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Overpayment bill advances in Senate

(Feb. 23, 2017) The legislation to allow municipalities, like Snow Hill, that received an overpayment of local taxes to keep the misdirected funds advanced to third reading in the State Senate after it advanced out of committee, last week. The Budget and Taxation committee voted unanimously to give the legislation a favorable review, with amendments… Read more »

Pines VP says country club improvements progressing

(Feb. 23, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Country Club currently “looks like a big, fat mess,” according to Board Vice President Dave Stevens, but that’s not exactly a bad thing. Stevens gave an update on improvements at the club during a meeting last Thursday. The board green lit more than $800,000 in spending, spread out… Read more »

Atlantic General must find different venues for funding

(Feb. 23, 2017) While a bold, statewide strategy in Annapolis adopted by the Maryland Hospital Association could have paid off big for Atlantic General Hospital’s new cancer center, the local hospital ended up with about half of the requested $1.3 million and a plan to make up for the shortfall. According to Michael Franklin, chief… Read more »

Equal protection claim against town still locked in talks

(Feb. 23, 2017) The deadline to settle an alleged equal protection claim against the Town of Berlin was Jan. 15. Then, it was Jan. 31. Last week, Luke Rommel, a Salisbury attorney representing Ronshell Shockley, said there was no longer a set deadline and that talks with the town were continuing. “The Town of Berlin… Read more »

Continuing march momentum

(Feb. 23, 2017) More than 50 women – and a few men – met at the Daily Brew Coffee House in Snow Hill on Feb. 11 to continue the energy generated during the women’s marches last month. “For us, it was a great turnout with it only being planned a week before,” organizer Christina Seelaus… Read more »

Former school thrives now as heritage center

(Feb. 23, 2017) Born and raised during the era of racial segregation, Berlin resident Barbara Purnell continues to work for a unified society. Purnell, 74, attended the African-American-only two-room Germantown School on Trappe Road in Berlin, which was shuttered in 1953, and more recently has helped preserve and transform the symbol of racial intolerance into… Read more »

Program promotes job training outside school

(Feb. 23, 2017) SHORE UP! Inc., a nonprofit and community action partnership in the area, encourages young people from Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties to apply for job training opportunities. The program is looking for anyone 16 to 24 years old who is unemployed or under-employed and not presently enrolled in school or a vocational… Read more »

Mary Mac Foundation has continuing impact

(Feb. 23, 2017) Although Mary McMullen passed away in 2012 of scleroderma, her legacy as a benefactor of youth activities lives on through the Mary Mac Foundation. The nonprofit, started by her husband Tim McMullen, has funded recreation programs and charitable organizations geared towards young people in Anne Arundel County and Baltimore, New York and… Read more »

New women’s org. to make donations to local charities

(Feb. 23, 2017) Women in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties looking to raise funds for local charities are invited to attend the first 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at Sisters in Berlin. Members directly contribute $100 to three different charities each year. “We are excited to bring it… Read more »

Committee inching closer on survey

(Feb. 23, 2017) Members of the Ocean Pines Association Comprehensive Planning Committee believe they’re seeing the light at the end of a long tunnel that has been completing – and getting approval for – a community-wide survey. Chairman Frank Daly said the committee recently sent two-dozen survey questions to the board of directors for review…. Read more »