Candlelight, meditation and music planned at Catholic Church, Sunday at 5 p.m. (March 22, 2018) St. John Neumann Roman Catholic Church in Ocean Pines will hold a Tenebrae service on Sunday, March 25 at 5 p.m. This service provides an opportunity for the Christian community to meditate and reflect on the darkness of our Lord… Read more »
Community
Kathy Hill named crafter of month
(March 22, 2018) The Pine’eer Craft Club recognizes Kathy Hill as its crafter for March. Hill currently lives in Sykesville, Maryland with her husband. They are part-time residents of Ocean Pines. She is a high school Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Winters Mill High School in Westminster. As a hobby, Hill started a business… Read more »
April 16 deadline for arts council grant applications
Berlin nonprofit will award funding for local projects to be held July 1-Dec. 31 (March 22, 2018) The Worcester County Arts Council Grants Review Committee is seeking applicants for local art projects to be held in Worcester County between July 1 and Dec. 31. Organizations holding art projects and activities year-around or in both of… Read more »
Reservations open for Taste of Finer Things on April 11
Event, at Harrison’s Harbor Watch, will benefit Stansell House of Coastal Hospice (March 22, 2018) The annual Taste of Finer Things will take place on Wednesday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. at Harrison’s Harbor Watch in Ocean City, and reservations are now being accepted. The event benefits the campaign to build The Macky & Pam… Read more »
3/22/18 Snow Hill Briefs
(March 22, 2018) The Snow Hill Town Council discussed the following items at its public meeting at the old train station on Belt Street last Tuesday: Ethics updated The council voted unanimously to approve an amendment to chapter 16 of the town code, on public ethics. Trish Goodsell, assistant to the town manager, said the… Read more »
Local ‘Linus’ has blanketed 10,000
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 15, 2018) Since 1995, Project Linus has made and distributed almost seven million blankets to children in need. The nonprofit organization, named for the blanket-clutching character in Peanuts cartoons, movies and comic strips, has more than 300 chapters in 50 states. Locally, the Lower Delmarva chapter is sponsored by… Read more »
Snow Hill’s event roster to add new Fifth Friday Fests
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 15, 2018) Snow Hill Economic Development Coordinator Michael Day hopes to bring beer to the upcoming Fifth Friday Festivals, a new series of events starting later this month. The Downtown Merchaants Association will run the events — on March 30, June 29 and Aug. 31 — but because that… Read more »
Group pitches rehab home in Berlin
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 15, 2018) The Berlin Town Council on Monday declined to endorse a proposed rehabilitation house in the town, although officials said they supported the concept. Hope4Recovery Inc. Executive Director Patrice Hamilton-Ottey, an Ocean Pines Police detective, founded the Douglas K. Hamilton House for Recovery in the Newton neighborhood of… Read more »
Pines committee seeking volunteer
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 15, 2018) The Ocean Pines Election Committee, which organizes candidate forums and administers the voting process for board of director elections, is looking for one additional member. A recent game of musical chairs has left the committee with four active members, one short of its full complement. Resolution C-08… Read more »
Search committee could again submit package of reforms
Pines advisory board also looking for BOD candidates By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 15, 2018) In its 2017 report, the Ocean Pines Search Committee recommended several changes to the resolution that governs how it operates, but what happened to those recommendations remains unclear. Although they were considered by the bylaws advisory committee, the suggestions… Read more »