(July 27, 2017) Last Tuesday and Wednesday, staff and residents of the Gull Creek Senior Living Community in Berlin painted an Ocean City-themed mural on a wall of the Treasure Cove neighborhood, which houses residents with dementia. “Many of our residents have family businesses or lived on the Boardwalk,” said Cassandra Coulbourne, director of Gull… Read more »

(July 27, 2017) The Ocean Pines Anglers Club hosted the 21st annual Art Hansen Memorial Youth Fishing Contest last Saturday at the South Gate pond in Ocean Pines. Sixty-seven young anglers participated in three age groups ranging from 4-16. Maryland DNR was on hand to help educate the participants and the Anglers Club provided free… Read more »

(July 27, 2017) An Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors vote on whether to expel Director Slobodan Trendic just a year into his three-year term has been postponed for a third time. A motion proposed by director and interim General Manager Brett Hill to remove Trendic for alleged breaches of confidentiality had been scheduled for… Read more »

UPDATE: Ocean Pines Association Board President Tom Herrick sent the following email on Wednesday afternoon: “At the request and out of respect for Director Trendic, who has advised the Board that he will not be available on Friday morning, the special meeting has been cancelled. The item will be put on the agenda for our… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) A second and final Ocean Pines Association candidate’s forum will be held this Saturday, July 22, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Assateague Room of the community center on 235 Ocean Parkway. The Ocean Pines Elections Committee will present the forum and the four remaining Ocean Pines Board of Directors candidates,… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) Abundant sunshine highlighted another record-setting Jesse’s Paddle fundraiser last Saturday in Snow Hill. Now in its ninth year, the event was organized by Friends of the Jess Klump Memorial Fund and launched from the Pocomoke River Canoe Company on River Street. Kim Klump created the Jesse Klump Memorial Scholarship in 2009, and… Read more »

 (July 20, 2017) In an effort to remedy water quality issues that have plagued Pocomoke for decades, the City Council approved borrowing $259,000 for repairs at the water treatment plant during its meeting on Monday. City Clerk Carol Sullivan said the city received bids from two local contractors to replace filtering media, butterfly valves and… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) Snow Hill’s recently approved short-term rental ordinance was slightly amended during the town council meeting last Tuesday. Town Manager Kelly Pruitt read the proposed addition of a definition for a short-term rental resident agent: “A person or a property-management company located within 20 miles of the Town of Snow Hill, Maryland, who… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) The sixth annual Mary McMullen Memorial Golf Tournament set for Aug. 4, has sold out for the fourth consecutive year. Organizer Tim McMullen said the tournament is still seeking hole sponsors and donations, including gift cards, from area businesses for use in a silent auction. His late wife, Mary McMullen, who passed… Read more »

 (July 20, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors announced last Monday it would end the decades-old policy of restricting the use of the Oasis pool, adjacent to the community yacht club to adults only. A vote, held in a closed session following an open session on Sunday, July 9, was unanimous. Interim General… Read more »