Dean’s list Berlin resident Tameya Dashae Tingle, a Salisbury University student majoring in Respiratory Therapy, was named to the university’s dean’s list for the spring semester. To achieve the dean’s list distinction, students must carry a full program of at least four courses, have a quality point average of 3.5 or greater out of a… Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) Sure, Suzanne Timmons admits, there are days when it might not seem worth it. Certainly there are days when she counts the money she could be making by opening a second location in a busier town, or by simply up and moving The Sassy Girl Boutique from Green Street to other, busier… Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) The entries are in and waiting at the Julia Purnell Museum in Snow Hill until FiberFest! on Oct. 8, when the winners of the annual Delmarva Needle Art Show and Competition will be announced. However, the submissions go on display today, and will remain available to the viewing public until Halloween. In… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) The ongoing feud between leadership in Berlin and the Adkins Company has apparently not abated, and no resolution to the closing of Harrison Avenue, which Adkins owns, appears imminent. Adkins put up barricades on a portion of Harrison Avenue in June after town officials and the company could not reach agreement to… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) Tom Herrick, last year’s leading vote-getter, was elected president of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors during an organizational meeting on Monday. The vote totals were not announced, as the seven-member board elects officers by secret ballot. Also during the meeting, Dave Stevens was elected vice president and two newly elected… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) Long before a single teacher in a Texas school started a social media firestorm by discontinuing additional homework outside of regular classwork, Snow Hill Middle School is on its second year of offering exactly that to all students in every subject, at every grade level. There are conditions, and some minor changes… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) District Court Judge Gerald Purnell agreed with the prosecution on Tuesday in Snow Hill that there was enough evidence against Worcester County Deputy Fire Marshal Rodney Sharpley, 54, of Pocomoke City, to remand the case to Circuit Court. Sharpley is facing charges, including a felony, stemming from an incident in late June… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) The old Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company building on Fifth Street still stands sentinel over the town, as it has since it opened in 1937, but is now considered a detriment, rather than asset to the town. The problem is, no one can decide what to do with it, or failing that, how… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) Last year, the possibility of annexing the Bay Club into Berlin became a somewhat sore subject for the Berlin mayor and council. Apparently, a proposal was on the table to turn all or a portion of the golf course into a development of 300 luxury homes. Mayor Gee Williams said Hugh Cropper,… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) A citizen request passed along by Town Councilman Mike Pruitt for a medical doctor’s practice in Snow Hill has been heard by both Atlantic General Hospital and Peninsula Regional Medical Center, but won’t be fulfilled anytime soon. Both health systems have their reasons, with PRMC pointing to a nationwide shortage of primary… Read more »