(Aug. 3, 2017) With Director Doug Parks absent from the meeting, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors discussed the following items during a public meeting in the community center last Friday: Assessments Board President Dave Stevens said Ocean Pines attorneys recouped more than $80,000 in unpaid assessments since Jan. 1. Interim General Manager Brett… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Free hamburgers and hotdogs, playgrounds and inflatable bounce houses, were only a part of the annual National Night Out celebration Tuesday night at Dr. William Henry Park in Berlin. Also greeting scores of Berlin residents, friends and family members were at least a dozen different arts and crafts projects, live music and… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) At the third violation of probation hearing for Jordan Denton and Nicholas Bonser, on July 21, District Court Judge Gerald Purnell made them an offer: pay the remaining $500 in supervision fees assessed by the state that day, and the cases would be closed. According to the State’s Attorney’s office, Bonser made… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Town of Berlin briefs William Street Construction on William Street is likely to start within the next two to three weeks, according to Town Administrator Laura Allen. A preconstruction meeting occurred last Thursday. William Street is the site of the next phase of stormwater improvements in the town. Allen said the town… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Last month, DeNovo’s owners Bob and Kelli Beck got word the building next to their restaurant on 11310 Manklin Creek Road in Ocean Pines was available. This week, that space, a former Rita’s Italian Ice, is expected to reopen as DeNovo’s Ice Cream Bar. “That location has been there since the building… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Live music, pie-baking and pie-eating contests, vendors and plenty of peach-themed desserts will be available during the ninth annual Berlin Peach Festival, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the lawn of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum on 208 North Main Street. During the 1920s, Berlin was home to Harrison’s… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Tomorrow’s Snow Hill Arts on the River First Friday event brings another evening filled with artist receptions at area galleries, special deals from local merchants and ample food, libations and musical entertainment from 5-8 p.m. The Lower Shore Land Trust, 100 River Street, will feature artist Geo McElroy’s Eastern Shore inspired landscape… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Registration is open and about a dozen slots remain for the eighth annual Paint Berlin to be held Sept. 20-23 This year’s competition will feature an expanded painting area that will include Assateague and Ayers Creek for the first time, as well as the addition of a new legislator’s choice award. The… Read more »

 (July 27, 2017) The current operations of Ocean Pines clubs were condemned last Thursday, as a Clubs Advisory Committee meeting turned into a forum of complaints from frustrated members who detailed their recent bad experiences. The meeting was held just days before the association released its June financial report, which appeared to back up those… Read more »

(July 27, 2017) For the first time in several years, the Town of Berlin will receive funding from Program Open Space, a state program administered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. During a Town Council meeting Monday Night, Administrative Services Director Mary Bohlen said the town would receive $20,000 – about 7 percent of… Read more »