PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Likely able to skip facemask requirements during the coronavirus pandemic, a headless horseman sets the Halloween vibe in Ocean Pines in October.

PHOTO COURTESY OCEAN PINES ASSOCIATION Ocean Pines General Manager John Viola, left, awards recently-retired Police Chief Dave Massey a plague honoring his 17 years in the role during a small-scale retirement celebration in August at the Ocean Pines Golf Clubhouse.

PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Tandem chocolate Labrador retrievers rock the waters at the Mumford’s Landing Pool during Ocean Pines Doggie Swim fundraiser for the Worcester County Humane Society in September.

PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Although staged outside at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial with social distancing measures in place, the Ocean Pines Association’s annual homeowners meeting in August failed to attract a sufficient number of residents to proceed.

PHOTO COURTESY CAROL VAILLANCOURT GI Jane’s Resale proprietors Carol and Paul Vaillancourt pose with their daughter, Isabella, while promoting their anchor business JDog Junk Removal and Hauling that they expanded upon during 2020. They opened the business in 2019.

PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Sweet Shack ice cream and frozen yogurt shop proprietors, Michelle Dell’Aquila-Reed and Matt Reed, joined by daughter, Madeline, pose underneath their custom surfboard sign after opening in the Manklin Creek Shopping Center in Ocean Pines in August.

PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Water revelers, limited in number and socially distancing, cooled off in sweltering heat in late July at Mumford’s Landing Pool in Ocean Pines.

PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON After Worcester County approved a certificate of occupancy in July, the Ocean Pines Police Department resumed operations inside its newly-expanded headquarters in White Horse Park.

PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Socially-distanced beach goers seek out heat relief by the waters outside the Ocean Pines Swim and Racquet Club in July.

PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Albeit with limited capacity during the covid-19 pandemic, in June the Ocean Pines Golf Clubhouse opened with space available for varied community uses.