The phone rang and the caller had just one question: “What’s going on?” The answer was simple: “Not much. It’s quiet on all fronts.”
And that’s the way it is throughout the county at the moment, as governing authorities take care of business quietly and without controversy.
In Ocean Pines, the board of directors continues to establish how it will function in the year ahead by assessing which aspects of the community’s operation need the most attention. It’s all being done in businesslike and logical fashion and suggests that this could turn out to be a good working group.
Over in Berlin, the mayor and council officially brought to a close a stormy municipal election as it issued a cordial goodbye to a departing council member and prepared to welcome a new member to that body at the next meeting. No big changes on the horizon there.
In Snow Hill, the biggest concern at the moment is whether the town can catch a break and pull off its second Oktoberfest this Saturday without being flooded, again, by a storm system that seems determined to linger over that community longer than anywhere else. The odds for a good weekend continue to look good.
And in Pocomoke, the volunteer fire company reminded the public that a community approach to addressing the town’s needs does work. This Saturday, it’s burning the mortgage on its $3.4 million headquarters after just eight years.
The principle reason it could do that is because the public, businesses and organizations contributed $625,000 to the cause at the outset, leaving $2.8 million to finance. And that was paid off through additional community support of the company’s services and facilities.
In retrospect, the answer to the caller’s question should have been there’s quite a bit of news coming from around the county. It just doesn’t happen to be bad.
And that’s the way it is throughout the county at the moment, as governing authorities take care of business quietly and without controversy.
In Ocean Pines, the board of directors continues to establish how it will function in the year ahead by assessing which aspects of the community’s operation need the most attention. It’s all being done in businesslike and logical fashion and suggests that this could turn out to be a good working group.
Over in Berlin, the mayor and council officially brought to a close a stormy municipal election as it issued a cordial goodbye to a departing council member and prepared to welcome a new member to that body at the next meeting. No big changes on the horizon there.
In Snow Hill, the biggest concern at the moment is whether the town can catch a break and pull off its second Oktoberfest this Saturday without being flooded, again, by a storm system that seems determined to linger over that community longer than anywhere else. The odds for a good weekend continue to look good.
And in Pocomoke, the volunteer fire company reminded the public that a community approach to addressing the town’s needs does work. This Saturday, it’s burning the mortgage on its $3.4 million headquarters after just eight years.
The principle reason it could do that is because the public, businesses and organizations contributed $625,000 to the cause at the outset, leaving $2.8 million to finance. And that was paid off through additional community support of the company’s services and facilities.
In retrospect, the answer to the caller’s question should have been there’s quite a bit of news coming from around the county. It just doesn’t happen to be bad.