(July 14, 2016) A late-night burglary last Tuesday evening at Copy Center in Ocean Pines resulted in the theft of about $750 set aside for Gina’s Comfort Fund, a charity established to honor the late Gina Barnes, who died of colon cancer in 2014. Her mother, Linda Dearing, learned of the break-in the following morning…. Read more »
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Jesse’s Paddle returns to Snow Hill for 8th year
(July 14, 2016) During its eight-year tenure, Jesse’s Paddle has grown from a memorial of one young man’s life and the river he worked on and loved to a vital fundraiser supporting scholarship, educational initiatives, awareness plans and response training to assist during mental health crises. “The main things are the program has grown and… Read more »
UpriZing returns to play Cypress Pk.
(July 14, 2016) While fans of the group already know to expect the unexpected during an UpriZing show, the people of Pocomoke City only learned that last year during the band’s first performance, which turned out to be the most popular of the event series. “The band already has a good following, but there were… Read more »
‘Aquaholics’ capture canoe joust title in fire co. benefit
(July 14, 2016) Some matches played out in seconds, with the jouster hitting the water as soon as the starting horn blew, others were more like chess matches with opponents taking several passes, feinting and dodging around until finally, one fell. At the end it was the Aquaholics — a team of Caitlyn Cody, Phillip… Read more »
Fire at Eastern Shore Forest Products, Sunday
(July 14, 2016) Fire departments from Pocomoke City, Stockton, Girdletree, Princess Anne, Marion and Fairmont responded to, while departments from New Church and Greenbackville in Accomack County, Virginia remained on standby as pine shavings at Eastern Shore Forest Products ignited, and were extinguished about two-and-a-half hours later last Sunday. Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company was… Read more »
Berlin Historic Commission backs butcher shop upgrades
(July 14, 2016) The dozen or so people who attended the Historic District Commission meeting in Berlin last Wednesday got a preview of the town’s new butcher shop to be run by Councilmember and mayoral candidate Lisa Hall. She hopes the shop will be open by the end of July. Hall was there to get… Read more »
Thompson targeted during Pines forum at Parke community
(July 14, 2016) While the issue was only briefly touched on during a forum at the Ocean Pines Community Center last month, the relationship between the board of directors and the general manager took center stage during a debate in The Parke community on July 6. A majority of the 11 remaining OPA Board candidates… Read more »
OPA BOARD CANDIDATES – Frank Daly
In April, Frank Daly was the lone interested party sitting in an Ocean Pines Search Committee meeting, gathering information and considering a run for the board of directors. A few days before the May 10 deadline to file Daly, 67, visited the Gazette office to sit down for his first official interview as a candidate,… Read more »
OPA BOARD CANDIDATES – Slobodon Trendic
Slobodon Trendic finished third in the race for Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors last year, coming within less than 300 votes of earning a seat on the board. The 61-year-old Belgrade, Yugoslavia native is running again this year – for the third consecutive time. Trendic spent 30 years working in the information technology industry,… Read more »
OPA BOARD CANDIDATES – George Simon, Jr.
George Simon Jr. he has “seen it all” during his decades-long career in construction, and he’s hoping to bring that expertise to the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors in August. “I’ve been in construction and construction sales pretty much my whole life,” he said. “The main thing I can bring to the board is… Read more »