKS Asian Bistr 12741 Ocean Gateway, Suite 890, West Ocean City (Outlets Ocean City) 410-801-1111, 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 $$ | Full bar | Celebrating 40 years in Ocean City. Offering pizza, wings, burgers, subs, salads, pasta and more! Open daily at 11 a.m. Serving food until 2 a.m.

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Pines pink lady golf tournament raises $5.6K (Nov. 3, 2023) The 12th annual Pink Lady Tournament at Ocean Pines Golf Club recently raised $5,674 for the Imaging Department and the Eunice Q. Sorin Women’s Diagnostic Center at Atlantic General Hospital.

The tournament, held on Oct. 18, once again supported the AGH Foundation. According to a news release, proceeds will help pay for and provide mammograms and related care for local women who are unable to afford the services.

Over the past dozen years, the tournament helped to raise more than $18,000.

“The Pink Lady Tournament stands as a beacon of support for the AGH Foundation, dedicated to making mammograms and related healthcare accessible to women in the local community who face financial barriers,” Chanelle Lake, director of the John H. “Jack” Burbage, Jr. Regional Cancer Care Center, said in a news release.

This year, for the first time, the

tournament was open to the public and featured a field of 67 players.

Each foursome was given a pink ball, and one player from each group had to play that ball from tee to hole.

The other three players played a scramble. If the player lost the pink ball, his or her team was out of the pink ball tournament but could continue as a four-person scramble.

Prizes were awarded for first, second and third-place scramble winners, and low pink ball winners.

In the release, tournament organizers thanked the Ocean Pines Golf Club and Clubhouse Grille staff, along with Glen Riddle, River Run and Matt Ortt Companies for donating door prizes.

“We would also like to thank AGH for its continued support in our endeavor, and we hope to increase participation even more next year, all in the spirit of supporting women's health in the community,” Janet Stoer, tournament co-chairperson, said.

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Calendar Fri., Nov. 3 ANNUAL FALL FEST

St. Andrew the Apostle Orthodox Church, 33384 Mackenzie Way, Lewes, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Featured are a themed basket auction, international foods, bake sale (with Greek pastries), Mediterranean Market and more. 302-645-5791, www.orthodoxdelmar.org/fallfest

MAHJONG CLUB

Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Join in for a fun morning of playing tile Mahjong. Feel free to bring your own tile set. All are welcome. 410-524-1818, www.worcesterlibrary.org

FIRST FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTION

Art League of Ocean City, 502 94th St., 5-7 p.m. Meet the artists, enjoy hors d’oeuvres and see the new exhibits.

Music by Stephen Harvey. First look at proposed mural designs for the Ocean Bowl Skate Park. Free and open to the public. 410-524-9433

BERLIN GLOW WALK

Stephen Decatur Park, Tripoli Street, Berlin, 5:30 p.m. Registration begins at 5 p.m. Wear glow-in-the-dark items on a 4.5-mile walk around and through downtown Berlin. Limited supplies will also be available at registration. www.berlinmd.gov, 410-641-4002

‘ANCESTRAL BRIDGES LEADING US FORWARD: AN EVENING WITH THE POCOMOKE NATION’

Conway Hall - Salisbury University, West College Avenue, Salisbury, 7 p.m.

Lectures with slides, regalia, demonstration, maps of local research, folklorebusting and Q&A. Best suited for ages 11 and older. Visit www.pocomokeindiannation.org for details.

Sat., Nov. 4 ANNUAL FALL FEST

St. Andrew the Apostle Orthodox Church, 33384 Mackenzie Way, Lewes, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Featured are a themed basket auction, international foods, bake sale (with Greek pastries), Mediterranean Market and more. 302-645-5791, www.orthodoxdelmar.org/fallfest

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

Shepherd’s Nook, Community Church at Ocean Pines, 11227 Racetrack Road, Berlin, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. There will be a number of tables offering a variety of goods including decorations, ornaments, gifts and boutique items, children’s books, toys and more. Bake sale and light lunch available. 410-641-8392

TINKER TIME: STEM KITS

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., Snow

Hill, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Drop in to use the library’s supplies and your imagination to explore STEM concepts with the selfguided kits. 410-632-3495, www.worcesterlibrary.org

Ron Warren accompanied by Sarah Robins (Endless Ember), Chris Sajadi and Eric Schuster, Lecturer of Music at SU. Tickets cost $5. Purchase in advance at https://form.jotform.com/231574120 767052.

GENEALOGY HELP

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 10 a.m.noon. Appointments available for the first Saturday of each month to work with a local history librarian to discover your roots. Appointments: 410-6323495. www.worcesterlibrary.org

SUPER SPECIAL STORY TIME WITH MRS. MCCABE

DIY TERRARIUMS FARMERS & ARTISANS MARKET

Saturdays - White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, 9 a.m. to noon. Shop for everything from fresh local produce to unique handmade artisan goods. Open to the public.

Sun., Nov. 5

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10 a.m. Join Kate McCabe for the annual reading of “Balloons Over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet. Create a popsicle stick parade float and parade through the library. For ages 4 years and older. 410-208-4014

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES MEETING

SEW FELT PETS

STORY TIME: ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 10 a.m.

Learn to make a felt cat or dog. All supplies provided. For teens and adults.

Registration required: 410-632-3495. www.worcesterlibrary.org

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

‘THE WOODPECKER’S GIFT - NATIVE FLUTE WITH RON WARREN’ INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP Delmarva Discovery Museum, 2 Market St., Pocomoke City, 12:30-2 p.m. Ron Warren (Echota Cherokee) is an innovative Native American flute player as well as an accomplished songwriter, composer and educator. Museum admission fee. www.pocomokeindiannation.org

Mon., Nov. 6 Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Join in for stories, songs and games and learn about birds. Stay at the end for a pinecone bird feeder craft. For ages 2-5 years. 410-524-1818, www.worcesterlibrary.org

LUNCHTIME W/LUKE!

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 1 p.m.

Learn all about Luke, Ocean Pines’ diamondback terrapin. Bring your lunch and hang out for a meet and greet what Luke himself. For ages 6 years and older. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

NANOWRIMO COME WRITE IN

Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., 2-5 p.m. National Novel Writing Month challenge: write a novel or at least 50,000 words in 30 days. All experience levels. Group meets Nov. 6, 13, 20 and 27. nanowrimo.org, 410-957-0878

MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Ocean City Performing Arts Center Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 3-9 p.m. Tickets cost $50. Tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/824120 24/mid-atlantic-symphony-ocean-cityoc-performing-arts-center.

MAKER MONDAY - BEAR SCHOOL

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 2 p.m. The group will be making hand-sewn and decorated bears over three weekly sessions, Nov. 6, 13 and 20. All materials provided. Registration required: 410641-0650. www.worcesterlibrary.org

CHICKEN ‘N’ DUMPLING DINNER

Remson Christian Church, 4249 Sheephouse Road, Pocomoke City, 4-7 p.m.

All-you-can-eat chicken ‘n’ dumpling dinner. Cost is $16 for adults, $8 for those ages 6-12 years and free to children 5 years and younger. Carry outs available. Annette, 443-614-2226

‘THE WOODPECKER’S GIFT - NATIVE FLUTE WIHT RON WARREN’ CONCERT

Mar-Va Theater Performing Arts Center, 103 Market St., Pocomoke City, 7 p.m.

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 5:30 p.m. Beautify your space with a succulent terrarium. Supplies provided. Limit 12. Registration required: 410-6323495. 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, 302-2427062.

OVEREATER’S ANONYMOUS

POP-IN PLAY TIME

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 11 a.m.

Pop into the library’s children’s area to play with toys and meet other families.

For ages birth through 5 years. 410-6323495, www.worcesterlibrary.org

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

GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:30 p.m.

This group meets twice a month to discuss selections recommended by the Great Books Foundation. Focus is on “Ethan Brand” by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

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

Atlantic General Hospital, Conference

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

Tues., Nov. 7 STORY TIME: ROLLING ALONG

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 10:30 a.m.

Stories, songs and finger plays. For ages 2-5 years. 410-641-0650, www.worcesterlibrary.org

CLAY AND PLAY

Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., 10:30 a.m.

Sculpt, mold, roll, shape and cut out your favorite creations using a variety of tools and dough. For ages 2-5 years. 410-9570878, 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 GARDENERS 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 questions and feel free to show your plants as well. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

BABY TIME

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 11 a.m.

Songs, rhymes and stories. Stay after to socialize with other families. For ages 2 years and younger. 410-632-3495, www.worcesterlibrary.org

ANCESTRAL TRAUMA: HEALING LIFE’S PATTERNS

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 2 p.m. Presented by Dr. Sandra Burke, psycholo-

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CALENDAR Continued from Page 32 gist. The Maryland Humanities Book, “There There” by Tommy Orange, will be used for context but is not required reading. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

ANIME CLUB

Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, Ocean City. 410-524-1818. 4-11:59 p.m., Join in to celebrate an appreciation for anime and manga. Monthly themes will include trivia games, Japanese snacks and art exploration. For ages 13-16 years. 410524-1818, www.worcesterlibrary.org.

SONG CELEBRATION

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 6 p.m. Bring a song you love and share it with other players and writers. Originals encouraged. Listeners welcome. 410-641-0650, www.worcesterlibrary.org

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 Heroes-OC” 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

surgical patients. Atlantic General Bariatric Center, 410-641-9568.

FREE PINOCHLE CLASS

Ocean City 50plus Center, 104 41st St., 10 a.m.-noon. Free pinochle class for those who want to learn the game or need a refresher. Open to any 50-plus adults in the area. Patty Lockett, 410289-4725

BABY TIME

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10 a.m.

Come by for 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. 410208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

AARP MEETING

Ocean City 50plus Center, 104 41st St., 10 a.m. Social half-hour and refreshments begin at 9:30 a.m. The guest speaker will discuss chiropractic care.

New members welcome. Bob McCluskey, 410-250-0980

COMMUNITY READ DISCUSSION: ‘THERE THERE’ BY TOMMY ORANGE

Ocean City 50plus Center, 104 41st St., 11 a.m. Copies of the book are available at the Ocean City 50Plus Center. This is a community read, made possible by Maryland Humanities. 443-783-6164, www.worcesterlibrary.org

LAZY STEMDAYS 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. 410289-4725

OC KNITTING CLUB

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

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 12:30 p.m.

Drop in to play with the STEM kits. For children ages 4 years and older. 410208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

DIABETES EDUCATION

Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., 4-6 p.m. Focusing on long term complications, prevention, screening and foot/wound care.

Alyce Marzola, amarzola@atlanticgeneral.org

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.

D&D GAME NIGHT

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 5-7 p.m.

D&D game for adults and teens. Registration required: 410-632-3495. www.worcesterlibrary.org

ZUMBA TONING TUESDAYS

Tuesdays - Northside Park, 200 125th St., Ocean City, 5:30 p.m. Zumba with optional light weights. zumbajoyceoc@gmail.com

Wed., Nov. 8 KNITTING, QUILTING, SCRAPBOOK RETREAT

Grand Hotel, 2100 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City. Held from Nov. 8-11. There will be demonstrations, classes and a large flea market of craft supplies. Support local 4-H. 443-235-2926

Takes place via Zoom the first and second Wednesday of each month. For non-

RUMORS OF FLEETWOOD MAC

Ocean City Performing Arts Center Roland E. Powell Convention Center, 4001 Coastal Highway, 7:30 p.m. Tribute to Fleetwood Mac, personally endorsed by Mick Fleetwood. Offering a VIP Meet & Greet Soundcheck Package (5 p.m.). https://www.rumoursoffleetwoodmac.com

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 5:30 p.m.

Watch three talks that provide context for the One Maryland One Book. 410641-0650, www.worcesterlibrary.org

Wednesdays - Ocean Pines Community Center, Assateague Room, 239 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

ZUMBA WEDNESDAYS

Wednesdays - Ocean City 50plus Center, 104 41st St., 10 a.m. Dance background not required. zumbajoyceoc@gmail.com

Thurs., Nov. 9 KNITTING, QUILTING, SCRAPBOOK RETREAT

Grand Hotel, 2100 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City. Held from Nov. 8-11. There will be demonstrations, classes and a large flea market of craft supplies. Support local 4-H. 443-235-2926

MEN’S HEALTH DISCUSSION WITH G.W. SMITH, PA-C

Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway, 9-10 a.m. Discussion on men’s health issues, latest treatments, screening and answers to common questions. Everything you need to know to stay healthy and active as you age.

STORY TIME: ‘WHEN PB MET J’

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 10:30 a.m.

Celebrate National Peanut Butter Lovers Month with this adorable book. Stick around after for a fun craft. For children ages 2-5 years. 410-208-4014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

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.

CHESS CLUB NONFICTION AUTHOR PANEL

Worcester County Library - Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 Cathell Road, 6 p.m. Become familiar with an array of fascinating topics while learning about the writing process of these local authors. 410-2084014, www.worcesterlibrary.org

Wilkins is the author of “Fall Back Down When I Die,” which won the High Plains Book Award, 7 p.m. He wrote “The

cure. 443-783-6164, www.worcesterlibrary.org

SETTING UP YOUR SURVIVING SPOUSE FOR SUCCESS

Pocomoke City 50plus Center, 400 Walnut St., 11 a.m.-noon. Instructors include Robert Jeter, a certified financial planner and Cynthia MacDonald, an estate planning attorney. Registration: https://retireinfocus.com/common-estate-planning-mistakes-berlin/.

TRUE CRIME TRIVIA KIWANIS CLUB MEETING

STORY TIME ‘SNAKES ON A TRAIN’ TED TALKS

FREE VIRTUAL READING BY JOE WILKINS BARIATRIC SUPPORT GROUP

Mountain and the Fathers” and four collections of poetry. www.worwic.edu events

Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 10:30 a.m. Come to the library and bring your boards. All are welcome. 410-524-1818, www.worcesterlibrary.org

SETTING UP YOUR SURVIVING SPOUSE FOR SUCCESS WITH INFOCUS FINANCIAL

Pocomoke City 50plus Center, 400 Walnut St., 11 a.m. Review planning items consider, common mistakes and strategies to make sure they are financially se-

Worcester County Library - Ocean City Branch, 10003 Coastal Highway, 1 p.m.

Join in for a themed trivia. Test your knowledge and win prizes. 410-5241818, www.worcesterlibrary.org

ACRYLIC PAINT POUR

Worcester County Library - Pocomoke Branch, 301 Market St., 2 p.m. The group will learn two techniques. Supplies provided but bring an apron or smock if you choose. Registration required: 410-957-0878. www.worcesterlibrary.org

CORN-Y SUNCATCHERS

Worcester County Library - Snow Hill Branch, 307 N. Washington St., 4 p.m.

Get ready for Thanksgiving with this corn-y craft. For ages 6-10 years. 410632-3495, www.worcesterlibrary.org

ZUMBA

Worcester County Library - Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Ave., 4:30-5:30 p.m. Join certified Zumba instruction Joyce Landsman for an hour of movement. These classes uplift and improve mood. Registration required: 410-6410650. www.worcesterlibrary.org

BEACH SINGLE 55 PLUS MEET AND GREET

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

ONGOING EVENTS OCEAN CITY CHAPTER OF THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ITALY

Meets every month (except July and August) at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 9901 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Membership is open to individuals of Italian descent and their spouses. www.sonsofitalyoceancity.com

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by Monday 5 p.m.

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

MARKETPLACE HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

RENTALS

ROOMMATES

COMMERCIAL

HERKER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

FOH Manager for West Ocean City Restaurant. 410-213-1613

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR - BI-LINGUAL A PLUS

Year-Round Experienced Outdoor Motor Mechanic Needed for basic out board service and winterizing outboards. Excellent starting salary. Call Harbor Marine W.O.C., 410-213-1383.

2BR/2 Bath Bayfront Condo at 56th St., 3rd floor walkup, 2 level condo. Fully furnished, full kitchen, W/D, 2-car parking, central AC. No pets, no smoking, occupancy 4. $2200 monthly, tenant pays cable and electric. 1st and last months’ rent plus security deposit to move in.

Resort Rentals, 410-524-0295.

Year-Round Room For Rent Ocean Pines $800/month and $200 security. Fully furnished.

All utilities included. 443880-2317

1 Office/Retail Space available in West Ocean City. Approximately 1656 sq. ft.

Call 443-497-4200

An Innovative Approach to Property Maintenance

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Customer Service, MS Word & Excel, knowledge of Basic Office Procedures; Strong Math Skills are a plus.

WE OFFER: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, competitive pay, great benefits, paid holidays and vacation.

Email resume to Gherker@comcast.net or call 610-459-5857 POSITION AVAILABLE TOWN OF SNOW HILL CITY OF POCOMOKE GRANT WRITER/ADMINISTRATOR CIRCUIT-RIDER STAFF PERSON The Town of Snow Hill and City of Pocomoke City are the joint beneficiaries of a grant from the State of Maryland, Department of Housing & Community Development Circuit Rider Program to fund and hire a joint circuit-rider staff person. The position is a 40-hour per week obligation, half in Town of Snow Hill and half in Pocomoke City. Both locations report directly to the Town Manager. The Snow Hill position will include assisting the Executive Administrator to include attending meetings and taking and transcribing meeting minutes, posting and monitoring Facebook, posting to website and other clerical duties. The Pocomoke City involves extensive work in grant research, application and administration in addition to other duties as assigned.

Preferably applicants should have experience with grant writing and grant management, and clerical duties.

Small Engine Mechanic Year Round Competitive Wages 443-754-1047 Pool - General Maintenance Outdoor work, lifting heavy objects. Mechanical, basic, pool pump & motors, CPO a plus/not required. Able to pass CPO test. Summer, includes weekends and long hours; working alone and with others. 410-289-4902 ask for Suzanne.

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.

Please submit a letter of interest/resume, with application by Friday, November 24, 2023, to Carol Sullivan, Executive Administrator, P. O. Box 348, Snow Hill, MD 21863.

Outlets Ocean City Full-Time, Customer Service Representative

PUT COLOR IN YOUR CLASSIFIEDS! CALL 410-723-6397

Newly-Furnished, Spacious, Two-Level, 3 bedroom/ 2 Bath Condo with sunroom overlooking Ocean Pines Golf Course. First and Second level family rooms.

Eight-month lease through mid-June. $2,200/month + utilities/security deposit.

NO smoking. Will consider dog/two-month renewable lease. Email: adkins.susan80@gmail.com WOC - YR Rental - 5BR, 3.5BA, 3600 sq.ft. on pond. $2950/month and one months security plus utilities. Contact Lou, 410-713-0065.

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

“Town of Snow Hill and Pocomoke City are Equal Opportunity Employers”

Provide exceptional customer service to shoppers, tenants, vendors and visitors to our outlet shopping destination. This person will handle customer inquiries and successfully meet marketing and operational goals to ensure a positive experience. Candidates must be able to work a flexible schedule including some nights, weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities include but not limited to: - Assist customers/retailers/vendors with questions, route incoming phone calls appropriately - Answer incoming phone calls, accurately maintain data bases, complete reports/logs, order supplies - Provide vendor waivers, assist with check-ins - Inform shoppers of promotions/special events, distribute coupon books - Participate in special events/projects - Able to navigate computers, complete documents in a variety of programs - Report all accidents/incidents according to policy in absence of GM Qualifications - Ability to accurately use math skills, type documents, maintain databases, demonstrate attention to detail, utilize a computer effectively, assist with customer situations, multi-task, etc.

Avison Young/Outlets Ocean City is committed to employing the best talent with the most fair and equitable recruitment practices. Additional information and apply at: https://us-avisonyoung.icims.com/jobs/3743/ customer-service-representative/job

House to Rent. YR. N.O.C. 4 Master BR, 1 Single BR. Plenty of parking, large kitchen, back porch, washer and dryer. $3200/month.

443-880-2486

Hiring Liquor Store Attendant, Cooks, Audio/Video Techs, Maintenance Staff, Painters, Carpenter, Plumber Apply in person or online at seacrets.com

Fully Furnished Townhouse, 4BR, 2BA, Living Room, Dining Room.

Water, Electric and Cable not included. $2100/month.

Yearly lease. One month security deposit and one month rent upfront. Located at 438 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, MD 21011.

410-456-0272

OFF SEASON RENTALS

NOW HIRING!!

Production Crew

Utililites Included CONTACT US AT burgundyinn@gmail.com 410-289-8581

for our WOC kitchen facility Up to $20/hr.

Apply online at: www.delmarvadd.com Run your business card in our

SERVICE

Yearly & Seasonal Rentals We Welcome Pets 7700 Coastal Hwy 410-524-7700 www.holidayoc.com

DIRECTORY CALL 410-723-6397 for pricing!

Classified Deadline is Monday @ 5pm

www.oceancitytoday.com Order YOur Classifieds Online!

Winter Rental - Ocean City.

XL Master bedroom w/private bath. Fully furnished. $800/ month. Includes all utilities.

No pets. No smoking. 443880-2486 HOUSE SHARING Nice house. 94th Street area. Enclosed hot tub room, other amenities. Nice pets considered. Seeking employed males 20-30 years old who have their life together. Winter or year round. $600/month plus utilities. Text Rob, 410-726-5200.

COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL Industrial Warehouse.

Space: 1500 sq. ft.

Masonry construction, 18’ high ceiling, large garage door, bathroom.

Route 90/Bishopville.

Call 443-497-4200.

Commercial Warehouses 600 and 800 sq. ft. spaces West Ocean City and Bishopville, MD Yearly Leases Only

Call 646-812-1212

Office/Retail Space For Rent 561 sq.ft. on Main Street, Berlin.

Easy on-ground level access, plenty of parking.

Only $918/month including CAM and all utilities.

Call 410-641-0128

DONATIONS 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.

VEHICLES VEHICLES WE BUY CARS Running or not.

302-732-3529

BOATS/PWC BOATS/PWC 14 Feet Original Sea Nymph with galvanized trailer and 25 horsepower mercury.

Includes trotline and traps. $2500. No leaks or patches.

410-382-6743

SERVICES

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CLEANING SERVICES

CONSTRUCTION

ELECTRICIAN

ELECTRICIAN ElEctric

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HOME IMPROVEMENT

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DIRECTORY REAL ESTATE

Kim Dixson REDFIN AGENT

Sell for more, pay a 1% listing fee when you buy and sell with Redfin Agents.*

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Contact Kim for a no-obligation home-value consultation. *Sell for more based on difference between the sale and list prices of Redfin listings versus those of comparable listings by other brokerages, per a 2019 study. Sell for a 1% listing fee only if you also buy with Redfin within 365 days of closing on your Redfin listing. If you sell first we will initially charge a 1.5% listing fee and then send you a check for the .5% difference after you buy your next home with Redfin. Subject to $3,750 minimum Redfin commission.

Listing commission subject to change. Buyer’s agent commission not included. More info at redfin.com/disclaimer.

Information provided is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. If you are currently working with an agent, this is not a solicitation of your business.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023 Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE

OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 7402 COASTAL HWY., UNIT #203 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Donald Holmes Jr. and Nancy A. Holmes dated February 11, 2008 and recorded in Liber 5059, folio 385 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, 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 NOVEMBER 7, 2023 AT 3:55 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and described as Unit No. 203 in the "CASA DEL MARE CONDOMINIUM" and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #10-741823.

The property, which is improved by a dwelling, 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 $42,000 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 to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Sub. Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. 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 charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale forward. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining

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Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.

If the Sub. Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser's sole remedy in law and equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest.

If the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the resale.

Trustees' file number 22-001165MD-F-1.

Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees

OCD-10/19/3t _________________________________ VICTORIA L. O'NEILL ESQ. AYRES JENKINS GORDY & ALMAND P A 6200 COASTAL HIGHWAY SUITE 200 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS To all persons interested in the estate of JANE HARRISON Estate No. 19927 Notice is given that TAMMY W BALSTER whose address is 144 INTREPID LANE BERLIN, MD 21811 was on OCTOBER 11, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of JANE HARRISON who died on AUGUST 20, 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 APRIL, 2024.

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 OCD-10/19/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19901 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF MELANIE ANN WILLIAMS Notice is given that Alexandra J. Williams, 3016 Belgrade Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134, was on October 10, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Melanie Ann Williams who died on July 10, 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 April, 2024.

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.

Alexandra J. Williams 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: October 19, 2023 OCD-10/19/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS To all persons interested in the estate of STEPHANIE JEANNE HARRIS Estate No. 19919 Notice is given that LARRY BLACKWELL whose address is 3 BAY VISTA DRIVE, BERLIN, MD 21811 was on OCTOBER 06, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of STEPHANIE JEANNE HARRIS who died on AUGUST 31, 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 6th day of APRIL, 2024.

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 OCD-10/19/3t _________________________________ VICTORIA L. O’NEILL ESQ. AYRES JENKINS GORDY & ALMAND P.A. 6200 COASTAL HIGHWAY SUITE 200 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19926 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF M. ROBERT CLARKE AKA: MARVIN ROBERT CLARKE Notice is given that Robert T. Clarke, 12745 Old Bridge Road, Ocean City, MD 21842, was on October 11, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of: M. Robert Clarke who died on August 11, 2023, with a will.

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

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent’s will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 11th day of April, 2024.

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.

Robert T. Clarke 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: October 19, 2023 OCD-10/19/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING WORCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AGENDA

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 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. Case No. 23-73, on the lands of Tammy Adkins, requesting a special exception to allow a 6-foottall fence in a front yard setback, pursuant to Zoning Code §§ ZS 1116(c)(3), & ZS 1-305(k)(3) located at 13232 Muskrattown Road, Tax Map 4, Parcel 47, Lot 1, Tax District 5, Worcester County, Maryland.

6:35 p.m. Case No. 23-74, on the lands of Steve Novak, requesting an after-the-fact variance to the right side yard setback from 20 feet to 9.8 feet (to encroach 10.2 feet) for existing sheds and an after-the-fact variance to the right side yard setback from 20 feet to 14.8 feet (to encroach 5.2 feet) for an existing garage in the

A-1 Agricultural District, pursuant to Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-201(b)(5) and ZS 1-305, located at 2030 Wildwood Trail, Tax Map 61, Parcel 41, Lot 15, Tax District 7, Worcester County, Maryland.

6:40 p.m. Re-advertisement of Case No. 23-55, on the lands of Janet & Daniel Trimper, IV Revocable Trust, on the application of Mark Cropper, requesting a variance to reduce the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Buffer Management Area from 50 feet to 39.6 feet (to encroach 10.4 feet) and a variance to increase the 30 percent allowable forest clearing to 33.7 percent associated with a construction of a single family dwelling, Pursuant to Natural Resources Code §§ NR 3-104 (c)(4), NR 3-111 and NR 3-107(c)(4) and Zoning Code §§ ZS 1-116(m), located at 11031 Piney Island Drive, Tax Map 15, Parcel 90, Lot 19, Tax District 5, Worcester County, Maryland.

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PROPOSAL SOLICITATION

Comprehensive Plan Update Worcester County is seeking Proposals from qualified Vendors to contract with a consulting firm for the purpose of reviewing and preparing the State-mandated update to the County’s Comprehensive Plan in conformity with the requirements contained herein Proposal Documents.

Proposal 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 Proposals.

Worcester County is not responsible for the content of any Proposal 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 Proposal Documents.

The last day for questions will be noon on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

Sealed Proposal Documents are due no later than 2:30pm on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 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 "Bid Solicitation – Comprehensive Plan Update" in the lower left- hand corner.

Late Proposal 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 OCD-10/26/2t _________________________________

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, November 9, 2023 At 2:00 p.m.

PW 23-096 A request has been submitted to install one boat lift with associated pilings a maximum channelward extension of 26’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 8904 RUSTY ANCHOR RD UNIT 227 Parcel # 9079 -227 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Joseph Spanier APPLICANT: Hidden Oak Farm, LLC PW 23-097 A request has been submitted to install one boatlift with associated pilings and to remove existing pier to accommodate lift; maximum channelward extension 16’.

The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 706 MOORING RD UNIT C Parcel # 9528 -164A - in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Stephen Altshuler APPLICANT: McGinty Marine Construction, Inc. PW 23-098 A request has been submitted to install 2 floating docks (6’ x 10’ / 8.5’ x 15’) totaling 187.5 sq. ft. a maximum channelward extension of 15’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 115 70TH ST UNIT A Parcel # 6636 -3 -114 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Gabriel Smith APPLICANT: Pristine Permitting, LLC PW 23-099 A request has been submitted to install one boatlift with four associated pilings maximum channewlard extension of 24’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 778 94TH ST UNIT 314 Parcel # 9647 314 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Bill Trakas APPLICANT: Pristine Permitting, LLC PW 23-100 A request has been submitted to install ~ 40’ of replacement vinyl bulkhead (maximum channelward 18”) using batter pile system and to install a new 5’ x 28’ parallel dock, all maximum chanelward extension of 6’6”. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 112 PEACH TREE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023 RD Parcel # 8020A-1239B- in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Duck Chul & Soojee Lee APPLICANT: Ocean Services of DE, Inc. PW 23-101 A request has been submitted to remove all existing structures and install 40’ of replacement bulkhead using batter piles (maximum channelward 18”) and to install a new 5’ x 40’ parallel platform, a new 5’ x 30’ perpendicular pier, and one boat lift with four (4) mooring piles; all work maximum channelward extension of 36’ 6”. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 216 BEACHCOMBER LN Parcel # 8020A-1413B- in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Ronald Labrozzi APPLICANT: Ocean Services of DE, Inc. PW 23-102 A request has been submitted to install 40’ of replacement vinyl bulkhead 18” channelward and to construct a 5’x 28’ parallel platform maximum channelward extension of 6’ 6”. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 13325 PEACH TREE RD Parcel # 8020A1274B- in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

OWNER: Myrta Gayle APPLICANT: Ocean Services of DE, Inc. PW 23-103 A request has been submitted to install one boatlift on existing pilings maximum channelward extension 16’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 2807 PLOVER DR UNIT 2 Parcel # 4941 -2 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT/OWNER: Robert & Wendy Ogilvie OCD-10/26/2t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19933 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF CARLA BOND FIORE Notice is given that James Fiore, 404 Broad Street, Berlin, MD 21811, was on October 16, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Carla Bond Fiore who died on September 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 16th day of April, 2024.

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

NOVEMBER 3, 2023 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.

James Fiore 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: October 26, 2023 OCD-10/26/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS To all persons interested in the estate of HOWARD LEVIN Estate No. 17093 Notice is given that MINDY LEVIN MCGAFFIN whose address is 14268 FOXHALL ROAD, SOLOMONS, MD 20688 was on OCTOBER 16, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of HOWARD LEVIN who died on SEPTEMBER 2, 2017 with a will.

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

All persons having any objection to the appointment (or to the probate of the decedent's will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 16th day of APRIL, 2024.

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 OCD-10/26/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

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Ocean City Today / Public Notices NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS To all persons interested in the estate of CHARLES OWEN ROUSE Estate No. 19942 Notice is given that THOMAS J. ROUSE whose address is 629 WOOD GLENN COURT, TIMONIUM, MD 21093 was on OCTOBER 25, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of CHARLES OWEN ROUSE who died on OCTOBER 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 (or to the probate of the decedent's will) shall file their objections with the Register of Wills on or before the 25th day of APRIL, 2024.

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 OCD-11/2/3t _________________________________ Ralph J. DiPietro, Esq. Hofmeister Robinson & DiPietro 11350 McCormick Road, EP II. Suite 601 Hunt Valley, MD 21031 410-832-8822 RALPH J. DIPIETRO, ET AL Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v.

ESTATE OF THOMAS ETTZ c/o Catherine Ettz, Personal Representative Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY Case No. C-23-CV-23-000087

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given this 25th day of October, 2023 by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 103 123rd Street, Unit 381, Ocean City, MD 21842 n/r/t/a 101 123rd Street, Unit 381, Ocean City, MD 21842 will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 27th day of November, 2023, next, provided a copy of this NOTICE be published at least once a

week in each of three successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in said County before the 20th day of November, 2023, next.

The report states the amount of sale to be $171,000.00 to Global Tradings, LLC. Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-11/2/1t _________________________________

MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL OCEAN CITY PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BIDDERS TITLE: OXB PARCEL 450A&B TREE OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL OCEAN CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BID NO.: B02-24 Sealed Proposals for this project shall be accepted by: The Mayor & City Council Ocean City Attn: City Manager, Room 230, 301 N. Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, Maryland 21842, prior to 3:00 p.m. local time on Monday, November 27, 2023. Bids will then be opened and read aloud at the Council Work Session at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

Submissions must be marked “OXB Parcel 450A&B Tree Obstruction Removal” on the outermost packaging.

The Scope of Work under this contract consists of furnishing all supervision, labor, materials, equipment, tools, and associated work necessary to complete the OXB Parcel 450A&B Tree Obstruction Removal project at Ocean City Municipal Airport (OXB) as outlined. The scope of work for this project includes tree clearing obstruction removal, small tree and shrub plantings, erosion and sediment control, and seeding. All work shall be completed in accordance with the Contract Documents.

Contract Plans and Specifications Manual may be obtained by bidders electronically upon request by contacting Derek Hollinger, PE, AECOM at Derek.Hollinger@ aecom.com. Contract Documents will be available after 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Questions regarding this bid will be accepted by AECOM by emailing Derek.Hollinger@aecom.com. The cutoff date for questions is Wednesday, November 15, 2023.

A Pre-Bid Meeting for interested bidders will be held virtually at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at via teleconference. Teleconference information will be provided to bidders whom obtain the plans and specifications per above. Bidders interested in inspecting the site should do so informally and independently by contacting Jaime Giandomenico, Airport Manager, at 443-235-4434 to arrange such visit.

Each bid shall be accompanied by

all completed bid forms as outlined in the Specifications Manual, and a bid guaranty in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount which shall be a Cashier’s Check made payable to the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City, Maryland, or a bid bond which is underwritten by a surety approved by the Town.

The Bid Package submitted by the successful bidder must be reviewed and approved by the Maryland Aviation Administration prior to award of the Contract. Accordingly, it is intended that the project be awarded to the successful bidder within 60 calendar days of the date specified above for bid opening. Following award, a contract will be executed and administrative NTP will be issued to allow for project administrative start-up and material procurement. A performance bond is required for the contract amount.

The project must be completed entirely and closed out by no later than May 2024 as indicated by the Contract Documents.

Mayer & City Council Ocean City reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to accept any bid, or portions thereof, when, in their judgment, the public will be better served.

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NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING ST. MARTIN’S BY THE BAY USDA GRANT APPLICATION WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND The project proposes to replace the community's private supply well and distribution system by connecting the community to the Ocean Pines water system. Fifty-Four (54) residential EDU's will be served by extending an existing 8" water main along Beauchamp Road to St. Martin's Parkway and back into the community. There are no commercial connections planned as part of this project. The connection to Ocean Pines will alleviate concerns about salt water intrusion into the private well, provide fire flow protection (including new hydrants), and eliminate water shortage issues that have occurred since the system was installed in 1984. The Commissioners will hold a: PUBLIC HEARING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2023 at 10:35 a.m.

IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING ROOM WORCESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER – ROOM 1101 ONE WEST MARKET STREET SNOW HILL, MARYLAND 21863 The cost estimate for the project is $2,519,000 for design and construction as of August 2023. This project will be funded via a USDA grant in the amount of $1,024,000 and a USDA loan in the amount of $1,495,000. The estimated quarterly water bill with the current USDA loan terms is $392. Upfront EDU costs for this district are $3,600 per EDU. Please note that the public

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hearing held May 17th, 2022 estimated the quarterly bill to be $358, which has since increased due to the increased interest rates and term associated with the USDA loan. Project specifications and cost projections are available on request to view electronically by contacting the Worcester County Department of Public Works, 6113 Timmons Road, Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 Monday through Friday from 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (except holidays), at (410) 632-5623 as well as at www.co.worcester.md.us.

THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

This is only a fair summary of the bill. A full copy of the bill is posted on the Legislative Bulletin Board in the main hall of the Worcester County Government Center outside Room 1103 and is available for public inspection in Room 1103 of the Worcester County Government Center. In addition, a full copy of the bill is available on the County Website at www.co.worcester.md.us.

THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-11/2/2t _________________________________

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NOTICE

OF INTRODUCTION OF EMERGENCY BILL 23-07 WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING Take Notice that Emergency Bill 23-07 (Public Health – Cannabis establishments) was introduced by Commissioners Bertino, Bunting, Abbott, Elder, Fiori, Mitrecic, and Purnell on October 3, 2023.

A fair summary of the bill is as follows: § PH 1-110. (Adds a new section to the Public Health Article to regulate cannabis establishments, establish minimum separation distances for dispensaries, and prohibiting onsite consumption establishments.)

A Public Hearing will be held on Emergency Bill 23-07 at the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Room 1101 – Government Center, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 110, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be conducted by the Planning and Zoning Commission in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 301 Baltimore Avenue in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland on: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2023 At 7:00 pm Pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 5, Conditional Uses, a request has been filed under the provisions of Section 110-544, Uses permitted by Conditional Use in the SC-1, Shopping Center Commercial District to permit an 18-hole miniature golf course. The site of the proposed use is described as part of 6.890 acres of beach land, Map 0117,

OCEAN CITY TODAY Legal Advertising Call Taylor Sloan 410-723-6397, Fax: 410-723-6511 or E-mail: legals@oceancitytoday.net

Parcel 5151A of the Fenwick Plat; further described as located on the west between 128th Street and 130th Street; and locally known as the Montego Bay Shopping Center, 12901 Coastal Highway, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: JAY TAUSTIN (FILE #23-12100004) No oral or written testimony will be accepted after the close of the public hearing.

Public hearings that are not completed at one meeting may be continued without additional advertised notice provided the Commission Chairperson announces that the hearing will be continued and gives persons in attendance an opportunity to sign up for written notice of the additional hearing dates.

For further information concerning this public hearing, please contact the Department of Planning and Community Development, Room 242, City Hall, 301 Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842. Phone 410-289-8855.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JOSEPH B. WILSON, CHAIRPERSON MAUREEN HOWARTH, ESQ., ATTORNEY OCD-11/2/3t _________________________________ REGAN J. R. SMITH ESQ WILLIAMS, MOORE, SHOCKLEY & HARRISON LLP 3509 COASTAL HIGHWAY OCEAN CITY, MD 21842

NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 19922 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF MARY E. BOYD Notice is given that Harold D. Boyd Jr., 14330 N W Belle Place, Beaverton, OR 97006, was on October 18, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Mary E. Boyd who died on August 6, 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 April, 2024.

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,

NOVEMBER 3, 2023 or any extension provided by law, is unenforceable thereafter. Claim forms may be obtained from the Register of Wills.

Harold D. Boyd 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 of newspaper designated by personal representative: Ocean City Digest Date of publication: October 26, 2023 OCD-10/26/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc. is seeking Disadvantaged and Minority Business firms to subcontract opportunities for a proposal to Pocomoke City, MD for Market Street CIPP Water main Lining Phase 1.

Areas of opportunity are: Cured in Place Lining of water mains, excavation, trucking, labor to supplement JFC crews, installation of water services, material supply and traffic control, and paving.

Bids are due to the owner 11/21/2023 at 2PM. JFC will provide plans and specifications if needed and assistance with bonds and procurement. Your quote is requested by 11/14/2023.

Award will be based on your safety record, references, pricing and work history/work load.

Contact dave.koger@jfcson.us or by calling (908)986-5695.

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NOTICE

OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS To all persons interested in the estate of KEITH ALONZO WINSLOW Estate No. 19949 Notice is given that KEITH C. WINSLOW whose address is 2370 WORCESTER HIGHWAY, POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851 was on OCTOBER 17, 2023 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of KEITH ALONZO WINSLOW who died on OCTOBER 17, 2023 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 27th day of APRIL, 2024.

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

NOVEMBER 3, 2023 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 OCD-11/2/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 110 of the Code of Ocean City, Maryland, hereinafter referred to as the Code, same being the Zoning Ordinance for Ocean City, Maryland, notice is hereby given that public hearings will be conducted by the Board of Zoning Appeals for Ocean City, Maryland in the Council Chambers of City Hall located on Baltimore Avenue and Third Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland on: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 6:00 PM Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal of Section 110-95(1)(a) has been filed for a variance to rebuild the southwest stair tower to building and life safety code, providing a minimum 1’9” setback instead of the required 5’ side yard setback as required by Code. The site of the appeal is described as Lot 11, Block 23, Plat of Fenwick, Maryland. It is further described as being on the south side of 144th Street and is locally known as The Galleon Condominium, 11 144th Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: GALLEON CONDOMINIUM C/O STEVE KENNY (BZA 2665 #23-09500014) at 6:10 PM Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal of Section 110-94(2) has been filed requesting a special exception to parking and loading requirements to allow a waiver or reduction of the parking requirements and design standards due to the character and location of the use of the building in order to extend an existing restaurant area, said exception being required for 21 parking spaces and 1 required loading zone area, and to allow a waiver of design standards to allow 6 provided spaces to be located in a stacked configuration for employees only, applicant is providing 56 parking spaces of the 77 spaces required by Code. The site of the appeal is described as Lots 17,

Ocean City Today 18, 19, and 20 of the plat entitled “Plat of the Original Town of Ocean City.” It is further described as being located on the west side of Atlantic Avenue, the Boardwalk, and is locally known as Fun City and Purple Moose Saloon property, 100 South Atlantic Avenue, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland APPLICANT: JELAR CORPORATION (BZA 2666 # 23-09400013) at 6:20 PM Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(2), Powers, of the Code, an appeal of Section 110-94(3)a has been filed to request a special yard exception for the enclosure of an existing covered dining area for yearround dining. The site of the appeal is described as Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, Block 19 of the Oceanbay City Plat, further described as located on the west side of Coastal Highway and is locally known as Oceanbay Shopping Center, 6401 Coastal Highway, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland APPLICANT: JOSEPH E. MOORE, ESQUIRE, ATTORNEY FOR 1106 CAVU INC., t/a ANNABELLE’S BARBEQUE AND CREAMERY (BZA 2667 # 23-09400014) at 6:30 PM Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal of Section 110-95(1)(a) has been filed to request variances from side yard setbacks: 1) A 0.36-foot variance from the 5-foot side yard setback has been requested for a proposed porch. 2) A 0.22-foot variance from the 5-foot side yard setback has been requested for a proposed addition. 3) A 0.35-foot variance from the 5-foot side yard setback has been requested for a proposed addition. The site of the appeal is described as Lot 14, Block 21 of the Section One-C plat entitled Caine Woods. It is further described as being located on the west side of Fountain Road and is locally known as 13809 Fountain Road, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: TYLER BUILDING CO. (BZA 2669 # 23-09500015) at 6:40 PM Pursuant to the provisions of Section 110-93(3), Powers, of the Code, an appeal of Section 110-95(1)(a) has been filed to request variances from the side yard setbacks. A 5-foot variance from the 10-foot side yard setback requirement for a proposed stairway has been requested. A 2foot variance from the 10-foot side yard setback requirement for a proposed dwelling has been requested.

The site of the appeal is described as Lot 1 of the White Sands Village Plat. It is further described as being located on the east side of Wight Street and is locally known as 14400 Wight Street, in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

APPLICANT: BEACHWOOD CONSTRUCTION, INC. (BZA 2670 # 23-09500016) Further information concerning the public hearings may be examined in the office of the Department of Planning and Community Development in City Hall.

Christopher Rudolf, Chairman Maureen Howarth, Attorney OCD-11/2/2t _________________________________

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A mock up the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management prepared for a recent public hearing on a proposed US Wind project off the coast of Maryland and Delaware shows the expected view of the proposed turbines from the shores of Bethany Beach.

BOEM offshore wind hearing generates emotions in Del.

By Mike Smith Coastal Point Staff Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) Two days after hundreds of local residents, public officials and business representatives came to Ocean City Elementary to weigh in on a U.S. Wind project proposed off the coasts of Maryland and Delaware, another similar meeting was held over the state line..

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, held a community open house last Thursday at

Indian River High School in Dagsboro, with ocean scientists providing visual impact imagery and mapping of the proposed Maryland Offshore Wind project.

The Ocean City meeting was similar and one of four total the federal organization hosted following the release of a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project. The other two were virtual meetings held Oct. 19 and 30, and public comment See MEETING Page 42

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A mock up the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management prepared for a recent public hearing on a proposed US Wind project off the coast of Maryland and Delaware shows the expected view of the proposed turbines from the shores of Delaware Seashore State Park.

Meeting at Indian River focused on project Continued from Page 41 is open until Nov. 20.

Many of the attendees of the Ocean City meeting expressed frustration over the fact that it did not include open public comment. At the Delaware meeting, the feedback fo-

cused more on the project details.

The forum at Indian River consisted of poster displays throughout the gym and BOEM officials heard from concerned citizens and prowind environmental leaders directly, using an online portal for comment,

providing an address for letters and an email address for completing the listening tour.

Social media was “blowing up” with thousands of community comments that the new photos released of the offshore windfarm seem to bring

the “viewshed” of the 800-foot turbines and 900-foot structures closer to the beach and the local coastal towns than originally anticipated.

Anne Sakalay, who resides in the Towers Shore community in North See ATTENDEES Page 45

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Home values not falling with prices

By Lauren Bunting Contributing Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) On a weekly basis, Bright MLS, the regional multiple list service that our area subscribes to, offers insights and market statistics on various aspects of the real estate industry. This week’s report shows that despite longer days on market averages for listings, values are not falling as list prices hold firm.

Here are the highlights for the week ending Oct. 29, and data is comprised of numbers throughout the entire Bright MLS footprint stretching from our local area in the east, to Central Pennsylvania, and West Virginia and North Central Virginia to the south: • List prices still holding firm. The median list price the week ending

Oct. 29 was $395,000, which is slightly down from last week by 0.2 percent and above last year at this time by 5.3 percent. Prices typically fall in the fourth quarter, but this year, the decline is much more modest, as supply constraints continue to put a squeeze on prices.

• New listing activity similar to last year. For three consecutive weeks, the number of new listings is very near levels seen last year. There were 4,803 new listings, down 4.0 percent compared to a week ago but just 0.8 percent off from last year. While listings have caught up to last year’s levels, inventory is still very low in most markets.

• Time to contract loosens. Median time to contract eases up from last week by one day to 19 days. From last year, median time to contract is up by four days. The time from listing to contract tends to lengthen in the fall, and that pattern is evident this year.

Bright MLS sorts our local area as the Del/Mar Coastal area, which is comprised of Sussex, Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties.

This week’s figures for our local area were: Showings: 2,301 (Up 16.3 percent over this time last year and up 6.9 percent over last week) New Purchase Contracts: 216 (Up 0.9 percent over last year and even with last week) Median Time to Contract (DOM): 24 days (Down two days from last year and up six days from last week) New Listings: 236 (Up 21.6 percent over last year and up 30.4 percent over last week) Median List Price: $380,000 (Up 3.7 percent over last year and down 10.5 percent over last week) Lauren Bunting is the Broker of Record for with Keller Williams Realty of Delmarva in Ocean City.

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Ocean Bowl Skate Park artist designs on public display

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Mock ups of the three artist submissions for the Ocean Bowl Skate Park mural are shown. The images will be on display at the center for the arts on 94th Street beginning tonight.

By Taylor Sloan Feature Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) The three finalists from a call to artists contest for the downtown Ocean Bowl Skate Park mural will display their design submissions at the Art League of Ocean City’s First Friday Opening Reception tonight.

Set from 5-7 p.m, the reception is at the center for the arts on 94th Street bayside and will feature works from all of the group’s November artists.

The skate park mural will be finished with the renovation of the renewed recreation complex on Third and Fourth streets between the bayside and Philadelphia Avenue.

“Originally, we did a ‘call to artists’ and received 60-plus submissions,” Zach Bankert, the executive director of the Ocean City Development Corporation, said. “From those 60-plus submissions, we narrowed it down to three artists.”

The three artists are Marc Emond, Cita Sadeli, aka “Miss Chelove,” and Jeff Huntington, aka JAHRU. “We commissioned them to come up with designs,” Bankert said “[And] See THREE Page 46

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Attendees both for and against wind project Continued from Page 42 Bethany Beach, expressed her fears about the view from her home and the onshore cabling, which is expected to land at 3R’s beach less than a mile away.

“It has always been so pretty here,” she said. “These Maryland windfarms and proposed Delaware onshore cables are closer than we expected.

There is a complete lack of transparency about this project. What is going on, how big will the turbines be? They have changed the ocean horizon forever. We cannot see the sunrise. People come to the ocean and beach to heal, to be at one with nature; not to stare at industrial wind turbines.

She added that the US Wind MarWin project turbines should not be constructed so close to the shore.

“They keep growing the number of turbines and the height,” she said.

“This does not just impact us, but generations to come.”

Sakalay pointed out that the wind farms have been pushed further offshore to more well-heeled and wealthy communities, where money talks.”

“We are totally against bringing the lines ashore at 3R’s beach, our whole Towers Shore community has stated so in writing. It goes through the Inland Bays which is going to impact the ecosystem of the bays no matter what the companies say.”

She added that there are other land-based alternatives for transmission lines.

The Caesar Rodney Institute issued a white paper at the open house claiming the federal government should not approve the wind project based on assumptions in the Environmental Impact Statement.

“I looked at the construction and operations plan when it came out and those [early] assumptions about the view are not accurate,” said Caesar Rodney Institute Executive Director David Stephenson. “They make it look further away than it is. The [Construction Operations Plan] was not realistic.”

He added, through his role at the center for energy and environmental policy, that BOEM’s draft statement is now showing that the US Wind Skipjack project will be as close as 10 miles to the coasts of Delaware and Maryland.

“There will be an unavoidable view and dominate presence of a developed and industrial view of turbines from the coastline both day and night,” Stevenson said. “And we are looking at 1,050 turbines which have

been adjusted for height.

BOEM is listening Lissa Eng, the renewable energy national communications lead for BOEM, said the group is a small federal agency of about 600 people. She said the four meetings held on the project to give people chances to submit comments formally, on the record, in response to the Environmental Impact Statement.

“So, it’s part of the National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA] process,” Eng explained.

The act requires all federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions.

“We are doing the review process today; so, the open-comment period is through Nov. 20, and we wanted to be present, in-person, as well as virtual, so people who cannot travel here can still voice their opinion on certain aspects of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project,” Eng said during last week’s meeting at Indian River.

She said the “open house” format allows people to “speak one-on-one” with the agency’s scientists. “They can see our subject matter experts and get into the weeds or take a deep dive,” she said “It is set-up so that people can get their questions an-

swered.”

Eng added that the meeting is public and the goal is to collect public comments.

“We have a court reporter here, we have computers set-up for responses, we have tables set-up for written comments and people can send notes directly to us,” she said.

BOEM Director Elizabeth Klein said in a statement that officials welcome the feedback.

“We value the knowledge we receive from… local communities, ocean users, and others,” she said.

Working together, we can reduce conflicts and establish a strong foundation for offshore wind energy projects moving forward.”

Pro-wind feedback US Wind, Inc. is seeking approval for the construction and operation of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project, which includes three planned phases.

Two of the phases, MarWin and Momentum Wind, have offshore renewable energy certificates from the State of Maryland.

US Wind’s proposal for all three phases includes installation of up to 121 turbines, up to four offshore substation platforms, one meteorological tower, and up to four offshore export cable corridors with landfall within

Delaware Seashore State Park.

The lease area is about 8.7 nautical miles offshore in federal waters off the coast of Maryland and roughly 9 nautical miles from Sussex County, Delaware.

“This is the most significant step forward in the history of Maryland offshore wind,” said Jeff Grybowski, US Wind CEO. “BOEM’s draft environmental impact statement sets us on a path toward starting construction on our offshore wind projects in 2025.”

Jodi Rose, the executive director of Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake and an environmental advocacy champion believes in wind.

“In order to address the existential crisis we all face with climate change, we need to expand renewable energy sources and quickly,” she said. “Offshore wind will generate energy for hundreds of thousands of homes, reduce our dependence on damaging fossil fuels, and help put us on a positive trajectory for a more sustainable future. We owe this to the next generation to innovate the way we get our energy.”

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Three finalists chosen to vie FOOD FOR THOUGHT for chance to create mural Stuffin’ Muffins perfect side with Thanksgiving favorites Continued from Page 44 those three artists submitted their designs, which will be on display.”

He added that the organization put a focus on the actual designs.

The designs can receive public commentary during the art league reception, but the OCDC Selection Committee will have final say.

“In the next couple of weeks, the artists will formally present their designs to the Selection Committee, where they can ask the artists questions,” Bankert said.

Marc Emond is a local muralist with roots tied to Ocean City and the Ocean Bowl.

“I’ve been skating at the Ocean Bowl since 1976,” Emond stated. “I am a visual artist, and I want to use the mural to say, ‘thank you’ to downtown and the Ocean Bowl for having such an influence on who I am today.”

Emond has worked on murals with another known local muralist, Kathy Denk, on various projects including the mural in West O Bottle Shop on Route 50 in West Ocean City.

“If I am chosen, I would work with her on the mural at Ocean Bowl,” Emond said.

Jeff Huntington lived and worked

in Ocean City during his teens, both creating art and working at Thrashers French Fries on Eighth Street.

“People were sending me the call out,” he said. “The primary reason people were sending it to me was because I started my first art-making business selling tie dyed tee shirts.”

The proposal design he submitted has a sentimental meaning.

“I mentioned in my proposal that my source material were people I knew in the skate culture there,” he said.

His artwork is a combination of realism with geometric patterns. “[He] superimposed these images from graffiti and skating without it being either,” Huntington said.

Cita Sadeli was not available for comment on the project.

Huntington’s portfolio can be found on his website at jeffhuntington.com, and Sadeli’s can be found at chelove.com. Emond is the cartoonist for the Ocean City Today newspaper, and more of his art can be found on Instagram @stinkybeachstudio and at Raggamuffin Boutique in story and online at raggamuffinboutique.com.

For more information about the First Friday Art League Reception, call 410-524-9433. The event is open to the public.

By Deborah Lee Walker Contributing Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) Thanksgiving is a day where family and friends give thanks to the wonderful blessings we share throughout the year.

This holiday is also famous for the abundance of food that is modeled on a 1621 feast shared by the Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people.

Tradition is a big part of Thanksgiving.

That being said, why is tradition so important?

Protocol, beliefs and customs make up the yearly pageantry, but being with loved ones makes this time of year so special.

Stuffing is one of those dishes that is passed down from generation to generation. My grandmother taught my mother how to make stuffing and mom in turn taught me how to make it.

It is also as diversified as it comes.

Plain, sausage, oyster, dried fruit, fennel, black rice, mushrooms, collard greens, and chilis are just a few key ingredients that add a twist the

classic version.

Before we continue, precision is a must for the culinary enthusiasts.

Technically, “stuffing” is placed inside the turkey where “dressing” is a served as a side dish.

I grew up saying stuffing, so if you will pardon me, I will continue that train of thought.

A few helpful hints will help with the insanity that comes with planning your Thanksgiving meal.

If you plan to make the stuffing from scratch, tear the bread. Irregular cuts versus neat cubes create extra texture and surface area for browning. This uneven appearance actually makes for a more beautiful stuffing.

In addition, do not use stale bread.

Dehydrating the bread removes moisture, effectively transforming it into a sponge that can absorb all of the stock.

This is not a time to skimp on aromatics. The dry bread depends on veggies and herbs. Onions, garlic, celery, parsley, sage, crushed rosemary, and thyme are some suggestions.

Also, cook the veggies in butter. The richness and flavor of the butter pairs beautifully with stuffing.

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Ocean City set to host Mid-Atlantic Symphony concert (Oct. 27, 2023) The Mid-Atlantic Symphony’s November concert series is officially set for this weekend, with shows at three different regional venues including the performing arts center in Ocean City.

According to a news release, the shows are set for 7:30 p.m., Nov. 3, at Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth Beach; 3 p.m., Nov. 4, at the local PAC; and 3 p.m., Nov. 5, at the Todd Performing Arts Center at Chesapeake College in Wye Mills.

The release said the concerts will showcase a “diverse repertoire, beginning with “Overture” by Elfrida Andrée, “Symphony No. 5 (Reformation)”

by Felix Mendelssohn.

Andrée was a pioneering Swedish composer and conductor who lived from 1841 to 1929. She was a significant figure in the late Romantic era and made a notable contribution to the world of classical music, particularly considering that she was a female in a male-dominated field. One of her most well-known compositions is the “Overture in D major, Op. 43.”

“Overture in D major, Op. 43,” is a lively and exuberant orchestral work that reflects the spirit of the Romantic era.

“Written in 1873, the composition

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The Mid-Atlantic Symphony is pictured performing during a past concert. The orchestra’s next concert series is set for Nov. 3-5 with a performance scheduled Nov. 4 at the peforming arts center in Ocean City.

showcases Andrée’s remarkable talent as both a composer and conductor during a time when women’s contributions to classical music were even more overlooked than they are in modern times,” the release said.

The second piece of music in the concert is Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Symphonic Variations on an African Air.” During his lifetime, The release said

Bids for art league auction fundraiser close on Nov. 9 (Nov. 3, 2023) The Art League of Ocean City is holding an online auction as a fundraiser for the nonprofit’s 60th Diamond Jubilee anniversary.

Funds raised from the auction will support updates to the Ocean City Center for the Arts and outreach programs to the community.

Bidding ends on Nov. 9. The auction can be viewed at OCart.org and by clicking on the auction box on the home page. Anyone may bid on this

auction, and attendance at the soldout Diamond Jubilee is not required to bid.

Along with a selection of fine artwork, the auction includes experience, getaways, fine dining, and special services such as a private sunset cruise, catered dinners for six, a diamond necklace, getaways to Antigua, family photos sessions, and more.

More information is available at OCart.org or 410-524-9433.

Taylor was regarded as one of England’s most preeminent composers.

Though he died very young (at only 37 years old), the celebration of his life spanned the Atlantic, with fanfare concerts everywhere from London to Boston and beyond.

In the decades that followed, his music largely fell out of the public eye, and was extremely seldom performed.

As a result, a significant amount of his music is not published today. Fortunately, his music is being performed again by major orchestras around the world.

Concluding the concert is Felix Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 5” known as his Reformation Symphony.

According to the release, “the staple of the symphonic repertoire is a work of profound historical and musical significance which the audience will no doubt be familiar with.”

Composed in 1830, the symphony

stands as a testament to Mendelssohn’s creativity and his deep connection to his faith and his time. The name “Reformation Symphony” reflects the symphony’s association with the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, a key event in the Protestant Reformation.

The release said individual tickets for the concert are $50 per person at each venue and are available at midatlanticsymphony.org/tickets. Tickets for additional events are also available on the website.

The Mid-Atlantic Symphony offers a group discount for the purchase of 10 or more tickets to a single concert. The orchestra also makes a limited number of free tickets available for students 18 years and under; tickets for accompanying parents are $10 each. Reservations are required for the free tickets and may be made by calling 888-8468600.

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Scenes from 2023 OCtoberfest Shore Craft Beer Festival on Oct. 28 in Sunset Park in downtown Ocean City. Ocean City Development Corporation Executive Director Zach Bankert said the turnout was “excellent.” The event annually serves as one of OCDC’s main fundraisers.

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WPS AT IRON PONY

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SKY HIGH Worcester Preparatory School ninth graders recently went on a field trip to the Iron Pony Adventure Park in Chincoteague, Virginia, where they played on an aerial adventure course. Pictured, the students smile in excitement as they prepare to climb the aerial course.

Ninth grader Kayley Adkins was excited to drop from the pony plunge after completing the 26-foot-high ropes course.

Freshman Ben Holloway tested his balancing skills on the top level of the park.

Surrounded by classmates, Cooper Staples looks down and smiles as he makes his way up the aerial adventure park.

Ninth grade student Emma Nordstrom makes her way through the aerial ropes course.

Freshmen Ayath Islam, Jack Adkins and Ronen Poddar take a break on a platform while thinking about their next move.

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DISPLAYING TALENT Art League Instructor Gerilyn Gaskill taught a classroom full of watercolor enthusiasts made up of both locals and visitors on Sept. 28 at the Ocean City Center for the Arts. Pictured, from left, are Gaskill and attendees George Shaffer, Olivia Smith, Janet Shaffer, Ann Stafford, Jean Radeacker, Beth Bryson, Columbia, George Brundage, Bonnie Rosinski and Virginia Klarquist.

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The Wor-Wic Community College Foundation recently held its annual 5K Hero Run and 2-mile walk, along with the 2023 First Responder Team Cup Challenge, at the college campus in Salisbury. The Ocean City Police Department’s team, made up of Joshua Glaub and Timothy Chaykosky, won the First Responder Team Cup Challenge. Pictured, from left, with the winning trophy are race captain Kelley M. Selph, a Wor-Wic graduate and foundation board member; Glaub and Chaykosky; and Stefanie Rider, the executive director of the Wor-Wic Foundation.

VOLUNTEER SPIRIT Quilters by the Sea in Ocean Pines was recently named a 2023 group/team spirit award recipient for embodying the volunteer spirit of Worcester County. The group crafted and donated 608 handmade items to organizations and individuals in 2022. Pictured, from left, with the County Commissioners at a recent meeting are Quilters By The Sea members Kristen Pruitt, president; Stephanie Dilworth, volunteer coordinator; and Jo Anne Donnelly, assistant volunteer coordinator.

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OPTIMIST CLUB The Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club recently introduced the organization’s board of directors for the 2023-24 optimist year. Pictured, from left, are Cindy Malament, treasurer; Bill Hickey, immediate past president; Sharyn Sorrentino, board member; Christina Dolomount-Brown, president; Bill Brown, board member and boat show co-chair; George Solyak, vice president and secretary; Bill Thomson, board member; and Larry Campbell, sergeant at arms. Not pictured are Charlie Dorman, board member and boat show co-chair and Vice President Melva Middleton.

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LIONS CLUB The Ocean City Lions recently donated $2,000 to Diakonia. Pictured, from left, with the donation check are Lions Cub Past District Governor Norm Cathell, Diakonia Executive Director Ken Argot, and Lions Club First Vice President Scott Stark.

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Individual portions of mini or regular size pair up well Continued from Page 46 Homemade broths are suggested, but if you do not have time, no worries. Store bought broths are perfectly acceptable. Chicken broth is preferred, if one is a vegetarian, use vegetable broth.

Raw eggs are imperative for fabulous stuffing. They add a richness and act as a binder. I highly suggest this simple step.

When combining broth and bread, you want to use a big spoon or spatula and gently fold the ingredients together. Do not mash or press. Your goal is to make sure the pieces of bread are evenly coated.

Smaller vessels mean more contrast in textures. Lots of recipes call for a 3- or 4-quart casserole dish. As an alternative, you can bake your stuffing in two 8-by-8-inch dishes.

If one wants to take this concept even further, what about stuffin’ muffins? Stuffing that takes on the shape of muffins are creative and highlight the fusion of the past with a modern twist. You can even take it one step further and serve mini stuffin’ muffins.

The individual portions allow the crunchy exterior to come to the forefront while maintaining a soft center.

Since the stuffing is cooked in a muffin pan, they cook faster which is a good thing during the marathon of preparation.

In closing, if one is a stuffing fanatic, you must give stuffin’ muffins a try. These delicious gems will be the talk of the meal. Enjoy!

Stuffin’ Muffins Ingredients 12 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped 2 large cloves garlic, minced 4 stalks celery, finely chopped ¼ cup fresh curly parsley (curly parsley is better than flat parsley for this dish) ½ teaspoon dried sage ½ teaspoon dried thyme 6 cups favorite cubed stuffing 2 cups chicken broth 2 eggs lightly beaten

1 ½ cups cooked Italian sausage, crumbled ¾ cup raw apples, peeled, and finely chopped ¾ cup dried cranberries kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Add onions, garlic, celery, parsley, sage, and thyme. Sauté until mixture is soft, about 10 minutes. Do not burn the garlic, it will turn bitter.

2. Place stuffing in a large bowl.

Melt remaining butter with chicken broth and pour over cubed stuffing.

Mix in sauteed veggies, eggs, sausage, apples, cranberries, and season with salt and pepper. If the stuffing is a little dry, add more broth.

3. Spray muffin pans with cooking spray. Using an ice cream scoop, fill muffin pan with generous scoops.

Make sure the scoop of stuffing is neat. Using your fingers, go over each scoop. Presentation is important even when it comes to stuffing.

4. Cook stuffin’ muffins for 20 to 25 minutes. Check to see if the exterior is golden brown and crispy. Once they are done, remove from heat and allow to cool. But you want to get the muffins out of the pan pretty quickly, or the bottoms of the muffins will be overcooked.

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OCVFC VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

Adkins followed in father’s footsteps to serve

By Steve Price Contributing Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) This week we are proud to “Spotlight” current Life Member and Past President of the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company, J. Paul Adkins.

He recently retired from the Worcester County Board of Education where he served as an electrical instructor, fire training liaison and special education teacher at the Worcester Technical High School and had previously worked as a teacher and assistant principal with Wicomico County Public Schools.

Adkins also served as a Maryland Natural Resources Police officer in the Greater Ocean City area from 2001-10.

J. Paul was born and raised in Berlin, and currently resides in Berlin with his wife, Patsy. Patsy has been an active member of the OCVFC Ladies Auxiliary for many years.

Firefighter Adkins originally joined the OCVFC in 1980 “to assist others in their time of need, to serve in a very important volunteer public safety capacity in the community and to experience the camaraderie with other firefighters.”

He was following in the footsteps of his father and other relatives who

served as volunteer firefighters in their communities.

During his 17 years of active service, Firefighter Adkins was assigned as a driver/operator on Engine 716.

He was elected president of the OCVFC in 2000 and served many years as chairman of the OCVFC Audit Committee. He was the 1999 recipient of the F. Michael Sacca Member of the Year Award.

J. Paul currently serves as a Worcester County Fire police officer and is active in the Worcester County Fire Police Association serving as treasurer since 2011.

Firefighter Adkins also serves as OCVFC chairman of the John Paul Adkins II Memorial Scholarship Committee. The scholarship was created by the OCVFC and the OCVFC Ladies Auxiliary in memory of Adkins’ son, John Paul Adkins II, who tragically lost his life in a motor vehicle accident in March of 2001. John Paul was a third generation firefighter and a member of the OCVFC Cadet corps at the time of his death.

J. Paul recalls the Sauté Café fire on July 16, 1983, as the most significant event of his firefighting career.

While battling the blaze, OCVFC Firefighter Jeffrey Dieter became trapped in the burning building and lost his

life.

“I saw grown men cry that day,” Adkins said.

Adkins cites his greatest accomplishment in the fire service as the opportunity to serve as president of the OCVFC in 2000. The year was very exciting but also brought many challenges.

One memorable challenge was the theft of Engine 704 from Station #3 (74th Street) during the Maryland State Firemen’s Convention. President Adkins, Captain/PIO Steve Price and Past Chief Roger Steger addressed the convention concerning the incident. The fire engine was eventually stopped by the Maryland State Police in Dorchester County and the driver was taken into custody.

Firefighter Adkins would encourage our cadets to continue their spirit of volunteerism by becoming active members of the OCVFC. He would further suggest that they acquire as much training as possible and take advantage of the many free local training opportunities provided by the University of Maryland’s Fire and Rescue Institute.

We thank Firefighter Adkins and his family for their many years of service and commitment to protect-

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ing the lives and property of our residents and visitors to our community.

For membership information or to learn more about your volunteer fire company, visit ocvfc.com.

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Planning, council rarely get along The current friction between the Ocean City Council and the Planning Commission is nothing new, and it has nothing to do with parking. It’s because the council is an elected body and the commission members are appointed.

As political office holders, council members listen to the people who got them elected, while commission members don’t have to listen to anyone (except the courts), if they so choose.

That natural conflict was proven again this week when the council ignored the commission’s recommendation that new residential structures be required to use their garages for parking instead of general storage.

The exception to the silent treatment accorded the commission’s focus on relieving street congestion was Councilman Peter Buas’s admonition of the commission for not following the council’s instructions to drop the garage/parking idea.

The commission, however, doesn’t have to follow the council’s dictates. If all the commission did was follow the council’s orders, its existence would be pointless, because the council could, per the Maryland Code, do the work itself.

The City Council’s only real power over the commission is to decide whether it wants one and, if it does, to appoint its members. It also can’t dismiss members without cause.

Regardless, the garage use argument is over, or should be.

The council isn’t that concerned about parking shortages.

Even if it was, government deciding what people can do inside their homes is both politically volatile and unenforceable.

Were that not so, the council would have clamped down years ago on weekly rentals stuffed with more guests than the law allows and would order regular inspections of attic spaces to be sure they were not being used as spare bedrooms.

Council members have no interest in doing any of these things, just as they aren’t going to tell owners of new properties that a garage is not extra closet space.

The council and the commission might not be happy with each other, but that’s just the way it is. If that ever changes, they’ll enact zoning regulations for lollipops and unicorns.

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PUBLIC EYE

An extra hour? Nope

I’ve never grasped the need for time changes, given the fact that the sun rises and sets pretty much according to its own schedule regardless of how anyone feels about it.

I do realize, of course, that the sun just sits there, while our little planet does all the regulating of day and night, but saying, “What a beautiful morning rotation” somehow doesn’t have the right ring to it.

Anyway, come 2 a.m. Sunday, we’ll set our watches and clocks back one hour, or at least those clocks and By watches that aren’t being Stewart controlled over the internet by unknown persons who apDobson parently spend the rest of the year emailing us “special sale” offers.

Bed, Bath and Beyond, for instance, sent me 30 “Last Chance,” “Big Savings” “Unroll Comfy Area Rugs” emails in October. I can only assume that something went wrong on October’s 31st day, because they missed that one, causing me enough worry to contact them to see if everyone was okay.

To Whom It May Concern: Are you okay? There are 31 days in October, and you only sent me 30 of your annoying emails. I know I have never purchased anything from you, and I mean nothing, nada, zip, zero, but I am nevertheless concerned about your welfare as a human being, and more specifically whether your hairyknuckled, cramped and bone-skinny fingers have finally curled into an unclinchable claw from all the email-typing you’ve been doing.

Have a nice day, S. Dobson

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Please contact us again if you have any questions.

Sincerely, Automated Response, Do Not Reply.

And for this I need another hour on Sunday?”

Obviously, no matter what the clock says, and Daylight Savings and Eastern Standard times notwithstanding, no one will get an extra hour of anything with the time switch.

Let me say this once: Twenty-four Hours In A Day. So, stop saying, “Oooo, I’m going to get an extra hour of sleep on Sunday.”

You are not. You aren’t going to get diddly, my friend, unless you’re one of those people who gets up because the clock, which is connected to the internet, etc., orders you to: “Hey! This is the clock talking here! Get up! I mean it!”

Here’s the thing: you would think that if getting an extra hour of sleep was such a big thing, people would go to bed an hour earlier.

But no, they have to wait until the clock, which is lying, says they will get an extra hour of sleep ... that they will lose at the end of the day when they go to bed at “the regular time,” which will be an hour later than the day before.

Incidentally, I would like to point out that November happens to be Maryland Spirits Month, which celebrates this state’s distilling industry. So, given the time change and all, if there is such a thing as a 25-hour day, I say plan accordingly.

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Letters to the editor Moratorium on offshore wind to protect wildlife Editor: I was very disappointed in the BOEM public meeting concerning offshore wind farms held on Oct. 24, at Ocean City Elementary School.

There were hundreds of citizens there — the vast, vast majority vehemently opposed to the offshore wind farms and who expected to be able to make public comments regarding their opposition. At least that is the impression the citizens had. But it was not to be. We were only allowed to talk to BOEM representatives and give our comments to a court reporter.

My comments concerned the horrible horseshoe crab stranding which occurred on Oct. 7 at the Delaware State Park beach near Bethany Beach, just west of where surveying for offshore wind is occurring.

This was a very unusual event, according to those who study horseshoe crabs and work for their conservation, such as the group “Save the Horseshoe Crab.” Horseshoe crabs are essential in medical research and their blue blood may be one of the most valuable liquids on earth — currently valued at $15,000.00 per

quart. It is used throughout the biomedical field to secure the safety of just about anything you can think of from vaccinations to surgery to cancer treatment research. If you have ever had a vaccine, chances are it was tested for safety using horseshoe crab blood. If you have ever had surgery, you should be very grateful for its use in detecting endotoxins, which can contaminate antibiotics and surgical equipment. One-third of the blood of the crabs is extracted and then they are returned to the ocean.

Given these facts, and the fact that the crab is already on the “endangered species list,” the stranding is very disturbing. The pictures of hundreds if not thousands of dead horseshoe crabs are horrifying.

Is it just a coincidence that this stranding after only five days of surveying of the ocean floor for high voltage offshore wind export cable positioning? The surveying by US Wind and Orsted is being done right in the 1,500 square mile Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary. Let me repeat that it is being done in the sanctuary.

By the way, I just recently found out that this sanctuary is the largest horseshoe crab breeding habitat on Earth.

This is only one of the problems

that can, most likely, be laid at the feet of the OSW industry and those supporting it with our tax dollars.

There is also the increased deaths of whales and dolphins where OSW activity is occurring, and the sudden scarcity of certain beloved seafood items. Additionally, we have been repeatedly misled about the size, number and location of the turbines, which is continuously changing without requiring additional approvals or environmental impact assessments.

The maps that BOEM had available at the meeting showed the turbines will be 8.7 miles off the coast of Ocean City. Weren’t we originally assured they would be about 17 miles off the coast?

Isn’t it time to tell our federal and state agencies that we need a complete moratorium on offshore wind exploration and development until all of this can be figured out?

Carol Frazier Ocean Pines

derwater. Three percent is gone.

Birds will not fly into the turbine blades, they know to fly above or below the turbines. Window strikes are the number one cause of bird deaths.”

“This is Putin’s fault. Once we get foreign intervention out of the way, we can control our own.” (Who wants to tell him that Orsted is a Danish foreign energy company and U.S. Wind is Italian?)

And my personal favorite: “My nasal allergies need clean energy. Turbines are cleaner.”

The anti wind comments included: “This is the largest wind farm ever erected. They will hurt our small businesses in economy and tourism.”

“Plans keep changing. Megawatts changed. Fifty-five percent of Ocean City renters won’t return when these turbines are built unless a $1,000 decrease in weekly rental is offered. Too much negative impact on O.C. The researched data is in front of our face.”

“White Marlin Open will end as the number of entrants cannot amass in the ocean simultaneously and adjacent to the 114 turbines.”

Editor: “Bait and switch. We started at 24 I participated in the four-hour turbines each 200 feet tall, is now 114 BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy turbines 950 feet tall buried 100 feet Management) virtual public meeting below ocean floor. Each 1 mile apart.”

Monday evening and it was obvious “A mandated speed of 10 knots at to me that BOEM engaged in a style a designated parameter will be instiof “ballot harvesting” of its pro-wind tuted. A commercial boat with four supporters. engines wanting to get 15 miles out to For every 10 pro-wind comments, sea will take 1.5 hours to reach its we had two anti-wind comments. I destination.” This will destroy the am convinced BOEM planned it this commercial fishing industry. way for its online format by urging “A 146 percent increase in whale their uninformed “voters” to speak. deaths has been seen since Dec. They are using fear to silence us into 2022. Immediate necropsies have submission. It’s their plan. shown the inner ears have been damMost of the opinionated pro wind aged, most likely due to the debilitatcomments came from outside of ing Havana Syndrome where sonar Worcester County. They included: weapons were used to disorient our “Hooray, the turbines are no diplomats abroad. Harbor porpoises longer on land and moved to sea and beaked whales have recently where they will be barely visible.” died, most likely due to disorienta“We will save money going clean.” tion causing decompression sickness (It is costlier.) and death.”

“This will create jobs and marine A Cape May, New Jersey, econolife will not be drastically harmed.” mist testified that regulating CO2 is (Divers and welders are temporary an environmental wrecking ball costjobs and as we know, marine life is al- ing each taxpayer $6,000 over 10 ready being impacted in a highly neg- years. ative manner.)

Energy must deliver the biggest “We have storm water pollution, environmental benefit at the lowest dirty air; Earth shows love and we possible cost. must take care of her.”

The anti-wind speakers had statis“Our sea levels are rising and we tics, facts and data. The pro-wind need clean energy to combat. People speakers had feelings, wishes and don’t want them because they’re dreams. ugly.”

This project is expensive, not cost “My four kids know climate effective, environmentally damaging change is serious and are scared and regulated by Danish foreign enwhere our Earth is headed. We do not ergy. have time to wait. My Green Team at And Monday night BOEM ballot church wants to protect our Earth harvested. and planet.”

Susan Ostrowski “Urgent. Our planet is going unBerlin

BOEM ballot harvested at virtual public meeting

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First Ukrainian Front frees Kiev from Nazis

By Sam Ghaleb Contributing Writer This week, 80 years ago, troops of the First Ukrainian Front, under the command of Gen. Nikolai Vatutin, liberated the city of Kiev from the Nazi troops.

The capital of Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine was captured by German troops in the third month of Operation Barbarossa. On Sept. 26, 1941, the last soldiers of the Red Army defending the city left it. On the same day, units of the German Sixth Army entered the city.

Soviet forces managed to return to Kiev only two years later. At the end of September 1943, the troops of Gen. Vatutin’s Voronezh Front (renamed the First Ukrainian Front at the end of October) seized bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper north and south of Kiev. Twice they tried to liberate the city but failed.

On Oct. 24, 1943, by order of the

Soviet Supreme High Command, the main forces of Gen. Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Front were transferred to Lyutezhsky bridgehead, where the Third Guards Tank Army, the XXIII Rifle Corps, the VII Artillery Corps, and other formations and units were secretly transferred from Bukrinsky Bridgehead.

Due to the secrecy of the maneuvers, the Germans did not find or locate the grouping of the Soviet troops. Thus, the Soviet command was able to provide a decisive advantage in the direction of the main attack.

In the offensive zone of the Soviet troops, the German Fourth Panzerarmee was there, which included 11 heavily battered infantry divisions. In its reserve, there were only two panzer divisions, which also did not have time to replenish after losses in the summer battles.

Parts of the VII Armeekorps were

German panzer pass through Zhitomir in november 1943

The University of Kiev burning on November 6, 1943, the day the German Army retreated.

responsible for Kiev’s defense. To protect the city from the north, the Germans built three fortified defense lines with a developed system of engineering fortifications.

After approaching the city of Kiev, the Soviets planned to launch an offensive from the southern side, where they intended to introduce a powerful

strike force into the battle. In its first echelon there were up to 20 rifle divisions, 3-4 tank corps and one cavalry corps.

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WORLD WAR II Continued from Page 55 the morning of Nov. 3, the main front group of forces struck. After a 40minute artillery bombardment, Soviet troops unimpededly advanced for about 1 mile.

By the end of the day, the troops of the Thirty-eighth Army, together with the V Guards Tank Corps and formations of the Sixtieth Army, advanced three to eight miles. At the same time, the Sixtieth Army was advancing from two neighboring bridgeheads covering the right, open, flank of the Thirty-eighth Army from the north and northwest.

The plan of the Soviet command was completely executed according to a strict timetable, which rarely happens in war conditions. By the end of the first day of the operation, the 240th Infantry Division, which directly attacked Kiev, and was supported by units of the VII Artillery Corps, was already in the Kiev suburb of Pushcha-Voditsa. Even fierce German counterattacks, in which units of the 20th Motorized Division participated, could not prevent this from happening.

Toward the end of Nov. 4, units of the Thirty-eighth Army, supported by the V Guards Tank Corps and the Third Guards Tank Army, overcoming the German fortified defense line, advanced three to four miles from the north to Kiev, reaching the suburbs of Priork and the northern border of the city. On Nov. 4 5, the I Guards Cavalry Corps and the Third Guards Tank Army entered the battle, which cut the Kiev-Zhytomyr highway on the western outskirts of Kiev.

The liberation of the Socialist Republic of Ukrainian’s capital was also helped by the crossing of the Dnieper on Nov. 4 by the forces of the 237th Infantry Division in the area of Kazachy Island, which is opposite the villages of Vita-Litovskaya and

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OBITUARIES Pirogovo, located 10 miles south of Kiev. At Vita-Litovskaya, Soviet units were able to move fast along the highway next to the Dnieper river leading to Kiev.

Thus, the Germans could not send reinforcements to Kiev from the Bukrinsky bridgehead area. Under these conditions, the German command considered the further holding of positions in the Kiev region was absolutely hopeless. There was a risk of repeating the fate of the Soviet group of forces, which was surrounded there two years ago by German forces of Armeegruppe South, following the order of the Soviet Supreme High Command to hold Kiev at any cost.

To avoid the complete destruction of German forces in the city, on the morning of Nov. 5, the Germans began a general retreat along the highway Vasilkov. On the morning of Nov. 6, Soviet units entered the city and Kiev was liberated.

The operation to liberate Kiev is characterized by important strategic and political results and quite logically chosen directions of attacks bypassing Kiev (cutting two highways leading from the city to the south and west). For the operation, the necessary number of troops was allocated to those that completed all the tasks assigned to them.

Besides, the timing to start the operation was chosen very competently.

Thanks to intelligence, the Soviet command was aware that in early November, the command of German Armeegruppe South could not use their mobile reserves near Kiev which included panzer and motorized divisions.

The fact is that at this time, the Germans planned a counterattack in the lower reaches of the Dnieper – at Kryvyi Rih, Apostolovo and Nikopol.

This was one of the important factors why the fighting for the liberation of

Kiev for the German side degenerated as a whole into a passive withdrawal and a series of holding-back battles.

Building on success, on Nov. 7, Soviet troops liberated Fastov, and on Nov. 13, Zhytomyr. Parts of the VII German Armeekorps stopped their withdrawal only 30 miles south of Kiev. The Soviet Sixtieth and Thirteenth Armies, which continued the offensive, reached the line north of Narovli, Yelsk, Ovruch, and east of Korosten by the end of the month.

The balance of the forces that participated in the battle to liberate Kiev, e.g., the Soviet forces of Gen. Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Front comprised 730,000 men, 7,000 guns and mortars, 675 tanks and assault guns, and 700 combat aircraft. The German forces of the Fourth Panzerarmee included 276,978 men, with the number of tanks and aircraft far less than that of the Red Army.

The losses were rather heavy on the Soviet side: 28,141 killed, missing or captured; 89,901 wounded or sick; 271 tanks, and 125 combat aircraft.

The Germans lost 2,628 killed, 1,281 missing, and 13,038 wounded. In spite of the Red Army’s much higher losses, the result was that Kiev was liberated two years and two months after the German forces of Armeegruppe South in September 1941, surrounded the Soviet Forces defending Kiev and forced it to surrender, taking more than 500,000 men as prisoners of war. It was the largest encirclement in military history.

Gen. Vatutin, on Feb.` 28, 1944, when he was preparing for a new offensive operation, was ambushed by units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, wounded and moved to a hospital in Kiev, where he died six weeks later. He was 43 years old.

Kiev was named a Hero City, by the U.S.S.R., in 1965.

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HAROLD “LEE” MONTGOMERY Ocean City Harold “Lee” Montgomery, 90, of Ocean City, passed away peacefully on Oct. 16, 2023.

Lee was born on Jan.13, 1933, to the late James and Miriam Montgomery in Hackensack, New Jersey.

After Lee graduated from Hackensack High School in 1951, he became a proud member of the U.S. Air Force and served from 1952–56.

In 1957, he marH. Montgomery ried Beverly “Joan” Lewis, the love of his life for 66 wonderful years, and started a family.

After having served during the Korean War, Lee attended Fairleigh Dickenson University in New Jersey and then began working in the auto industry and finished his career in 1995 as a field technician for Pitney Bowes.

Lee’s favorite past times included gardening, fishing and feeding the ducks from his pond. Lee was known for his soft loving smile, his fun personality and his incredible devotion to his wife, family and church.

He is survived by his loving family, wife, Beverly “Joan” Montgomery; sons Scott (Diane) Montgomery and Brad (Kaye) Montgomery; daughter Cindy (John) Leitgeb; and his five grandchildren, Jason (Ariel) Montgomery, Kaitlyn (Matthew) Beck, William Montgomery, Jenna Leitgeb, and Christopher Leitgeb; along with extended family Mark (Robyn) Carlson, Richard (Christina, Rachel) Carlson, and Amy (Zeven) Carlson.

A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 11, at Bethany United Methodist Church, in Berlin, family and friends.

All donations may be made out to Bethany United Methodist Church (8648 Stephen Decatur Hwy, Berlin, MD 21811) in loving memory of Harold “Lee” Montgomery.

MICHEL C. CURTIN Ocean City Michel C. Curtin, “Deanie”, a beloved wife, mother, sister, and aunt, passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, at the age of 76.

Born on March 22, 1947, in Cherry Point, North Carolina, the daughter of Joseph P. Ondek Sr. and Elizabeth (nee Mahan) Ondek, Michel was a kind-hearted woman who brought joy and love to all those around her.

Michel grew up in Rockville and graduated from Peary High School in 1965. She began her career with C&P Telephone dedicatedly working through the “Ma Bell” breakup and the transition to Bell Atlantic and eventually Verizon. She excelled as an engineering assistant before retiring in 2001. Michel’s commitment and expertise made her an invaluable Continued on Page 57

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Outside of her professional life, Michel cherished spending quality time with her loved ones. She was a devoted wife to her husband, Gregory Curtin Sr.; and a loving mother to her children, Stephanie Curtin of Charles Town, West Virginia, Michele Andrews of Bethesda, Christian Curtin of Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia and Gregory F. Curtin Jr. of Chesapeake Beach; devoted Michel C. Curtin sister to Joseph P. Ondek Jr. of New Freedom, Pennsylvania, John Joseph Ondek Sr. of Felton, Pennsylvania and the late Mary Niggles and Minerva Sciannella. Michele is also survived by 12 grandchildren; one great-grandson; and many nieces and nephews, most of whom were victims of one of the practical jokes or pranks she was so fond of.

Michel’s warm presence and unwavering support were a constant source of comfort to her family. The bond she shared with her family was filled with laughter, adventures and endless love. She swooned for Tom Selleck, collecting many Selleck-related items. She loved bling, particularly anything adorned with an octopus. Michel’s infectious laughter and vibrant spirit will forever be remembered by all those fortunate enough to have known her.

A funeral mass will be offered at 10 a.m., Nov. 4, at Holy Savior Church, 1705 Philadelphia Ave., in Ocean City, with the Pastor, The Very Rev.

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A gathering will be held to celebrate Michel’s life, where stories of her kindness and love will undoubtedly be shared, from 1-4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 5, at The Shark on the Harbor, 12924 Sunset Avenue, in Ocean City.

Michel C. Curtin will be greatly missed by all who had the privilege of knowing her. Her warm smile, caring nature, and unwavering love will forever live on in the hearts of her family and friends. We find solace in knowing that Michel has found peace and is watching over us from above.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Michel’s memory to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee, 38105 or at StJude.org.

Rest in eternal peace, dear Michel.

We will forever treasure the memories we shared with you.

SHIRLEY KAY WARREN Berlin Shirley Kay Warren, 72, passed away suddenly in her home on Oct. 28, 2023.

Born on July 30, 1951, in Ronceverte, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Robert and LaMax Fitzgerald of Ocean City.

In addition to her parents, Shirley was preceded in death by her brother, Emmett Lee Fitzgerald, and her sister, Patricia Lynn Muller Ellis.

Shirley is survived by her sister,

Sandra Fitzgerald Esworthy (Larry) of Lorida Florida; her husband of 50 years, Woodrow Warren; her son, Shane Warren (Julie); grandchildren Kelsey Warren and Harrison Warren; two sisters-in-law, Marie Fitzgerald and Dee Whittington; a brother-inlaw, Wayne Foultz and his children Casey Foultz and Christy Foultz; her stepmother, Carolyn Walker Fitzgerald; stepsisters Susan Ruby (Ronald) and Jan Walker; her niece, Reane FitzgerShirley K. Warren ald; nephews James Fitzgerald (Tammy); Rob Muller; William Muller (Allie); Timothy Esworthy and Scott Warren; her step-niece, Amy Hiet (Mark); step-nephews Daniel Ruby (Tabatha) and Adam Ruby (Mallory); and several great nieces and nephews.

Shirley was a graduate of Stephen Decatur High School and was a homemaker and a longtime member of the First Presbyterian church of Ocean City. Shirley was involved with numerous organizations over the years including Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and vacation Bible school.

Shirley had many friends and will be missed by them all.

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In lieu of flowers donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church. Letters of condolence may be sent to the family via burbagefuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are in care of The Burbage Funeral Home.

JOHN ELDON MCDERMOTT Ocean City John Eldon McDermott, 90, of Ocean City, passed away Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.

He was born in Patton, Pennsylva-

nia and was the son of the late Michael McDermott and Mary (Luther) McDermott.

He was a retired teacher for the Brandywine School District in Delaware, a member of St. Luke, St. Andrew Catholic Church in Ocean City, Knights of Columbus, AmeriJohn McDermott can Legion and was a Eucharistic Minister. He was a U.S. Army veteran with the 82nd Airborne.

John is survived by his wife of 65

years (Margaret) Ann McDermott; six children Mark McDermott of Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, Cheryl Mary McDermott and wife Eileen of Fenwick Island, Delaware, Carol Marie Hunter of Newark, Delaware, Julie Ann Stevens and husband Bart of Newark, Delaware, Kevin John McDermott and wife Karen of New Castle, Delaware, and Michael John McDermott and wife Gretchen of Landenberg, Pennsylvania; 12 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two granddaughters, Erika Stevens and Amy Stevens; and a daughter in law,

Marlene McDermott.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at noon, Nov. 3, at St. Luke Catholic Church in Ocean City. A viewing will be held at 10 a.m. at the church.

Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Franciscan Mission Outreach, P.O. Box 1086, Secaucus, NJ 07096-1086 (franciscanmissionoutreach.org).

Condolences may be sent by visiting bishophastingsfh.com.

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Stephen Decatur dominates Parkside High School 50-14

By Bruce C. Walls Contributing Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) An explosive 22point second quarter helped lift the Stephen Decatur High School Seahawks to a 50-14 victory over Parkside High School (Salisbury) last Friday night at Louis H. Taylor Stadium in Berlin.

This is the first team in Stephen Decatur Seahawk football history to go to the state championships undefeated.

The team has a perfect 9-0 overall record that includes seven conference wins, four home and five away wins.

Last Friday night, the Decatur offense did what it has been doing all season: hitting hard and scoring early to intimidate the opposing team.

Eleven-minutes and 29 seconds remained on the game clock when the Seahawks scored the game’s first touchdown. The point-after kick went between the uprights, and the Seahawks led 7-0.

Parkside answered with a touchdown of their own and point-after tied to tie the game at 7-7 with 4:14 minutes remaining in the first quarter. But with 3:31 left in the first quarter, the Seahawks scored again, converted the kick, and led 14-7 going into the second quarter.

Eleven-minutes and 54 seconds remained in the second quarter when Decatur scored its next touchdown, and that was followed by two more at

5:08 and 4:46 minutes respectively to post a 29-14 half-time lead.

Jimmy Charles, who sang on American Idol season 9, performed during half-time. Charles was a Seahawk linebacker during his high school years and went on to play that position for the Towson University Tigers. Charles played a version of the national anthem during the pregame show and during half-time he played a new song from his latest album that goes on sale today.

Once Charles’s song was over, the teams came back onto field and the Seahawks picked up where they left off, breaking through the Rams defense twice in the third quarter. Both pointafter kicks were good for a 50-14 finish.

Neither team scored in the final quarter.

“They’re a very good team,” Coach Jake Coleman said of Parkside. “You expect them to come out with something. They came out and gave us a little something we didn’t expect and we had to make some adjustments.

“You only grow in life when you’re challenged and I think they challenged us today and it was a great chance for our guys, and I think we’re a better team for it. I hope they do well in the tournament, you never know. We may see them again.”

The Seahawks will host Easton tonight at home, with kickoff scheduled for 6 p.m.

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Number 4 Zakhari Baker runs for a touchdown.

SDHS boys soccer finishes season with 4-1 loss to JMB

By Bruce C. Walls Contributing Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) The Stephen Decatur High School boys’ soccer team closed the book on the 2023 fall season last Saturday with a 4-1 loss to James M. Bennett High School (Salisbury) in the first round of the 3AEast semifinal state tournament.

Their only glory would be a single goal early in the game for short-lived 1-0 lead. Senior Sean O’Halloran and junior Juan Hinojosa worked the ball down field to set up the shot. When O’Halloran saw a chance at 31:24 minutes, he took the pass and scored.

Less than a minute later, at 30:15 minutes, Bennett fired a shot into the net to even the score. At 19:53 they shot the go-ahead goal, taking that

single point for a 2-1 lead. Ten minutes later, Bennett stopped the clock at 11:14 minutes, ending the first half with a 3-1 lead.

Bennett bagged one more goal in the second half to secure the win, scoring with 7:53 minutes left to play for their fourth goal. For their efforts, the Stephen Decatur Seahawks got nine shots on goal, and a pair of keeper saves.

“We had their number. We just couldn’t finish ... silly mistakes, three silly mistakes, three giveaways and that was the difference in the beginning,” concluded Seahawks Coach Jamie Greenwood. “When we scored two and a half minutes into the game we had the momentum. Just a couple of silly mistakes in the back and give away two goals. I guess it’s not our day.”

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Number 22 Sean O’Halloran with a head shot save.

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Pictured, front row from left, are middle school volleyball fall sports awards recipients Isabella Forman, Madison Andrews, and Havi Russell-Wood.

Pictured, from left in the back row, are WPS Middle School Girls Soccer fall sports awards recipients Ella Conev, Elena Gjoni, and Scarlett Shimko.

Pictured, front row from left, are middle school boys soccer fall sports awards recipients Wesley Wisniewski, Johnny Crossett and Remy LeverageFrye. Pictured, from left in the back row, are middle school golf fall sports awards recipients Nonda Gjikuria, Chase Thompson and Keerat Brar.

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Pictured, from left, are varsity boys soccer fall sports awards recipients Hunter Simons, Max Carpenter, Cole Campbell, Dylan McGovern, Ben McGovern and Connor Ferguson.

Pictured, from left, is JV golf fall sports award recipient Isha Garg.

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Pictured, from left, are varsity golf fall sports awards recipients Owen West, Mike DePalma, Aleksey Klimins, Karrigan Russell-Wood, and Kain Crossett.

Pictured, from left, are varsity girls soccer fall sports awards recipients Emma Nordstrom, Claire Windrow, Danielle Carr and Abby Ament.

Worcester Prep gives out fall sports awards (Nov. 2, 2023) Middle and upper Worcester Preparatory School students recently received the following awards and titles for fall sports in the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference: Middle School Boys Soccer Most Valuable Player: Johnny Crossett Coaches Award: Remy LeverageFrye Most Improved Player: Wesley Wisniewski Girls Soccer Most Valuable Player: Scarlett Shimko

Coaches Award: Elena Gjoni Most Improved Player: Ella Conev Volleyball Most Valuable Player: Madison Andrews Coaches Award: Isabella Forman Most Improved Player: Havi Russell-Wood Golf Most Valuable Player: Chase Thompson Coaches Award: Nonda Gjikuria Most Improved Player: Keerat Brar Upper School Varsity Boys Soccer Most Valuable Player, ESIAC All-Conference & ESIAC Player of

the Year: Dylan McGovern Coaches Award/ESIAC AllConference: Cole Campbell Most Improved Player/ESIAC Honorable Mention: Max Carpenter ESIAC All-Conference: Ben McGovern, Hunter Simons, and Connor Ferguson Varsity Girls Soccer Most Valuable Player/ESIAC AllConference: Claire Windrow Coaches Award/ESIAC All-Conference: Abby Ament Most Improved Player: Emma Nordstrom ESIAC Honorable Mention: Danielle Carr Varsity Golf

Most Valuable Player, ESIAC AllConference & ESIAC Player of the Year: Mike DePalma Coaches Award/ESIAC AllConference: Aleksey Klimins Most Improved Player/ESIAC AllConference: Owen West ESIAC All-Conference: Vanesska Hall, Karrigan Russell-Wood, and Kain Crossett JV Golf Most Valuable Player: Isha Garg Coaches Award: Will Wells Most Improved Player: Briar Parsons Varsity Volleyball Most Valuable Player/ESIAC All-Conference: Natasha Richter See STANDOUTS Page 61

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SDHS girls soccer beats out JMB in final kicking contest Pictured, from left, are varsity volleyball fall sports awards recipients Haven Harrison, Natasha Richter, Esi Mehilli, and Sara Freih.

By Bruce C. Walls Contributing Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) Soccer rules state that if there is a tie at the end of regulation play a period of overtime must follow, and a second period of overtime play must follow after that to determine a winner. If after two over-times, there’s still a tie then, they try to settle it with a kicking contest.

It works like this: each team selects five of their best players to compete in a kicking contest called penalty kicks. Each team gets five shots at the net guarded by the goalie, who is the lone defense against the kicker's attempt to score.

That’s how the Stephen Decatur High School girls’ varsity soccer game against the James M. Bennett team was finally settled last Saturday afternoon at James M. Bennett High

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Pictured, front row from left, are girls cross country fall sports awards recipients Anisha Batra, Catherine Cullen, Angeline Todorov and Ayla Yonker. Pictured, back row from left, are boys cross country fall sports awards recipients Jackson Fernley, Paxton Mault and Jake Timmons.

School in Salisbury.

Stephen Decatur kicker Cayli Crockett was first up and she sailed it over the Clipper keeper’s reach and into the net for the only Seahawks score. Then it was Bennett’s turn, and they went on to score four times for the win.

“I’m just really proud of the effort my girls played today,” said Seahawk head coach Jamie Greenwood. “They went a full 100-minutes with two overtimes. It was a lot of hard work and grit and desire,” he said.

“I’m just really proud of my team and how we played this season,” said senior Taylor Matthews. “We came out with a winning season and just the progress we’ve made this season.

We’ve made some adjustments where they needed them. I’m excited for Stephen Decatur’s team next season and I’ll be watching them from the sideline.”

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Standouts named in all sports Continued from Page 60 Coaches Award/ESIAC Honorable Mention: Esi Mehilli Most Improved Player: Haven Harrison ESIAC All Conference: Sara Freih Boys Cross Country Most Valuable Player/ESIAC Honorable Mention: Jake Timmons Coaches Award: Jackson Fernley

Number 5 Amy Stiegler controls the ball.

Most Improved Player/ESIAC AllConference: Paxton Mault

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Girls Cross Country Most Valuable Player/ESIAC AllConference: Ayla Yonker Coaches Award: Catherine Cullen Most Improved Player: Angie Todorov ESIAC Honorable Mention: Anisha Batra

SURF REPORT

Surfers should check out Outer Banks, NC

By Dave Dalkiewicz Contributing Writer (Nov. 3, 2023) Sooner or later a surfer who attains a dedication to the sport of surfing, or the art of surfing as some like to think of it, is going to want to explore other areas, aside from what he or she considers their home area.

The Cape Hatteras area or Outer Banks (OBX) of North Carolina is one of these that is far enough away but still close enough to make it fairly accessible. It can easily be considered a rite of passage for any East Coast surfer. For those of you who haven’t been there, a good way to think of it might be to picture Assateague Island times ten

minus the wild ponies but with relatively minimal development.

The most iconic structure would have to be the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. At just under 200 feet in height it’s the tallest lighthouse in the United States and second tallest brick lighthouse in the world.

It’s been a beacon of caution for ships at sea for quite some time, warning of the multitude of shallow sandbars which are very prone to shifting. This shifting of sand is due to the meeting or confluence of two major ocean currents, the Gulf Stream flowing from south to north and the Labrador current flowing from north to south. The shifting of sand has also caused the area to be known as “The Graveyard of the Atlantic” due to the number of ships that have foundered over the years.

The surf tends to shift around as much as the sand and sandbars. The area is very prone to swell action due to the aforementioned currents and the fact that the OBX are actually land masses far from the mainland and more or less “out to sea.”

The area is also prone to storms, which can cause the closing of Highway 12 and even the washing out of this main road.

Even the famous Cape Hatteras lighthouse had to be moved due to threats by the sea and the eroding of sand. In speaking to good friend Kip Martin he explained that the moving of the lighthouse was done by Expert House Movers headed by Jerry Matyiko of the Salisbury area. This was done in 1999.

The Eastern Surfing Championships were held at the Cape Hatteras lighthouse area for many years but in recent times

have been moved north to Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina. One of the main reasons for this move was, and is, the frequent closing of Highway 12 due to wash overs from storms.

So there you have a little snippet of the Cape Hatteras area. Sand, sky, sea, and hopefully good surf. The back bays are referred to as sounds. Towns are more likely to be called villages. No boardwalk, no amusement parks, no nightlife to speak of, but definitely a box to be checked off on any surfer’s list, if not many times, at least once. Even surfers from the West Coast, Hawaii, and Australia have been impressed, but it especially holds true for an East Coast surfer.

— Dave Dalkiewicz is the owner of Ocean Atlantic Surf Shop in Ocean City

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