Market Change Worries Editor:As a local orchard grower, I feel compelled to alert the citizens of the town of Berlin that their successful downtown farmers’ market with over 20 years of operation will cease to exist after Nov. 16.For reasons not made evident to the many farmers affected by such a decision, both the Berlin… Read more »
Perhaps it comes with 27 years of experience, including a 14-year stint as council president and a 10-month term as city manager, but there’s no question Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan’s knowledge of town government is impressive.Unlike what often happens during candidate interviews, Meehan spoke in specifics this week when he drove home his main… Read more »
What’s ‘Right Direction’? Editor:I couldn’t help but notice that Mr. Dare is running for City Council. His signs are all over town with his slogan “The Right Direction”. Slogans are good only if you know what the person means in his statement. A case in point: “Hope and Change”! We all remember that slogan four… Read more »
Oftentimes, rational people disagree. Sometimes, rational people disagree so much they become irrational.There seems to be a bit of this surfacing in an ongoing political squabble in Worcester County.In Berlin, the town and its recent fracture with the Berlin Fire Company (BFC) reached new heights this week when a last-minute election coup arose with the… Read more »
The Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce released the results of its “Chamber Unionization Feedback Poll” last week.Of the respondents, 74.4% requested the chamber adopt a position in opposition to the general employees’ union referendum on Nov. 6. Armed with those results, the chamber’s board has initiated a public education campaign that will include a… Read more »
Firefighters Appreciated Editor:In reference to the “How We See It” last week, it was written the only time the general public really gets a feel for what firefighters do on a day-in and day-out basis is during fires. That’s not so.I learned June 7 taking a stroll up Coastal Highway, near the 15th Street firehouse… Read more »
Natural gas is coming to Worcester County, and soon residents and businesses could have a decision to make.It’s a decision that should be welcomed by the lower shore community, but some education will most likely be needed before determining if it’s the right call for individual property owners.The general benefits of natural gas include it’s… Read more »
The field for the four open City Council seats became more congested this week and that’s not good news for any of the individual candidates.If this election’s outcome was uncertain before this week, it became further clouded with the council field now up to 10 candidates.What happens in large fields like this is the voters… Read more »
Call me a pessimist, but I don’t see how lowering the speed limit 5 mph on a 30-block portion of Coastal Highway will make anyone any safer. However, it can’t hurt to give it a shot.Rather than this proposed reduction, which will most likely happen between 33rd and 62nd streets, what was more exciting to… Read more »
The only time the general public really gets a feel for what firefighters do on day-in and day-out basis is when a huge fire erupts.That was the case with the Bradley on the Bay blaze on Wednesday, and it was the case when the legendary Hooper’s fire took place over a decade ago as well… Read more »