(July 28, 2016) How much does it cost to be elected to the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors, an unpaid volunteer position? That’s impossible to say until after the election and the public knows who won and what they spent, but with a record number of candidates, it stands to reason that other records… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) Marc Scher, the third-generation owner of downtown mainstay Scher’s Bridal Shop, opened as a department store by his grandfather in 1933, is picking up exactly where he left off following a fire last month. On Saturday, June 11 at about 9:30 a.m., the Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company received a call to… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) The Lower Shore Land Trust waited until moving day to announce it had uprooted operations and settled in at its new office on Snow Hill Road next to Sturgis Park and across from the Pocomoke River Kayak Company. “The timing couldn’t be better. Snow Hill is ramping up its effort to position… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) Police have a person of interest in the July 5 robbery of Copy Central, according to the business’s owner, Linda Dearing, who added on Monday that an overwhelming amount of generosity had come in from members of the community following the crime. Along with several hundred dollars in the register, the suspect… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) A July 20 work session in Ocean Pines had one major item on the agenda: “reserve study discussion.” Indeed, plenty of discussion was had on that subject – about two and a half hours – but when pressed for action or a follow-up work session, the directors could not find common ground…. Read more »

(July 28, 2016) How to establish positive and peaceful interactions with law enforcement, in light of the continuing onslaught of deadly encounters between police and African-Americans, was the primary focus of a Worcester County NAACP Town Hall meeting and panel discussion at the Germantown School Community Center in Berlin last Thursday. On the panel were… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) More than 1,000 people are expected to attend this year’s National Night Out in Berlin, Tuesday, Aug. 2 from 4-7 p.m. in Dr. William Henry Park. Part of a nationwide law enforcement campaign, the annual event is designed to foster a sense of community by building partnerships between police, nonprofits, church groups,… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) Along with record-setting donations, more than 200 attendees, a mountain of food to distribute, vendors to manage, a silent auction to run and hundreds of other small tasks necessary for a large event, Kim Klump, president of the memorial scholarship fund named for her son, said she had something new during this… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) Political advertising and the board of directors election crept its way into a budget and finance meeting in Ocean Pines last Wednesday. Committee member John Viola held up a letter he had received at his home in New York credited to a group called “STOP” (Stop Taxing Ocean Pines). He had asked… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) As usual, The Lower Eastern Shore Mayor’s Association dinner last Thursday night included good-natured ribbing between local leaders. It also included a rallying cry from a local nonprofit. The association is a networking group for municipal officials in Worcester, Wicomico, Dorchester and Somerset counties. The July meeting was held upstairs at the… Read more »