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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Ups, downs and sideways moves: city gov’t, 2014

By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Jan. 2, 2015) Among the major trends and ongoing issues of any given year, there are often a number of hardhitting news items that have blended into the background by the time the shouting ends.

This would usually be the time for us to take some potshots at local government’s “highs and lows,” “cheers and jeers,” or whatever you wish to call it.

But really, the stories that matter are the ones that are a little bit of both.

New Station 4 The city got back on track this year with its building improvement plan for the Ocean City Fire Department. Station 4, the OCFD’s northernmost outpost on 130th Street, was rebuilt and placed back in service this October, following the demolition of the old facility in the fall of 2013.

The new Station 4 boasts 11,500 square feet of space, with one-third more room in the engine bays to accommodate the increasing size of today’s fire equipment.

After the reorganization of the department in 2007, the OCFD’s capital resources review had identified a number of building upgrades that were proposed to start in 2009, using large sums of federal grant money. This funding never arrived, given the recession, and the timeline for the projects was pushed back until the city could borrow money to pay for the work itself. Total cost for Station 4 came to $2.7 million.

The next step in the OCFD’s building plan is the renovation of the 15th Street headquarters building. The structure will not be completely torn down as Station 4 was, but portions will be gutted and remodeled, and additions will go onto the west and south sides.

Projected cost is around $2 million.

The building will be functional and occupied while work is completed this winter and through the summer of 2015.

Finally, although it is many years off,

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Residential zone rentals Although it hasn’t resulted in many concrete policy changes thus far, the extensive debate over how to control the increasing number of vacation rentals in historically residential areas was a key one for the city in 2014.

The discussion was spurred by Dr. Geoff Robbins, the former chairman of the Planning Commission and resident of Mallard Island, an area zoned for single-family homes only. While the city’s zoning code states that no more than four unrelated persons may live in such See YEAR IN REVIEW Page 5

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Continued from Page 3 a district, Robbins and his neighbors were surprised to find a home at the end of their street being advertised as a vacation rental for up to 17 visitors. Issues with trash, traffic, noise, and lewd behavior ensued.

Subsequent hearings by the city’s planning commission toward the end of this past summer revealed that the issue was not limited to Robbins’ single-family district, but was rife in neighborhoods of condos and townhomes as well.

In many cases, the city was failing to enforce any number of restrictions placed on how many persons can occupy a dwelling, be it the special limit created for single-family districts or the occupancy caps in the city’s fire safety and zoning density codes. The Ocean City Police Department took the brunt of the blame in a number of public sessions, with residents complaining that officers seemed to give little attention to noise complaints.

While Robbins had sought to have rentals of less than six months banned in single-family zones, pushback from the real estate sector resulted in the city taking less of a blanket approach. The town re-organized its multi-departmental committee that reviews repeat-offender properties.

For 2015, the city has pledged much stricter application of occupancy limits, and maximum enforcement of penalties on those who own or are responsible for properties that are frequently overcrowded with law-breaking tenants.

Director fired City Hall was hit with a rather unusual gaffe this past summer, after allegations circulated that the city’s head of planning and zoning had shown up to a facility inspection while drunk.

Although city officials refused to discuss the allegations publicly, it was easily confirmed that a number of city employees were disgruntled over the lack of disciplinary action toward the individual in question.

Some weeks after the incident, in July, then-Director of Planning and Community Development Matt Margotta resigned from his post. Margotta was previously employed in Hilton Head, S.C., where he had worked with Ocean City’s current city manager, David Recor, before Recor’s move to Ocean City. Margotta was hired shortly after Recor took the position.

Recor subsequently announced plans to not hire a replacement for Margotta, but to work with each individual element of the department himself in order to improve service, particularly with regard to building permit applications.

Bus fares change Depending on how you see it unfolding, City Hall took steps this year to either improve the service and revenue stream of Ocean City’s bus system, or put the final nail in the coffin of public transportation.

Faced with a massive budget gap going into the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the City Council authorized a plan to eliminate the $1-per-boarding bus fare option, forcing all riders to purchase a $3-day pass. The move was expected to raise bus revenue by a half-million dollars, or around 18.5 percent, thus decreasing the operating loss of the city’s transportation division to around $1.3 million in the red, versus $1.7 million last year.

One on hand, the city accomplished its objective, with end-of-season rider data showing a 17.64 percent increase in fare-box revenue, and only a 6.78 percent decrease in ridership.

However, the fare hike may also have served to exacerbate already growing dissatisfaction with the town’s bus service. Crowding and spotty service on the city’s bus system reached a peak this summer, due to 19 percent fewer buses being deployed.

This was the result of a growing shortage of bus drivers, almost all of whom are older local residents who have curtailed their working hours in recent years. Many have become more re-

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luctant to deal with the difficulties of driving for public transit, especially given the behavior of June’s high school crowd.

Last month, the City Council formed a new Transportation Committee, whose first order of business was to discuss ways of recruiting a new generation of younger bus drivers. For the first time in memory, the city will start actively recruiting at job fairs and though the university system for 2015 summer bus drivers, and will allow applicants as young as 20 years of age.

Performing arts The city’s new Performing Arts Center, constructed inside the existing convention center, opened to much acclaim several weeks ago after more than a year of construction.

The city put $8.3 million into the project, with the Maryland Stadium Authority, the city’s partner in the convention center operation, pitching in the

rest of the $14 million total tab. The center boasts 1,216 seats, a 60-foot stage opening, and full balconies, catwalks, and rigging galleries.

December’s inaugural performance by the Texas Tenors was well received, but the ongoing question for 2015, and likely many years, is how the performing arts wing will juggle the needs of the convention center’s existing clients with the desire to bring new performances into town.

Prior to building the center, additional exhibit space was added elsewhere in the convention center to compensate for the open space lost to make way for the arts center’s installation. But complaints from long-term convention clients, such as the Star Power cheerleading competitions that the space was less usable than before led the city to press for existing groups to utilize the arts center.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Continued from Page 5 The city has at least a half-dozen new headline acts lined up for 2015. Whether this will have the desired impact has yet to be seen - the major marker of success for the center will come with how well it stimulates the restaurant industry, given that the city’s food tax is the primary funding mechanism to repay the money borrowed to build the theater.

MGH’s no-bid extension In an entirely expected, but still somewhat suspect move, the City Council voted over the summer on a threeyear contract extension with MGH Advertising, the city’s marketing firm that handles roughly $5 million in public ad dollars each year.

However, the council initially voted to make the extension in closed session with no prior public discussion based on an unsolicited proposal supplied by MGH. Although council has the right to accept such proposals, the deal did not meet what the city’s purchasing bylaws considered a “valid unsolicited proposal.” In order to be considered, such exclusive deals “cannot be an advance proposal for a known Town requirement that is available through normal competitive bidding procedures.”

However, MGH’s services are available, and normally procured, through a public Request for Proposals (RFP).

Further, the extension was pitched in anticipation that a known service contract – currently held by MGH – would expire at the end of 2014 and be put to bid.

Even after being challenged on the matter, some members of council moves to honor the deal regardless. This was even though they were advised by the city solicitor that such an agreement would require the council to vote to decline the bid process first, and then vote to approve a sole-source vendor at the next regular meeting. Eventually, the required actions were taken in open session.

The dispute served to highlight the ongoing political interest in keeping MGH, whose advertising campaigns outside the resort area are typically reused as positive talking points by officials.

By the end of its contract term, MGH will have gone seven years without undergoing a competitive review of its services, which was last done in a 2010 bid process. The city held off on another competitive bid due to time constraints in 2012, but voted to hold another selection process in 2013. That didn’t happen for reasons that have never been explained completely.

MGH receives $22,598 per month for its services, meaning this year’s 36month deal was worth $826,488.

Boardwalk issues start to boil over in summer 2014

By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Jan. 2, 2015) The multitude of issues surrounding Ocean City’s Boardwalk would have drawn considerable attention in 2014 even without the August appearance of a bikini-clad pole dancer who turned herself and the general discussion upside down.

But the public firestorm surrounding Chelsea Plymale, the “OC Pole Doll,” was only a cap to what proved a tumultuous year on the boards, as city officials continued to struggle with controlling the number of street performers while staying clear of First Amendment issues.

While the matter has not been fully settled, the city did succeed in retaining Venable LLP to consult with officials on the best way to deal with the proliferation of Boardwalk acts, particularly the growing number of costumed cartoon characters whom many view as a distraction from rentpaying businesses.

Venable is currently meeting with city officials and business owners, and potential ordinance changes could be made before the 2015 summer season.

Also a product of concerns about the atmosphere on the Boardwalk is a proposed smoking restriction, which the City Council discussed extensively this past year before voting

Pole dancer Chelsea Plymale performs on the Boardwalk at Second Street, amidst rising tension in the resort over the proliferation and content of street performers.

to implement a policy in 2015.

It wasn’t so much whether to ban smoking, but how to prohibit it. Some were concerned that smokers would gather at street ends and turn those areas into ashtrays, while others cared less about where they went to pursue their habit as long as they pursued it elsewhere.

The exact mechanics of the restrictions are slated to be discussed early in 2015, with the council to vote on the wording of a final ordinance before the tourist season starts.

City staffers have been scoping locations for possible smoking areas where cigarette butt receptacles could be placed and serviced.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Election brings several new faces, realignment of OC political scene

By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Jan. 2, 2015) Every two years, the city’s election typically makes for a pretty predictable “big story.”

But in 2014, the biggest part of the story was that nobody could predict exactly where the election was headed until the last minute, with the city’s politics shifting off their traditionally bipolar arrangement.

In fact, for the first time in memory, the city council saw three entirely new members this past November. Although boxed out by the political establishment, 21-year-old Matt James ended up capturing the greatest margin of victory the city has yet seen.

The 2014 election saw four seats open on the city council. Those held by Brent Ashley, Margaret Pillas, and Lloyd Martin were each at the end of their four-year terms. Additionally, the seat held by Joe Mitrecic would be open for two years, since Mitrecic would be leaving halfway through his term in order to assume Ocean City’s seat on the Worcester County Commissioners, for which he ran unopposed.

However, only Martin sought re-election. Although Pillas had discussed retirement previously, Ashley’s decision not to seek another term surprised many, given his relatively high See YEAR IN REVIEW Page 8

Freshly-elected City Councilman Matt James hugs former Council Secretary Nancy Howard moments after his victory was confirmed in November. James captured 71 percent of the vote, far ahead of any other council candidate.

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Critically, both Ashley and Pillas had sided with former council members Jim Hall and Joe Hall on a series of controversial legislative efforts in 2011. These reforms — particularly the elimination of defined-benefit pensions and the institution of a 401based retirement system — pitted the four members of council against the city’s established leadership, including Mayor Rick Meehan and former City Manager Dennis Dare.

Dare’s alleged reluctance to implement the 2011 initiatives resulted in him being asked to retire by a fourperson vote at the end of that year.

But in 2012, Dare himself returned to seek a council seat, running on a slate of candidates endorsed by Meehan and the lobbying group Citizens for Ocean City.

The campaign successfully ousted Jim Hall and Joe Hall. In the following year’s negotiations with the Fraternal Order of Police, city police officers were returned to a definedbenefit pension system, but the majority of the 2011 policies have remained intact.

Although he continued to offer a strong dissenting opinion in the two years after, Ashley said he “felt his role was complete” in announcing that he would not seek another term, noting that the current council was

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With three seats completely open, 2014 saw a number of strong candidates who had little to no previous political attachments. However, the expectation that Citizens for Ocean City would again endorse a slate of candidates had considerable influence on the run-up to the election.

James, the son of Carousel Hotel Managing Partner Michael James, was considered to be a likely endorsee, along with retired Yum! Brands executive Tony DeLuca and Kite Loft manager Chris Rudolf.

However, a strong debate performance by Wayne Hartman — a popular downtown property owner and land developer — resulted in Citizens for Ocean City abandoning James and endorsing Martin, Rudolf, DeLuca, and Hartman as well as the unopposed Meehan.

Although Citizens for Ocean City reportedly asked James to bow out of the campaign and informed supporters that he lacked the necessary age and experience James stayed in the race, raising and spending nearly $12,500.

Further complicating the field, Citizens for Ocean City also challenged the candidacy of two contenders — retired federal employee Philip Ufholz, and a returning Joe Hall.

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Both candidates’ qualifications were heard before the sitting council, who is tasked with judging the legitimacy of candidates per the city’s charter, despite the obvious conflict of interest.

Hall was allowed to run, after successfully arguing that his time living in North Carolina to attend child custody hearings did not break his establishment of legal domicile in Ocean City, where he has maintained addresses his entire life.

Ufholz, on the other hand, was denied the right to run based on the council’s belief that his primary residence was in Bethesda, although his driver’s license and tax forms displayed his Ocean City address.

Citizens for Ocean City also filed a public information request with the city in regard to another candidate, Nancy Bolt.

Bolt, owner of the Greenhouse Deli, had been involved with the city as a general contractor for many years prior to opening her restaurant.

Citizens for Ocean City’s filing requested any “payment, nonpayment, or any other business” between Bolt’s construction company and the Town of Ocean City.

Although the intent of the request was never disclosed, Bolt eventually withdrew from the race, saying that she did not want politics to interfere with her plans to expand her business.

The final tally on Nov. 4 saw James take the lead with 1,666 votes, followed by Hartman with 1,345; Martin with 1,342; DeLuca with 1,287; Rudolf with 1,075; and Hall with 775.

The only other candidate in the field was Joe Cryer, whose erratic behavior and mental health concerns had derailed his current and previous council campaigns. Cryer received 464 votes.

The 2014 city election saw a 44.58 percent turnout rate, with 2,348 ballots cast out of 5,267 registered voters.

However, the number of eligible voters was down considerably from 2012, when the voter roll numbered 6,343. According to the county’s elections board, this is likely due to the number of voters who registered for the 2008 election in order to vote in the national races, and did not participate since. Voters must be unresponsive for four years before they are purged from the rolls.

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YIR 2014 Summer drownings place spotlight on beach conditions

By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Jan. 2, 2015) The summer of 2014 proved to be a memorable one for Ocean City in one of the worst possible ways: a shocking six water-related deaths, including five drownings, on a beach that had not experienced a single such incident since 2007.

The incidents spanned a number of locations throughout the resort, and a variety of ages. All the victims were male, however, and were not area residents.

Reports from the Ocean City Beach Patrol, Ocean City Fire Department, and Ocean City Police Department all painted roughly similar pictures.

In each case, either unusually strong rip currents or abnormally rough surf dragged the victim out and under. By the time rescue swimmers were able to locate them, they could not be revived.

Often, the victims had little to no swimming ability and were in water they thought would not go over their head The first incident, on June 2, involved an 18-year-old man on 137th Street, who was stuck by a large wave and did not resurface. Less than two weeks later, on June 13, a 17-year-old boy died on 92nd Street under the same circumstances.

In both instances, lifeguards were on duty and saw the victims go under, but were unable to find them in time.

Emergency personnel also rescued a 69-year-old man on June 25 at 82nd Street after he had broken his neck after being slammed into the shallows by heavy waves. The man passed away the next week from his injuries.

On Aug. 26, an 18-year-old man drowned at the inlet after going into the water after lifeguards were off-duty.

On Sept. 17, two men, ages 52 and 49, both died in separate incidents at 20th and 17th Streets. OCBP guards were on duty, but with reduced coverage, and had placed restrictions on anyone going into the water above knee-level due to heavy surf.

Incidentally, the 2013-2014 winter saw Ocean City receive another round of beach replenishment, moving material from the ocean sandbars back onto shore in order to create a larger beach.

This often makes for a much shallower and steeply angled tidal zone, leading many to believe that replenishment correlated with the rough surf that was a factor in the drownings.

However the OCBP said that the number of recorded head, neck and back injuries - 90 in total for 2014 – was not any higher than previous years. The most recent peak in surf-related injuries was in 2011, with 138 head, neck, and back injuries.

The OCBP, which for years operated under the Recreation and Parks Department, was switched in 2014 to fall under the Emergency Services Department, following staff turnover. The ESD also operates the city’s 911 and disaster preparedness functions.

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By Zack Hoopes Staff Writer (Jan. 2, 2015) With the close encounter of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Ocean City learned that flooding can happen anytime, anywhere, but in 2014, Ocean City learned that flood insurance, happens at a time and place prescribed by the federal government.

In a “be careful what you wish for� scenario that captured national attention, the Federal Emergency Management Agency finally instituted re-mapping of flood-prone areas across the United States over the past year, using updated maps and flood models that have been a matter of debate since early 2013.

In many cases — including Ocean City — seemingly high-risk areas were shuttled out of the National Flood Insurance Program, a federally administered system that has been causing a major financial hemorrhage in national government for the past decade In 2012, Congress authorized a reform of the program, which was losing billions of dollars because of relatively high flood damage payouts in areas where policy premiums were relatively low. Following the unprece-

dented expense of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the flood insurance program became a complete financial loss.

Most of Ocean City, under the old flood maps, is in a “V� zone, which indicates a risk of flooding as well as high-velocity wind impacts during storms, and comes with the highest premium in the insurance program.

For years, the city had lobbied FEMA to take the city’s man-made dunes, beaches, and seawall into account when the next round of remapping came about. Although FEMA does consider such features when calculating the discount given to individual flood insurance policies, man-made defenses have historically had no bearing on area-wide maps.

Presumably, inclusion of the dunes and other features would downgrade the city’s risk zone from “V� to “A� or “AO,� which indicate flood risk, but not impact risk, and come with a significantly lower policy cost for property owners.

But much to everyone’s surprise, FEMA downgraded the majority of the resort to an “X� zone in the proposed new flood maps. “X� zoning indicates a low risk of flooding and does not require property owners to buy federally backed insurance, even if they do not own their homes free and clear.

Even in higher-risk zones, the mandatory insurance requirement can only be enforced via mortgage lenders.

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Continued from Page 10 Over the past year, this surprising downgrade has caused the resort to grapple with what has proven to be somewhat of a double-edged sword.

On one hand, many oceanfront property owners will be looking at a considerable savings in flood insurance rates, if they still choose to purchase it.

As it happens, the only oceanfront area that is not in an “X” zone under the new maps is the far north of town, from 143rd Street to the Delaware line. FEMA’s model projected that the dunes in this stretch would not hold out as long as they would to the south. According to City Engineer Terry McGean, this was largely due to o the reverse littoral drift created by the Indian River Inlet, which causes divergent currents as far south as the state line.

The revelation that they were not receiving the same break as everyone else (but were still paying the same property taxes) spurred a group of north-end property owners to file an appeal with FEMA. This involved the appellants, most of whom own units at the Ocean Place Condominium on 146th Street, contracting their own engineer to review FEMA’s data.

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Thus, FEMA will apparently be moving the Ocean Place and one other building out of the “AO” zone and into the “X,” like the majority of the rest of the resort.

But while property owners have clamored to get the rates as low as possible, the fact that flood insurance will no longer be required for mortgaged properties has caused fear that, if a major storm were to hit, the resort would be blighted with uninsured properties unable to rebuild.

Further, the change in flood designation also has implications for Ocean City’s building code, which is tailored to FEMA’s maximum requirements. Even if the federal government is no longer making people buy flood insurance, the city, at least for the time being, is requiring them

County continues fiscal balancing act for ‘14, future

By Brian Gilliland Staff Writer (Jan. 2, 2015) In an interview before the election, former County Commissioner Virgil Shockley said holding the office is like “keeping three balls in the air at once, and someone is always changing the order of the balls.”

Trying to whittle down the scope of a commissioners’ responsibilities and actions into neat categories feels about the same. Things such as the proposed excursion train affect the budget, tourism and environment of Worcester County. The Liquor Control Department and its issues fit into development and budget categories.

School construction is not different, since it costs a lot of money, affects the environment, obviously will affect education and definitely counts as a form of development.

Sometimes digging right in is the best and only choice. Sometimes the overused phrase “in no particular order” retains a measure of credibility. Sometimes, as an early mentor once told me, you just have to create.

So here is the first draft of the history of Worcester County 2014.

The Budget The first half of each year is consumed by the budget. How much money the county has, who will spend it and on what, predicted shortfalls, predicted increases and predicting the unpredictable are all parts of budget sessions. Sometimes it’s a bare-knuckle brawl, others it’s a white-knuckle screamer and occasionally it’s smooth sailing. These are the highlights of this year’s budget sessions.

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to build as if they were.

The city could ease its flood regulations, particularly the requirements for elevated utilities and an additional two feet of freeboard above flood elevation. But while changing the requirements could save money on new construction, it could also lower the city’s current flood insurance rating, which gives a discount to policies based on the flood code of the surrounding jurisdiction.

With the strictest building codes in place, all properties in the resort will continue to receive a 15 percent discount on NFIP insurance, if they continue to purchase it.

Although the new FEMA maps will not go into effect until next year, they are essentially a done deal, and 2014 has started the ball rolling on the long-term question of how looser flood classifications will affect real estate financing, and building codes, in the resort. lic hearings to listen to the wants and needs of constituent towns, municipalities, departments and citizens.

This is a short summary of each town’s early requests.

Pocomoke City Representing Pocomoke City, Rob Clark said he and the other council members realize that the county’s revenues had decreased in recent years. Because of that, they were asking for funds in only two categories.

Clark asked for $400,000 for economic development assistance, liquor license fees, 50 percent of profits from the Pocomoke dispensary, a 15 percent credit against tipping fees for the town’s recycling efforts, support for Pocomoke’s ambulance service, $4,500 for marketing and promotional assistance and funds for the fire department.

Snow Hill Snow Hill Council President Eric Mullins asked for $1.5 million, including shared revenues of income tax, room tax and liquor license distributions, state aid to volunteer fire companies, a $500,000 unrestricted grant and $100,000 for stabilization of Mason’s Opera House, which the town purchased with the intent of restoration.

Snow Hill also wanted a $79,000 fire grant, $195,705 for its volunteer fire department and $417,861 for its ambulances.

Berlin Berlin Mayor Gee Williams requested county funds to be used primarily for upgrading and adding to the town’s infrastructure.

The goal, he said, is to ensure the town’s sidewalks are safe, contiguous and meet ADA requirements. Berlin is also improving its parks.

Williams asked for $1.62 million total, which included an unrestricted grant of $400,000.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Continued from Page 12 $2.5 million as part of a $19.2 million request. That amount includes $40,000 for the bus route between the Park and Ride in West Ocean City and Ocean City and $50,000 for surveillance cameras on the Boardwalk to be monitored by public safety personnel.

In addition, he said the City Council wanted to meet with the commissioners to discuss a plan for yearly increases in the undesignated grant to address what he said is the disparity between the costs of services resort governments provides in lieu of the county providing those same services and the county contribution.

It is not the first time the City Council has tried for a tax differential.

Ocean Pines Association On behalf of the Ocean Pines Association, board member Sharyn O’Hare asked for $1.6 million, including $600,000 for police aid, $250,000 for roads, $195,703 for the volunteer fire department and $6,000 for the Fourth of July celebration.

Once this aspect of the process is complete, county staff and the commissioners begin assembling a working copy of the document and then hold a meeting of the full board to get a better understanding of the budget’s scope before cutting begins.

There was cutting to do in the 2014-15 fiscal year considering that the total requests for money from the towns, schools, groups and the county’s own departments exceeded anticipated revenue by almost $8.5 million.

Every budget has some built-in uncertainty because the commissioners don’t have exact numbers at the time they begin to create the annual budget package. They have to use estimates and those can change quickly as the result of state government actions or unexpected turns of events locally.

As it was, total requested expenditures for fiscal year 2015 was $184.7 million, an increase of $16.1 million.

The Board of Education alone asked for $79.4 million, an increase of $3.38 million over the current-year adopted budget. The board’s operating budget request of $79.4 million plus school construction debt of $11.7 million totals $91.2 million or 51 percent of the county’s total estimated revenue.

Even so, the commissioners and their budget committee cut the shortfall to about $100,000. County Administrator Harold Higgins, Budget Officer Kathy Whited, Finance Officer Phil Thompson and Assistant Finance Officer Jennifer Swanton, the members of the Budget Review Committee, made more than $2 million in cuts to get the budget close to being balanced.

Once balanced, it was put to a vote and the commissioners approved a budget of $177.9 million.

The total package included a $9.3 million increase in spending over last

year, but the commissioners did so while maintaining the current property tax rate of 77 cents per $100 of assessed value. Keeping the current rate resulted in a decrease of property tax revenue of approximately $466,000.

The audit report was released to the public in late December, and trues up what the county thought it was spending versus what it actually ended up spending during the previous fiscal year.

Independent auditor TGM Group in Salisbury reviewed the document and found that the variance between the county assets and liabilities was $11.7 million less than it was fiscal 2013, shrinking from about $171 million to $159 million.

Governmental activities suffered a revenue loss of about $3.6 million. A part of that resulted from a $4.2 million drop in property tax revenues because of falling assessments. At the same time, however, income taxes increased nearly $1 million and “other local taxes” went up by almost $723,000.

Appropriations to the Board of Education increased by about $1.5 million. Small capital improvements for the Board of Education cost the county about $400,000 and $3.8 million for the new Snow Hill High School was expensed here.

At the end of fiscal 2014, the governmental funds including the general fund, the capital projects fund, the debt service fund and a generalized “other” fund had a balance of almost $96 million, including almost $19 million in emergency/rainy day funds.

This is an increase of a bit more than $36 million than last year and is mainly due to the county borrowing $44 million in long-term debt for renovations and construction at Snow Hill High School.

Board of Education Worcester County spends the most per pupil in the state at $17,086, and Baltimore City spends the second highest with $16,904 according to the Department of Legislative Services’ 2014 Overview of Maryland Local Governments report.

But unlike every other county in Maryland, Worcester County itself provides more than 70 percent of that money itself because of a funding formula that equates the county’s high property values with perceived wealth. This is despite the fact that Worcester Board of Education reports that 44 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced lunches.

Yet, Worcester schools are still some of the best in the state. Here’s a look at how Worcester County interacted with its schools during 2014.

Snow Hill High and Showell Elementary construction Two school construction projects are at opposite ends of political quagmire: Snow Hill High School is seeing a long-awaited upgrade, while efforts to reconstruct Showell Elementary hit a snag at the end of the year and

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haven’t yet recovered.

The new and improved Snow Hill High School will add state-of-the-art classrooms, a new media center, computer labs, a science wing, a gymnasium, a cafeteria, a kitchen and a new athletic complex. The school will include several sustainable features such as a geothermal heating and cooling system, motion-activated lights, thermally insulated glass and low-flow plumbing fixtures.

The construction project is anticipated to cost $49.6 million, with state funding of just under $4 million.

Planning has been under way since 2002, and the project is expected to be completed for the start of school in the fall of 2016.

Instead of renovating the existing Showell Elementary School, the Worcester Commissioners decided to build a new one, forgoing state contributions.

The conclusion to proceed was reached after an inventory of existing problems including an aging roof, insufficient classroom space and inadequate technology systems.

Estimated construction costs for renovation and additions to the existing school total $36.87 million, of which the state would fund $6.65 million. Additional costs for the renovation option would add $14.61 million for an estimated total project cost of $51.48 million. Estimated construction costs for a new school and demolition of the existing building would cost $37.49 million.

But the expectation of a smooth approval process came back to haunt the Worcester County Board of Education when it presented capital improvement proposals to the commissioners later in the year.

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The commissioners invited the Board of Education back to its next regularly scheduled meeting to discuss the funding once the proper request was in hand. The boards did not meet again in open session during 2014 on this issue.

Separately, the board sought to relieve tightening budgets by asking the community to contribute where state funding had failed by encouraging the formation of the Worcester Education Foundation, a public/private partnership dedicated to the digital conversion of Worcester classrooms.

Business executives, politicians and school officials gathered for a breakfast meeting at Stephen Decatur High School to announce the birth of the Worcester County Education Foundation offering each student a piece of technology figured to feature prominently in college and career.

The foundation’s aim is to achieve a one-to-one ratio between students and computer equipment: every elementary school student would have access to a touch-screen device, every middle school student would have a

touch/type hybrid, and every high school student would have a laptop.

The Environment The issues of land use are almost constantly in the news. Worcester’s land is developed for tourists, farmed for food and threatened by each of these. Finding the balance between hard-line conservationists and the people whose lives depend on working the land can be tricky.

Park named for Ilia Fehrer The Worcester County Commissioners named a property on Ayres Creek after Ilia Fehrer, a well-known local conservationist and former county Planning Commission member. Fehrer is credited with protecting the Pocomoke River and Chincoteague Bay, and helping to foster Assateague Island State and National parks, the Nassawango Creek Preserve and the Worcester County rural legacy area.

No county funds were used to purchase the 441-acre property along Ayres Creek between Sinepuxent Road and Assateague Road. It was purchased with a $1.3 federal grant from the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, $500,000 from Program Open Space and an $875,000 in-kind donation from The Adkins Company.

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The Army Corps of Engineers dredged the channel in October 2013, but the sandbar returned.

Vessels of a certain size must wait until high tide to avoid running aground while trying to reach the harbor. Shoaling in front of that harbor limits access to the commercial fishing fleet, which must travel through the inlet to reach the ocean.

At times, the shoaling prevents vessels from entering the harbor to unload their catch.

The Corps informed the commissioners of three problems in the harbor’s vicinity that might be interrelated. Those issues are rapid shoaling, shoreline erosion south of the harbor and a scour hole that has developed and deepened adjacent to the Harbor Lights condominiums north of the commercial harbor.

Recycling revenue falls Recycling revenue dropped dramatically for Worcester County in fiscal year 2013, rebounded this fiscal year and is expected to drop just slightly in the coming fiscal year.

During the same time period, the amount of recyclables remained about the same.

In fiscal year 2013, recycling revenue was $303,000 and in the current fiscal year it is expected to be $225,000. For fiscal year 2015, $222,000 is estimated.

Corrugated cardboard revenue has held steady at $100,000 in all three budget years, but revenue from metal fell from $65,000 in fiscal year 2013 to an estimated $50,000 this fiscal year. That revenue is expected to drop to $40,000 in fiscal year 2015.

Revenue from aluminum and bimetal cans dropped from $47,000 in fiscal year 2014 to an estimated $20,000 this fiscal year. The forecast for fiscal year 2015 rebounds to $30,000.

Paper revenue was $84,000 in fiscal year 2013 and is anticipated to be just $50,000 this fiscal year and next fiscal year. Revenue from plastics dropped from $7,000 in fiscal year 2013 and is expected to drop to $5,000 this fiscal year and to just $2,000 for next fiscal year.

Trash ala carte Worcester County will begin a pilot program to dispose of trash as a “pay as you throw” system.

Approved in June for 2015, the commissioners are offering residents a choice in how they handle their household waste with the aims of keeping costs in line with use, encouraging more recycling and lengthening the life of landfills.

The first is the familiar, yet more expensive than in previous years.

Household permits will cost $100 for the first two registered vehicles on Jan. 1, 2015 and a third can be purchased for another $100. The price will not be prorated depending on the purchase date (buy early) nor will the price change if fewer permits are purchased.

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Homeowners selecting the option would pay $1 per bag, up to 33 gallons in size, to dispose of their solid waste. Tags can be purchased in blocks of five for $5 at the Treasurer’s Office, Cape Isle of Wight office, the central landfill and through the mail.

Tipping fees are still in effect for construction/demolition items, tree stumps etc. while disposing of recyclable material is free.

The tags can only be used for household trash. Businesses, even home-based ones, must pursue a contract with an outside hauler to dispose of their waste.

The new fee structure is expected to reduce the existing Solid Waste Enterprise Fund deficit by at least $120,000. The deficit, reported in the minutes of the June meeting, required a nearly $1 million transfer from reserve funds to cover the shortfall.

Parks for prizes In celebration of National Park and Recreation Month, the county Department of Recreation and Parks gave away prizes to Worcester County residents who visited every park.

Worcester County has 12 parks plus the recreation center in Snow Hill.

People who visited the recreation center and more than seven of the county parks got a free T-shirt supporting Parks and Recreation Month plus a Worcester County Recreation and Parks tote bag. People who visited six or fewer parks got the tote bag.

Tree planting snags park plan Just hours after offering to plant trees at the Northern Worcester Athletic Complex near Berlin, the Maryland Coastal Bays Foundation decided not to pursue the deal.

Some Worcester County Commissioners were in favor of the project to plant trees, but three, Commissioners Virgil Shockley, Louise Gulyas and M. Jim Bunting, asked to see a plan before approving the project. The Coastal Bays Program, citing no need to rush, abandoned the project.

The group also wanted to take over the development of Grey’s Creek Nature Park, a waterfront park near Williamsville, Del., as a passive park supporting environmental education.

The Grey’s Creek plan was accepted with some minor modifications later this year.

Development and progress The story of Worcester County is essentially one of development: what the county has gained and what it has lost year over year. Even when construction had stopped in many places, Worcester was still tinkering and tweaking codes, examining policies and approving changes. As micro and macro economies recover, they will have changed in both style and substance but one thing remains: people want to live and work in Worcester.

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Excursion train The thought of an excursion train generated much interest in Berlin, Snow Hill and the surrounding areas while Ocean City and Ocean Pines were slow to get on board with the idea.

The idea began when Strasburg Railroad and Maryland Delaware Railroad became interested in providing a local Strasburg Railroad franchise that would run from Berlin to Snow Hill.

County Economic Development Director Bill Badger said he thought it would be prudent for the commissioners to look at the idea and he suggested they contribute a portion of funds for the first phase of a feasibility study, estimated to cost between $12,000 and $20,000.

Strasburg Railroad is known for its family attractions, including a replica of Thomas the Tank train and The Polar Express. Passengers could be served food and alcohol aboard train cars. Not long after the initial presentation, the county signed on for the feasibility study, which was expected to cost around $20,000.

The cost of the first phase of the study is being shared by Worcester County Economic Development, Berlin, Snow Hill and Maryland Delaware Railroad with the understanding that Strasburg Railroad would contribute funds for the study’s second phase.

While Strasburg did not end up contributing funding for the second phase, the commissioners found enough to like in the feasibility study to allow the process to continue. Of particular note in the study were the recently renovated train station in Snow Hill and the exposure the train would get on the Route 50 crossing near the Route 113 junction.

On the negative side, repairs are going to cost money, there is no existing facility dedicated to storage and maintenance of the cars, although the former Tyson processing plant was bandied about as a possible site.

The failure of a similar excursion train during the mid-1970s also figured heavily into the conversation.

The phase II study was ordered and will be delivered sometime in the new year.

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tic Harbour Wastewater Treatment Plant to its full capacity. Incremental steps led to the proverbial floodgates being opened, but once they were, businesses and residences flocked toward the new bounty of permits the plant provided.

The saga of Mystic Harbour began with the Worcester County Commissioners approving a request to proceed with the first phase of water system improvements for the Mystic Harbour Sanitary Service Area.

Additional public water supply was needed in that area and to meet those needs, the improvements will be phased in during the next five to 10 years.

In the first phase, water system interconnections will be made between Assateague Point, the Landings and Mystic Harbour at an estimated cost of $1.1 million. The second phase of the project will be an interconnection between Riddle Farm and Mystic Harbour in three to eight years at a cost of $900,000. Phase three will be a reconstruction of the Oyster Harbor water treatment plant in five to 10 years at a cost of $850,000 and phase four will reinforce pipelines in the distribution system and work on the north water tower in 10 to 15 years at a cost of $2 million.

Part of this plan required a place to put the treated effluent.

It was determined that the best place for that was irrigation at Eagles

Landing Golf Course. Additional treated effluent would be redirected to the Ocean City wastewater treatment plant when capacity does not exist at the municipal golf course or the injection wells currently used.

The Mystic Harbour plant was built with a capacity of 450,000 gallons per day, but to utilize that capacity fully, provisions must be made for the disposal of the treated effluent.

The plant now uses shallow groundwater injection wells for effluent disposal. Those wells, however, are not reliable and are permitted for only 250,000 gallons per day of effluent disposal.

After negotiations, the mayor and City Council of Ocean City and the Worcester County Commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding that would allow the county to use Eagle’s Landing Golf Course for the disposal of the treatment plant’s effluent. Because of the high quality of the effluent, the disposal is considered a beneficial reuse.

They also agreed to connect the golf course, the Humane Society, a maintenance building and the Ocean City Airport to Mystic Harbour.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Continued from Page 16 into place after some minor tweaks.

First, the Department of Public Works petitioned to add two new outflows: Eagle’s Landing golf course, and a connection – partially installed already – to the Ocean City wastewater treatment plant when capacity runs short. Second, the permitted flow is to be increased from 250,000 to 450,000 gallons per day.

With the public input portion of the process behind them, the county could proceed with the scheduled ribbon-cutting and tours offered later that day. Dignitaries, candidates and incumbents along with about 50 wellwishers of all stripes gathered at the facility for a meet-and-greet and a hands-on explanation of the new plant.

With the handshakes finished and the ribbons cut, businesses started lining up to be included.

The commissioners approved a plan to integrate Frontiertown into the Mystic Harbour Sanitary Service area with an S-1 designation, the costs of which will likely only be for infrastructure physically connecting it to the wastewater treatment plant.

A force main will be constructed to pump wastewater northward along Route 611 and connect to an existing force main servicing Castaways Campground.

The portion of the park already serviced by Assateague Point will re-

main in that service, while the rest of the park and campground will be integrated into Mystic Harbour.

The park will be granted an additional 160 equivalent dwelling units through the integration to service the campground and any additional load brought on by increased use.

Infrastructure Improving the county’s ability to deal with effluent is only one of the moves the county made this year to improve infrastructure. A number of other perhaps smaller changes were made in order to keep the business of the county running, if not always smoothly.

An expansion of Showell Park and a new Berlin library in the county’s requested five-year capital improvement plan caused concern.

During the Worcester County Commissioner’s public hearing about that plan, an Ocean Pines resident said he had lived 20 years in the area and during that time, he had never heard anyone asking for an expansion of Showell Park. The resident also questioned whether the $900,000 price tag for approximately 100 acres was prudent.

County officials said they believed considerable revenue could result if the expansion is made, if fields and other amenities are provided and if tournaments take place at the park.

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and design for a new Berlin library in fiscal 2015 and additional funds for engineering, site work, construction and equipment and furnishings through 2017 for a total of $4.9 million.

Which is not the facility’s only problem.

When it rains in Berlin, staff at the Worcester County Library branch go get buckets. Although the county is seeking a location in the town for a new branch library, it wants to replace the aging roof of the current library on Main Street property owned by the Berlin Fire Company.

In late 2012 or early 2013, prices for a replacement roof using architectural asphalt shingles were obtained.

The cost would be approximately $18,000.

During development of the scope of the project, it was determined that the county needed to meet current energy codes that required adding insulated ventilated roof panels that would provide an adequate insulation barrier for the building’s conditioned space.

The cost for a roof that would meet the current energy code is approximately $70,000.

Access between northern and southern Worcester County is really a question of the state of Route 113.

The dream of dualization is still alive as the commissioners voted unanimously to send a letter to the Maryland Department of Transportation stating their priority transportation project continues to be the dualization of Route 113.

The county also spent its portion of a one-time state grant of $10 million to fix potholes and make other road repairs necessitated by this year’s extreme winter weather.

The county’s roads have deteriorated because of the snow and cold temperatures. This led to numerous potholes and the need for extensive road repairs.

The exact areas that will be repaired have not been designated.

Worcester’s allocation for road repairs was $252,726. Neighboring Wicomico County was allocated $298,814 and nearby Somerset County was allocated $151,188.

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The 6,300-square-foot addition will go on the east side of the existing recreation center and will match the existing façade.

Boating also remains a staple of Worcester County, and access to water is an important avenue for revenue.

One county boat ramp has reopened following its reconstruction and a second ramp is closed because its reconstruction was expected to begin.

The Shell Mill boat ramp, at the end of Shell Mill Road, off of St. Martin’s Neck Road, in Bishopville, had been closed since April. It was expected to remain closed until early July, but it opened earlier than anticipated.

The Shell Mill project, which cost approximately $134,400, included reconstruction of the concrete boat ramp and finger piers. Earlier plans had called for the ramp to be relocated and a soft kayak launch from a sandy area, but the state did not approve those plans.

Since it construction in 1988, the Shell Mill boat ramp has been used by many boaters and fishermen to gain access to Assawoman Bay via the St. Martin’s River.

The new project is the Taylor’s Landing boat ramp and shoreline stabilization project at the end of Taylor’s Landing Road in Girdletree.

Project plans include replacing the existing ramp, extending the finger piers, providing additional shoreline protection and creating a soft shoreline.

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Sandpiper Energy’s first conversions to natural gas took place last summer at the feed mill and asphalt plant along Route 113 in Showell.

The conversions will proceed along the northern part of Berlin and go in a circular fashion along the west side of town, Department of Environmental Programs Director Bob Mitchell told the Worcester County Commissioners. After completing about 75 percent of the conversions in Berlin, the company will begin upgrades in the northern part of Ocean Pines and the commercial area around Walmart.

Sandpiper came into being by acquiring the Eastern Shore Gas Company, and it is now converting the underground propane distribution system used in the Berlin, Ocean Pines and West Ocean City to natural gas. The project is expected to take four to six years.

A number of solar energy projects have been operating in good faith without updated zoning regulations to provide for them, until the commissioners heard their requests and made changes to the code.

Three issues with the pending update to 2011 legislation formed the basis for another delay in zoning for solar-powered electricity production in Worcester.

The 2011 law provided for three designations by proposed output: small, medium and large at 5 kilowatts, between 5-200kW and 200+kW respectively. The new plan will add a utility-grade designation that is intended to cap large at 2.5 megawatts and cover that output and anything greater.

In the end two amendments were all it took to correct the zoning issues surrounding solar power production.

A provision has been added to require a buffer, not a screen, for solar farms qualified as “large,” producing between 200kW-2.5mW located within 500 feet of a property zoned or used for residential purposes.

The semi-permeable buffer, rather than the full blockage of a screen, may also be located within the setback required under these conditions. The second amendment adds back in zoning areas previously approved for solar power under the 2011 legislation, but left out of the former bill for reasons unknown.

Zones E-1, V-1, C-1, C-2 and C-3 have been restored to the list of permissible zoning districts for “utility” scale (2.5mW+) solar systems.

Business development The business of Worcester County is business. Retail, service, tourist – however sliced, business is business and Worcester County wants to be in business.

Worcester County entrepreneurs were invited to benefit from more than $500,000 available in loans this year to create new jobs and support business expansion.

In 2013, Worcester County’s share of Video Lottery Terminal funds for

small, minority and women-owned businesses was $500,000.

The loans, which are priced at or below current market interest rates, may be used for business acquisition, commercial real estate acquisition, building improvements, purchase of equipment, business start-up costs, working capital, and in some cases, refinancing of existing debt.

Owners of existing businesses, as well as qualified people who want to start a business may apply for the loans, which start at $25,000.

As business grows, so does the need to promote it.

Citing a need for additional personnel and funds to market the county to promote business, Economic Development Director Bill Badger asked the Worcester County Commissioners for a 23 percent increase over the amended fiscal year budget of $312,778.

Badger also cited the need for funds for consulting and the inclusion of the services of the Small Business and Technology Development Center in Salisbury in the department’s budget.

Increasing employment opportunities is part of the mission of the Economic Development Department.

Its mission also includes expansion of the tax base, protecting the county’s environmental assets and creating full-time, family supporting jobs.

But sometimes business doesn’t go so well, and the county is left wondering how, or why they are in business after all.

The Snow Hill Shore Spirits on Market Street near Route 113 will move to the Snow Hill administrative offices and warehouse of the Worcester County Department of Liquor Control after minor renovations are made to that building.

If the county is to remain in the retail liquor business in Snow Hill, it should move from its present site to that location, Robert Cowger, director of the Department of Liquor Control, told the Worcester County Commissioners on Aug. 5.

By the end of the year, however, Cowger would recommend the store be closed.

Director Robert Cowger informed the county commissioners of the plan to close the county-run store effective Dec. 31. The two full-time employees, according to Cowger, will be relocated to fill vacancies in other stores.

In the final entry into the Worcester County booze news, noting the shrinking of the public market in favor of the private one, Cowger returned to the county and explained he needed to increase prices at his store to remain competitive.

All 1.75-liter products increased in price by one dollar. All bottles of wine will increased in price by $.50. On Jan. 1, all products 50 ml in volume or greater will increase in price by $.50, and the “split case” charge for licensees will increase from $.50 per bottle to $.75 per bottle.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Mid-term election rolls out upsets in state, Wor. County

By Josh Davis Staff Writer (Jan. 2, 2015) Republicans rolled, Maryland got a new governor, a brand-new district received a brandnew representative, and at least one community saw a significant change in leadership thanks to municipal and off-year elections.

Snow Hill chimed in first, releasing the results of the Eastern District Town Council seat on Wednesday, May 7. Preliminary results showed Alison Cook beating Gary Weber 65 votes to 33.

Incumbent mayor John “Charlie” Dorman won reelection without facing opposition.

In Berlin, three council seats faced election in September.

District 4 Councilmember Dean Burrell was the first to tip his hat, saying stormwater management was the forefront issue on his mind. District 1 Councilmember Troy Purnell also announced his intention to run, while At-Large Councilmember Paula Lynch initially stalled.

In Ocean Pines, two seats on the association’s board of directors were up for grabs. A crowded field emerged, as incumbents Jeff Knepper and Terri Mohr stood against Lawrence Lee, Dan Moul, Patrick Renaud, Slobodan Trendic and David Stevens.

In Worcester County, all seven seats on the county commissioner’s bench faced a vote.

Turning to state races, Democrats Judy Davis and Mike Hindi vied for the new District 38C Maryland House of Delegates seat, while Mary Beth Carozza ran on the Republican side.

In District 38A former Crisfield Mayor Percy Purnell, a Democrat, ran against Republican Charles Otto.

Democratic incumbent Sen. Jim Mathias faced opposition in District 38 from Republican Del. Mike McDermott. Four Republican candidates for governor faced off, while Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown led a pack of six candidates on the Democratic side.

In the lone race with national implications, physician John LaFerla and lawyer Bill Tilghman competed in the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 1st Congressional District seat, while incumbent Andy Harris faced a challenge from Jonathan Gof, Jr. on the Republican side.

Ocean Pines Ballots were due in Ocean Pines in August, and things heated up early in the board race.

Renaud and Stevens teamed up to rail against the leadership of the current board, as well as the contract the community awarded to General Manager Bob Thompson.

“I think there’s a lot of dissatisfaction with the way things are being run,” Renaud said. “Many of the five non-incumbent board candidates were encouraged to run because of the disappointment with the board and the general manager in the last two years.”

Stevens previously stepped down from the board because of term limits, serving for six years as treasurer and board president.

“I believe the reasons for the interest in this year’s election and the large field of candidates are: one, the disappointing performance of the general manager and two, repeated failures of the current board to hold him accountable,” Stephens said.

“It will take two new board members with similar views and open minds to bring about the change OPA members are demanding,” Stephens continued. “I have the highest confidence in Pat Renaud as

someone who will work diligently to make a difference.”

In early June, Trendic announced his withdraw, throwing his support instead behind Renaud and Stevens.

“In order to make the change possible that everybody is asking for, I anticipate the board will have a new president,” Trendic said. “I believe the person that is most suitable is Dave Stevens. I think he’s done great things in the past – and some not-sogreat things – but I think no one is perfect, and if he’s given a chance he will certainly redeem himself and get things done right.”

Moul also withdrew from the OPA race in June.

Stevens, meanwhile, continued to hammer the current board, saying the last three years were “marked by closed deliberations, presentations with more polish than substance, unbudgeted capital expenditures and reports that emphasized the ‘positive’ rather than the truth.”

Primary Results The June 24 primary election narrowed the playing field, although turnout results were abysmal.

At Buckingham Presbyterian Church in Berlin, just three voters participated in the first hour and a half after polls opened.

Turnout at Berlin Intermediate School was also painfully low, where 13 voters showed up in the first two hours.

At the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, one of the largest polling locations in the area, 109 voters cast their ballots during the first two and a half hours.

“That’s low even for an off-year primary,” election official George Payne said.

By the end of the day, just 6,424 of the 31,792 registered voters in Worcester County cast ballots.

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Brown defeated Attorney General Doug Gansler by more than a two-toone margin. Republican Larry Hogan easily won his party’s nomination.

Tilghman handily defeated LaFerla to earn the Democratic District 1 nomination, while Harris trounced his competition.

Judy Davis earned the Democratic nomination for District 38C. The notion that every vote counted was never more apparent than in several contested county commissioner races, where Republican Ted Elder appeared to edge Kathryn Danko-Lord by just three votes to earn his party’s District 4 nomination. In another nail-biter, Chip Bertino led for the District 5 Republican nomination over Grant Helvey by eight votes on election day.

After totaling all the absentee ballots, Elder and Danko-Lord were deadlocked, leading to an unprecedented move in which the Republican Central Committee voted on the nomination.

Elder won the final vote 7-2, sending him up against incumbent Democrat Virgil Shockley in the November general election.

Bertino, meanwhile, held off Helvey 333-321, giving him the Republican nomination. Tom Wilson won the Democratic nomination for District 5.

Madison Jim Bunting Jr. comfortably beat Linda C. Busick for the Republican District 6 seat, where no Democratic challengers filed.

Incumbent Republican Merrill W. Lockfaw Jr. ran unopposed for District 1 commissioner seat. Likewise for Madison Jim Bunting Jr. in District 6, while newcomer Republican Joseph M. Mitrecic ran unopposed for the District 7 seat.

In District 2, Diana Purnell faced Republican Lorraine Purnell-Ayres, and Republican incumbent Bud Church faced Democrat Michael Maykrantz.

Pines Results Ocean Pines released the results of the community election on Aug. 9, and Renaud and Stevens were the top vote getters, essentially giving them a 4-3 voting block with current directors Marty Clark and Jack Collins.

Stevens said the election “confirmed our sense of the dissatisfaction of a great number of people in Ocean Pines.”

“We made the issues as plain as we could,” he said. “We wanted to be sure that we were not facing a 4-3 voting bloc. That’s what happened before and I had their experience of three years on the board where I was in that minority. What I am also hoping is that … there will be a real exchange of ideas and that it won’t be all ‘us and them,’” During an organizational meeting on Aug. 15, Stevens was selected president of the OPA board, replacing Tom Terry. Renaud was elected secretary, Clarke won the vice presidency and Collins became treasurer.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 End of an Era Later that month, longtime councilmember Paula Lynch announced she would not seek reelection after 26 years in office.

“It just think it’s time,” Lynch said. “Twenty six years is enough for anybody. It’s time for other folks to give some input.”

Mayor Gee Williams said Lynch, “always provided a steady hand on the tiller as Berlin has navigated through both good times and bad. I personally have always relied on her good judgment and natural instincts to consider the long-term implications of anything the town does. She always tried to anticipate not only the things you can foresee, but also unforeseen consequences.”

Burrell said he held Lynch “in the utmost regard.”

“She has been and will continue to be a treasure for the town of Berlin,” he said. “Her service to the town of Berlin and its citizens have been second to none. Paula is a gem.”

Businessperson Thom Gulyas filed for the vacant seat and the two incumbents voiced their support.

“Knowing Thom, I think he will be an asset to the town and to the general population of Berlin,” Burrell said. “I always thought of Thom as being a good guy.”

Purnell said Gulyas had a “good business head on him.”

“I think he’ll do a fantastic job,” he

said. “I think the town needs to be run like a business.”

On Sept. 9, as no opposition candidates filed, Berlin canceled its municipal election and certified Purnell, Burrell and Gulyas as the winners.

“I’m excited,” Gulyas said. “I intend to sit down, do my homework, vet everything that I possibly can before a decision is made. I may not always be with the rest of the council … but I will do my homework, and I’ll make sure that before I make a decision on anything that I’ve done the best I possibly can to ferret out all the information to make that decision.”

Butting Heads On the county level, Wilson and Bertino butted heads during several forums over the expansion of Route 589.

Wilson accused the current crop of commissioners of not doing enough to address the congestion on the highway.

“We need to do better,” he said.

“The commissioners say they’re working on this when, in fact, they’ve done next to nothing. We can build coalitions. We can build alliances.

We can work with the state to get funding for 589.”

Bertino said Wilson was, “divorced from what has actually occurred” on highway expansion.

“Route 589 has continually been an important issue for the county commissioners and Ocean Pines,”

Bertino said. “To suggest that the county commissioners are not doing enough to do what needs to be done on Route 589 is quite frankly unfair and untrue.”

Sparks also flew between Mathias and McDermott during fall forums, including the Oct. 8 meeting at the Ocean City Senior Center.

McDermott, his voice booming in the small auditorium, accused Democrats of trying to, “find a way to tax the sunshine.”

“We are full of politicians in this state,” he said. “You need leaders. You need people who will look out of the box. Your hope and your future and that of your grandchildren is dependent upon these elections. If you keep putting the same people up there who keep doing the same policies with the same results – that’s lunacy.”

“Tonight we’ve been hollered at,” Mathias said. “I thought we came here to discuss, not to be belittled – not to be demanded – not to be arrogant. That’s not how we do anything.

That’s not how we do it in a family.

It’s certainly not how we do it in a community, and clearly it’s not how you do it in government.”

Several members of the audience interrupted the senator to defend McDermott, shouting, “He’s being passionate” and “He’s telling the truth.”

The moderator fought to restore order, while McDermott dug in.

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“When somebody has liberal tendencies and is boxed in and can’t answer the question and can’t dig out of the hole because they keep digging and digging and digging that they resort to personal attacks, calling somebody arrogant, talking about somebody hollering, not even recognizing true, passionate debate,” McDermott said. “Passionate men – passionate women – they understand their core values and those of their constituents, and they rise up and debate, sometimes vehemently for their passionate views.”

Phosphorus became an unlikely issue in the Mathias – McDermott race after the state threatened to impose harsh restrictions on farmers based on the presence of the chemical element in fertilizer used to grow crops on the Eastern Shore.

Mathias fought to stall legislation on the issue until the state conducted the impact study, while McDermott accused Mathias of being too willing to compromise.

“Whether you’re a liberal or a conservative you should understand the need to protect our economy from these types of attacks,” he said. “If I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of protecting the farms and our economic interests and viability.”

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Continued from Page 21 mott continued. [Mathias is] probably more willing to compromise and work something out as opposed to saying, ‘prove it’ first so we know what the facts are before we move forward.”

Mathias said voters would ultimately have to decide, “Who was able to accomplish what through leadership.”

“I know where we were well over a year ago in the summer of 2014,” he said. “I know who my partners have been to get us this far, and I know it’s come through effective leadership.

Someone may say this is an election year issue or an election issue – this is an absolute critical, fundamental everyday issue for our family farms and our family farm community here on the Eastern Shore. That’s what I fight for every day and that’s what I’ll continue to fight for.”

Finally, the Results On Election Day, Nov. 4, a massive Republican landslide swept the nation, the state and, especially, Worcester County.

Hogan grabbed most of the headlines on election evening, upsetting Brown by more than 75,000 votes statewide. Hogan won 51.47 percent of the vote in Maryland, but he absolutely dominated in Worcester

County, winning on almost 70 percent of ballots.

Only Harris, who won more than 70 percent of the vote in his district, did worse in Worcester County, winning by a mere 64.5 to 35.5 percent over challenger Tilghman.

One Democrat who did survive the GOP juggernaut was Mathias in the District 38 state senate race, posting a 1,228 vote-lead over McDermott.

Otto defeated Purnell in District 38A, and Carozza won big over Davis in District 38C. Six of the seven Worcester County Commissioners seats also went Republican, with only Diana Purnell winning a seat over Republican Purnell-Ayers in District 2.

Elder upset veteran District 4 commissioner Shockley in District 4, and Bertino beat Wilson in District 5.

More than 35,000 people cast ballots on Election Day in Worcester County, totaling 51.13 percent of registered voters, the eighth-highest turnout in Maryland.

Those numbers were lower than the 61.6 percent of voters that showed up in 2012 during the presidential election, but remained higher than the 48.02 percent of voters who turned out in 2010, the last off-year election.

OCTOBER 24, 2014 IN THE MATTER OF THE MERGER OF EXELON CORPORATION AND PEPCO HOLDINGS, INC.

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Kent County Public Library 408 High Street Chestertown, Maryland 21620

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Written comments also may be filed by February 17, 2015. Original signed paper comments1 shall be submitted to David J. Collins, Executive Secretary, Maryland Public Service Commission, William Donald Schaefer Tower, 6 St. Paul Street, 16th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, and reference “Case No. 9361 – Public Comment.”

Delmarva Power is hereby directed to publish once in each of the two (2) successive weeks prior to the hearing date, notice of each public hearing and the opportunity for public comment by a display advertisement in newspapers of general circulation throughout its service territories. In the display advertisement, Delmarva Power is directed to publish the case caption, and case number, in addition to the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing. Additionally, Delmarva Power shall place on its home page a notice of the evening hearings in a manner that a customer need not click on a link to determine the time, date, location and the purpose of the hearing.

Furthermore, Delmarva Power is directed to issue either a bill message or bill insert to its Maryland customers in their respective billing cycle that runs closest and prior to the hearing dates, announcing the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing. Finally, Delmarva Power is encouraged to utilize social media or other means of communication at its disposal to further notify its customers of the public evening hearings, as appropriate.

By Direction of the Commission, /s/ David J. Collins David J. Collins Executive Secretary 1 In order for the Commission to ensure that written comments are properly entered into its docket system, only written comments submitted either by mail or hand-delivery will be entered into the Commission’s docket system. Documents sent via email or facsimile will not be entered into the Commission’s docket system.

Year’s crime spans tragic, anomalous, downright bizarre

By Kara Hallissey Staff Writer Armed Robbery Jan. 17 — An Ocean Pines man was arrested Jan. 9 in connection with an armed robbery in West Ocean City.

The previous evening at about 7:30, a man wearing a black suit, black hat and black gloves entered Larry’s Trading Post in West Ocean City and identified himself as a police officer. He asked to inspect some of the store’s handguns.

The man’s request made the store’s owner suspicious because he was not wearing a police badge and he had a handgun on his hip. The owner asked to see the man’s law enforcement credentials and activated the store’s silent alarm.

The man said he needed to go to his car, but instead of returning to the store, he quickly left, driving a 2014 white Dodge Avenger.

Later that night, at about 11:50, a woman drove up to an ATM at a bank on Route 589. While she was at the ATM, she saw a man get out of a 2014 white Dodge Avenger and walk toward her.

She could see that the man was holding a black rifle with a scope.

After an all-points bulletin about the Dodge Avenger was broadcast, a Worcester County Sheriff’s Office deputy saw and stopped the vehicle. The driver, Cory Charles Richardson, 29, of Ocean Pines was arrested.

They charged Richardson with armed robbery, having a handgun on his person, impersonating a police officer, firstand second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, use of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and having a handgun in a vehicle.

Adult’s Permission April 4 — Charges are pending against a 36-year-old woman who was driving a vehicle while four teenage passengers were smoking marijuana.

Maryland State Police received a message to be on the lookout for them in a blue vehicle near WalMart on Route 50.

A trooper saw and stopped the vehicle because of a seatbelt violation. Although the trooper did not see anyone smoking marijuana, he smelled the odor of marijuana. One passenger, Alexander Thomas Jr., 18, of Brooklyn Park, admitted to having marijuana in his pocket.

Thomas was arrested and taken to the Berlin barracks for processing.

The other teenage passengers, ages 13, 14 and 16, admitted that they had been smoking marijuana, according to Maryland State Police. The driver also admitted that the teens had been smoking marijuana in the vehicle.

The teens and the driver were taken to the Berlin barracks for further interviews with the duty officer and a counselor of the Department of Social Services. The duty officer and counselor got in touch with the other teens’ parents

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and put a safety plan into effect until the Department of Social Services in Brooklyn Park could investigate the welfare of the children.

Maryland State Police expected to consult with the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office in reference to charges against the driver and additional charges against Thomas relating to the endangerment of the children, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and child abuse.

Pot Decriminalization April 18 — On April 4, Maryland became the 18th state in the country to decriminalize marijuana.

That removes the threat of jail for people possessing fewer than 10 grams (.35 oz.) of marijuana.

The law, which goes into effect Oct. 1, makes possession of that amount of marijuana a civil offense punishable by a fine of up to $100 for the first offense, up to $250 for a second offense and up to $500 for subsequent offenses.

The Maryland Sheriffs’ Association opposed the decriminalization of marijuana and the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office took the same stance.

“Issues that can arise from the decriminalization have not been realized yet,” Lt. Ed Schreier said.

For example, Schreier said, dogs are trained to sniff marijuana, but they do not sniff just more than 10 grams of marijuana.

Melee Up North May 2 — A melee outside a north end bar and restaurant in the early morning hours of April 20 resulted in the arrest of two men and one woman.

A taxi driver flagged down an Ocean City police officer who was on patrol near 100th Street at about 1:20 a.m. to tell him things were getting out of control at the 116th Street site.

Approximately 50 people were outside and one man was trying to run away. The officer saw two men, Marvin Kendell Battle, 40, of East Orange, N.J., and Shontae Tarik Booker, 40, of Cresco, Pa., punching and attacking the man.

Holding onto a metal pipe, Booker allegedly swung it toward the man who was trying to get away. The man ran north, but Booker and Battle caught him and attacked him in front of another business. The police officer saw Booker hit the man in the head with the metal pipe and he also saw Battle kick the man who had been pushed to the ground, according to the charging documents.

As the officer ran from his vehicle toward the men, he yelled that he was a police officer and he ordered them to stop, but Booker and Battle continued to attack the victim, kicking him in the head while he was on the ground.

As Booker pulled back the pipe in readiness to hit the man again, the officer deployed his Taser into Booker’s left lower torso. Booker then dropped the pipe and fell to the ground. He complied when the officer told him to place his hands behind his back so he could handcuff him. The officer then told Battle to get onto the ground so he could handcuff him and Battle complied.

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After discovering that the establishment’s manager had video footage of the altercation, three police officers watched it.

The video showed Battle throw two punches at one of the men he had played pool with. The victim fell to the ground and appeared to have been knocked unconscious. Booker then walked over and kicked the victim, according to the charging document.

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K-9 Killed On Duty May 9 — The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office K-9 that died May 3 after being struck by a vehicle on Route 50 near Route 589 will receive full departmental honors during a memorial service.

Cpl. Chris Larmore left K-9 Ike in the patrol vehicle while making a traffic stop.

K-9 Ike alerted to something and jumped from the door of the patrol vehicle, which was left ajar in case he was needed to assist or protect Larmore.

A driver traveling on Route 50 was unable to avoid K-9 Ike and struck and killed him. The driver remained on the scene.

According to the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, the driver did everything possible to avoid hitting the dog without success.

Ike had been a member of the Sheriff’s office for three years. He participated in numerous drug seizure, criminal apprehensions and countless searches and tracks.

“Ike was a valued member of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and will be sorely missed by Sheriff Mason and all the Deputies,” according to the press release.

Another press release, issued May 6, stated, “Sheriff Mason would like to thank our community for your prayers and support during this difficult time of loss of K9 Ike. The outpouring of support has been incredible and the Sheriff’s Office is very appreciative of the kind words and sentiments you have provided to us and K9 Ike’s family during this time.”

Suspect Eats Spaghetti June 27 — A 24-year-old Falls Church, Va., man was charged June 22 with first- and fourth-degree burglary plus two counts of theft of a item valued at less than $100 after he allegedly entered a penthouse where he cooked and ate spaghetti, drank wine, used a bed and used a hot tub on the patio.

Three employees and the manager of the motel, where the penthouse is located, chased the man and held him until police arrived. Shortly before that, a motel employee called police to report that a man was inside the penthouse smoking a controlled dangerous substance and drinking alcohol.

During questioning by police, Machado-Rivera reportedly said he had jumped a fence that was blocking access to the roof. He climbed over a gate and then climbed the stairs leading to the roof, where he followed a path to the patio. He said he didn’t think anyone was staying in the penthouse.

Machado-Rivera also said he was on the patio for a short period of time and talked to a woman who was below the patio. He said he did not enter the patio.

The motel’s manager saw the intruder on the patio and confronted him.

The suspect walked down to the ground level, followed by the manager. The sus-

pect then decided to run from the manager, who gave chase.

While the officer was talking to Machado-Rivera, the suspect began vomiting. An officer took MachadoRivera to police headquarters for booking and the officer who had talked to him went to the penthouse to check its condition. The sliding glass door to the patio was ajar.

Inside the living room on a table was a plate of food. According to the charging document, some food had been eaten. A bottle of liquor, a cork on a cork remover and two glasses were on the coffee table and the television was turned on.

In the kitchen, two pots, one of which contained angel hair spaghetti, were on the stove. The box for the spaghetti, other items of food and two partially consumed cans of beer were on the counter.

Bed sheets in the three bedrooms were in disarray and a bath had been drawn in the master bathroom.

On the north patio, a wine glass was on the ground near the hot tub and a partially smoked cigarette was next to the glass. A pack of cigarettes was nearby.

On a chaise lounge, the officer found a pair of socks and two pairs of boxers.

The officer returned to police headquarters and spoke with Machado-Rivera again. During this conversation, the suspect admitted entering the penthouse and said he did it for the view, according to the charging document. He said drank some wine from the refrigerator.

When the officer asked him if he had prepared a plate of spaghetti or any other food, Machado-Rivera said he had not.

He also said he had not eaten since the previous night when he had eggs and something from Burger King.

The officer then told Machado-Rivera that when he had vomited earlier, pieces of spaghetti and corn were evident.

Crime Causes Up-‘Roar’ July 11 — Ocean City police located a stolen ornamental lion while responding to a noise complaint July 7.

Police went to a bayside Seventh Street apartment after hearing noise coming from an open door from a distance on approximately 70 feet. As they walked up the stairs to the apartment, they saw through a window a 4-foot-tall ornate, white lion statue in the middle of the living room. It was the stolen lion they had been told about during roll call earlier that day.

The owner of a Seventh Street lodging establishment, just one block from the apartment, had reported it stolen.

Eight people were in the apartment, where six of them lived. When police asked where and when they got the white lion, the group said there had been a party the night before and guests who were very intoxicated had taken the lion to the apartment. One of the residents, Sadiq Tobi Sola-Rufai, 25, said he was about to return the lion just before the police arrived.

Someone had altered the lion’s appearance. A red bandana was on its head and its eyes had been colored red and green. Various articles of clothing and other belongings were piled around the

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base of the statue, which was placed between a couch and a chair.

When questioned by police, SolaRufai said he and a man whose name he did not know had been drinking the previous night and they had taken the lion, according to the charging document.

In his written confession, Sola-Rufai stated that a “couple of the kids nearby” had dared him to do it.

Police charged Sola-Rufai with theft of an item valued at $10,000 to less than $100,000, theft of an item valued at $1,000 to less than $10,000 and malicious destruction of property because its eye had been colored red and green by a marker and the colors could not be cleaned off.

The lion’s owner said when she bought the lodging establishment, she had to pay $10,000 to keep the lion.

More People, More Tasers?

July 25 — Of all the ways to measure how many people are in town, the number of folks who get zapped in a given month probably isn’t the most telling.

Nevertheless, City Council allowed its ongoing tensions over the resort’s tourism performance to bleed over this week into the Ocean City Police Department’s monthly report on Taser usage.

The department logged 23 instances in June where officers drew their devices – known in the industry as Conducted Electrical Weapons, or CEWs. Out of those, 10 incidents resulted in the weapon actually being fired.

The OCPD uses Tasers, which project a set of steel barbs attached to wires, in order to deliver the shock at a distance from the suspect.

This is relatively high incidence, given that there were only 16 Taser firings in all of 2013.

Councilman Brent Ashley questioned OCPD Chief Ross Buzzuro why this would be the case, given that the city’s demoflush numbers – which track population by wastewater usage – were down to an average of 214,003 people per weekend in June, versus 225,785 last year. Less people but more altercations would suggest the city is bringing an unruly crowd in June.

But Council Secretary Mary Knight posited that the city’s hotel occupancy for establishments included in the Smith Travel Report was up 5.6 percent – which would suggest that Taser incidents have merely increased as tourism has been more successful.

Increased Taser activity could also be attributed to the OCPD’s heightened presence this June, which won round praise from elected officials and business owners.

Total enforcement by the OCPD in June was actually down, with a 6.9 percent decrease in officer-initiated actions and a 3.9 percent decrease in citizen calls.

Notably, four of the 10 CEW firings in June were the result of attempted marijuana arrests, a dynamic that may change considerably once the state’s decriminalization goes into effect.

Bus Driver Assault Aug. 15 — Three suspects in the robbery of a municipal bus driver in the early morning hours of June 14 have

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On the day of the crime, at approximately 1 a.m., Ocean City police responded to an assault that had already occurred at Worcester Street and Baltimore Avenue on a municipal bus. Officers determined that three young men boarded the bus and a verbal altercation started with the bus driver about the cost of the bus tickets.

As the argument escalated, at least one of the suspects assaulted the bus driver with an object, possibly the microphone used for announcing stops, robbed him of several bus tickets and fled the scene. The bus tickets would have little value because they are valid only for 24 hours. Cash on the municipal buses is securely locked in a box with a very small opening at the top for cash.

One suspect, Marquez Quaran Ellis, 19, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing and resisting arrest that morning and released, according to Lindsay O’Neal, public affairs specialist for the police department. Another suspect, Josiah Louis Mincer III, 18, was arrested July 3, and has been extradited to Maryland. Later in July, a Worcester County Grand Jury indicted Mincer, Ellis and Jaleel Lee Henderson, 18, for armed robbery.

Mincer is charged with armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, theft of less than

$1,000, conspiracy to commit theft of less than $1,000, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace.

High-Speed Chase Aug. 22 — A 21-year-old Jessup man was charged Aug.21 with a drunken driving charge and multiple traffic offenses after leading police on a high speed chase and crashing into a utility box near 72nd Street.

An Ocean City police officer saw Carlton Matthew Stephenson III drive eastbound through the parking lot in front of the 64th Street Market and continuing south to Coastal Highway early in the morning on Aug. 21, according to Lindsay O’Neal, the police department’s public affairs specialist.

The officer saw the driver, who was traveling at a high rate of speed, fail to stay in a single lane. Officers pursued him to 49th Street, where he failed to stop at a red light, drove through the Seacrets parking lot and then back to Coastal Highway, where he made a Uturn at 48th Street and drove north, all while failing to yield for traffic with the right-of-way. “We recorded his rate of speed at 98 miles per hour,� O’Neal said. “As he continued northbound, he failed to control his rate of speed and collided with a condominium building at 72nd Street.�

Stephenson not only crashed into the Seaway condominium, he destroyed electrical meters and a transformer. “This caused fluid to saturate northbound Coastal Highway and that caused

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northbound traffic to be completed closed,� she said.

One northbound lane was then rerouted to the southbound side of Coastal Highway.

Crews from the Ocean City Public Works Department, Delmarva Power and Clean Venture worked to clean up the fluid and restore power to the condominium.

Delmarva Power spokesman Matt Likovich said the collision with the padmounted transformer caused an electric outage for 50 customers on 72nd Street from 4:20-4:50 a.m.

Stephenson was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and a multitude of other traffic violations.

No injuries were reported during the incident.

Burglary, Theft And More Sept. 5 — A 50-year-old Baltimore woman was arrested Aug. 30 in connection with a burglary and theft at an Ocean City residence and an earlier attempted theft at the Kite Loft on the Boardwalk at Fifth Street.

That day, a man told police that when he went into the living room at about 6:45 a.m., he saw an open window and a woman hiding behind a couch. The woman, whom he did not know, told him that a man had let her into the house. Then she said she was looking for someone, but she must be in the wrong house.

The man told her to leave and she did.

The woman who lives in the house fol-

lowed the intruder as she walked north on the Boardwalk until she reached 18th Street.

When the woman returned to the residence, she noticed that approximately $13 to $15 had been taken from a table in the living room and called police.

About 10 minutes later, a police officer on the Boardwalk at 30th Street reported seeing a woman matching the suspect’s description changing her shirt and hat and pushing a baby stroller. Because of her behavior and because she matched the suspect’s description, he detained her. She produced identification in the name of Gail Elizabeth Evans.

During a search of Evans after her arrest, police found marijuana, a glass smoking pipe, a grinder used to process marijuana before smoking it, $163 cash, a Canon camera, metal knuckles and a fighting knife.

The woman who lived at the house checked her purse and discovered that a Canon camera and $150 cash were missing from it. She identified the camera in Evans’ possession as the one that had been in her purse.

Police charged Evans with first-, third- and fourth-degree burglary, two counts of theft under $1,000, possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia and possession of a prohibited weapon.

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On Aug. 27, a woman wearing a camouflage pattern tank top with OC written on it, blue shorts with Ocean City written on the left leg and white socks with black sandals entered the kite store at about 2:30 p.m. and walked behind the counter where she tried to open the cash register, according to the charging document. While she was there, customers approached her and she directed them to another area of the store. When an employee asked her what she was doing, she said she was looking for a pumpkin spinner. Then she walked around briefly before leaving.

Employees gave police three photos from the surveillance camera and the officer put the information about the attempted robbery on the police department’s roll call pad.

On Aug. 30, the officer heard about the 12th Street burglary and learned that the suspect might be the suspect in the Kite Loft attempted theft so he went to the booking area to meet with Evans.

When he asked her if she had heard about the Kite Loft, she reportedly said, “Yes, absolutely,” but denied ever being in it. Later, she said she recalled being inside the Kite Loft.

She also reportedly said she had gone behind the counter to try to get change, but she did not get any. She said she needed change for a dollar so she could use a pay phone.

When the officer asked her if she had a cell phone with her at the time she was in the Kite Loft, she said yes.

Father, Son Jailed Sept. 12 — An Ocean Pines teenager who was sentenced Sept. 3 to 18 months in jail for a drug charge and an assault told the judge he had thought it would be cool to be a drug dealer. After all, his father sold drugs and had introduced him to drug dealers.

Somewhere along the line, Jeremy Giordiano changed his mind about that occupation and told the judge he was sorry for his mistakes.

“I went down the wrong track very easily,” Giordiano told Judge Thomas C. Groton III in Circuit Court in Snow Hill.

Giordiano was arrested Nov. 14, 2013 after members of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Enforcement Team executed a search and seizure warrant at his residence near the Yacht Club.

In the bedroom he shared with his girlfriend, investigators found bags and jars containing 1,027 grams (2.3 lbs.) of marijuana, hash oil, a grinder for processing marijuana, a digital scale, cell phones and $557 in cash.

That led to the charge of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute it.

He was arrested again April 9 after an argument with his girlfriend turned physical. In that case, he was charged with first- and second-degree assault.

In court last week, his defense attorney, Anders Randrup III said Giordiano was “just a kid” who didn’t get through the ninth grade and had been involved in special education throughout his school years. Giordiano, he said, was “extraordinarily impressionable” and

had been led to drugs by his father, Michael Giordiano.

Randrup said sending Giordiano to jail would be a mistake and asked the judge to give him a suspended sentence because of the “awful, awful reason he’s even here.”

Judge Groton told the teen, who pleaded guilty to the charges against him, that it was his decision to sell drugs.

After the judge sentenced Giordiano to 18 months in jail on each charge, he suspended all but eight months of those sentences, which will be served concurrently. After his release from jail, Giordiano must pay two $500 fines and will be on supervised probation for two years.

His father is also in jail. Michael Giordiano, 39, pleaded guilty June 10 to possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute it and was sentenced to five years’ incarceration with all but nine months suspended. He had been arrested Nov. 14, 2013, the same day his son was arrested.

Victim Chases Thief Sept. 12 — A woman whose credit card was stolen while she was at a downtown bar Aug. 15 ran several blocks to confront the thief after the credit card company representative told her the card was being used at another bar at that very moment.

The woman reported her purse stolen to an employee of a Talbot Street bar and police were contacted. When the officer arrived at about 9:45 p.m., however, the purse had been found and the officer left.

Case closed.

At about 10:30 p.m., the victim realized that several items, including a Chase Visa credit card, her driver’s license and $38 cash, were missing, so she immediately notified the Chase security department. The Chase security representative told her that the card was being used at an Eighth Street pub at that very moment.

Ocean City police were contacted and the woman ran from Talbot Street to Eighth Street. Both arrived at about the same time.

According to the charging document, a man, later identified at Norman Smith, 54, of no fixed address, ordered two beers and some food and started a tab under the name of a woman. Because he seemed intoxicated, the bartender asked him to leave after he ate his food.

When asked to pay the $46.90 tab, Smith paid with the woman’s credit card.

Then he walked to a liquor store. Smith reportedly tried to buy liquor using the woman’s credit card, but the clerk asked him for identification, which he was unable to provide, and held the credit card up to a security camera as evidence.

Police arrested Smith and charged him with using another’s credit card to charge less than $100, stealing another’s credit card and theft of less than $100.

Two Indicted In Attack Sept. 19 — Two suspects were indicted earlier this month in the Aug. 24 death of a Pennsylvania man in Ocean City.

Caleb Edwin Earl Ochse, 27, of West Ocean City, and Christopher Blake Kendall, who has addresses in Ocean

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Cancelliere was in Ocean City with a cousin and two friends when they encountered Ochse and Kendall in a sub shop at the corner of Talbot Street and Baltimore Avenue in the early morning hours. After purchasing chicken wings, Ochse and Kendall left. Cancelliere left after they did and allegedly followed them. Cancelliere’s cousin and two friends also left.

An argument led to a scuffle, with Cancelliere allegedly fighting with Ochse and Kendall. The charging document did not state who started the fight or what the argument was about.

Cancelliere’s cousin reportedly told police he broke up the fight and then saw Cancelliere, who had injuries to his face and head, on the ground. Cancelliere was unconscious and bleeding.

The cousin and two friends reportedly put the injured man in a taxi, but only one of the friends rode in the taxi with him to the Plim Plaza parking lot on Second Street, according to the charging document. Not until the taxi took them

to Second Street was 911 called. The charging document did not state who placed the call.

When police arrived at about 3:15 a.m., they noted Cancelliere had a bloody nose, his forehead was bruised and he was unconscious. Ocean City paramedics started emergency life-saving procedures before he was taken to Atlantic General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead later that morning.

Reviewing a video surveillance tape, police determined one of the men at the sub shop was Ochse. Detectives with the Ocean City Police Department went to Ochse’s West Ocean City residence at about 9:50 a.m. and told him they were investigating a fight that had occurred outside the downtown sub shop. Ochse reportedly did not answer those questions. Kendall, who was at Ochse’s residence, also reportedly refused to answer questions.

The next day, Monday, Aug. 25, the Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy on Cancelliere and ruled that the cause of death was head and neck trauma and that the manner of death was homicide. On Tuesday, Aug. 26, police arrested Ochse at his place of work, a West Ocean City restaurant, and Kendall turned himself at the Ocean City Police Department headquarters later that day. He was released after a District Court commissioner found no probable cause for the charges against him.

Kendall appeared in Circuit Court on Sept. 8 for a bond review. His bond was

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set at $100,000. He posted bond that day and he was released from jail. Ochse continues to be held in jail on $400,000 bond.

Punching A Police Horse Oct. 3 — Ocean City Police charged two men Sept.29 after they each struck the same police horse in unrelated incidents.

Eric Ryan Dudkiewicz, 23, of Norristown, Pa., and Demetrios Xanthos, 26, of North Arlington, N.J., were charged with interfering with a police animal.

Veteran equine member of the force, Benson, was the victim of both attacks and, per his training, did not return the blows. Both he and Mounted Officer Joseph Laughlin left the incident unscathed, police said.

With large crowds gathering in the midtown area during H2O International, a VW- and Audi-centric car show in the area last weekend, mounted officers and police on bikes and in patrol cars were outside the Princess Bayside on 48th Street to control crowds Saturday night.

Around 1:15 a.m., Dudkiewicz was walking south on the sidewalk to the left of Benson when he struck the horse and reached under the saddlebag.

Officer Andrew Beck was on foot and grabbed Dudkiewicz by the shirt, arresting him for hitting a police animal. Dudkiewicz appeared drunk, according to Beck’s report.

Just over an hour later, the incident nearly repeated itself. Xanthos was walk-

ing south on the horse’s left when he struck Benson and reached under the saddlebag. This time Laughlin grabbed him by the shirt and arrested him, reporting he also appeared drunk.

With more than a month’s training along the Boardwalk and other busy resort areas, the horses are adept at remaining calm during chaos, said Linsday O’Neal, Public Affairs Specialist for the OCPD. Training involves “exposing them to all the different sights and sounds that they see so they do just what Benson did this weekend: They don’t react,” she said.

“Benson is probably our most popular horse and I think it is safe to say that he is ridden more often than the others because he is such a great, well-trained police horse,” she added.

Unfulfilled Contracts Oct. 31 — The Ocean City Police Department has charged a Pittsville contractor with theft and other related charges after he failed to complete at least two construction jobs.

The contractor, who has been identified as John Alan Stull, 49, took deposits totaling thousands of dollars from victims and then failed to complete the jobs.

Ocean City police officers were contacted on Oct. 25 by an individual who stated that she contracted Stull to complete work on her home in September 2014. The individual reported that Stull was contracted to replace the roof of her private home and was paid $1,900 as a deposit. Charges are pending in this case.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Continued from Page 27 During the investigation, detectives determined that Stull had previously been charged with similar crimes. On July 18, 2014, Ocean City detectives began an investigation after a victim reported that Stull had been paid over $10,000 to replace the stairs of a building. After more than two months had passed, the job was never started and attempts to contact him were unsuccessful. Stull was charged with theft and other related charges. He failed to appear in court and is currently wanted.

Chicken Finger Fracas Oct. 31 — Police charged an Ocean City man with of first- and second-degree assault after he choked a waiter when his dining companion said she did not receive her chicken fingers.

Ocean City Police officers arrived at the Brass Balls Saloon downtown just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, after receiving a call about the incident.

The victim, a waiter, said Carl L. Saint-Juste, 24, of Ocean City, snuck up behind him while he was sitting and began choking him after Saint-Juste’s dining partner approached him to complain.

Video footage of the incident showed Saint-Juste continued to choke him for about 12 seconds, preventing the waiter from breathing or speaking, until someone else yelled at him to stop, the victim said.

Officers found Saint-Juste at a nearby hotel. When asked about the event, he said, “If there was a fight, someone

would have been leaking and bruised.�

Homeless Crew Squatting Nov. 7 — A group of homeless people, who dubbed themselves ‘the Caroline Street Crew,’ has been charged with breaking into a downtown residence to use as a shelter for the night.

On Nov. 1, Ocean City police received a call about a residence being burglarized on Second Street and Philadelphia Avenue. Upon arrival, police discovered seven homeless men inside the vacant, winterized home.

Police said the men were scattered between the three floors of the home and a door looked like it was kicked in upstairs.

Scott Alan Bryant, Phillip Alan Weigel, Mark Darren Martin, Charles Houston Boone, Russell Douglass Jester, Derrick Lynn Percifull and Vernon Carroll Rineheart were arrested and charged with fourth-degree burglary.

Rineheart told police they were cold and needed somewhere to stay and keep warm. After explaining his homeless situation, he asked to be taken to Snow Hill’s jail.

Weigel, meanwhile, told police all seven people inside the residence were the “Caroline Street Crew.�

The home was owned by Mariani Development and the company typically only does rentals in the summertime.

The home had no heat, electricity or water when the group allegedly broke in.

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Police said Clarke was traveling westbound on Route 346 in a 2008 Volvo C70 at approximately 8:07 a.m. when she failed to yield the right of way to Laura King, 29, of Salisbury. King was traveling east on Route 50 in a 2010 Mazda SUV. Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack and Berlin police and EMS responded to the crash. Clarke was unresponsive on the site. “Both vehicles were totaled,� said Md. State Police Sgt. Adam Howard. “There was front-end damage on the Mazda and driver’s side damage on the Volvo.�

The investigation into the crash is ongoing by the Maryland State Police Reconstruction Team. “Right now, preliminarily, Ms. Clarke failed to yield the right of way to Ms. King as she crossed Route 50,� Howard said. “Rain was definitely a factor.�

Clarke was the wife of Marty Clarke, vice-president of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors.

Lawyer Silenced By Judge Dec. 5 — After what appeared to be genuine witness statements were published on a site endorsed, if not directly maintained, by the family of Caleb Edwin-Earl Ochse, State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby promised he “would be taking steps.�

Those steps played out at what was nominally a motions hearing in the manslaughter case where Ochse, along with Christopher Blake Kendall are accused in the death of Lehigh County Pa., man Justin Cancelliere.

The accused sat together, their appearances showing their differing stations. Kendall, who was released after surrendering himself to police had a fresh haircut, was clean-shaven and smartly dressed. Ochse, jailed since his arrest, wore a jumpsuit and leg irons.

Judge Groton began the hearing by explaining he would be taking an action that would render the rest of the pending motions irrelevant. He called for the “Ochse family lawyer,� and Michael Hannon, the named partner in a Washington D.C. law firm, appeared.

The judge asked if Hannon was licensed to practice law in Maryland, and Hannon said he was. Groton explained to Hannon that the medical examiner’s report was to be provided only to an expert for testimony, and that the report was not to distributed anywhere else.

Hannon hesitated, but replied with, “If it is a court order,� to which Groton replied, “It is,� and promptly closed the proceeding. No other issues in the case were heard. The trial is set to begin Jan. 7.

Ochse, 27, and Kendall, 22, are accused in the death, caused by head and neck trauma ruled a homicide by Atlantic General Hospital, of Justin Cancelliere, 37, in an altercation at the end of a long night in late August. ‘One Man Crime Spree’ Dec. 5 — Judge Thomas Groton III scoffed at Orion Conway’s plea for leniency.

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Charged with a multitude of offenses, Conway was facing substantial time. The prosecution recommended 11 years — eight for the burglary-related charges and an additional three for assault. Groton went a step further.

Taken at face value, Conway was looking at about 120 years, but concurrent sentences shaved a century off his debt to society.

The defense explained Conway’s actions, including stealing boat propellers and selling them for scrap, looting TVs and selling them to local shops and making off with a substantial amount of jewelry that was melted down and thus cannot be replaced, as a man desperate to feed his addictions. The items, according to testimony, were sold for a maximum of $300 each.

The defense explained, from the “department of no surprise� that when Conway was picked up and examined at Atlantic General following his arrest he had a number of hard drugs currently in his system including PCP and heroin.

This set of charges stem from May and June 2014. Victims were located primarily in the West Ocean City and Berlin areas. The 24-year-old has had numerous convictions on similar issues in the past. He had been arrested on drug charges as far back as 2008. “We’ve got a one-man crime spree here,� Groton said, before sentencing.

Threatened Police Dec. 12 — Bryan Keith Taylor, 48, of Ocean City was arrested Dec. 10 after allegedly threatening to kill his neighbor and then reportedly brandishing a long knife at the Ocean City police officers who came to arrest him.

Police were called to a downtown location three times early Dec. 10 on a trespassing complaint involving Taylor, who had been warned by police two hours earlier before they were called for what turned out to be the final time.

Police said when they arrived on the scene for the third time, they heard Taylor repeatedly screaming, “I’m going to kill you. I have a knife and I’m going to slice you open.�

Police said he was waving a large knife about 12 inches long, pounding on a door and continuously yelling threats to the person behind it.

Taylor then noticed a police officer and told him, “I’m going to kill you,� according to the report.

Police said the officer drew his weapon, pointed it at Taylor and told him to drop the knife, but that Taylor continued walking towards him and did not release the knife until the officer said, “If you take one more step, I’m going to shoot.�

According to the report, the now weaponless Taylor ignored an initial command to get on the ground and continued to walk towards the officer, before giving himself up.

Police said as Taylor was being handcuffed, he said he was going to kill his neighbor in self-defense because he twice slapped Taylor in the face.

Taylor was charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, possession of dangerous weapon with intent to injure, trespassing and disorderly conduct.

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OBITUARIES DAVID LYNN KELLER Berlin David Lynn Keller, age 62, died Dec. 23, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.

Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Thomas Keller and Emma Lange Keller. He is survived by his wife, Judie Rosier Keller and children, Krista McNaDavid Keller mara and her husband, James of Annapolis, Karrie Cook and her husband, Andrew of Baltimore, Leigha Keller of Berlin, and Michael Martinez of Berlin. There are two grandchildren, Georgia McNamara and Seamus McNamara. Also surviving is a brother, Thomas Keller and his wife, Linda of Deerfield, Ill. Mr. Keller had been an auto mechanic and had owned and operated Auto Battery and Electric in Baltimore for 42 years. He had also worked at Fisher Auto Parts in Salisbury, Md. He was a member of the Parkville Pleasure Club in Baltimore.

A Celebration of Life was held on Dec. 29, 2014, at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. Rev. Kyle McDaniel officiated.

Donations may be made in memory of David to: Relay for Life, 1315 Mt. Hermon Rd., Suite D., Salisbury, Md. 21804. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home.

Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com.

FREDERICK “FRED” A. PHILLIPS Camden, Del. “Capt. Fred” Fred Phillips, 87, passed away at his home in Camden, Del. on Dec. 19, 2014.

He was the son of the late Freddie and Roxa Phillips of Hooper’s Island, Md. where he was born and raised.

Following high school, he served in the Merchant Marines traveling

throughout much of the world. He then joined Schriver Gas Conversion Company where he worked for several years in different areas of the eastern U.S. laying natural gas pipeline.

In 1947, he married the former Virginia E. Todd of Cambridge, Md. In 1959, with their four children, they moved to Wyoming, Del. when he became employed by the company now known as Chesapeake Utilities and retired in 1989 as vice president of operations.

He also participated in several business organizations throughout his career and served as Camden, Del. mayor.

His love of salt water, deep sea fishing, and boating was second to only his love of family. In the mid1970s he obtained the U. S. Coast Guard’s accreditation as “captain” and began operating charter fishing trips from Bahia Marina in Ocean City, Md. He continued to provide this service to age 82, sharing his love and knowledge of boating and deep sea fishing with others.

He was known to have salt water in his veins rather than blood because of this love for the water. Capt. Fred’s boat, “Virginia” continues to be docked in Ocean City and, although under new ownership, continues to provide the adventure of deep sea fishing to many.

Fred is survived by his wife of 67 years, Virginia. He is predeceased by his son, Frederick “Rick” and daughter, Jean. Also, surviving him are his daughters and sons-in-law: Teresa P. and Dennis Blades; Emilie P. and Glenn Courtney; and Ann P. and Danny J. Skeans; as well as daughterin-law, Chandra Phillips. Grandchildren: Tina H. Gustafson, Linda L. Hunter, James F. Hunter, Tara Pieroni; Miles Courtney and Alexis Courtney. Great-grandchildren: Duston Hunter, Kyle Boyce, Steven Hunter, Holden Hunter, Chayton

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THOMAS EDWARD WIDERMAN, SR. Ocean Pines Thomas Edward Widerman Sr., 96, of Ocean Pines, Md. died at home on December 18, 2014 with wife of 16 years, Corky Troutner Widerman at his side. She was his best gal and especially devoted as age took his health.

Our dad had a wonderful journey through life which we would like to share. He was born in 1918 in Baltimore, but was raised in Reisterstown, Md., the only son of Fannie Belle King and Frank Widerman and grandson of Jesse Livingston King and Frances Virginia Spurrier.

Throughout his young life, he was surrounded by aunts and uncles on his lane. He was one of 28 cousins.

Recent trips through Ancestry.com trace his family roots back to the 1600s in Maryland and further back to King Henry II of England. Quite a heritage of which he was proud.

Dad also had three half-brothers from his mom’s first marriage. His brother, Jim Chaney lived well into his 90s in Dallas. Good longevity genes in this family.

There is a car dealership where his house once stood, but dad remembered wood stoves, outhouses, and pumping water into the house for baths. Dad graduated from Franklin

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Pippin Funeral Home in Wyoming, Del. hosted a viewing on Dec. 22, 2014. A funeral service was held on Dec. 23, 2014. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Camden.

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As a young man, Widerman worked at a variety of endeavors: busboy, car washer, shooting gallery operator, carnival roustabout, coal miner and aircraft mechanic to name a few. A private pilot’s license would begin his career in aviation.

He worked at Curtiss-Wright airfield, was a ground school instructor for the University of Baltimore, a flight instructor for the Baltimore School of Aeronautics, and a member of the Maryland Reserve. Dad also earned the highest grade a pilot can achieve as an air transport pilot and class A aircraft mechanic.

It was during that time he met his first wife, Betty May, and married in 1943. Now in the Army Air Corps, dad was sent to Texas as a flight instructor for the B-29. On leave late that year, he met his daughter, PJ, for the first time.

Discharged in 1945, dad moved his family to Florida where he and friends started their own cargo airline, purchasing now-surplus WWII planes. He flew all over the world, his routes included the Middle East, South America and Cuba.

Tom, Jr. was born in Miami and the family moved to Brownsville, Texas in 1949 after the partners sold the airline.

Back in Baltimore in the early 50’s, Betsy and Linda joined the clan, and the family eventually settled in Baldwin. Dad became executive director of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, a position he held for 20 years.

He made many friends and worked hard to improve the trucking industry both locally and nationally. He also served on the Maryland Atomic Energy Commission, and advocated for an independent aviation division which would become the Federal Aviation Administration.

Recently in Ocean City, he was invited to a MMTA convention event.

He was thrilled to be remembered and met many of the children who have taken over their family trucking businesses.

His family continued to grow as his children married: PJ Widerman and Vicki Sjolander, Tom and Pamela Widerman, Betsy and Pat Hyle, and Linda and Cliff Hirsch.

Grandchildren were born. Jed Hyle (sift, Catherine), Justin Widerman (wife, Jenny), Josh Widerman (wife, Brinley) and Jessika Widerman.

He has five wonderful greatgrandsons: Matthew, Tyler and Aidan Hyle, Justin and Jackson Widerman. Dad said being able to meet his great-grands was one of the best rewards of growing old.

After his marriage ended in divorce, dad moved to Annapolis and began working as an assistant administrator for the Motor Vehicle Administration. He married Liz Gross and added step-daughters, Stephanie and Jane to his family. He also became grandfather to Stephanie’s sons, Stephan Harvey and Ethan Harvey

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OBITUARIES (wife, Megan), who have been very special in his life, and Jane’s children, Brandon, Kirsten, Leah and Cody.

After the death of his wife, dad supplemented retirement by lobbying in Annapolis for several transportation companies. He also turned a long-time friendship with Corky into marriage and her children Jennifer and Matt Cavanaugh and Tim and Louisa Troutner joined the extended family and added seven more grandchildren.

Retiring to the home they built in Ocean Pines 16 years ago, they have enjoyed living near the ocean and across from the golf course. Golfing with his Rascals group was one of the highlights of dad’s time there. In his 80s, he often shot his age.

A life-long Democrat, dad enjoyed his local club and served on the county committee for many years.

Life slowed down a bit these past few years, but dad kept a household routine, enjoyed his family visits, time with Corky, and loved his Buster the cat.

There was also time to reflect on a life well lived. Dad never imagined he would live this long. It wasn’t always the best life, he had some regrets, things he would have changed, but in the end he was happy, he loved and was loved, and was proud of his ever growing family. He will be missed, we will shed tears, but we will share his amazing journey of 96 years…his legacy-our history.

At a later time, family and friends will gather for a celebration of Widerman’s life.

If you would like to share any stories or memories with the family, please send them to: bhyle2@outlook.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Coastal Hospice, 2604 Old Ocean City Road, Salisbury, Md. 21802.

Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home. Letters of condolence may be sent to Burbage@Burbage FuneralHome.com.

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DOLORES CHRISTINA KYLE Ocean View, Del. Dolores Christina Kyle (nee George), age 91 of Ocean View, Del., formerly of Ocean City and Baltimore, Md. went home to be with the Lord on Dec. 23, 2014.

She was born on May 29, 1923, the first child of Joseph and Bertha George.

She attended grammar school and high Dolores Kyle school in the Baltimore area. As a young adult, she did bookkeeping for her father’s ice business before taking a clerical position at Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

She also enjoyed duckpin bowling, a skill that she perfected becoming a Major League Bowler, bowling in sponsored tournaments all over the Mid–Atlantic area.

Paired first with him in a local “mixed doubles” bowling tournament, she met and then married another major league bowler, Raymond Kyle in 1943. She and Ray gave birth to one child, Raymond Donald in March of 1947. After his birth and caring for her invalid mother until her passing, she then took an accounting position at Commercial Credit Corporation located in Baltimore City. She worked 31 years for

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She and her husband then sold their house in Baltimore and moved to Ocean City, Md. where she lived until moving in with her son in 2011.

In Ocean City, she enjoyed line dancing and playing cards – all kinds of card games. She was a member of St. Luke’s Church and the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary. She became a widow in 1992 but still lived in Ocean City enjoying the friendship of women from her church as well as her neighbors.

At 88 and no longer able to live alone, she moved in with her son and daughter-in-law in Ocean View, Del., and lived with them until her death from congestive heart failure. Her father, mother, and her only brother Joseph predeceased her. Her one son, Raymond Donald Kyle and his wife, Lynne; a sister-in-law, Evelyn George of Baltimore, as well as many loving nieces survive her.

A Celebration of her life and a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Ocean City, was on Dec. 29, 2014. A private interment ceremony followed on Dec. 30, 2014 at Holy Cross Cemetery in Baltimore.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions in Dolores’ name to the Little Sisters of the Poor, 185 Salem Church Rd., Newark, Del. 19713.

Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.melsonfuneralservices.com.

ROLAND JAMES HASTINGS Gumboro, Del. Roland James Hastings, age 85, died Dec. 18, 2014 at the home of his sister in Ocean City.

Born in Ocean City, he was the son of the late Fred and Mary Hadder Hastings. He is preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Ann Tyndall Hastings Davis, his daughter Nancy Smith, and his brother, William Hastings.

He is survived by his son, Winfred James Hastings of Gumboro, Del., his sister, Helen Jarvis of Ocean City, his brother, Oscar Leroy Brittingham and his wife Ruth, of Berlin and several nieces and nephews, and a dear friend, Peggy Collins of Gumboro, Del. Mr. Hastings had worked as a waterman for many years.

A funeral service was held on Dec. 23, 2014 at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. Pastor Chuck Reynolds officiated.

Donations may be made to the Worcester County Humane Society, P.O. Box 48 Berlin, Md. 21811.

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By Kara Hallissey Staff Writer (Jan. 2, 2015) Many businesses celebrated milestone years in Ocean City during 2014 including Phillips Seafood, Dumser’s Dairyland, Cork Bar and DeVito’s Deli.

A number of others made renovations or additions including BJ’s on the Water, Fat Daddy’s, Bahia Marina, Higgins on 31st Street and Harpoon Hanna’s in Fenwick Island.

A few others expanded and the vape craze brought multiple stores into Ocean City seemingly overnight.

Seeing Ocean City staples, Donald’s Duck Shoppe close its doors after 38 years and Fresco’s closing its 83rd Street venue after 14 years brought changes to Ocean City.

Here are some of the resort’s 2014 business highlights:

Ocean City • After closing its doors for nearly a month, BJ’s on the Water reopened at the end of January. The 34 yearold restaurant remained true to its saloon style, but added a slew of new touches to bring it into 2014. Many of the “new” pieces were actually repurposed parts that had been in BJ’s for years. For example, the new bathroom doors were BJ’s old front doors.

• The Carousel Group hotel management company kicked off 2014 by adding the 25th Street Crystal Beach Hotel to its list of properties. The Crystal Beach Hotel opened Jan. 1 of this year, giving the company a Boardwalk presence.

• Two specialty stores opened March 1 in the Ocean City Square shopping center on 118th Street bringing the first vaporizer or e-cigarette community hangout and a beach wedding business offering vows on the city’s shores. Café Vape is a spot where the “vape” community can try new flavors of liquid, use the Internet or just talk about what’s new. Barefoot Bride aimed to bring destination weddings to Ocean City by offering high-end but affordable alternatives to destination wedding sites like Jamaica or the Bahamas.

• After a trademark infringement lawsuit threatened to close its doors, the former Shorebilly Brewing Company on the Boardwalk reopened under a new name launching the “Backshore” brand at the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association’s Spring Trade Expo.

• Cowboy Coast Country Saloon took over the space that housed the 17th Street Party Block. Mark Bogosh opened the new country bar and restaurant the first week of May, once renovations were completed. The spot has a large stage area and a me-

Guido’s Burritos’ owner opened a second location – on 33rd Street and Coastal Highway – in August. The restaurant combines Mexican-Italian fusion food, a unique atmosphere and more than 100 types of tequila.

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• The Worcester County Commissioners in conjunction with the Department of Liquor Control invited the public to attend the grand reopening of the Shore Spirits Retail Liquor Store on April 1. The 16th Street store is the newest of the DLC’s five newly branded Shore Spirit retail liquor store locations.

• Blood Bank of Delmarva (BBD) celebrated its 60th anniversary this year.

• MinuteClinic opened a new walkin clinic inside the CVS/pharmacy store in Ocean City at 12001 Coastal Highway in April. This is the second location in Ocean City and the clinic is open seven days a week, including weekday evening hours.

• Jack’s Lobster Rolls opened on Second Street in April where owners JoAnn and Jack Mileski dish up a healthy portion of Maine lobster on a split-top roll, topped with butter and Crabby “J” Spice.

• SS Vape, which sells e-cigarettes and all the accompanying supplies, opened on 18th Street in April between Pizza Tugo’s and OC’s Restaurant Sushi Bar on Philadelphia Avenue.

Not smokers themselves, co-owners Barry Morrison, Martin Schlegel and Kirk Kinnamon see vaping — the term for using e-cigarettes — as a realistic way to help smokers quit cigarettes, which pack thousands of chemicals.

• Clients at the Worcester County Development Center began a hand-

made soap business and launched their line at Springfest. The idea for a soap-making business has long existed in the WCDC. • In May, local photographer Kimberly Tucker launched a new boutique studio on the Boardwalk at 12th Street just around the corner from Decatur House.

• Skate shop, Get Gnarly opened on the Boardwalk at Somerset Street.

Owner David Leverton, better known as “Tron,” opened his shop May 2 and from its bright T-shirts and hats to the local musicians often found playing acoustic guitar out front, the shop is reminiscent of the 90s movies that inspired his lifelong love for skateboarding.

• Barn 34 brought a new dining experience to Ocean City last May, with the Pirate’s Den’s renowned breakfast menu and the unique structure of the former Christmas Spirit building on 34th Street. The restaurant on 34th Street features favorite breakfast dishes like Captain Crunch French Toast and Crabby Eggs from the Lawson family’s former Pirate’s Den, as well as a new lunch and dinner menu.

• Señor Cigars moved from 78th Street to 33rd Street in May • Little Leo’s American & Mediterranean Kitchen opened on 78th Street in May. By opening time, owner Christina Kaouris, has a host of homemade dishes from spanakopita and pastitsio to desserts such as baklava and walnut cakes lining the racks ready for customers to arrive.

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• The 67th Street TownCenter welcomed The Market to its storefronts on Memorial Day, bringing freshbrewed coffee, local produce and seafood straight from the docks to Ocean City’s mid-town shoppers. The Market features three local businesses —Point Break Espresso from 44th Street in Ocean City, Martin Fish Company based on the docks of West Ocean City and Berlin Organics from its farm on Route 611 — in one spot.

• Fat Daddy’s has been serving customers its famous sandwiches and subs since 1985 from its downtown shop on the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Dorchester Street. This past summer, after razing, renovating and an expanding the building, owner Ed Braude continued that tradition, reopening for business July 2. The new building incorporates three original storefronts — the original Fat Daddy’s, a T-shirt shop and a former residence. It added 18 dorm-style rooms upstairs, which Braude plans to rent out over the winter and next summer as part of the downtown’s revitalization project. There’s also retail space next-door he plans to rent.

Visitors can still find their favorites dishes, including Fat Daddy’s No. 1 selling cheesesteak sub and its signature sandwiches like the “Outback,” and the “Jumanji.”

• Ocean City Brewing Company, Ocean City’s newest brewery opened for business June 7 and has been pouring craft drafts from across the country and its first local homebrews on 55th Street ever since. “I wanted to put Ocean City on the map as far as craft brewing,” owner Josh Shores said. “I was born here and raised here and wanted to bring new brew here.”

• Local Mojo on 34th Street opened on July 11 in between Ish Boutique and Barn 34. Owner Shenandoah Cute stocks the store with organic produce from Quindocqua farms, recycled art, homemade soap and other wares from the tristate area, the business is a one-stop shop for homegrown goods.

• Bahia Marina on 21st Street went from a small-scale fishing headquarters to a full-service marina this year.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Continued from Page 33 day on the water. Guests can use Bahia’s boat ramp for a fee or book a boat at the marina, from the 75-foot “Judith Mâ€? for deep sea fishing to party cruises and kayak rentals. • Lily Zhu, the owner of Ho Feng Garden in Ocean Pines brought Japanese cuisine and sushi to downtown Ocean City at her new Tai Ji Sushi in July. The restaurant on Baltimore Avenue offers dine-in and carryout options from noodle dishes to Chinese classics like General Tso’s chicken and lo mein and, of course, a wide variety of sushi rolls. • A Touch of Italy opened in Ocean City at the Holiday Inn Oceanfront on 67th Street in the beginning of July.

People who have visited any of the Touch of Italy locations in Delaware, and especially its Route 1 restaurant in Rehoboth Beach, know that energetic is the operative word. Diners mingle with bar patrons, while other customers line up at the full Italian market or salumeria and the pastry shop, otherwise known as the pasticceria. • Bourbon Street on the Beach opened its doors in July serving everything from crawfish pie and jambalaya to gumbo and other creole cuisine. Owner and Chef Barry Reichart brought New Orleans flair to Eastern Shore fare at his new restaurant on 116th Street. It offers upscale dining in a casual atmosphere with the hospitality of any Southern establishment. • DeVito’s Deli celebrated 80 years of bringing customers homemade Italian pizzas and subs. It has been open in uptown Ocean City for more than three decades on 143rd Street. • In July, another Ocean City staple, Phillips Seafood celebrated 100 years of bringing fresh seafood to customers at its 20th Street location • OCM Crabs opened up a second location on 71st Street last summer, with a larger dining area and menu, the Diehl owners said. The menu at the new restaurant includes favorites such as soft shell crab sandwiches, fried oysters and shrimp, cream of crab soup and snow crab legs. Visitors can take home crabs by the

bushel or enjoy all-you-can-eat crabs. • Donut Connection opened in downtown Ocean City this past July.

From chocolate-frosted and rainbow sprinkled to Boston cream-filled, the shop has an assortment of donut choices. Donut Connection is located on Second Street and Baltimore Avenue and dishes up pastries baked fresh daily alongside fresh-brewed coffee, Hershey’s ice cream and hot breakfast sandwiches. • OC Beach Wax opened uptown at the end of July bringing Ocean City its only full-service waxing studio.

Owner Ryn Barnett-Rohe provides services from eyebrow and bikini waxes to waxing for men, facials and even vajazzling, it’s bringing hair care to the forefront on 120th Street. • Ocean City-based Mexican-Italian fusion eatery Guido’s Burritos, which is owned by Rocco Di Filippo, opened its second location on 33rd Street and Coastal Highway in August. • Members of the community gathered for a night of food, music and accolades at the sixth annual OC Chamber Awards Gala in September at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel on 101st Street. Members of the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce recognized six local names for their achievements this year. They were Business Person of The Year Bill Gibbs, of The Dough Roller; Citizen of the Year Dawn Hodge, of The Original Greene Turtle; Young Professional of The Year Sara Sabia, of the Harrison Group Resort Hotels; Volunteer of The Year Madalaine How, of MAD Engineering, Inc.; NonProfit of The Year Diakonia, Inc.; and OC Chamber Lifetime Achievement Award winner Todd Ferrante, of Park Place Jewelers. • One of Ocean City’s downtown institutions celebrated its golden anniversary this year. Wicomico Street’s Cork Bar has been part of the Wilkins family for the past 50 years and, like its walls packed with photos and other mementos, the site holds memories for the four generations who have called it home. • On Oct. 18, local restaurateur Pino Tomasello had his final night at

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Fresco’s on 83rd Street. Plans are already in the works for the opening of a new, smaller venue on Golf Course Road in West Ocean City that Tomasello plans to have up and running by Valentine’s Day 2015. • Carl M. Freeman Companies announced the opening of CVS/pharmacy at Bayside Marketplace, located at the southwest corner of Route 54 and Americana Parkway across from Bayside Marketplace. The 13,281square-foot store opened Oct. 26 and offers pharmacy service, health, beauty and personal care items, general merchandise, food and digital photo services. • Ropewalk will add a beach twist to the former Frescos property on 82nd Street in Ocean City. Renovations started on Nov. 1 and the restaurant’s operators plan to open in early spring. This will be the seafoodcentric company’s third location in the region. The majority of the expansion on the new property will be on a vacant lot south of the existing location. The ground will be filled with sand to create a bayside beach dining area of 3,874 square feet. An expanded deck and pavilion will be built in the outside seating area.

There will be seating under the pavilion and in the sand out by the bay. • The Fasano family introduced its new hotel, the La Quinta Inn and Suites, to Ocean City on 32nd Street in November. The new La Quinta replaces the Ocean Voyager, which occupied the 32nd Street space for more than 50 years and underwent renovations by the Fasanos in 2013. • Donald’s Duck Shoppe closed its doors in December after being a staple in Ocean City for 38 years. The multifaceted store in the Gold Coast Mall was famous for its art, collectables, decoys, ducks, cheeses and more Eastern Shore treasures. “The loyal, wonderful people are what I will miss the most. Some have been visiting the store since we were on Shantytown. The strength and loyalty of our staff will be missed, too,â€? said owner Donald Hastings. • “An Angel’s Touchâ€? cleaning service strives to provide efficient and trustworthy service as far away as Annapolis and as close as Ocean City,

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On Dec. 3, the service had an official ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony at her new Bishopville location. • Dumser’s Dairyland celebrated their 75th year of scooping ice cream for Ocean City residents and visitors • Gold Coast Gym is back under old management, Tammy China returned after an almost two year hiatus this winter • Hall’s Restaurant is up for sale, although the family will maintain ownership of the real estate itself.

Three generations of Halls have lived and worked on the property. • Higgins restaurant on 31st Street will soon have an open air, roof top deck seating area and bar. The new addition will seat 150 to 200 people.

West Ocean City • MinuteClinic opened a new walkin medical clinic inside the CVS/pharmacy store in West Ocean City at 12510 Ocean Gateway at the beginning of the year • Bikram Yoga opened a small studio in West Ocean City this past February. Bikram yoga is a 90-minute series of 26 yoga postures performed in a 105-degree room. The first half of the class is standing postures, followed by a series of sitting poses. The heat apparently expands the veins and arteries, the owner, Aviad Sasi said, and the poses produce a “tourniquet effectâ€? that blocks off part of the body and then restores blood flow with each shift in pose. • To kick off the grand opening of OC Fight Club’s new West Ocean City location, former collegiate wrestler and current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter, Charlie “The Spaniardâ€? Brenneman, was invited to conduct a seminar in March. OC Fight Club is located in the Golden Pond Center, 12104 Ocean Gateway Unit #5. • Since April 19, Precious’ Boutique has brought an eclectic collection of handmade crafts to West Ocean City shoppers. It is tucked away in the Herring Creek Professional Center on Route 50 and features everything from handmade soaps and candles to jewelry, artwork

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 and owner Debbie Byrd’s own handsewn items such as dresses, purses and an array of stuffed animals.

• Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc., the holding company for The Bank of Hampton Roads and Shore Bank, opened its third branch on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in June.

Shore Bank will be located at 9748 Stephen Decatur Highway in West Ocean City.

• Pet Threadz, which is owned by Virginia and Amanda Knauff, opened its doors in July providing a shop for pet owners in search of custom clothes, beds, collars, leashes, highquality dog food and more. It is located in the Decatur Business Center on Route 611 in West Ocean City.

• The Pole Power Studio is back in the Herring Creek Professional Center on Route 50, to put a new spin on fitness. Owner Angela Houck made the move from West Ocean City Fitness Labor Day weekend, bringing nine poles and new aerial silks and Fly Gyms to the ladies-only studio.

• GNC, also known as General Nutrition Center, opened in December at the White Marlin Mall in West Ocean City.

Delaware • Atlantic Physical Therapy continues to expand, opening its eighth location – and sixth on the Eastern Shore – in Selbyville in March.

• Harpoon Hanna’s Restaurant remodeled and refurbished their interior for an updated look. They added an upscale banquet room and a 1200square foot three-season deck, for an open dining experience in the summer of 2014. The restaurant remained open throughout all renovations, which added more than 200 seats. The banquet room was completely renovated to accommodate more people for all private party needs. The new facility can host weddings, rehearsal dinners, banquets, conferences, and reunions. An update to the bar included a new draft system with 12 brand new lines, featuring a local craft beer selection.

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• Millville By The Sea opened a showcase community amenity complex. The Lifestyle Center consists of a campus of coastal-style buildings which house a community clubhouse, a pool and pool house, a fitness center and a crab shack pavilion overlooking a six-acre lake.

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By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Jan. 2, 2015) From a record-breaking Dew Tour event in Ocean City to standout Berlin Little League baseball teams, here are some of the top sports stories for 2014: • Dew Tour skates, rides to success: The Dew Tour saw another recordbreaking year in Ocean City as an estimated 105,000 guests visited the Beach Championships, June 25-29.

“They had terrific crowds and the weather couldn’t have been better…

The Dew Tour has become a signature event for Ocean City,” said Mayor Rick Meehan. “The Dew Tour is great for Ocean City…The Dew Tour and Ocean City were made for each other.”

Added Alli Sports President, Eric Grilly, “We could not have asked for a better event than this year’s Dew Tour Beach Championships. From the kickoff with Ocean City Mayor Richard W. Meehan to setting a new record with 105,000 people experiencing the Dew Tour, the hospitality and enthusiasm of Ocean City truly helped make the event a success.”

This was the fourth year Dew Tour hosted competitions in the resort.

During its Ocean City debut in 2011, the Pantech Open set a Dew Tour attendance record by drawing approximately 73,000 fans during its four-day run in the resort, July 21-24–its first beachfront venue. That record was broken in 2012 as an estimated 93,000 spectators came out to the beach for the Dew Tour Pantech Beach Championships, Aug. 16-19.

The Dew Tour, with its world-class athletes, returned to Ocean City for the third year in 2013, and again, a new attendance record was set. Over the course of five days, June 19-23, an estimated 103,000 fans attended the Dew Tour Beach Championships.

This year, the 2013 record was slightly edged out for the Dew Tour’s 10th anniversary season.

About 10 days before competitions began, workers started erecting a vertical ramp, skateboard bowl and a BMX park, along with the rest of the venue that would contain the “Dew Tour Experience” booths, activities and concert stage just north of the pier in downtown Ocean City.

Events that took place in Ocean City included Skate Vert, Skate Bowl and Skate Street Session, BMX Park, BMX Vert and BMX Street Session and Surf Shop Showdown.

In addition to the competitions, the Dew Tour featured free, live concerts on the beach.

Admission was free for all competitions and concerts, although Dew Tour fans had the opportunity to upgrade

Andrew Buckworth of Lake Haven, Australia, earned first place in the Dew Tour BMX Park event, June 27, with tricks including a handplant flip, a no-handed double back flip and a 360 double flip over the spine.

Baltimore native Bucky Lasek raises the Dew Cup after winning the Skate Bowl competition, June 29, during the Ocean City Dew Tour Beach Championships.

Berlin's Intermediate All-Star team celebrates its victory in the East Region tournament in New York, clinching their spot in the Little League World Series in Livermore, Ca.

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• Berlin Little League champions: Two championship Berlin Little League teams received a hero’s welcome on Oct. 10, celebrated with a parade through the town.

Berlin honored the Intermediate All Stars, the United States runner-up in this year’s Little League World Series in Livermore, Calif., and the 9-10 All-Star squad, who won a state championship and played in the regional tournament in Cranston, R.I.

The 9-10 All-Star team dominated its age group in local competition, winning six straight games by a collective score of 81-6.

The team won the District 8 championship and outscored opponents by 40 runs at the state level, claiming the 2014 Maryland championship.

Coach Eric Snelsire called the squad, “a special group of kids.”

“This group of young men truly represented Berlin Little League with class and sportsmanship,” he said. “They have a bright future on and off the field.”

The 13-year-old Intermediate All

Stars won four consecutive state titles.

The Intermediate All Stars were undefeated in state and regional play this season and went 3-2 in the World Series.

For the first time in town history, the team won the East Regional championship in 2014. They went on to finish second in the U.S. in the Little League World Series in Livermore, Calif.

Coach Cameron McDonough said his players were, “brothers for life.”

“You are family,” he said. “This town, this county and this area has reSee YEAR IN REVIEW Page 38

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ally wrapped their arms around all of us and supported us through all of this.

We had the most amazing time you can ever imagine.”

• Fantastic freshmen: In February, as freshmen, Stephen Decatur wrestlers, Robert Kaminski (106 pounds) and Andy McKahan (113 pounds) won their divisions during the Bayside Conference championship meet.

After doing some research, Coach Todd Robert Kaminski Martinek said Decatur had never had a freshman Bayside champion before.

“To have two, that’s a promising future. And, they were so dominant,” Martinek said. “It’s awesome to see those freshmen and their parents, how happy they were.”

McKahan scored 35 wins and lost only five matches in his varsity debut. McKahan also earned a 3A/4A South Andy McKahan regional title and placed third at states.

Kaminski finished his first season with a 31-11 record. He placed fourth at regionals. Kaminski also competed in the state meet. He lost his first match 6-1, but won his second 5-0. He was pinned in his third match.

Both grapplers are competing as sophomores this season for Decatur.

• Decatur golf team has stellar season: The Stephen Decatur golf team went undefeated, 10-0, during the 2014 regular season. The Seahawks also captured the Bayside Conference and District VIII championship trophies for the third consecutive year.

The Seahawks placed ninth overall (eighth in 3A/4A) in the state championship.

“Coach [Don] Furbay and I couldn’t have scripted [the season] any better.

We had five of the most enjoyable young people to spend time with. Each one of them brought a unique personality trait to the team,” Coach Jim Krall said. “The chemistry was wonderful and truly rewarding to witness all season.”

Seniors Danny Parker and Brooks Holloway and sophomore Matt Kristick earned All-Conference First Team honors.

Parker, who missed the first five matches because of a broken wrist, was the top golfer in the Bayside with a 38.43 average and was co-champion in the District VIII tournament. He was also named Conference Player of the Year.

Kristick was close behind Parker with a 38.75 average. Finishing just .32 strokes behind Parker, Kristick was ranked the No. 2 player in the conference. Kristick tied for 31st during the state match with Parker.

Holloway ranked fifth in the conference with a 40.25 average. He was the Bayside championship co-medalist. Holloway made it to the final round of the state tournament where he tied for 69th.

Senior Delaney Iacona and freshman Matt Kinsey received Second Team accolades.

Iacona was the No. 1 female golfer in the conference and finished ranked seventh overall in the Bayside South (41.67 average), which includes male golfers.

She was the District VIII female champion, earned co-medalist in the Bayside championship and made it to the final round of the state tournament where she finished 14th among all the girls (44) in the state.

Kinsey had a stellar freshman season. He was ranked ninth overall in the Bayside South with a 41.83 average.

Krall was named Coach of the Year.

• Decatur girls’ soccer team’s solid season: The Stephen Decatur girls’ soccer

Stephen Decatur senior Jillian Petito earned girls' soccer team MVP accolades and First Team AllBayside Conference honors. Petito also received Minds In Motion recognition presented to athletes who achieve a 3.25 GPA or higher while participating in their sport. The 17-year-old was also the female state representative in the running for the Wendy's High School Heisman Award.

team had a stellar season under firstyear Coach Maggie Berke.

The Lady Seahawks went 13-1-1.

“The season overall went amazing. I don’t think it could have gone any better,” Berke said.

Berke was the head coach of Decatur’s girls’ JV team last year. At the end of her team’s season, she assisted Coach Misty Bunting with the varsity squad during its playoff run. Having the opportunity to work with the girls and getting to know them was beneficial coming into this season.

Berke knew she inherited a talented team, but she said she wasn’t sure how well the new coaching staff and players would mesh. Berke was pleasantly surprised.

After going 11-0-1 during the 2014 regular season, the Lady Seahawks earned a spot in the Bayside Conference championship game as the top Bayside South team.

Senior Jillian Petito scored four goals on her 17th birthday – the last was the game-winner in overtime – to bring the Bayside Conference championship title back to the school after 11 years.

The Seahawks edged out the Queen Anne’s Lions 5-4.

The last time Decatur competed for and won a Bayside title was in 2003 under the direction of Coach Amy Fenzel-Mergott.

Decatur’s season came to an end Oct. 30 with a 3-1 loss to the Northern Patriots of Calvert County in the 3A South Region Section I finals.

• Petito Md. female winner for Wendy’s Heisman award: Stephen Decatur senior Jillian Petito was thrilled to learn on Nov. 10 that she was chosen as Maryland’s female winner in the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award competition.

“It is such a huge honor, it really left me speechless once I found out,” Petito said. “I was completely stunned and in disbelief when they told me.”

Each year, thousands of students from across the country apply for the award. Students are judged on their academic achievements, community service, leadership and athletic accomplishments.

A male and female winner was chosen from each school. They receive a Heisman patch and certificate. The field was then narrowed down to 1,020 finalists (10 senior males and females from each state and District of Columbia). Those selected were awarded a bronze medal, Heisman

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patch and $25 Wendy’s gift card.

The finalist group was then cut to 102 winners (one male and female from each state and the District of Columbia). The state winners each earn a silver medal, Heisman patch and $50 Wendy’s gift card.

Of the 10 Maryland female finalists, Petito was named the state winner.

A judging panel selected 12 national finalists from the 102 state winners.

The national finalists included one senior male and one senior female from each of the six geographic Heisman regions.

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Stephen Decatur golf coaches Jim Krall, left, and Don Furbay, with golfers, from left, freshman Matt Kinsey, seniors Delaney Iacona, Danny Parker and Brooks Holloway and sophomore Matt Kristick.

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The Stephen Decatur girls' soccer team poses for a photo after winning the Bayside Conference championship, Oct. 21, in Salisbury. Decatur edged out Queen Anne's 5-4 in overtime.

Continued from Page 39 Unfortunately, Petito was not chosen as a national finalist.

“I’m definitely more than pleased of how far I made it,” Petito said. “It’s amazing that I was able to make it that far and it’s really such an honor.

I’m so thankful to be recognized as a state winner and could not be happier.”

Petito wrapped up her fourth soccer season competing for Decatur in October. A team captain, she led the Lady Seahawks with 26 goals and 12 assists.

The 17-year-old was named team MVP and she received First Team AllBayside Conference honors.

Petito is currently in her fourth season playing basketball for Decatur.

Her final lacrosse season at the Berlin school will begin in March.

Petito has committed to play Division I lacrosse for Mount St. Mary’s University.

OC rec. offering youth programs

Volleyball for adults and youth

(Jan. 2, 2015) The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department will kick off 2015 with more than a dozen programs for children this winter.

Basketball Clinic: Grades 1 and 2, Jan. 7– Feb. 11, Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m.

Cheerleading: Grades K–4, Jan. 6 – Feb. 10, Tuesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m.

Dance Intro: Grades PreK – 6, Jan. 7 – March 11, Wednesdays, 5:45–6:30 p.m.; 6:45–7:30 p.m.

Dance Level 1: Grades PreK – 6, Jan. 8 – March 12, Thursdays, 5:45– 6:30 p.m.; 6:45–7:30 p.m.

Dance Level 2: Grades K – 3, Jan. 5 – March 9, Mondays, 5:45 – 6:30 p.m.

Kiddie Korner: 18 months to 3 years, Jan. 5 – March 4, Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 –11 a.m.

Start Smart Basketball: 3 – 5 years, Jan. 5 – Feb. 23, Mondays, 5–5:50 p.m.

Tumbling: 6 – 7 years, Jan. 3 – Feb. 7, Saturdays, 10:45–11:45 a.m.

A complete guide can be found at www.oceancitymd.gov., under Recreation and Parks/Recreation Programs.

For information, call 410-250-0125.

Soccer, basketball leagues available for young players

(Jan. 2, 2015) Winter Youth Indoor Soccer and Youth Basketball Leagues kick off Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Worcester County Recreation Center in Snow Hill.

Soccer is open to children ages 3 through eighth grade. Basketball is open to children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Both leagues are co-ed.

Youth recreation leagues emphasize skill development, participation, sportsmanship and most importantly children having fun. Scores and standings are not recorded. Emphasis is placed on participation and positive sportsmanship.

Soccer consists of five age divisions (age 3-4, grades K-1, grades 2-3, grades 4-5 and grades 6-8). The age 3-4 and the grades K-1 divisions play Saturday mornings, grades 6-8 play Monday and some Wednesday evenings, grades 4-5 play Wednesday or Thursday evenings, and grades 2-3 play Thursday evenings. Practice dates, times, and lo-

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The basketball league will consist of four age divisions (grades K-1, grades 2-4, grades 5-6 and grades 7-8). Games will take place every Saturday afternoon. Grades K-1 will begin at 1 p.m., grades 2-4 at 2:15 p.m., grades 5-6 at 3:30 p.m., and grades 7-8 at 4:45 p.m.

The cost for each program is $25 per player ($20 for each additional child).

Financial aid is available for those who have a demonstrated need. Proof of eligibility is required. The registration deadline is Thursday, Jan. 8. A participant whose registration is received after this deadline may not have the request met for certain teams or coaches.

There is also an additional $5 fee after the registration deadline.

Volunteer coaches are also needed to run a successful league. Contact the WCRC prior to Jan. 8 if interested in volunteering this winter.

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Spike Express Youth Volleyball program will be held every Tuesday, Jan. 6 through March 24 for ages 9 14 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Beginners and all skill levels are welcomed. The cost is $25 per person ($20 for each additional child).

Registration deadline is Friday, Jan. 2. An additional $5 will be applied after the registration deadline.

The Men’s 6 on 6 Volleyball League will meet on Tuesdays, Jan. 6 through March 24 from 7-9 p.m. and is open to participants ages 14 and older.

The cost is $210 per team. Registration deadline is Friday, Jan. 2.

A $25 deposit is due at the team meeting, scheduled for Friday, Jan. 2 at 6 p.m. at the Recreation Center in Snow Hill.

For more information, contact Chris Roberts at 410-632-2144 ext. 106 or email croberts@co.worcester.md.us.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014

By Lisa Capitelli Managing Editor (Jan. 2, 2015) From an air show to runs, walks and a swim benefiting organizations, here are some of the year’s top stories: • OC Air Show: With Father’s Day, Flag Day and beautiful weather, Ocean City Air Show pilots took flight along the Boardwalk and beach, June 14-15.

“The weather was absolutely perfect and the performances were fantastic,” said Cathy Bassett, press officer for the show.

“The beach was packed and the Boardwalk was packed. You could hear people ‘oohing’ and ‘ahhing’ for blocks,” said Jessica Waters, communications manager for the Town of Ocean City.

The seventh annual Air Show featured high-flying routines by the U.S. Navy Seals Leap Frogs, U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier, GEICO Skytypers and Red Bull Air Force, Gary Ward in the MX-2 and Greg Connell in the Pitts Model 12, among others.

But the highlight for many was when the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds took to the sky.

In all, there were 215,760 people in town Air Show weekend, according to demoflush statistics. That was up more than 5 percent from the 2013 Air Show, which had rain one of the two performance days.

Event organizers are looking ahead to the 2015 OC Air Show as the Navy Blue Angels and Breitling Jet Team are slated to deliver aerial stunts over the city’s beach, June 13-14.

Visit www.ocairshow.com for more information on the eighth annual OC Air Show.

• Penguin Swim 2014: On New Year’s Day 2014, approximately 800 people sprinted into the cold ocean for the 20th annual Penguin Swim, helping to raise more than $93,000 for Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.

For 2014, participants and spectators again had the option to gather at the Princess Royale on 91st Street or join friends at Bull on the Beach on 94th Street before the swim.

Participants were led to the beach just before the 1 p.m. swim. Once everyone was ready, a signal was given by Colby Phillips of the Ocean City Beach Patrol for the penguins to enter the ocean. Children had their own area and went in first, followed by the adults. Participants donned everything from bathing suits to superhero attire and character costumes as they plunged into the 44-degree ocean at 91st Street. Some people got a little wet, while others dove into the water. The air temperature was about 46 degrees.

After the swim, penguins gathered in the Princess Royale’s atrium to warm up in the pool and hot tubs.

Awards were presented to the youngest and oldest swimmers as well as to the top team and individual money-raisers.

“Thank you for coming out and sharing your New Year’s Day with us,” AGH CEO Michael Franklin said to the crowd. “We hope you enjoyed the water and the beach out there. It was a beautiful day to have the event.”

Those out of town on New Year’s Day who still wanted to participate had the option to engage in a “virtual swim.” These penguins raised money and registered online, but took a photo of their ice cold dip wherever they were and posted it to social media sites.

In 20 years, the Penguin Swim has raised close to $1 million for AGH. “It is a great family event that pulls the community together and raises awareness for the hospital,” AGH Development Assistant Heather Trader said.

The 2015 Penguin Swim is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 1.

Atlantic General Hospital has been providing health care to residents of Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties in Maryland and Sussex County, Del., since May 1993.

For more information about Atlantic General Hospital, visit www.atlanticgeneral.org.

• Winterfest of Lights: On New Year’s Day 2014, 1,024 passengers boarded the Winterfest Express for a ride through the illuminated Northside Park, wrapping up the 42-night holiday spectacular.

The 127th Street Winterfest of Lights displays, which contained as many as 1 million lights and more than 100 twinkling, shining, glittering and animated scenes, was viewed by 91,748 people. An average of 2,185 people rode the train through the park each night.

The biggest night overall was Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 when 7,954 people rode the train. The second largest attendance night was Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 when 7,232 enjoyed the festivities.

The event generated $477,000 for the city.

The fairly mild, consistent temperatures were a factor in the overall attendance.

Winterfest of Lights has become a tradition for families. Many visit each year to take the guided 12-minute open-air tour through the park accompanied by holiday music.

Some of the displays featured at Northside Park included the 12 Days of Christmas, Santa, his sleigh and eight flying reindeer, fairy tale characters, toy soldiers, crabs, marlins, “Jaws,” a penguin village and dinosaurs.

The heated tent kept visitors warm as they listened to music and waited for the Boardwalk trams to take them through the enchanted park of lights.

The tent was home to the Winterfest Village and Yukon Cornelius’ Gift Shop. Visitors also had the opportunity to have their photo taken with Santa and grab a warm beverage or snack.

For several years, Winterfest has

The Geico Skytypers, flying the same planes used to train pilots in WWII, put on a performance during the Air Show on June 14.

Penguin Swim participants take a cold dip into the ocean near 91st Street during the 2014 New Year’s Day event.

The 127th Street Winterfest of Lights display, which contained as many as 1 million lights and more than 100 twinkling, shining, glittering and animated scenes, was viewed by 91,748 people.

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (March 21 to April 19) That lower-than-acceptable performance you’re getting from others in your group might be the result of miscommunication. If so, correct it before serious problems arise later on.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) An unexpected situation could call for a change of plans. If so, you might feel that this is unfair. But it’s best to make the needed adjustments now.

There’ll be time later for rescheduling.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The new year brings opportunities you might want to look into. Some might be more interesting than others. But take time to look at all of them before you make any decisions.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) It’s a good idea to be careful about expenses until you’ve worked out that pesky financial problem. You might find it advisable to get some solid advice on how to proceed.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Romance

looms large over the Leonine aspect.

Single Lions looking for love should find Cupid very cooperative. Paired Cats can expect a renewed closeness in their relationships.

Making contact with a former colleague might not be high on your list of priorities. But it could pay off personally as well as professionally.

Avoid bringing up any negatives about the past.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)

A personal relationship could face added stress because of a situation involving someone close to both of you.

Be supportive and, above all, try to avoid playing the blame game.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 made the list as one of the Top 100 Events in North America by the American Bus Association. This list includes the best events for group travel in the United States and Canada. Maryland Life Magazine voted it “Maryland’s Finest Holiday Tradition.”

The Ocean City attraction was ranked No. 1 in 2008 on the Professional Travel Guide Editor’s Top 10 of the nation’s largest and best holiday lights displays. In 2006, Winterfest of Lights was No. 2 in the country in the “America Online City Guide’s Top 11 Lighting Displays.” The Disney-MGM Studios display in Orlando topped the list.

The 22nd annual Winterfest of Lights kicked off Nov. 20 and runs nightly through Sunday, Jan. 4.

Hours of operation are 5:30-9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 5:30-10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The cost to ride the train is $5 for adults. Children 11 and younger ride for free.

For more information, call the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department at 410-250-0125.

• Race for the Cure: The third annual Susan G. Komen Ocean City Race for the Cure took place April 13, and included a “Parade of Pink” survivor recognition, 5K timed competitive run, 5K recre-

The third annual Susan G. Komen Ocean City Race for the Cure took place April 13, and included a “Parade of Pink” survivor recognition, 5K timed competitive run, 5K recreational run and walk and 1-mile fun walk. Approximately 2,500 people registered to participate and there were about 500 spectators. Pictured, participants take off from the starting line in the inlet parking lot. About $230,000 was raised between individual donors and cash sponsorships.

ational run and walk plus a 1-mile fun walk.

Approximately 2,500 people registered to participate and there were about 500 spectators.

“We raised about $230,000 at the race, between individual donations and cash sponsorships,” said Kim Schmulowitz, communications and marketing director for Komen Maryland.

“Overall, our 2014 race did well and we hope to continue to grow our

participant numbers, local business sponsorships, number of teams and overall fundraising,” Jill Brady, Komen Maryland race and development manager, said.

Since its inception in 2012, about $950,000 has been generated.

The 2015 event is scheduled for April 19. For more information, visit www.komenmd.org. The goal is set at $350,000.

The Susan G. Komen organization See YEAR IN REVIEW Page 45

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SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Music is a dominant

theme for Sagittarians right now, and it should remind you to make a greater effort to restore some muchneeded harmony in that very special relationship.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Although family matters

might demand much of the Sea Goat’s attention this week, you’ll want to try to make time to handle those all-important workplace situations as well.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A recurring unresolved issue

might need to be revisited before you can move forward. Consider asking someone familiar with the situation to act as an impartial counselor.

Ignore pressure to make a decision.

Keeping your options open is still the wisest course, at least until you’re sure you’ve learned all you need to know about the matter at hand.

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WPS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Upper School students at Worcester Prep work as servers during the annual Christmas Bazaar’s luncheon, Dec. 7. Pictured in front, from left, are Mark Wilson, Michelle Curtis, Molly Soule, Maura Smith and Tatjana Kondraschow, and in back, Cecily Sass, Julia D’Antonio, Sophia Brennan, Erik Zorn, Jordie Loomis and Natalie Twilley.

Third grade violinist, Sara Freih, plays during the Worcester Prep Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 7.

LITTLE ANGELS

WPS SERVICE

Some of the first grade angels during Worcester Preparatory School’s Candlelight Service, held Dec. 12, from left, are Ashton Browne, Layla Jenkins, Sasha To and Jude Damouni.

Worcester Prep Upper School students offer prayers during the school’s annual Thanksgiving Service. Pictured are Arella Berger, Nik Moondra, Ali Khan and Jeremiah Nsah.

CODING ROBOTS AT WPS The Finch Robot was used by second graders at Worcester Prep during Hour of Code lessons from senior programmers.

Brennan Schaeffer tests his Finch to determine if it is following his programming instructions.

POPPY PROGRAM BEGINS Mary and Melvin Odachowski, members of American Legion Post #166, present a wreath of red wooden poppy florets to Unit #166.

Cathy Kline, the Poppy chair of Unit #166 American Legion Auxiliary, accepted the wreath last week starting the Poppy Program for 2015. Donations to the Poppy Program are offered to help veterans’ needs at hospitals across the state.

Each year, Auxiliary members distribute red crape paper poppies in exchange for a donation to assist disable and hospitalized veterans.

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YEAR IN REVIEW 2014 Continued from Page 43 is the largest contributor to breast cancer research outside of the federal government. Since 1998, Komen Maryland has awarded more than $3.3 million to Eastern Shore based programs.

The majority of revenue comes from the Komen Maryland Race for the Cure in Hunt Valley and Ocean City.

Seventy-five percent of the net proceeds remain in Maryland to fund collaborative and innovative breast cancer education, screening, treatment and support projects that reach women and families across Maryland.

The remaining 25 percent of net funds raised supports national research programs, many of which take place at Maryland institutions.

• Making Strides: Approximately 800 walkers and 150 runners hit the Boardwalk Oct. 18 for Ocean City’s fourth annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K event.

The Making Strides 5K run and walk was one of several events planned through the Pink Ribbon Classic Series, an assortment of local events to raise breast cancer awareness while garnering money for the American Cancer Society.

This year’s Pink Ribbon Classic included a ladies-only fishing tournament, a card game/mahjong party/luncheon, tennis and golf tournaments, a party with live music at Seacrets, a scrap-booking event, the “Pamper Yourself For Charity” raffle and the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk and Run.

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Happy Hour 3-6 pm About 800 people take a stroll on the Ocean City Boardwalk Oct. 18 for the fourth annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K event. A 5K run kicked off just before the walk. The run and walk are part of the Pink Ribbon Classic, a series of local events to raise breast cancer awareness while garnering money for the American Cancer Society.

Most of the events took place in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Approximately $300,000 was raised through events this year.

“Everything went well,” Josette Castiglione, community manager for the American Cancer Society–Delmarva, said. “The success [of the Classic] is the dedicated volunteers that drive the events as well as the community support surrounding them.”

Since its inception, the series has raised about $1.5 million for breast cancer research and development.

While some money raised through the Pink Ribbon Classic goes toward national breast cancer research, the remainder stays on the Eastern Shore

where it will be used for education projects, patient programs and services.

Some of the local programs include free wigs for patients, the Look Good Feel Better program, which teaches patients how to cope with the cosmetic side-effects of treatment; Reach to Recovery, a one-on-one support visitation program by trained breast cancer survivors for new patients; Road to Recovery, a transportation service for patients to and from cancer treatments; Hope Lodge, which provides lodging during treatment; the Patient Navigator Program, which helps patients navigate the health care system; Cancer Survivors Network; and a 24-hour cancer information center — all free services.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Navy bean soup, Eastern Shore style Add assortment of veggies and basic ingredients: garlic, onion, chicken stock

By Deborah Lee Walker Contributing Writer (Jan. 2, 2015) The holiday haze has finally lifted and serenity is gradually washing ashore. The gentle tide of tranquility is not a given; peace and quiet comes and goes but always returns to its center of being. Time to be one with myself clings to the shore of individual harmony.

Solitude is my sincerest companion; clarity is a must if destiny is to come to the forefront. Weeks of festive cooking influences my menu; simplicity is complexity in its most unpretentious state. The perimeters of precision do not discriminate against the possibilities of choice.

Glittering sunshine clears the path of preference; bean soup rides the waves of selection. Navy beans, as their name suggest, were used as a primary food supply by U.S. naval forces in the early 1900s. Navy beans, also known as northern or white beans, break down easily when exposed to heat which makes them an ideal thickener for soup.

Nothing is secure but transition certainly seasons the future. That being said, I cannot help but wonder what lies ahead in the coming year?

Wisdom prevails and I surmise uncertainty should not slow the path of perseverance; staying in the moment is the keeper of fate. I must concentrate on the subject of navy bean soup if conclusion is to prevail.

An assortment of vegetables cross the threshold of options; carrots, turnips, parsnips, and leafy greens add depth and earthiness. But the basics such as garlic, onions and chicken stock cannot be ignored. The Eastern Shore is a cornucopia of culinary eth-

nicity and adaptation highlights the bounties we are about to receive.

Ham bones and ham hocks are the divine intervention for flavor. If scraps of ham are minimum do not fret; supermarkets carry small boneless precooked hams that can be used if one needs extra meat. Believe it or not, but perfection is not always warranted. Do not cut the ham in unison pieces; the flawless look takes away from the “made with leftovers” theme.

Navy bean soup is simple to make and ingredients are based on personal preference. However, texture is a common denominator that is crucial and probably the most challenging aspect of the recipe. The beans should not be al dente and at the same time not too soft.

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Like all soups, best to be served next day Continued from Page 45 bread is perfect for any winter meal.

Ingredients 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 small yellow onions, finely chopped 1 ½ pounds (4 cups) dried, navy beans 1 quart cold water 1 quart chicken stock 1/2 cup white vinegar 3 tablespoons Liquid Smoke favorite hot sauce to taste 1 ham bone, rinsed in cold water 2 ham hock bones, rinsed in cold water 1 small turnip, trimmed, peeled and diced

Flag flown over Normandy first to be raised at Club

(Jan. 2, 2015) On Saturday, Jan. 10, at 11 a.m., a flag-raising ceremony will be held at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club.

The first flag to be raised will be the official ceremonial flag from the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines. This flag was first flown over the American Ceremony at Normandy, and was the first flag raised at the Veterans Memorial in Ocean Pines.

It is only fitting that this flag will also be the first flag to be flown at the new Ocean Pines Yacht Club. Eventually, the Normandy ceremonial flag will be on permanent display at the Yacht Club.

A brief ceremony will be held at 11 a.m., and will feature two local survivors of the Normandy Beach landings, Elmer Muth and John Sauer.

They will raise the first flag. An honor guard will be in attendance, and all are invited to join in paying special tribute to these two WWII veterans.

Light refreshments will follow the ceremony in the Ocean Pines Yacht Club.

For more information, call Sharyn O’Hare at 410-603-4777 or Marie Gilmore at 410-726-2881.

1 parsnip, trimmed, peeled and diced 3 bay leaves 4 tablespoons Wondra Quick-Mixing Flour 2 large carrots, trimmed, peeled and cut at a 45 degree angle 1 large green pepper, cored, seeded and chopped 3 celery ribs with leafy green tops, ends removed and cut at a 45 degree angle 3 cups favorite greens, chopped kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste cornbread (optional) 1. Rinse and sort beans, removing any stones or impurities. Drain the beans and put them in a large bowl,

then cover by at least 3 inches of cold water. Soak the beans overnight. Rinse and sort the beans one final time.

2. Heat butter in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-low heat.

Sauté garlic and onions in butter for 5 minutes, occasionally stir to prevent vegetables from burning.

3. Add beans, ham bone, ham hocks and sauté for 6 minutes. Add cold water, chicken stock, white vinegar, Liquid Smoke, hot sauce, bay leaves, turnips, parsnips and allow to simmer uncovered for 1 hour. Skim off any impurities that might rise to the top.

4. Sprinkle Wondra Flour gradually to the soup, this helps thicken the base of the soup.

COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Senior courses A series of technology courses from getting started with computers to digital cameras and iPads are being offered by the continuing education division at Wor-Wic Community College, beginning on Thursday, Jan. 15.

The classes are offered in the morning at the Ocean City Senior Center at 104 41st Street in Ocean City. For more information, visit www.worwic.edu or call 410-334-2815.

ACT deadline Area residents have until Friday, Jan. 9, to register for the American College Testing (ACT) examination, which is being offered by Wor-Wic Community College on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 a.m., at the college campus on the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury.

Anyone who takes the ACT can have their scores sent directly to any college or university that requires the ACT assessment. Test results are used by educational institutions for admission decisions, course placement, academic advising or to identify candidates qualified for scholarships and loans.

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To register for the ACT test, visit www.actstudent.org.

Sigma Theta Tau Lesley Bunting, daughter of Victor and Barbara Bunting of Whaleyville, Md., was recently accepted into Sigma Theta Tau, the honor society of nursing at Salisbury University.

Bunting is a senior persuing her second degree in nursing. She is a 1999 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School and received her B.A. in communication arts from Salisbury University in 2003.

Rebecca Rittershofer, daughter of Greg and Kathleen Rittershofer of Ocean City, was also recently accepted into Sigma Theta Tau. Sigma Theta Tau, an international organization, promotes nursing excellence and shares nursing knowledge for use in practice. Rittershofer is a senior and a 2011 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School.

5. Add the remaining of the ingredients and continue simmering until the beans are tender, approximately 1 hour.

6. Remove bones and allow to cool.

Pick out any lean ham and return it to the soup. Discard the bones.

7. When soup has completely cooled, refrigerate overnight covered.

Like all soups, it is best to be served the next day.

8. Heat bean soup and serve with cornbread.

Serves 6 Secret Ingredient - Complexity.

“The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.” – Doug Horton

OC Life-Saving Station Museum acquires octant

(Jan. 2, 2015) The Ocean City LifeSaving Station Museum, on the Boardwalk at the inlet, has one of the most complete collections of apparatus used

by United States Life-Saving Service to be found anywhere.

Until recently, the museum was missing an essential accessory that was necessary to effect a rescue from a shipwreck off shore. This item is an octant.

An octant is a moveable triangular piece of equipment with a built in level that enabled the keeper to accurately set the elevation for the Lyle Gun. The octant was carried by the keeper in his haversack. The Lyle Gun was used to shoot a projectile out to the shipwreck and began the rescue process by establishing a line for use by breeches buoy or life car.

The Lyle Gun, octant, breeches buoy and life car, along with many other original pieces of equipment are on display in the Boatroom at the museum.

The addition of this accessory further completes the heroic story of the gallant sea rescuers of an earlier era.

For information, call 410-289-4991 or visit ocmuseum.org.

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NOW PLAYING BJ’S ON THE WATER 75th Street and the bay Ocean City 410-524-7575 Jan. 2: Go with the Flo, 9 p.m.

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CAPTAIN’S TABLE 15th St. & Baltimore Ave. Ocean City 410-289-7192 www.captainstableoc.com Every Friday & Saturday: Phil Perdue FAGER’S ISLAND 60th Street and the bay Ocean City 410-524-5500 Jan. 2: DJ Hook, Eastern Electric Jan. 3: DJ Groove, Animal House Jan. 4: Everett Spells GALAXY 66 66th Street, bayside Ocean City 410-723-6762 Jan. 2: Philly George Project, 8 p.m. to midnight HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL 12841 S. Harbor Road West Ocean City 410-213-1846

Jan. 2: Ladies Night w/DJ Bill T Jan. 3: Simple Truth, 2-6 p.m.; DJ Jeremy, 9 p.m.

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Jan. 8: Opposite Directions, 6-9 p.m.

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Jan. 8: Aaron Howell, 6-10 p.m.

HOOTERS Rt. 50 & Keyser Point Rd. West Ocean City 410-213-1841 Jan. 2: Ladies Night w/DJ BK, 8 p.m.

PHILLY GEORGE PROJECT Galaxy 66: Friday, Jan. 2, 8 p.m. to midnight

JOHNNY’S PIZZA & PUB 56th Street, bayside Ocean City 410-524-7499 Jan. 3: Randy Lee Ashcraft & The Saltwater Cowboys Jan. 7: Randy Lee Ashcraft & The Saltwater Cowboys

Ocean City 410-524-3535 Every Thursday-Sunday: DJ Dusty, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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EWGA/Old Pro Golf tournament

(Jan. 2, 2015) The 18th annual EWGA/Old Pro Golf co-ed miniature golf tournament will be held Friday, Jan. 9, at the Old Pro Golf indoor UnderSea course on 68th Street, from 6-9 p.m.

The Eastern Shore Chapter of Executive Women’s Golf Association was formed in 1996 with 35 members and has grown to more than 300 strong. The Eastern Shore Chapter offers women the opportunity to learn the game of golf in a woman-friendly environment, with clinics, organized golf events, leagues with all levels of play, business networking, tournaments and mentoring programs.

The tournament is a four-person scramble and prizes and refreshments will be served. Cost is $20 per person. Reservations can be made by contacting JJ Schoellkopf at jjoldpro@oldprogolf.com or visit ewgaeasternshore.com to sign-up.

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Petrera’s research presented during Congress in New York (Jan. 2, 2015) Last summer Dr. Pasquale Petrera, an orthopedic surgeon in Salisbury, asked his sons, Matteo and James, if they would be interested in partnering with him in medical research.

Dr. Petrera had received a call for abstracts for a prestigious international total joint replacement meeting. Both sons were happy to work with their father researching total joint surgery.

The research they tackled compared operating times for knee surgery using conventional instruments with different levels of experience using a novel GPS (“Guided Personalized Surgery”, a proprietary type of extremely accurate imageless navigation for total knee replacement) guidance system (Exactech GPS, Blue-Ortho, Grenoble, France).

Three abstracts were prepared. Two of them were researched and written by Matteo, a Worcester Prep graduate and a junior at Villanova University. For the third, James, a senior at Worcester Prep, spent his summer vacation extracting and

analyzing medical data for the report. His findings were found to be statistically significant and an abstract was prepared.

Use of the more accurate GPS system did not increase operative time for patients. One of the primary objections to computer navigation in orthopedic surgery is the perceived increased operating time.

The three abstracts prepared by the Petrera family were accepted for presentation at the International Joint Replacement Transatlantic Orthopaedic Congress in New York City, Oct. 3-5.

Dr. Pasquale Petrera presented the findings at the Congress, explaining to his audience that Matteo and James were his major researchers.

The poster explaining the findings garnered great interest. In fact, Exactech of Gainesville, Fla. produced a “white paper” from the Petrera studies for physician training purposes. The research director from Exactech was amazed that most of the research was completed by a senior in high school and a junior in college.

Seaside Boat Show annual event ‘that works for kids’ (Jan. 2, 2015) The Ocean City/Berlin Optimist Club is sponsoring the 32nd annual Seaside Boat Show in Ocean City, Feb. 13-15.

The event is the “boat show that works for kids.”

This show, held at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center on 40th Street, traditionally draws thousands of water and boating enthusiasts to the resort.

The show also provides the Optimist the opportunity to raise funds to support the club programs to support local youth.

The local affiliate of Optimist International has more than 120 members and is recognized as one of the best clubs in Optimist International. The Boat Show income supports many youth and com-

munity service programs.

The Boat Show will feature more than 350 boats, 150 exhibitors and 50 boat dealers. The dealers and exhibitors will offer numerous special show prices.

They will display their newest and most popular models and water related items.

The large number of boats sold each year at the shows makes it one of the most popular on the East Coast.

Visitors will be treated to an array of sport cruisers, sport fishing, performance and “super boats.” The Boat Show exhibitors will include marine electronics, trailers, canvas tops, motors, jewelry, art and fishing gear. The show will also provide financing and insurance for the See SEASIDE Page 49

(Jan. 2, 2015) Blood Bank of Delmarva’s OC Cares Blood Drive will return on Wednesday, Jan. 21 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street.

“Blood donations can slow during the winter months, which makes the OC Cares Blood Drive so crucial to the members of the surrounding community,” said Michael Waite, BBD director of marketing and community relations.

This year marks the 17th time that Ocean City and BBD have teamed up to host the blood drive. Since its inception, BBD has collected blood from 7,576 donors at this event, and BBD expects – and needs – at least 500 donors to sign up this year.

“With this one blood drive, residents of Ocean City and its surrounding areas can help supply the blood needs of the hospitals on the shore during a critical time of year,” said Suzanne Murray, BBD account executive.

In past years, the drive was held on two days; this year’s drive has been condensed to one day with extended hours to better meet donors’ schedules. Everyone who signs up to donate blood receives a chance to win a flat screen TV, as well as other prizes.

The blood drive will be housed in the Dockside Hall, which offers donors a beautiful view of the bay.

“It’s great to see the whole community come together to help support the blood drive,” Murray said.

In fact, Ocean City supports its many employees who wish to come donate blood during the drive, and members of the Ocean Pines Kiwanis Club have also volunteered their time and assistance to work that day.

Many local businesses will be providing free refreshments for donors to enjoy in the canteen after donating blood, including pizza from Dough Roller, donuts from Wawa, chocolates and candy from Candy Kitchen and Wockenfuss, brownies from Applebee’s and coffee and hot tea from Centerplace Catering. The Worcester County Girl Scouts have also donated 15 cases of cookies.

Because the need for blood remains constant to ensure an adequate supply for patients during the winter, donors of all blood types are urged to schedule an appointment.

Every blood donation can save up to three lives in the community. Walkin donors are welcome.

To schedule an appointment, visit www.DelmarvaBlood.org or call 1 888 8-BLOOD-8.

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Seaside Boat Show benefits youth programs Continued from Page 48 boater and water enthusiast.

The Optimist members are always aware of the importance and contributions of each exhibitor. The Optimists are proud that no boat show compares with the Seaside Boat Show for appeal and enjoyment.

One of the main reasons for the success of the show is the door prizes donated by North Bay Marine owners, Scott and Mary McCurdy. Each person who purchases a show admission has a chance to win a boat.

Times of the show are Friday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is $10 for adults and $1 for children. A weekend pass is available for $15.

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FOOD DRIVE Stephen Decatur High School Student Government Association members boxed more than 2,500 pounds of canned goods collected during the annual food drive at the beginning of December. SDHS donated all non-perishable goods to the Worcester County Sheriff’s Department’s Santa House and Diakonia.

Pictured are SDHS Student Government Association members Trevor Mavioglu, Reagan Dunham, Maury Izzett, Shandon Foreman, Kolby Layton, Stephanie Marx and Trent Chetelat.

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DINING GUIDE ■ CREDIT CARDS: V-Visa, MC-Master Card, AE-American Express, DIS-Discover ■ PRICE RANGE: $, $$, $$$ ________________________________ ■ 32 PALM, 32nd Street, in the Hilton Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2525 / www.oceancityhilton.com/dining / $$ / VMC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Western Caribbean cuisine, Eastern Shore favorites, gourmet and tasty liquid desserts.

■ ALEX’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, Route 50, West Ocean City 410-213-7717 / www.ocitalianfood.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Serving homemade Italian cuisine, steaks, seafood, chicken, pork and pasta. Elegant dining room with fireplace. Early bird specials every day from 5-6 p.m.

■ BILLY’S SUB SHOP, 140th Street, Ocean City, 410-250-1778; Route 54, Fenwick Shoals, Fenwick Island, Del., 302-436-5661 / $ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Dine in, carry out, free Delivery. Open 7 days 11 a.m. – 3 a.m. Ocean City’s most famous sub and pizza shop since 1959. An OC tradition where a sandwich is a meal, serving fresh dough pizza, subs, burgers, cones, shakes and sundaes with beach delivery available.

■ BJ’S ON THE WATER, 75th Street, Ocean City 410-524-7575 / www.bjsonthewater. com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open year-round. Entire dining menu served 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., seven days a week. Daily specials, daily duck feeding. Entertainment every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. No cover. Available for parties and banquets. Indoor and outdoor dining.

■ BLUE FISH JAPANESE & CHINESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR, 94th Street, Ocean City 410-524-3983 / www.bluefishoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Japanese and Chinese restaurant and sushi bar with beer, wine and cocktails. Dine in, take out and delivery available.

■ CAPTAIN’S TABLE RESTAURANT, 15th Street and the Boardwalk, Ocean City 410289-7192 / www.captainstableoc.com / $$$$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Family-owned, serving fine seafood, steaks and poultry on the third floor of the Courtyard by Marriott.

■ DUFFYS, 130th St., in Montego Bay Shopping Ctr. & Coastal Highway, Ocean City 410-250 1449 / www.duffysoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual dining indoor or outdoor seating. Irish fare & American cuisine—Something for everyone our menu features appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, steaks & seafood.

Dine In, Carry Out, Happy Hour Daily 3-6 pm.

■ FAGER’S ISLAND RESTAURANT & BAR, 60th Street on the bay, Ocean City 410524-5500 / www.fagers.com / $$-$$$ / VMC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted in the dining room only / Children’s menu / Full bar / Upscale restaurant on the bay. Casual fine dining, fresh fish, prime rib and seafood. Lighter fare menu served on our decks or inside.

■ GALAXY 66 BAR & GRILLE, 66th Street, Ocean City 410-723-6762 / $$$$$ / V-M-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Contemporary restaurant offering light fare and full entrees. Award- winning wine list, signature drinks and cocktails.

■ HARBORSIDE BAR & GRILL, 12841 S. Harbor Road, West Ocean City 410-2131846 / www.ocharborside.com / $$ / V-MCAE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Casual wa-

terfront dining serving seafood, steaks, sandwiches, salads, wraps and pasta. Home of the “Original Orange Crush.” Entertainment Thursday through Sunday.

■ HARPOON HANNA’S RESTAURANT & BAR, Route 54 and the bay, Fenwick Island, Del. www.harpoonhannasrestaurant.com / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual waterfront restaurant serving lunch, dinner. Fresh fish, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and allyou-can-eat Alaskan crab legs. Open yearround.

■ HEMINGWAY’S AT THE CORAL REEF, 17th Street, in the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Ocean City 410-289-2612 / www.ocmdhotels.com/hemingways / $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Elegant dining room, Floridian/island-style cuisine. Seafood, tropical salsas, grilled steaks, pork chops, grilled pineapple, banana fritters, entree salads.

■ HIGGINS CRAB HOUSE, 31st Street, Ocean City, 410-289-2581 / $-$$ / V-MCAE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / We have proudly served Ocean City, Maryland for over 40 years. Known for All You Can Eat crabs, crab legs, fried chicken, steamed shrimp, and baby back ribs.

■ HIGH STAKES BAR & GRILL, Route 54, Fenwick Island, Del. 302-537-6971 / $-$$ / V-M-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Carry-out available / Full bar / Casual dining, daily happy hour and daily food specials.

Live entertainment.

■ HOOTERS, Route 50 & Keyser Point Rd., West Ocean City 410-213-1841 / www.hootersofoc.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Full bar / Hooters makes you happy at our year round restaurant and bar. Open Daily at 11 a.m. Enjoy our new menu with enjoyable juicy burgers, garden fresh salads, wings with 12 delicious sauces and signature seafood entrees. We have a great line of Hooters apparel. Large parties are welcome. Please call for private party information. Carry out available. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @hootersocmd.

■ HORIZONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT, 101st Street, Ocean City 410-524-3535 / www.clarionoc.com / $-$$ ($20-45) / V-MCAE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Open tables / Children’s menu / Full bar / Horizons Oceanfront Restaurant is proud to serve delicious, beach-inspired dishes in both our oceanfront restaurants, Horizons and Breakers Pub. New all-day menu, available 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., features many favorites, as well as exciting new creations with a local flare. Deluxe Sunday breakfast buffet open year-round and AUCE prime rib, crab legs and seafood buffet available most weekends.

■ JOHNNY’S PIZZA PUB, 56th Street, Ocean City 410-723-5600 / www.johnnyspizzapub.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Ocean City’s official pizzeria and pub featuring homemade pizzas, serving 18 different gourmet pizzas including local favorites - Johnny’s Special, Neptune’s Seafood Feast Pizza, and MD Blue Crab.

Huge variety of calzones, subs, burgers and sandwiches to choose from. Ocean City’s place for jumbo wings with 20 different sauces. Coldest draft beer in town served in a chilled mug. Voted best sound system for live music. Carry out or delivery til 4 a.m.

■ JULES FINE DINING, 118th Street, Ocean City 410-524-3396 / www.ocjules.com / $$, $$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Local fare, global flair. Fresh seafood year-round, fresh local produce.

■ LONGBOARD CAFÉ, 67th Street Town Center, Ocean City 443 664 5639 /

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www.longboardcafe.net / $$ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full Bar / We are the locals favorite serving lunch and dinner. Longboard Cafés menu offers unparalleled flare from the lite fare to dinner entrees — offering a variety of burgers, paninis, sandwiches and salads … even a popular "veggies" menu featuring their famous wrinkled green beans. Signature house libiations and signature entrees made with the finest ingredients from local farms and fisheries. A family restaurant.

■ MERMAID COVE PUB, 33195 Lighthouse Road, Williamsville, West Fenwick, Del. 302-436-0122 / $ / V-MC / No reservations required / Full bar / Get ship-wrecked at the Mermaid Cove with pub, drink and food specials daily. Lump crab cakes, rock and mahi tacos, fried oyster sandwiches and platters are among the items to choose from. Breakfast served weekends. Open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. Take-out available.

■ OCEAN CITY BREWING COMPANY, 56th Street, Ocean City 443-664-6682 / www.ocbrewingcompany.com / $-$$ / V-MCAE-DIS / No Reservations required / Children’s menu / Full Bar / Family Restaurant.

Craft Beer. Serving lunch and dinner daily 7 days a week, 11am-2am. Menu selections "Almost Famous" Made to Order Eggrolls, Gourmet Flatbreads, Signature Salads and Sandwiches, Soft Tacos, Fresh Burgers, and more. Happy Hour Sunday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close. Now offering gourmet breakfast, Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. to noon.

■ POPEYE’S LOUISIANA KITCHEN, Route 50, West Ocean City 443-664-2105 / $ / VMC / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Family restaurant. Eat-in, carry out or drive-thru. Open seven days, year-round.

Every Tuesday, two-piece chicken for 99 cents. Every Wednesday, free kids meal with purchase of combo.

■ SEACRETS, 49th Street, Ocean City 410524-4900 / www.seacrets.com / $$ / V-MCAE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Island atmosphere. Soups, salads, Jamaican jerk chicken, appetizers, sandwiches, paninis, pizza and fresh seafood.

■ SEASONS OCEANFRONT RESTAURANT, 118th Street, in the Carousel Oceanfront Hotel and Condos, Ocean City 410-5241000 / www.carouselhotel.com / $-$$ / VMC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Open seven days a week. Oceanfront dining in a casual atmosphere. Serving breakfast from 7-11 a.m., featuring a breakfast buffet or special order from the regular menu. Dinner served from 4-9 p.m., featuring a wide variety of entrees, seafood, ribs, steaks, pasta and prime rib. Join us for family theme night dinners.

■ SIMMER TIME, Rt. 54, Fenwick Island, next to Mio Fratello 302-436-2266 / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Full bar / Fondue and more in an intimate atmosphere; small and large parties.

■ THE BRICK HOUSE PUB, 67th Street, in the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Ocean City 410-524-5252 / www.ocmdhotels.com/ brickhousepub / $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / Reservations accepted / Children’s menu / Full bar / Relax and enjoy the laid back atmosphere of this casual brew pub. Enjoy a lite bite, or watch the game on one of our huge flat-screen TV's. Dine on the freshest raw bar specialties, or try one of the local favorites, including fresh rockfish, shrimp, crab cakes, spicy hummus, juicy burgers and steaks, piping hot made-to-order pizzas, flavorful sandwiches and gourmet salads. Extensive micro-brew list and beers on tap.

Happy hour specials daily.

■ THE COTTAGE CAFE, Route 1 (across from Sea Colony), Bethany Beach, Del.

302-539-8710 / www.cottagecafe.com / $, $$ / V-MC-AE / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Seafood, kids’ menu, happy hour specials. Lunch and dinner daily. Breakfast buffet on weekends.

■ THE COVE AT OCEAN PINES, 1 Mumford’s Landing Road, Ocean Pines 410-6417501 / www.oceanpines.org/ $$ / V-MC-AE-DIS/No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Casual Waterfront - The Cove at Ocean Pines Yacht Club in an all new gorgeous Bayfront Setting, specializing in Coastal Cuisine. Serving Lunch, Dinner and Sunday Brunch/ Inside Outside Dining areas. Open-Air Bar and Live Entertainment. Check website for special events.

Open Thursday through Sunday.

■ THE CRAB BAG, 130th Street, bayside, Ocean City 410-250-3337 / www.thecrabbag.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE / No reservations required / Full bar / Dine in and carryout. Open 7 Days a week, 11 am til late night. Huge menu; something for everyone.

Hot steamed crabs, world famous fried chicken, ribs, burgers, barbecue, pasta, seafood, steaks, sandwiches and more.

Lunch and weekly carry-out and dinner specials. The best happy hour at the beach with drink and food specials.

■ THE DOUGH ROLLER, 41st Street & Coastal Hwy 410-524-9254, 70th Street & Coastal Hwy 410-524-7981 / www.DoughRollerRestaurants.com / $ / VMC-AE-DIS / Ocean City’s Favorite Family Restaurant for 35 years! Both stores open daily serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Fresh breaded, cooked to order Dayton’s Boardwalk Famous Fried Chicken & Seafood is sure to please! Check out our ad for specials.

■ TOUCH OF ITALY, 67th Street and Coastal Highway, in the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Ocean City, 302-703-3090 / www.TouchofItaly.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Full bar / Full Italian Style Restaurant, with great menu including Pasta, Wood Fired Pizzas, appetizers, plus Full Italian Deli with heros and catering for take outs.

■ UBER BAGELS & DELI, 126th Street, Ocean City 443-664-6128 / www.uberbagels.com / $ / V-MC-DIS / No reservations required / Indoor and outdoor seating or carry out. Ocean City’s best bagel and deli featuring made-fromscratch, New York-style bagels. Full breakfast menu of bagels and spreads as well as egg sandwiches and lunch menu offers a huge selection of cold sandwiches featuring Boar’s head meats and cheeses.

■ VICTORIAN ROOM RESTAURANT, Dunes Manor Hotel, OCEANFRONT at 28th and Baltimore Ave, Ocean City 410-289-1100 / www.dunesmanor.com / $-$$ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Full bar / Children’s Menu / Open year round - With floor to ceiling windows overlooking the ocean, it’s an elegant and friendly place serving breakfast, lunch and dinner 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Also featuring the Zippy Lewis Lounge with HH from 4-7 p.m., Milton’s Outdoor Oceanfront Café and Barefoot Beach Bar inseason.

■ WHISKERS PUB, 120th Street, OC Square, Ocean City 410-524-2609 / www.whiskerspub.com / $ / V-MC-AE-DIS / No reservations required / Children’s menu / Full bar / Old World saloon-type feel, Whisker’s is famous for its Certified Angus® burgers and delicious casual fare, as well as its entertaining atmosphere and photo lined walls of famous and infamous “whiskers.”

Enjoy flat screen TVs to watch your favorite sports. Open year-round, 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., serving lunch and dinner daily. Happy hour every day 4-7 p.m. Nightly food specials.

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Calendar FRI. Jan. 2 BINGO — Knights of Columbus, 9901

Coastal Highway (rear of St. Luke’s Church) in Ocean City. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments for sale. Info: 410-524-7994.

ART EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION — Ocean

City Center for the Arts, 502 94th Street, 5-7 p.m. “Shared Visions” is the collaborative works of local literary and visual artists. The joint exhibit will be on display throughout January. Info: 410-524-9433 or www.artleagueofoceancity.org.

SAT. Jan. 3

PANCAKE BREAKFAST — VFW, Post 8296, 104 66th St., bayside in Ocean City, 8-11 a.m. A $5 donation for all-you-can-eat pancakes or 2-2-2, two eggs, two pancakes and two bacon slices, includes coffee and juice.

Bloody Marys cost $3. Info: 410-524-8196.

FARMERS MARKET — White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Locally grown vegetables and fruits, eggs, honey, kettle korn, flowers, artisan breads, seafood, meats and more. New vendors welcome. Info: 410-641-7717, Ext. 3006.

SUN. Jan. 4

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS #169 — Atlantic

General Hospital, Conference Room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Group is a 12-step program for anyone struggling with a compulsive eating problem. No initial meeting charge. Meeting contribution is $1 weekly. Info: Bett, 410202-9078.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - Atlantic General Hospital, Conference Room 2, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, noon to 1 p.m. Group shares experience, strength and hope to help others. Open to the community and to AGH patients. Info: Rob, 443-783-3529.

SUNDAY NIGHT SERENITY AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP MEETING — Woodlands in Ocean

Pines, Independent Living Apartment Building, 1135 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, 7:30 p.m.

MON. Jan. 5

HYPERTENSION CLINICS — Sponsored by At-

lantic General Hospital and takes place the first Monday of every month at Apple Discount Drugs, 314 Franklin Ave., in Berlin, 10 a.m. to noon and at Walgreens, 11310 Manklin Creek Rd., in Ocean Pines, 1-3 p.m. Free blood pressure screening and health information. Info: Dawn Denton, 410-641-9268.

CPAP MASK FITTING — Atlantic General

Hospital Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Center, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin. Free,

monthly mask fitting clinic for patients who are having trouble adjusting to their CPAP equipment. By appointment only: Robin Rohlfing, 410-641-9726.

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP — Northern Worcester Senior Center 10129 Old Ocean City Blvd., Berlin, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mondays, Jan. 5 through Feb. 23. Free, sixweek workshop that teaches how to live a quality life with chronic disease. Chronic conditions include diabetes, arthritis, depression, asthma, bronchitis, pain, heart disease or any condition that hinders you.

Pre-registration required by calling Laura Small, 410-629-6820.

DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP — St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 405 Flower St., Berlin, first Monday of each month, 6-7 p.m. All welcome. Info: Darlene Jameson, 410-629-6877 or the AGH Diabetes Outpatient Education program, 410-641-9703.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING —

Berlin group No. 169, Atlantic General Hospital, conference room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 5-6:30 p.m. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: Edna Berkey, 410-251-2083.

DELMARVA SWEET ADELINE CHORUS MEETS WEEKLY — The Delmarva Chorus, Sweet

Adeline’s, meets each Monday from 7-9 p.m., at the Ocean Pines Community Center, 239 Ocean Parkway. Women interested in learning the craft of a cappella singing welcome. Info: 410-641-6876.

TUES. Jan. 6

HYPERTENSION CLINICS — Sponsored by Atlantic General Hospital and takes place at Rite Aid, Selbyville, Del., 10 a.m. to noon and at Walgreens, Clarksville, Del., 1-3 p.m.

Free blood pressure screening and health information. Info: Dawn Denton, 410-6419268.

PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP — Ocean

Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:30-4 p.m. No reservation, no fee. Info: www.DelmarvaParkinsonsAlliance.org or Ron and Mary Leidner, 410-208-0525.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY MEETING -

Berlin group 331, Worcester County Health Center, 9730 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 5:30-7 p.m. TOPS is a support and educational group promoting weight loss and healthy lifestyle. It meets weekly. Info: jeanduck47@gmail.com.

WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT GROUP - WOC Fit-

ness, 12319 Ocean Gateway, Suite 203, Ocean City, 5 p.m. Cost is $5 per meeting.

Talk nutrition, exercise, health, tips for weight loss and more. Info: 410-213-7000.

WED. Jan. 7 GRACE PARKER ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST — First Presbyterian Church, 1301

Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City, 7 a.m. to noon. Eggs any style, pancakes, buckwheat pancakes, sausage, country ham, homemade biscuits, hash brown potatoes, grits, coffee and tea. Cost is $8 to eat-in and $6 to carry-out. Milk, soda and orange juice available. Info: 410-289-9340.

BEACH SINGLES — Every Thursday, Beach

HYPERTENSION CLINICS — Sponsored by At-

Philadelphia Ave., in Ocean City, every Thursday, year round. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start at 7 p.m. Food available.

Open to the public. Info: 410-289-3166.

lantic General Hospital and takes place the first Wednesday of every month at Rite Aid, 10119 Old Ocean City Blvd., in Berlin, 10 a.m. to noon and at Rite Aid, 11011 Manklin Creek Road in Ocean Pines, 1-3 p.m. Free blood pressure screening and health information. Info: Dawn Denton, 410-641-9268.

DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 7-8 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month. All welcome. Info: AGH Diabetes Outpatient Education program, 410-641-9703.

PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP — Ocean Pines library, 11107 Cathell Road, 2:30-4 p.m. No reservation, no fee. Info: www.DelmarvaParkinsonsAlliance.org or Ron and Mary Leidner, 410-208-0525.

BINGO — Every Wednesday at Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645, 138th Street and Sinepuxent Avenue, rear of the Fenwick Inn. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., games start 6:30 p.m.

Food is available. Open to the public. No one allowed in the hall under 18 years of age during bingo. Info: 410-250-2645.

KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER OCEAN PINES/OCEAN CITY — Meets every Wednesday at the Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway. Doors open at 7 a.m., meeting begins at 8 a.m. Info: 410-6417330.

BAYSIDE BEGINNINGS AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP MEETING — Ocean Pines Commu-

nity Center, 235 Ocean Parkway, 7:30 p.m.

OCEAN CITY/BERLIN ROTARY CLUB MEETING — Captain’s Table Restaurant in the Courtyard by Marriott, 2 15th St, Ocean City, 6 p.m. Info: 410-641-1700 or kbates@taylorbank.com.

WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT GROUP - WOC Fit-

ness, 12319 Ocean Gateway, Suite 203, Ocean City, noon. Cost is $5 per meeting.

Talk nutrition, exercise, health, tips for weight loss and more. Info: 410-213-7000.

THURS. Jan. 8 OCEAN CITY AARP 1917 GENERAL MEETING — MAC Senior Center, 41st Street, Ocean

City, 9:30 a.m. Guest speaker is Chris Calciano, scout for the Boston Red Sox. Travel opportunities for 2015 discussed. All persons ages 50 and older welcome. Info: aarp1917.org or 410-352-5748.

CELIAC SUPPORT GROUP — Atlantic General

Hospital, conference room 1, 9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, 7-8 p.m. Support and information for those affected by Celiac Disease. Info: Betty Bellarin, 410-603-0210.

Singles 45-Plus meets for happy hour at Harpoon Hanna’s, Route 54 and the bay, Fenwick Island, Del., 4 p.m. Info: Arlene, 302-436-9577; Kate, 410-524-0649; or Dianne, 302-541-4642.

BINGO — American Legion Post 166, 2308

CHAIR AEROBICS — St. Peter’s Lutheran

Church Community Life Center, 10301 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 1-2 p.m. Free will offering appreciated. Sponsored by St. Peter’s Senior Adult Ministry. Info: 410524-7474.

ONGOING EVENTS

WINTERFEST OF LIGHTS — More than one million holiday lights throughout the resort and at Northside Park, 200 125th St. in Ocean City, through Jan. 4. The heated Winterfest Village pavilion features hot chocolate, Yukon Cornelius’ gift shop and photos with Santa. Board the Winterfest Express to tour hundreds of animated, lighted displays. Admission. Hours are Sunday through Thursday, 5:30-9:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 5:30-10:30 p.m. Info: 800-OC-OCEAN, 410-250-0125 or www.ococean.com.

HORSE & CARRIAGE RIDES — Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through April 26. Passengers board near Thrasher’s at the Ocean City Inlet and travel around the pier and down the Boardwalk to Fourth Street and back. Carriage is heated. Cost is $10 for adults and free for children 3 and younger.

Info: Randy Davis, 443-783-1409.

MOTOWN, THE MUSICAL BUS TRIP — Motown founder Barry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to a musical mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson & many more. This show has now come to Broadway Philadelphia. Bus departs the Ocean Pines Community Center, 235 Ocean Parkway on Jan. 18 at 9:30 a.m. and returns at approximately 6 p.m. Cost for this trip is $105 per person (family circle seats).

Register: 410-641-7052 or stop in the Ocean Pines Recreation Department.

Crossword answers from page 49

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

HELP WANTED

Courtyard by Marriott, 2 15th Street, Ocean City, MD 21842 Now accepting applications for the following positions: Seasonal, F/T Front Desk Associates with possible YR Looking for qualified candidates that have previous hotel experience. Stop by the front desk to complete an application. No phone calls. All candidates must go through a satisfactory background check.

NOW HIRING!!

West OC Cashier position starting at $9/hr.

Apply online at: delmarvadd.com

HELP WANTED

NOW HIRING!!

Afternoon Production Supervisor, $13-$15

Apply via email at: dunkindonutjobs@gmail.com

Make your New Year’s Resolution to become an Avon Rep and enjoy a discount on giving the “Gift of Beauty.”

Work F/T or P/T, set your own hours, and make up to 50% commission.

To become a Representative or to order product call Christine at 443-880-8397 or email snowhillavon@ comcast.net

Classifieds 410-723-6397

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Work With The BEST!!

Top wages, excellent benefits package and free employee meal available to successful candidates.

Employment Opportunities:

Year Round, Full/Part Time: Catering Assistant, Front Desk/Reservations, AM Dishwasher, Busser/Room Service

Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel Attn: Human Resources Dept.

10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 Phone: 410-524-3535 Fax: 410-723-9109 EOE M/F/D/V

TOWN OF BERLIN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

The Town of Berlin is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Administrative Assistant. This highly responsible position will report directly to the Town Administrator and work closely with various department heads. Successful candidate will oversee the posting of official notices, ordinances and public records.

The candidate will prepare, organize and maintain all minutes of Mayor and Council meetings. Candidate must be well versed with MS Word, Excel, Publisher and modern office technology.

Must be able to exercise sound judgment and must have the ability to be flexible with duties on a day to day basis. Candidate must be able to professionally interact with the public and all people they will have contact with. Position requires a high school diploma or equivalent, and post high school education is a must. Position requires a minimum of 5 years upper level administrative duties, preferably with a municipality. A Bachelor’s degree may substitute for up to three years of relevant experience.

Preference will be given to all resumes received by January 17, 2015.

Qualified candidates may submit their cover letter and resume to: jfleetwood@berlinmd.gov or mail to 10 William Street; Berlin, MD 21811 EOE M/F/V/D

HELP WANTED LOCAL MODELS WANTED

for South Moon Under No experience necessary.

Female applicants must be at least 5’7” size 0-2. Male applicants must be at least 6’0” size 31-34 waist.

Please contact models@southmoonunder.com and include name, at least one full length photo, height and sizes.

We are hiring CNAs! Coastal Home Care, an extension of Capital City Nurses, is hiring for short and long hours, Monday through Sunday, Part-time and Full-time on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and in the state of Delaware. Applicants must have CNA certification and at least 1 year of experience working on staff at a hospital or nursing home.

To apply, visit our website at www.capitalcitynurses.com and click on “Our Team” to submit an online application.

For more information, call us at (410) 572-5606.

HELP WANTED

Now Hiring YR, F/T Housekeepers - Apply in person Club Ocean Villas II, 105 120th Street, Ocean City, MD

Maintenance Technician Wanted (Ocean City, MD) Help build and maintain Delmarva's fastest growing restaurant group Perform interior and exterior finish work, such as drywall, painting, paneling, ceiling and floor tile, plumbing repairs, heating and air conditioning system repairs Perform routine and emergency repairs on restaurant equipment, including diagnostics on electrical and refrigeration components On call on a rotating emergency schedule for weekends and holidays Basic skill sets must include some Electric, Plumbing, Carpentry, Refrigeration Salary Starting at $10.00/HR Health Insurance 401K Sick Leave Apply online only at: http://delmarvadd.com/ DunkinDonuts/ construction.html www.baysideoc.com www.oceancitytoday.net

SOUS CHEF & PIZZA MAKER

HELP WANTED

Courtyard by Marriott Now hiring a

Sales Manager

Implements and directs the property’s sales activities; coordinates service, activities related to the sales function to maximize customer satisfaction and overall profitability. Responsible for revenue production and for the hotel meeting and/or exceeding revenue objectives for RevPAR, occupancy and ADR. Apply at https://nhghotels.hyrell.com

RENTALS RENTALS

YR, 3BR/2BA, Ocean Pines. $1000/mo. + utils. + sec. deposit. Pet considered. Call 410-713-9114.

OC Winter Rental - 1BR/1BA Efficiency. Avail Jan. 1st.

Bayfront. Fully furn., includes cable, WiFi & all utils. $695/mo. No smoking/pets.

410-603-9908

Y/R, 3BR/3BA Townhouse avail now in OP. Gated community w/beautiful views of the new Yacht Club and harbor off front decks and views of the bay/OC off back decks.

Elevator, garage and FP. Call 443-523-2838

BB Apts. - 2BR/1BA-YR 9830 Keyser Point Rd. WOC Behind Rite Aid on Rt. 50 1BR/1BA Main St., Berlin $900/mo. each 443-614-4007

Year Round Position Send resume to: P.O. Box 151, Berlin, MD 21811-0151

Summer Rentals

Available May 8th - Sept.

10th. 312 Sunset Dr. 2BR/ 1.5BA, newly remodeled, big kitchen/living area. Sleeps up to 6. $12,000/season, you pay utilities. Security deposit $2,000. Call 410-428-7333. www.SunsetTerrace Rentals.com

Contact Kelley Bjorkland at 410-524-1203 or kelley.bjorkland@cbmove.com OR Maryellen Rosenblit at 410-524-6111 or maryellen.rosenblit@cbmove.com or visit www.careerscb.com

RENTALS

YR, 3BR/1BA, North Gate Ocean Pines. DW, W/D, storage shed. $975/mo. + sec. dep. No smoking. Pet upon review. 410-320-4153

YR, OC 94th St. 4BR/2BA Sundeck, nice yard, water view, residential neighborhood. 9304 Chesapeake Dr. $1795/mo. 410-726-3226

YR South OC, Bay View @ 9th St. 3BR/1BA, furn./unfurn.

Condo. $985/mo. + utils. & 1 mo. sec. dep. No pets/smoking. 443-889-2193 WR Oceanfront 2BR Condo Fabulous views. Cheap heating & electric bill. WiFi, cable included. $899/mo. No smoking/pets. 410-490-0427

Y/R Rentals - Berlin Rentals starting at $605/mo. 400 sq. ft. Office Space starting at $400/mo. Bunting Realty, Inc. 410-641-3313, Buntingrealty.com.

YR, 2BR/2BA Condo - Very nice, furnished Condo. $1250/ mo. for WR $750/mo. Now till May 1st. Bill 301-537-5391.

YR, Ocean Pines, 3BR/2BA Home - Clean, like new, 1450 sq. ft. Screened porch, lge patio, 2 sheds, $1350/mo. + utils. No Smoking/Pets. 410-236-1231

SEASONAL RENTALS Pool Front Rooms $165 Efficiencies $185 2 BR Apartments $250 Burgundy Inn 1210 Philadelphia Ave. 410-289-8581

WINTER RENTAL

$175/week Sleeps 4, Pool, Internet Rambler Motel 9942 Elm Street Right behind Starbucks Manager on site or call 443-614-4007

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

Single Family Homes Starting at $975 Condos Starting at $1,000

Office Space w/immediate availability, reception area & private office w/view. Plenty of customer parking in a great Ocean Pines location! Rent includes all CAM, trash removal, water & sewer. $700/mo.

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RENTALS

WR, Executive 4BR/3.5BA Home in WOC, Martha’s Landing - Lg. Home w/yard.

2.5-car garage, W/D, great views.

Pets negotiable. $2100/mo. 240-643-6800 YEAR-ROUND / OCEAN PINES - Waterfront Condo bordering golf course.

3BR/2BA, fireplace + boat dock. $1500/month.

Call 410-603-7373.

Want to rent garage in North Ocean City area. Contact wshennings@gmail.com or call 973-557-3795.

2BR/2BA Mobile Home-Near Ocean City. FP, Shed, Furn. $25,000/Cash. $400/mo.

Ground Rent. Includes water, sewer, trash & taxes. Call Howard Martin Realty 410352-5555

REAL ESTATE LICENSE ED SMITH REAL ESTATE SCHOOL

Pre-Licensing Real Estate Classes Pt. 1. Jan. 27, 28, 29, 2015 Pt. 2. Feb. 16, 17, 18, 2015 8:00am-5:30pm Limited Space Web site/Registration www.edsmithschool.com 410-213-2700

www.baysideoc.com www.oceancitytoday.net

NEW PRICE $189,500! 3BR/ 2BA Home in Willards. LR, Family Rm, Hardwood floors, gorgeous large kitchen, 2 car garage on 1/2 acre. Call Howard Martin Realty 410352-5555

COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL

RENTAL WANTED RENTAL WANTED

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

Restaurant For Sale – Berlin Former Boomers Restaurant, at the corner of Main Street and Rt. 113. Fully equipped 90 seat restaurant, lots of nice equipment, all in excellent shape. Great location for Diner, Family Restaurant, Breakfast, Pizza, lots of potential. Located across from the county ball fields and Worcester Prep School with great exposure to Rt. 113. A new hotel is planned for across the highway. Berlin needs a family restaurant.

Eat-in, carryout and delivery all permitted uses. Possible location for franchise redevelopment.

Contact Spiro for more info – spiro@ocrooms.com or 443-497-0514.

Upscale Mid-town Office Space in O.C. for Lease.

Last Suite available.

2150 sq. ft.

Flexible floor plan.

Call Brian 443-880-2225

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COMMERCIAL

WOC Office Space Great for professional i.e. Real Estate, Law Firm, Medical Herring Creek Prof. Ctr. 1000 Sq. Ft. $1,000/mo. negotiable 443497-0514 Two Units Available Rt. 50 in West Ocean City 1800 sq. ft. Office/Retail Space 1728 sq. ft. Office/Retail Space Call 443-497-4200

BERLIN OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT - approximately 200 sq. ft. ea. Utils. included. $275/ mo. Call 410-726-5471 or 410-641-4300.

SERVICES SERVICES

Johns Handyman Services expert painting, any home improvement service. 302-2366420 Bishopville Movers Inc. Fast, reliable service.

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Jan 2 - Jan 8 DAY/TIME

ADDRESS

Daily

Assateague Point, Berlin

Daily 11-3

Villas, OC Inlet Isle

Daily 10-5 Daily 10-4

Mon-Sat 10-5

Mon-Sat 10-5

Thurs.-Mon. 11-5

Friday thru Sunday

Gateway Grand – 48th Street 1111 Edgewater Ave

70th St. Bayside Broadmarsh

Seaside Village, West Ocean City

12602 Bay Buoy Ct. West Ocean City Sunset Island

BR/BA

STYLE

3 & 4BR, 3BA

Condo

From $904,900 Condominium Realty/Fritschle Group

Condo

From $595,000 Condominium Realty/Fritschle Group

Townhome

From $289,900 Condominium Realty/Fritschle Group

1BR/2BR/3BR 3BR/4BR

Condo

3BR/2.5BA

Townhomes

3,4,5BR/2.5-2.5BA

SF-New Construction Townhome

3BR/2.5BA

3BR/2BA/2 half baths -

Saturday 10-1

505 Edgewater Ave.- Ocean City

4BR/3.5BA

Sunday 12-3

13517 Madison Ave., Selbyville, DE

3BR/2.5BA

Sunday 12-5

70th St. Bayside Broadmarsh

Sat & Sun 11-4 p.m.

Sunday 12-5 Friday 11-1

Saturday 11-1

Heron Harbour Sales Office, 120th St., Bayside 1BR/2/BR/3BR/4/BR+

Seaside Village, West Ocean City

103 Channel Buoy Rd., Caine Keys II 10357 New Quay Rd., Ocean City

Mobile

3BR/2.5BA 3BR/2.5BA 3BR/3BA

3BR/2.5BA

PRICE

AGENCY/AGENT

From $100,000

Resort Homes/Tony Matrona

$795,000

Condominium Realty/Fritschle Group

From $304,900 Fritschle Group/Condominium Realty From $299,900

Condos, TH, SF

$389K/$509K/$900K

Condo, Towns & SF

—

Single Family Townhome

Townhomes

Single Family

Single Family

$599,900

Harbor Homes/Monogram

Terry Riley/Vantage Resort

Darryl Greer/Resort Real Estate

Nanette Pavier/Holiday Real Estate

Fritschle Group/Condominium Realty

From $289,900 Condominium Realty/Fritschle Group

From $304,900 Fritschle Group/Condominium Realty $499,900

$369,900

Lauren Bunting/Bunting Realty

Lauren Bunting/Bunting Realty

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PUBLIC NOTICES Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 20 WHITE CRANE DR. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Robert C. Hoppa and Sheila J. Hoppa, dated February 24, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4885, folio 640 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on JANUARY 16, 2015 AT 2:30 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Tax ID #10-370949 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

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 $49,000 by cash or certified check.

Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. 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, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by 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 physical possession of the property. 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 re-

fund 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 47199.

Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-1/1/3t _________________________________ Morris|Schneider|Wittstadt, LLC 9409 Philadelphia Road Baltimore, MD 21237 410-284-9600

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 2 DORCHESTER ST., UNIT #303 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Richard B. Olenick, dated May 25, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4939, folio 371 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on JANUARY 20, 2015 AT 3:20 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit number 303 in the “Belmont Towers Residential Condominium, A Horizontal Property Regime” and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.

The property 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 $137,000 by cash or certified check.

Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within 10 days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser fails to settle within the aforesaid ten (10) days of ratification, the purchaser relinquishes their deposit and the Sub-Trustees may file an appropriate motion with the court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed with the Court in connection with such motion and any Show Cause Order issued by the Court and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper or Order by certified mail and regular mail sent to the address provided by the purchaser and as recorded on the documents executed by the purchaser at the time of the sale. Service shall be deemed effective upon the purchaser 3 days after postmarked by the United States Post Office. It is expressly agreed by the purchaser that actual receipt of the certified mail is not required for service to be effective. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement the deposit shall be forfeited to the Sub-Trustees and all expenses of this sale (including attorney fees and full commission on the gross sales price of the sale) shall be charged against and paid from the forfeited deposit. In the event of resale the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property regardless of any improvements made to the real property. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate of 6.875% per annum from the date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the SubTrustees. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, to be adjusted for the current year to date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for the costs of all transfer taxes, documentary stamps and all other costs incident to settlement. Purchaser shall be responsible for physical possession of the property.

Purchaser assumes the risk of loss from the date of sale forward. The sale is subject to post sale audit by the Noteholder to determine whether the borrower entered into any repayment/forbearance agreement, reinstated or paid off prior to the sale. In any such event the Purchaser agrees that upon notification by the Sub-Trustees of such event the sale is null and void and of no legal effect and the deposit returned without interest. If the Sub-Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or good and marketable title, or the sale is not ratified for any reason by the Circuit Court including errors made by the Sub-Trustees, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without any interest.

Mark H. Wittstadt, et al., Sub. Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204

410-828-4838 OCD-1/1/3t _________________________________ HAROLD B. GORDY, JR., ESQ. AYRES, JENKINS, GORDY & ALMAND, P.A. 11047 Racetrack Road Berlin, Maryland 21842

TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE TIME SHARE INTERVALS IN THE COCONUT MALORIE RESORT CONDOMINIUM OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND By virtue of a certain Claim of Lien recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, and pursuant to the Order of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, Case No. 23-C14-1462, the undersigned Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at the lobby of the Coconut Malorie Resort Condominium, located at, 200 59th Street, Ocean City, Maryland, the following described property located in the Town of Ocean City, in the Tenth Election District of Worcester County, Maryland, on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. the following timeshare intervals: Condominium Units

Time Intervals

513 513 402 512 315 418 217 315 210 312 105 109 502 216 205 418 514 317 412 104

46 45 12 17 17 44 15 50 09 06 48 12 09 47 08 14 08 52 14 08

Each time interval being one week per year in the corresponding unit, each unit being part of the Coconut Malorie Resort Condominium, including an undivided interest in the common elements thereof, as established pursuant to a Declaration of Condominium and Timeshare dated May 7, 1998 recorded among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland in Liber R.H.O..

No 2524, folio 143, et. seq.

The property 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 warranties and guarantees.

A secured party may bid and shall be excused from deposit requirements.

The Trustee reserves the right to withdraw any interval from the sale and/or to reject any and all bids.

Terms of Sale: A deposit in the full amount of the sales price per time interval will be required at the time of sale, such deposit to be in cash or check. Cost of all documen-

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PUBLIC NOTICES tary stamps, transfer taxes, 2015 maintenance fees and all other incidental settlement costs, including legal fees, shall be borne by the purchaser. The date of settlement shall be within fifteen (15) days after final ratification by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, time being of the essence; otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser, or in any manner designated by the Trustee; or, without forfeiting deposit, the Seller may exercise any of its legal or equitable rights against the defaulting purchaser.

For more information, call: Harold B. Gordy, Jr., Esq., Trustee, at 410-641-5033 OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________ McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Laurel, Maryland 20707 www.mwc-law.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 8 ENSIGN DR. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from George M. Straka a/k/a George J. Straka, dated March 25, 2005 and recorded in Liber 4403, folio 637 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on JANUARY 12, 2015 AT 2:40 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.

The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $14,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate of 5.25% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by an entity other than the

noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser.

There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow, if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, and all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees.

Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property.

The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after the sale.

(Matter #2012-27410) Laura H. G. O’Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK ROAD, TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________ COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC ATTORNEYS AT LAW 600 BALTIMORE AVENUE SUITE 208 TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 1912 GROTON ROAD POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Richard W. Mills, Jr. and Margaret P. Mills, dated April 1, 2002 and recorded in Liber 3341, Folio 508 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $39,000.00, and an original interest rate of 14.500%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for Worcester County, on JANUARY 13, 2015 AT 3:36 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully de-

scribed in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.

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

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $9,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees.

In the event settlement is delayed for any reason , there shall be no abatement of interest. Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, condo/HOA assessments or private utility charges, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses, and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the purchaser.

Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute Trustees may, in addition to any other available legal remedies, declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser agrees to pay attorneys’ fees for the Substitute Trustee in the amount of $750.00, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of resale, reasonable attorney’s fees, and all other charges due and incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit. The sale is subject to post-sale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer in-

cluding, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without interest.

This property will be sold subject to one or more prior liens, the amount(s) of which will be announced at the time of sale.

Edward S. Cohn, Stephen N. Goldberg, Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Randall J. Rolls, and David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees Mid-Atlantic Auctioneers, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.mid-atlanticauctioneers.com OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 104 AUSTIN CIR. BERLIN, MD 21811 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Tommie G. Morrison, dated April 1, 2006 and recorded in Liber 4680, folio 345 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on JANUARY 9, 2015 AT 2:20 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the buildings and improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Tax ID #03-154823 and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

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 $34,000 by cash or certified check.

Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. 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

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PUBLIC NOTICES charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges and ground rent, to be adjusted to date of sale and thereafter assumed by 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 physical possession of the property. 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 35538.

Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Boulevard, Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 806 SECOND ST. POCOMOKE A/R/T/A POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated May 15, 2007 and recorded in Liber 4940, Folio 63 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $63,200.00 and an original interest rate of 8.00000%

default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on JANUARY 13, 2015 AT 3:39 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

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

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $85,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser.

All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer.

Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus

proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.

If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest.

PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________ Morris|Schneider|Wittstadt, LLC 9409 Philadelphia Road Baltimore, MD 21237 410-284-9600

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 608 OSPREY RD., UNIT #4 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Judy L. Blowe, dated January 26, 2007 and recorded in Liber 5102, folio 191 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on JANUARY 13, 2015 AT 3:20 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit No. 4 Osprey Way Condominium and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.

The property 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 $44,000 by cash or certified check.

Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within 10 days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester Co. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser fails to settle within the aforesaid ten (10) days of ratification, the purchaser relinquishes their deposit and the Sub-Trustees may file an appropriate motion with the court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed with the Court in connection with such motion and any Show Cause Order issued by the Court and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper or Order by certified mail and regular mail sent to the address provided by the purchaser and as recorded on the documents executed by the purchaser at the time of

the sale. Service shall be deemed effective upon the purchaser 3 days after postmarked by the United States Post Office. It is expressly agreed by the purchaser that actual receipt of the certified mail is not required for service to be effective. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement the deposit shall be forfeited to the Sub-Trustees and all expenses of this sale (including attorney fees and full commission on the gross sales price of the sale) shall be charged against and paid from the forfeited deposit. In the event of resale the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property regardless of any improvements made to the real property. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate of 8.50000% per annum from the date of sale to the date the funds are received in the office of the SubTrustees. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, to be adjusted for the current year to date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for the costs of all transfer taxes, documentary stamps and all other costs incident to settlement. Purchaser shall be responsible for physical possession of the property.

Purchaser assumes the risk of loss from the date of sale forward. The sale is subject to post sale audit by the Noteholder to determine whether the borrower entered into any repayment/forbearance agreement, reinstated or paid off prior to the sale. In any such event the Purchaser agrees that upon notification by the Sub-Trustees of such event the sale is null and void and of no legal effect and the deposit returned without interest. If the Sub-Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or good and marketable title, or the sale is not ratified for any reason by the Circuit Court including errors made by the Sub-Trustees, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without any interest.

Mark H. Wittstadt, et al., Sub. Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________ Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 415 Calverton, Maryland 20705 240-473-5000

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 6409 BASKET SWITCH RD NEWARK, MD 21841 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Alma D. Hover and Nathan C. Hover, dated December 26, 2006, and

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PUBLIC NOTICES recorded in Liber 4847, Folio 149 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction at Circuit Court for Worcester County, Courthouse Door for Worcester County, Snow Hill, MD on JANUARY 6, 2015 AT 11:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust, carrying Tax ID No. 04006453.

The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, agreements, easements, covenants and rights of way of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $18,800.00 will be required at the time of sale in the form of cash, certified check, or other form as the Substitute Trustees determine acceptable. No deposit shall be required of the noteholder where the noteholder bids in the property at auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, time being of the essence for purchaser. In the event that settlement does not occur within the said ten days, the purchaser shall be in default. Upon such default the Trustees may file a Motion and Order to Resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser, and purchaser(s) hereby consent to entry of such resale order without further notice, in which case the deposit shall be forfeited and 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 readvertise and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser; or, without reselling the property, the Trustees may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies against the defaulting purchaser. 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. Interest to be paid on the purchase money less the stated deposit called for herein, at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustee. There shall be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for any reason, including but not limited to exceptions to sale, bankruptcy filings by interested parties, Court administration of the foreclosure or unknown title defects. All taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/ assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, are to be adjusted to the date of

auction and thereafter are to be assumed by the purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, agricultural transfer tax, if any and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of damage to the property from the date of auction forward. If the Substitute Trustee does not convey title for any reason, including but not limited to the Secured Party executing a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allowing the borrower(s) to execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee’s prior knowledge, or if the sale is not ratified for any reason including errors made by the Substitute Trustees, the foreclosure sale shall be null and void and of no effect, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy in law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit without interest.

Further terms and particulars may be announced at time of sale, and purchaser may be required to execute a Memorandum of Sale at the time of auction. (Matter #18543) Jeffrey Nadel, Scott Nadel, John-Paul Douglas and Daniel Menchel, Substitute Trustees MDC Auctioneers 606 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 206, Towson, Maryland 21204 410-825-2900 OCD-12/18/3t _________________________________ COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH, LLC ATTORNEYS AT LAW 600 BALTIMORE AVENUE SUITE 208 TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 1008 CEDAR STREET POCOMOKE CITY, MD 21851 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Alfred T. Duncan, Jr. and Maude H. Duncan, dated September 30, 2005 and recorded in Liber 4608, Folio 088 among the Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland, with an original principal balance of $80,000.00, and an original interest rate of 5.990%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction at the Courthouse door for the Circuit Court for Worcester County, on JANUARY 6, 2015 AT 3:30 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and the improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.

The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same, if any and

with no warranty of any kind.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $8,000.00 by certified funds only (no cash will be accepted) is required at the time of auction. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Worcester County. The purchaser, other than the Holder of the Note, its assigns, or designees, shall pay interest on the unpaid purchase money at the note rate from the date of foreclosure auction to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees.

In the event settlement is delayed for any reason , there shall be no abatement of interest. Real estate taxes and all other public charges, or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, condo/HOA assessments or private utility charges, not otherwise divested by ratification of the sale, to be adjusted as of the date of foreclosure auction, unless the purchaser is the foreclosing lender or its designee. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses, and all other costs incident to settlement, shall be borne by the purchaser.

Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. If the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms of the sale or fails to go to settlement within ten (10) days of ratification of the sale, the Substitute Trustees may, in addition to any other available legal remedies, declare the entire deposit forfeited and resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, and the purchaser agrees to pay attorneys’ fees for the Substitute Trustee in the amount of $750.00, plus all costs incurred, if the Substitute Trustees have filed the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the property. Purchaser waives personal service of any paper filed in connection with such a motion on himself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and expressly agrees to accept service of any such paper by regular mail directed to the address provided by said bidder at the time of foreclosure auction. In such event, the defaulting purchaser shall be liable for the payment of any deficiency in the purchase price, all costs and expenses of resale, reasonable attorney’s fees, and all other charges due and incidental and consequential damages, and any deficiency in the underlying secured debt. The purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the property. If the Substitute Trustees cannot convey insurable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be the return of the deposit. The sale is subject to post-sale confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law

or equity, shall be the return of his deposit without interest.

Edward S. Cohn, Stephen N. Goldberg, Richard E. Solomon, Richard J. Rogers, Randall J. Rolls, and David W. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustees Mid-Atlantic Auctioneers, LLC (410) 825-2900 www.mid-atlanticauctioneers.com OCD-12/18/3t _________________________________ Buonassissi, Henning & Lash, P.C. 1861 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 300 Reston, Virginia 20190 (703) 796-1341

TRUSTEE’S SALE 10121 Godspeed Drive Ocean City, MD 21842 In execution of the Deed of Trust dated December 12, 2006, recorded January 5, 2007 in Liber SVH 4848, folio 212 and re-recorded February 26, 2007 in Liber SVH 4876 at Folio 125, among the Worcester County land records, the undersigned Substitute Trustees, any of whom may act, will offer for sale at public auction on January 12, 2015, at 2:30 PM, at the front of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, One West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland, the following property: ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester County, Maryland and more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.

TAX ID: 10-386039 The property and improvements will be sold in “as is” physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same.

TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder’s deposit of $39,500.00 by cashier’s/certified check required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon at 2.000% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Trustees must be paid by cashier’s check within 10 days after final ratification of sale. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners association dues and assessments that may become due after the date of sale shall be purchaser’s responsibility. Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the property. If purchaser defaults, deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and attorney’s fees of both sales. If Trustees do not convey title

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PUBLIC NOTICES for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not limited to determining whether prior to sale a forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered into or the loan was reinstated or paid off; in any such event this sale shall be null and void and purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of deposit without interest. (51491) Richard A. Lash, Barry K. Bedford, David A. Rosen, Leonard W. Harrington, Jr., and Robert E. Kelly, Substitute Trustees Auctioneers: Alex Cooper Auctioneers 908 York Road Towson, MD 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Boulevard, Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 9815 STEPHEN DECATUR HWY., UNIT #29 OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated December 17, 2004 and recorded in Liber 4319, Folio 622 among the Land Records of Worcester Co., MD, with an original principal balance of $171,000.00 and an original interest rate of 5.375% default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Worcester Co., at the Court House Door, One W. Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863, on JANUARY 6, 2015 AT 3:36 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Worcester Co., MD and described as Unit No. 29, in the “South Point Village Condominium” and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

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

Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of

interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser.

All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer.

Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within 10 days of ratification, the Sub. Trustees may file a motion to resell the property. If Purchaser defaults under these terms, deposit shall be forfeited. The Sub. Trustees may then resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.

If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest.

PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS., INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 OCD-12/18/3t _________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Berlin will hold a public hearing on the proposed Ordinance 2014-07, amending Article V, Chapter 108, Section 274; Site Design Guidelines at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, January 12, 2015 in the Mayor and Council Chambers, 10 William Street. The public is invited to at-

tend and comment. A copy of the proposed Ordinance is available for inspection in Town Hall, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

OCD-12/25/2t _________________________________ James E. Clubb, Jr., Esq. 108 N. 8th Street Ocean City, Maryland 21842 HAWAIIAN VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Plaintiff vs.

YOLANDA B. MANDLEY VINCENT E. MANDLEY Defendants IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY STATE OF MARYLAND CASE NO. 23-C-14-1238

NOTICE ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County this 9th day of December, 2014, that the foreclosure sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 11 142nd Street, #315, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by James E. Clubb, Jr., Substitute Trustee, be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 12th day of January, 2015, provided a copy of this order be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks, before the 5th day of January, 2015.

The Report states the amount of the sale to be $1,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-12/18/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

RITA MARCHONE AKA RITA M. MARCHONE 19 East Wind Drive IRTA 19 Eastwind Drive, Ocean City, MD 21842 Berlin, MD 21811 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23C14001024

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 11th day of December, 2014, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 19 East Wind Drive, IRTA 19 Eastwind Drive, Ocean City, MD 21842, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be

shown on or before the 12th day of January, 2015, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 5th day of January, 2015.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $223,212.30.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-12/18/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

LINDA K. COLE AKA LINDA KAY WARDER FKA LINDA KAY COLE FKA LINDA WARDER COLE LUCILLE A. COLE 60 Nottingham Lane Berlin, MD 21811 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23C13001178

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 12th day of December, 2014, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 60 Nottingham Lane, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 12th day of January, 2015, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 5th day of January, 2015.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $97,913.37.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-12/18/3t _________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WORCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AGENDA

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015 Pursuant to the provisions of the Worcester County Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Board of Zoning Appeals for Worces-

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PUBLIC NOTICES ter 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. 15-2, on the application of Madison J. Bunting, Jr., requesting a variance to the Ordinance prescribed right side yard setback from 50 feet to 30 feet (an encroachment of 20 feet) associated with a proposed garage in the E-1 Estate District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-203(d)(1) and ZS 1305, located at the southwesterly terminus of Daye Girls Road, Tax Map 9, Parcel 165, in the Fifth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

6:35 p.m.

Case No. 15-3, on the application of Mark S. Cropper, Esquire, on the lands of Thomas and Anne Burke, requesting a special exception to reconstruct and expand an existing non-conformity by no more than 50 percent of the original gross floor area associated with an addition to a single-family dwelling in the R-2 Suburban Residential District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1116(c)(3), ZS 1-122(d)(1), ZS 1-206(b)(2) and ZS 1-305, located at 13302 Delaware Road, at the westerly intersection of Delaware Road and Rollie Road West, Tax Map 4, Parcel 24, in the Fifth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

6:40 p.m.

Case No. 15-1, on behalf of the Department of Development, Review and Permitting, on the lands of Denny Sharp, requesting an afterthe-fact variance to the Ordinance prescribed rear yard setback from 30 feet to 23 feet (an encroachment of 7 feet) associated with a rear deck in the V-1 Village District, pursuant to Zoning Code Sections ZS 1-116(c)(4), ZS 1-204(b)(2) and ZS 1-305, located at 4512 Public Landing Wharf Road, approximately 400 feet north of Public Landing Road (MD Route 367), Tax Map 73, Parcel 7, Lots 1 and 2, in the Second Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS OCD-12/25/2t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

EFRAIM SASI 1549 Teal Drive Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23C13000770

Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 12th day of January, 2015, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 5th day of January, 2015.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $318,750.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-12/18/3t _________________________________ BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 Carrie M. Ward, et al.

6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs vs.

THOMAS E. OHL HELEN L. OHL 509 142nd Street, Unit # C102 IRTA 509 142nd Street, C102 WE Ocean City, MD 21842 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23-C-14-000418

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 12th day of December, 2014, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 509 142nd Street, Unit # C102, IRTA 509 142nd Street, C102 WE, Ocean City, MD 21842, made and reported by the Substitute Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 12th day of January, 2015, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 5th day of January, 2015.

The report states the purchase price at the Foreclosure sale to be $141,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk, Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-12/18/3t _________________________________

NOTICE

NOTICE

OF PASSAGE OF BILL 14-12 WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Notice is hereby given this 12th day of December, 2014, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these proceedings and described as 1549 Teal Drive,

Take Notice that Bill 14-12 (Zoning - Research Facilities in the A-1 and A-2 Agricultural Districts) was passed by the County Commissioners on December 16, 2014.

A fair summary of the bill is as follows: § ZS 1-201(c)(32). (Renumbers the current subsection 32 to subsection 33 and adds this new subsection to permit, by special exception in the A-1 Agricultural District, noncommercial scientific research stations for the collection of atmospheric, astronomic, weather or biological data for research purposes by academic, non-profit or governmental entities; establishes minimum lot requirements for such structures and a maximum height of fifty feet; requires all radar or microwave equipment for data collection and antennas for data transmission to be separated by not less than five hundred feet from the nearest existing or permitted residential structure on an adjacent parcel.) § ZS 1-202(c)(44). (Renumbers the current subsection 44 to subsection 45 and adds this new subsection to permit, by special exception in the A-2 Agricultural District, noncommercial scientific research stations for the collection of atmospheric, astronomic, weather or biological data for research purposes by academic, non-profit or governmental entities; establishes minimum lot requirements for such structures and a maximum height of fifty feet; requires all radar or microwave equipment for data collection and antennas for data transmission to be separated by not less than five hundred feet from the nearest existing or permitted residential structure on an adjacent parcel.)

This bill becomes effective fortyfive (45) days from the date of its passage.

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, is available for public inspection in Room 1103 of the Worcester County Government Center and is available on the County Website at http://www.co.worcester.md.us/commissioners/legsltn.asp x.

THE WORCESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________ WORCESTER COUNTY SHORELINE COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3-101 and 3-102 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County, Maryland, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be conducted by the Worcester County Shoreline Commission in the meeting room at the Ocean Pines Branch of the Worcester County Library, 11107 Cathell Road, Berlin, Maryland on Thursday, January 8, 2015.

The Board members will convene at 1:30 p.m. to discuss administrative matters and may perform on-site viewing of all or some of the following cases. Thereafter, the members will reconvene at 2:00 p.m. at the library to hear the scheduled cases.

MAJOR CONSTRUCTION

MAJOR 1 Coastal Compliance Solutions LLC on behalf of Martha’s Landing LLC – Request 2015-01 – Request to conduct shoreline erosion control measures which include the installation of three 13’x 45’ stone sills, three 13’x 55’ stone sills, and two 13’x 30’ stone jetties not to exceed 35 feet channelward. This request also includes beach replenishment activities impacting approximately 9,000 square feet and utilizing approximately 400 cubic yards of dredged sand material. The project is located adjacent to the Worcester County Homer Gudelsky Park at the terminus of Old Bridge Road, also known as Tax Map 27, Parcel 487, Outlot B, Tenth Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland.

OCD-12/25/2t _________________________________

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, MD Thursday, January 8th, 2015 At 2:00 PM A request has been submitted to install two (2) pilings and boatlift; 20’ max channelward. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 121 Newport Bay Dr. Unit B. Parcel # 3643A-121B—0 -0116-132320 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

Applicant: Superior Boatlifts Inc. Owner: Devera, Dominador Z & Minerva PW15-001 A request has been submitted to remove existing dock and construct 4’x25’ parallel dock; install elevator boatlift with 3’x10’ step out platform; install 4-pole triple jet ski lift with a channelward of 18ft. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 211 N Heron Dr. Parcel # 5313A-51-1-0 -0116-320917 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

Applicant: Ocean City Boatlifts & Marine Construction c/o Permit Inc Owner: Allen, Robert & Tracy PW15-002 A request has been submitted to install boatlift with associated poles if necessary; not to exceed channelward distance of existing slips. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 716 Bradley Rd Slip B Parcel # 9345 -B0 -0115-384192 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

Applicant: Ocean City Boatlifts & Marine Contracting c/o Permit Inc

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PUBLIC NOTICES Owner: Faini, Steven P PW15-003 A request has been submitted to repair/re-deck existing 5’ x30’ perpendicular pier; install boatlift with poles and swivel PWC lift with poles; channelward of 30ft. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 221 S Ocean Dr Parcel # 8020A-1611B-3B-0 -0117196175 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

Applicant: Ocean City Boatlifts & Marine Constructions c/o Permit Inc Owner: Dutton, George E PW15-004 A request has been submitted to remove existing boatlift & PWC lifts, to install 65’ of replacement vinyl bulkhead 18” channelward of existing bulkhead, and to re-install boatlift & two (2) PWC lifts. All construction to be a maximum distance channelward of 14’. The site of the proposed construction is described as being located at 310 N Heron Gull Ct. Parcel # 6062A-61-2-0 -0116354358 in the Town of Ocean City, Maryland.

Applicant: Ocean Services of DE Inc c/o Erin Rogers Owner: McAllister Gerald & Elizabeth PW15-005 Board of Port Wardens BLAKE MCGRATH, CHAIRMAN VALERIE GASKILL, ATTORNEY OCD-12/25/2t _________________________________

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ESTATE NO. 15865 Notice is given that the Register of Wills court of Cumberland county, PA appointed William M. Clark, 24316 Welsh Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20882 as the Executor of the Estate of Marilyn R. Ingalls AKA: Marty R. Ingalls who died on June 21, 2014 domiciled in Pennsylvania, America.

At the time of death, the decedent owned real or leasehold property in the following Maryland counties: Worcester County.

All persons having claims against the decedent must file their claims with the Register of Wills for Worcester County with a copy to the foreign personal representative on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the foreign personal representative mails or delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within two months from the mailing or other delivery of the notice. Claims filed after that date or after a date extended by law will be barred.

William M. Clark Foreign Personal Representative Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills 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 first publication: December 25, 2014 OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________ Morris/Schneider/Wittstadt, LLC 9409 Philadelphia Road Baltimore, Maryland 21237 MARK H. WITTSTADT GERARD WM. WITTSTADT, JR. Substitute Trustees 9409 Philadelphia Road Baltimore, Maryland 21237 V Freddie A. Dryden 6709 Cherrix Road Girdletree, Maryland 21829 Defendant IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY CASE #23C14000500

NOTICE ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County this 22nd day of December, 2014, that the foreclosure sale of the real property known as 6709 Cherrix Road, Girdletree, Maryland 21829, being the property mentioned in these proceedings, made and reported by Mark H. Wittstadt and Gerard Wm. Wittstadt, Jr., Substitute Trustees, be RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 19th day of January, 2015. Provided a copy of this Order is inserted in some weekly newspaper printed in Worcester County, once in each of three successive weeks, before the 12th day of January, 2015.

The Report states the amount of the Foreclosure Sale to be $88,348.72.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court of Worcester County, Maryland True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD OCD-12/25/3t _________________________________

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 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: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 At 7:00 pm To consider amending Code Section 110-2 Definitions: a) To amend the definition of Accessory Use contained in the Zoning Code to differentiate accessory use and permitted use within mixed use

projects, and b) To define mixed use pertaining to regulations for residential and commercial projects.

APPLICANT: PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (FILE #14-14100005) 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 Chairman 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 PAM GREER BUCKLEY, CHAIRPERSON WILLIAM E. ESHAM, III, ATTORNEY OCD-1/1/2t _________________________________

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Berlin will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Berlin Town Hall Council Chambers on the following re-zoning recommendation.

The recommendation allows for the parcels (Tax Map 25, Parcel 145), (Tax Map 25, Parcel 460) owned by Phillip and Marie Houck and located at the intersection of Route 818 Extended and US Route 50 to be rezoned from M1-A Industrial District to B -2 Shopping District.

OCD-12/25/2t _________________________________ Rosenberg & Associates, LLC 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 907-8000 Diane Rosenberg Mark D. Meyer John A. Ansell, III Kenneth Savitz 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Substitute Trustees Plaintiff(s) v.

Estate of Gertrude G. Gsvind Estate of Andy Gsvind 8903 Old Ocean City Road Berlin, MD 21811 Defendant(s) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND Case No. 23C14001128

NOTICE Notice is hereby given this 24th day of December, 2014, by the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland, that the sale of 8903 Old Ocean City Road, Berlin, MD 21811, made and reported, will be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or be-

fore the 26th day of January, 2015, provided a copy of this notice be inserted in a weekly newspaper printed in said County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 19th day of January, 2015. The Report of Sale states the amount of the foreclosure sale price to be $55,000.00.

Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County, MD True Copy Test: Susan R. Braniecki Clerk of the Circuit Court Worcester County MD OCD-1/1/3t _________________________________

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Estate No. 15852 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF GENE RAYMOND ZAPPACOSTA Notice is given that Frank L. Zappacosta, 108 Regulator Drive North, Cambridge, MD 21613, was on December 23, 2014 appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Gene Raymond Zappacosta who died on November 24, 2014, 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 23rd day of June, 2015.

Any person having a claim against the decedent must present the claim to the undersigned personal representative or file it with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned on or before the earlier of the following dates: (1) Six months from the date of the decedent’s death, except if the decedent died before October 1, 1992, nine months from the date of the decedent’s death; or (2) Two months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of this published notice or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the 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.

Frank L. Zappacosta Personal Representative True Test Copy Charlotte K. Cathell Register of Wills 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: January 01,2015 OD-1/1/3t _________________________________

Commentary

2015: We’ll wait and see how it is

The new year will have its fair share of wait-and-see situations, as state and local officials wrestle with unfinished financial and operational business.

When new governor Larry Hogan takes office later this month, he will be greeted by a grim fiscal picture that has been ignored for the past 10 years.

Although Maryland government did post a major budget surplus 10 years ago, it was almost entirely due to the unsustainable spike in real property values. We all know what happened next. Now Hogan gets his opportunity to address the problem and chances are it’s going to be painful.

Should state spending reductions come at the expense of public education, the good news/bad news is that it won’t affect Worcester County as much as other jurisdictions. Because of Maryland’s ridiculous education funding formula, Worcester receives so little financial help from the state that getting less of not very much won’t hurt as much here as it will elsewhere.

This is not to say that the Worcester County Commissioners will have an easy time of it come budget season, because they never do, but it won’t help Ocean City’s plea for the return of more of its revenues from the county.

Despite major changes in the composition of the board of commissioners, it does not appear likely that the county will be any more sympathetic toward Ocean City government than it has been.

That’s not good for the city,which is going into contract talks with the Fraternal Order of Police, whose members expect a significant pay raise after holding off during the recession and supporting a number of elected officials during the past two elections.

Add to that another study of how the city’s pay schedule stacks up against that of other municipal governments – it’s never good news – and council members will have some serious thinking to do.

The private sector, meanwhile, took its lumps head-on and is enjoying a healthy turnaround that looks to keep building in the year ahead. Of course, we will have to wait and see, but for those enterprises that, unlike state government, could not kick the can down the road, 2015 is looking pretty good.

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What, no drum sticks?

By Stewart Dobson Editor/Publisher It wasn’t the last thing I wanted to hear going into the new year, the last thing being a demand from the Naturists for Equal Rights that we all observe Work Naked Day or face a jiggle-in at some inappropriate location.

But it was highly disturbing to be informed that scientists in Tel Aviv on Jan. 1, 2015 began growing chicken meat in petri dishes.

As the late Frank Purdue might have said, parts are not parts when they have no actual physical connection to the chicken itself.

But that is what they intend to do in Tel Aviv, which, for those who are weak on geography, is not a phone company but a city in Israel.

According to a press release from someone named Koby (not to be confused with Kobe, which is either Japanese beef or a basketball player, the distinction between the two being that a steak will blow the three-pointer every time) the nonprofit Modern Agriculture Foundation has begun growing chicken tissue from cells expressly for human consumption.

That latter part of that, at least, makes some sense as I can’t imagine growing chicken tissue for any other reason, except maybe as

some kind of meat chia pet.

That also could have its own drawbacks. If a bolt of lightning, say, were to shoot through the window on some stormy night and strike said meat pet, you could end up running around the kitchen screaming, “It’s Alive! It’s Alive!” And then you would be placing classifieds for a lab assistant: “Wanted – humpbacked assistant. Competitive pay, benefits and tailored shirts.”

The actual name for this lab-grown poultry is “cultured meat,” which I suppose sounds better than “creepy meat” for marketing purposes. Even so, I have my doubts that retail food service outlets will have much luck in that regard.

Does “Kentucky Fried Cultured Meat” sound good to you? I’m guessing not. In addition, there would be no chicken cutlets, but chicken dishlets, since there would be nothing from which to cut the cutlets. Instead, I would think that this creepy meat would be grown to specific portion sizes.

Unless … lightning comes through the window and, well, you know. And then, while giant chicken blobs would help feed the masses, this would assume they’re benevolent chicken blobs with no desire to consume us

rather than the other way around. It also would pose a problem in the packaging department.

“Hey, Benny,” I’m going to need a freighter of Cling Wrap …Benny?”

On the upside, they say, is that cultured chicken (as opposed to rude or stupid chicken) is cleaner and better for the environment, with no chicken houses, no chicken doo-doo and no chicken processing plants.

The big problem with creepy meat, however, aside from the mental hang-up about it in general, is that it has no leg or legs to stand on.

They say all lab-grown chicken will be breast meat, although I suppose they could bend it and shape it anyway you want it. And, of course, no giblets.

Again, roast chicken tissue doesn’t sound like Sunday dinner to me. On the other hand, if this foundation is successful, it is conceivable that there will come a time when they will be able to splice in lab-grown gravy and mashed potato molecules with a side of greens for the complete package.

They just might have something then, unless … lightning shoots through the window and …

“Tel Aviv Under Attack By Giant TV Dinner.”

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First stage of MD min. wage hike in effect Pay floor rises to $8/hour, first step to $10.10 by ‘18; $55M in stimulus expected

(Jan. 2, 2015) Yesterday, approximately 77,000 Maryland workers got a raise as the state minimum wage rose $.75 to $8 per hour.

An additional 94,000 workers will be indirectly affected as higher wages at the bottom of pay scale will push up salaries for those who earn slightly more than the minimum. January’s raise affects 6.5 percent of Maryland’s workforce, creating $84 million in increased wages for the state’s lowest paid workers and will boost consumer spending by $55 million according to research from the Economic Policy Institute. Workers will get an additional $.25 per hour on July 1 as the state’s minimum wage eventually rises to $10.10 per hour by 2018.

“Workers, families and businesses across the state will immediately benefit from the raise in the minimum wage. That’s a win for all of us,” said Charly Carter, executive director of Maryland Working Families. “At the

same time, we recognize that … tipped by voters at the ballot box. Later in the workers will not benefit … because year, another 500,000 workers in legislators froze their wages at $3.63 Delaware and Minnesota will also get per hour. Our legislative agenda … in- a raise as legislated increases take efcludes measures like establishing paid fect there. In total, these increases will sick days … that will make families provide workers with $2.5 billion in more … able to flourish.” additional wages over the course of In addition to Maryland, 19 others the year. states and the District of Columbia Maryland Working Families built will raise their minthe massive Raise imum wages, lifting Maryland campaign ‘Workers, families and the pay of over 4.4 that included more businesses across the state than 60 organizamillion workers throughout the will immediately benefit from the tions united to raise country. In Arizona, raise in the minimum wage. the wage.

Colorado, Florida, A full-time canThat’s a win for all of us’ Missouri, Montana, vass knocked on Charly Carter, executive New Jersey, Ohio, more than 40,000 director of Maryland Oregon, and Washdoors, gathered ington, wages will 8,000 personal letWorking Families. rise as a result of ters from voters and legislation that indexes the minimum generated more than 25,000 petition wage to inflation so that each year the signatures, not to mention countless minimum is automatically increased phone calls and emails to legislators. to account for rising prices.

Grassroots activity was compleIncreases in the other 11 states, mented by a vigorous social media plus the District, are the result of presence, overwhelmingly positive changes to minimum wage laws — ei- polling, support from more than 180 ther legislation passed by state law- businesses statewide, several high makers or referenda passed directly profile events with state and federal

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elected officials that generated positive media coverage, radio ads and a steady drumbeat of support in the media for a higher wage.

Key provisions of the Maryland Minimum Wage Act of 2014 were stripped out or changed during consideration of the bill. The phase-in date was moved from July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2018. A proposal to index the minimum wage so that it would rise during to keep pace with the cost of living was amended out of the bill. Wages for tipped workers were frozen by the House at $3.63 per hour, a measure sought by the restaurant industry.

Advocates beat back a broad training wage proposal but a narrower measure was established, allowing employers to pay workers 19 and under a subminimum wage of 85 percent of the minimum wage for the first six months of employment.

Restaurants with a gross income of $400,000 are exempted from the higher rate, up from the previous amount of $250,000. Finally, an exemption for amusement parks will permit employers to pay workers 85 percent of the state minimum wage.

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