(Jan. 5, 2017) More than 100 people, including several standing in the open doorway, squeezed into the small assembly space in the Ocean Pines Library last Wednesday night for the first meeting of a new group, only about two weeks old, calling itself “Save Our Ayres Creek.” On the agenda was one item – the… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) The flooding of late 2016 demonstrated to the Snow Hill Volunteer Fire Company that a new station at the north end of its response area is necessary. As a result, the company will present an informational session at the firehouse on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. to explain its perspective to… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) Property owners in what the state considers “Area 2” should have received reassessment reports from the state by now, and while individual properties may have seen a rise or fall in assessed value, the average overall is an increase of 4.1 percent, a figure that could have an impact on tax rates… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) With a prime spot on the banks of the Pocomoke River only a stone’s throw from a recovering downtown, yet without much more than a pavilion and a couple of aging restroom facilities to show for it, Snow Hill’s Sturgis Park makes a fine target for revitalization. With a new grant from… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) Royal Farms in Berlin opened its doors on Dec. 29, offering its popular fried chicken to residents and visitors – and promising pedestrian safety for Stephen Decatur High School students who might be enticed to cross Route 50 for a quick meal. Royal Farms’ newest location will be open 24 hours a… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) More than 9,200 Choptank Electric customers lost power for about an hour on Tuesday afternoon because of an equipment malfunction. Debbie Rementer, key accounts manager for the cooperative, said equipment in a cabinet, not a transformer as reported elsewhere, is responsible for the outage, although the devices look similar from the outside…. Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) For people who spent a month or more nursing a Christmas tree in their living rooms, chances are this might be time to dispose of that old pine or spruce. In Berlin, the town will offer free curbside collection next Wednesday, Jan. 11. Residents are asked to place live-cut trees on the… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) Attorney Hugh Cropper, respectfully, does not agree that campsites are bad for the environment, or for traffic, in Worcester County. Cropper represents Todd Burbage and the Ayres Creek Family Farm, LLC, which owns the former Pines Shore Golf Course near Route 611 and Route 376 and plan to redevelop that property into… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) While the debate continues over whether the proposed “Ayres Creek Campground” is a good idea, the process of switching the former Pines Shores Golf Course over to another use will likely move slowly, if it goes through at all. Before anything can happen, the property would have to be rezoned from E-1… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) Though there hasn’t been so much as a single fallen flake of snow on the shore yet, Snow Hill’s downtown is teeming with snowmen. They’re the work of Olga Deshields, who initially was hired by the town to dress up a vacant downtown building’s windows, and then the idea caught on and… Read more »