By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) The United States Tennis Association denied the Town of Berlin’s grant application for $20,000 to be used for the renovation of the tennis courts at Stephen Decatur Park. Administrative Services Director Mary Bohlen said the project, estimated to cost $320,000, including engineering work and lighting systems, would… Read more »
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Inca Ruins ‘bling’ drive will benefit Church Mouse
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) For the third year in a row, Inca Ruins in Berlin is holding a holiday fundraiser to benefit one of its neighbors, the Church Mouse Thrift Shop. “Every year we do something with the Church Mouse and this year we are doing LED stuff,” owner Ken Briggs… Read more »
Loved ones memorialized with ornaments
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) For the sixth year, Bishop-Hastings Funeral Home in Selbyville is honoring loved one who passed away during the year with a series of memorial Christmas ornaments. The funeral home takes care of the operation entirely on its end and at no cost to its clients. “Every year,… Read more »
‘Giving Tuesday’ breaks fundraising records
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Dec. 7, 2017) The third annual Shore Gives More Giving Tuesday online charitable donation campaign raised more than $164,000, nearly doubling the 2016 tally. The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore organizes the local Giving Tuesday undertaking, which began in 2012 as an international 24-hour online philanthropic movement on the… Read more »
Holiday Maker’s Market in Berlin
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) A Holiday Maker’s Market in downtown Berlin from 5-8 p.m. Friday will highlight the final 2nd Friday art stroll of 2017. Heather Layton, chairwoman of the Berlin Arts and Entertainment Committee, which oversees the event, said the portion of Jefferson Street at the corner of Main Street… Read more »
Ocean Pines Association Briefs
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors discussed the following items during a meeting in the community center last Thursday: Prez’s remarks on pool Association President Doug Parks gave a “shout out” to the Oasis Pool Working Group and its recommendations for usage of the formerly adult-only… Read more »
Pocomoke City slashes tap fees
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) The message coming out of Pocomoke City Council on Monday night was loud and clear – the town is open for business and is offering incentives to attract new construction. To that end, the council approved a 50 percent reduction in fees for new water and sewer… Read more »
Pocomoke Mayor Morrison still hospitalized in Delaware
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Dec. 7, 2017) Pocomoke citizens continue to send supportive thoughts and prayers as Mayor Bruce Morrison begins an apparent long road to recovery after undergoing emergency surgery to treat a subdural hematoma, or traumatic brain injury, at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, last week. Pocomoke Councilwoman Esther Troast said Morrison’s… Read more »
Pocomoke liquor store decision waits on judge
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) The fate of the Pocomoke City Shore Spirits store remains unknown after Circuit Court Judge Broughton Earnest opted to deliver a written opinion on the facts instead of rendering a verdict at the time of the hearing last Wednesday. The opinion can be produced at the judge’s… Read more »
Snow Hill’s model train garden open through December
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Dec. 7, 2017) Smoking locomotives, albeit of the scale-model variety, will be chugging around the tracks of a Snow Hill-themed train garden running upstairs at the Pocomoke River Canoe Company from 1-4 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday during December. For the past quarter century, the Corddry Company Crossing Model Railroad… Read more »