(May 25, 2017) Nicole Schafer Crosariol, 31, would be the youngest member of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors, if she is elected. Crosariol moved to the community when she was five and grew up there. She graduated from Salisbury University and currently owns and operates the mobile boutique LuLaRoe. She said her background,… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) The Ocean Pines Pickleball Club is partnering with the Ocean Pines Association to host a grand opening ceremony for the community’s eight new outdoor pickleball courts on Saturday, May 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Manklin Meadows Racquet Sports Complex, at 11443 Manklin Creek Road. Club members will conduct… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) Berlin native Ashley Cuffee, also known as “Ash’iz ‘Tha Rebirth,” recently released a new collection of poetry through Salt Water Media. “A Piece of Me Brings Peace to Me” was released on May 12. The 31-year-old Cuffee is pursuing an associate’s degree in general studies from Wor-Wic, with the goal of earning… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) The Julia A. Purnell Museum is hoping to publish a recently uncovered handmade children’s book produced by its first archivist, Julia Hartman Shockley, for her daughter, Rebecca Mae Shockley, in 1932. Purnell Museum Executive Director Dr. Cindy Byrd said the 85-year-old manuscript, “In Make-Believe Land,” was donated in April after a resident… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) The Worcester County Commissioners invite the public and members of the press to join them and the Library Board of Trustees to the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Berlin Branch Library. County and state officials will break ground at the site, on Harrison Avenue in Berlin, on Tuesday, June 6 at 1:30… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) Members of the 100+ Women Who Care on the Shore charity have donated $3,400 to the CRICKET Center, a child advocacy center in Berlin. “We are fully accredited by the National Children’s Alliance and are mandated to provide a multi-disciplinary team response for each case of child abuse in Worcester County,” said… Read more »

Contest winner Kayden Boecker, the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club’s gold medal winner, was the overall winner of the 2017 Maryland/ Southern Delaware District competition, held April 29-30 in Ocean City. He will receive a $2,500 scholarship for his accomplishment. He was also selected by the total judges scores to represent the Maryland District at the… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) There are a number of activities to choose from in Berlin, Ocean Pines and Ocean City this Memorial Day weekend, from patriotic ceremonies and light displays to a parade and arts and crafts show. Here are a few events taking place Friday through Memorial Day Monday, May 29: Ocean Pines: •The Worcester… Read more »

  (May 18, 2017) A crowd of thousands is expected in downtown Berlin Friday night for the seventh annual May Day Play Day festival, hosted by Radio Ocean 98. The headlining act this year is Jocelyn and Chris Arndt, a Cambridge, Massachusetts group described as a cross between Grace Potter and Led Zeppelin. The band’s… Read more »

  (May 18, 2017) Brother and sister-fronted rock group Jocelyn & Chris Arndt will headline the annual May Day Play Day festival in downtown Berlin Friday night, before embarking on a national tour in support of their latest release.  Formed about three years ago, the band already has two EPs and a live album under… Read more »