Berlin’s Public Works Department – the ‘Town Guys’
After I lurched (no one over 50 leaps!) out of bed this morning, I went to the window to check and see if any of the previously forecast snow had fallen overnight! Nothing – YET! Then I began to think about how nice it is when snow does arrive in Berlin MD knowing deep down that the elements would not really threaten my day. Living here for going on 14 years now I’ve never once been discommoded – inconvenienced by weather events. Yes, there’s been some ‘high’ water due to heavy rain and perhaps some ice but nothing serious. This feeling of security is mostly due to the consistency and quality of work performed by the men of the Berlin MD Public Works Department – aka our ‘Town Guys’. From setting up for our many Historic Downtown Main Street Town Events; hanging electric drops, setting street barricades, emptying trash cans and doing the obligatory Victorian Christmas downtown decorating to street sweeping, keeping street drains clear, sorting our recycling and snow plowing on Town streets, these guys are on it! Often when passing the ubiquitous white pick-ups with the blue, Berlin Town emblem I wave. That’s my little acknowledgement; a small gesture of ‘Thank you’. Perhaps you will too?
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