(Aug. 17, 2017) Worcester County Public Works Water and Wastewater Division crews are addressing wastewater issues in Ocean Pines caused by high amounts of rain last weekend. Specifically, crews have spent the past several days correcting problems that occurred when high water flooded homeowners’ holding tanks. Residents who notice that their plumbing drains slowly or… Read more »

(Aug. 17, 2017) Dr. Cindy Byrd has co-authored a new book cataloging the extensive duck decoy collection at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Byrd, the executive director at the Julia A. Purnell Museum in Snow Hill, said “Birds of a Feather: Wildfowl Decoys at Shelburne Museum,” which will be released next month, traces its genesis… Read more »

(Aug. 10, 2017) Four candidates for the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors – not to mention 8,452 homeowners – will learn the results of the 2017 election at the annual meeting this Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Assateague Room of the community center on 235 Ocean Parkway. Eight candidates originally filed and seven… Read more »

 (Aug. 10, 2017) The periodically postponed motion to remove Ocean Pines Association Director Slobodan Trendic will not be voted on before the Aug. 12 election, several board members said this week. Interim General Manager and Director Brett Hill intended to introduce a motion to remove Trendic during a special meeting on July 20. That was… Read more »

(Aug. 10, 2017) Pocomoke Mayor Bruce Morrison might gain additional influence with Annapolis legislators following his recent election as president of the Maryland Mayor’s Association. “The governor knows me by my first name,” he said. “When I go up there a lot of people know me now. If I make a phone call, somebody answers… Read more »

(Aug. 10, 2017) Pleasant weather and a record crowd highlighted the 19th annual Blessing of the Combines, last Saturday. Former Snow Hill Councilman Michael Pruitt was impressed by the strong turnout. “They’re supporting the farmers and that’s what this is all about, but they’re also supporting the town of Snow Hill,” he said. “We look… Read more »

 (Aug. 10, 2017) Highlighted by a trio of sunny days, last week’s Great Pocomoke Fair offered something a little different each day. Fair President John Smith said the diverse offerings kept the fairgrounds hopping with activity from Thursday through Saturday. “We had good attendance for three days,” he said. “The crowd was actually up some… Read more »

(Aug. 10, 2017) Far from the done deal it was once suspected to be, the Carl M. Freeman companies, owners of the Bay Club on Libertytown Road in Berlin, confirmed it has abandoned plans to turn a portion of the property into a high-end campground. “In our last communication, we shared that we were in… Read more »

(Aug. 10, 2017) The county commissioners last Tuesday approved a contract to remove the chimneys from the Ocean Pines Library and a price decrease for the construction of a replacement branch in Berlin, for a combined savings of about $62,000. Back in May, Public Works Director John Tustin brought several issues concerning the Ocean Pines… Read more »

(Aug. 10, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors left a July 28 meeting with the expectation that an electronic vote would hand over renovations at the country club to Willow Construction LLC by the first week of August. But this week, board President Dave Stevens said things had become more complicated and that… Read more »