(Sept. 7, 2017) Hurricane Harvey left destruction in its wake after it spawned deadly flooding along the Gulf Coast. The aftermath is devastating. Families are displaced. Homes are destroyed. Lives are forever changed. The road to recovery for the gulf region appears to be a long road. With that in mind, the Ocean Pines Association… Read more »

(Sept. 7, 2017) Pulling the community together to instill positive messaging in youth is the underlying goal of ‘Hooping at Byrd Park,’ a weekly pickup basketball game held on Sunday evenings, beginning at 5:30 p.m., in Snow Hill. Sylvester “Dawk” Bratten Sr., who helped launch the weekly event in mid-August, said he wanted to help… Read more »

(Sept. 7, 2017) Ocean Pines Aquatics’ popular Super Sprint Tri will return to the Sports Core Pool on Saturday, Sept. 16. The event includes a half-mile swim, 15-mile bike ride and 5K run. Twelve three-person teams will compete; each team member will do one portion of the race before the next team member begins. Registration… Read more »

(Sept. 7, 2017) The Atlantic General Hospital Campaign for the Future recently received a donation of $25,000 from Phil and Marie Houck and their family for upcoming projects including the new John H. “Jack” Burbage, Jr. Regional Cancer Care Center. The Houcks have been strong supporters of Atlantic General Hospital for over 20 years. The… Read more »

(Sept. 7, 2017) The Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute Ocean Pines opened its doors to Worcester County residents last week, taking a dramatic step forward in treating cancer on the lower Eastern Shore. “We have served the Worcester County area for 50 years, and 25 percent of our current population served at the center is… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) The cost to return the lagoons at Berlin Falls park to a healthy standard could be more than $6.7 million, according to a study by EA Engineering, Science and Technology Inc., and the cost to rehabilitate the property’s main building could be more than $2.3 million, based on a study by Davis,… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) Doug Parks was elected president of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors last Friday during the first official assembly of the new board. Cheryl Jacobs was elected vice president, Colette Horn was voted in as secretary and parliamentarian, and Pat Supik was returned as treasurer. Voting by the board members was… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) Snow Hill is inching closer to rooting out dozens of vacated and neglected structures as it begins instituting a building registration ordinance approved in 2016. During its work session on Tuesday the council debated the path forward after mailing the first round of violation notices to four vacated residences on Aug. 3…. Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) Mark Widgeon, the former Showell Volunteer Fire Department treasurer, will serve five years in jail and pay $150,000 in restitution after entering a guilty plea to a felony theft scheme in circuit court on Monday. Judge Broughton Earnest sentenced Widgeon to the maximum of 15 years in the department of corrections with… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) Last Wednesday morning around 11 a.m., Jacqueline Yvonne Richards, 77, was reported missing from a residence in West Ocean City, and by 4:21 p.m. her body had been located in Ocean Pines. Deputies and investigators initiated a search in response to the complaint, scouring the north end of the county for signs… Read more »