(June 16, 2016) A dozen candidates for the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors will face off in a candidate forum on Wednesday, June 22. They will not, however, be placed up on risers when the forum occurs, after no small amount of debate on the subject during the annual candidate draw last Thursday. The… Read more »

(June 16, 2016) While dubious of the defendants’ claim of inability to find anywhere within Berlin to conduct their court-mandated community service, Judge Gerald Purnell nonetheless approved an alteration to that condition as well as imposing a few others on the Berlin vandals during a hearing last Friday. Jordan Denton, 19, of Ocean City and… Read more »

(June 16, 2016) Gone but not forgotten, the annual Cypress Festival will be succeeded this year by the “Summer Kickoff on the River” to be held this Thursday through Saturday at Cypress Park. “Circumstances of the old festival changed, so we couldn’t do what we’d done before,” Pocomoke Chamber of Commerce Director Michelle Hickman said…. Read more »

(June 16, 2016) Snow Hill does have few things to hang its hat on as compared to some larger municipalities: the county seat, the Pocomoke River and what it hopes will be another attraction: a tiny spit of land with a goat on it. Located just off the bank of the Pocomoke River within Byrd… Read more »

(June 16, 2016) Late last year, Zackery Tyndall and the Berlin Fire Company settled a two-year harassment suit that Mayor Gee Williams said, “created a wound” within the town. Now, Tyndall, 26, and a recent Salisbury University graduate, says he would like to be the next Town Councilmember in Berlin’s District 2. Tyndall was born… Read more »

(June 16, 2016) Just two days after Comcast Public Relations Manager Jamie Debole said the company was looking forward to providing downtown Snow Hill free WiFi access in the “coming weeks,” the service was up, running and available to residents and visitors. “We are excited to partner with the Town of Snow Hill and look… Read more »

(June 16, 2016) Berlin Mayor Gee Williams read a prepared statement during a council meeting at town hall on Monday, addressing the June 12 mass shooting in Orlando, the largest in U.S. history.    “Our nation has suffered another tragic and meaningless loss of life in the mass shooting last weekend in Orlando, Florida,” he… Read more »

(June 16, 2016) Stormwater improvements near Flower Street are still coming – and soon, according to Berlin officials, who admitted that multiple setbacks had already occurred. The question came up repeatedly during a public meeting in Town Hall on Monday evening, beginning with a quick update from Administrative Services Director Mary Bohlen. Bohlen said the… Read more »

(June 16, 2016) Though one of the smaller districts in the state in terms of employment and monetary benefits in terms of wages and revenue, Snow Hill’s Arts and Entertainment District designation was extended for another decade at the end of May. “With this redesignation, the Snow Hill Arts and Entertainment District can continue to… Read more »

(June 16, 2016) Long Island native Tom Janasek, 50, came to Ocean Pines in 1984. He’s been a presence during board meetings for years, often offering his opinions during public comments, and is one of 12 candidates running in this year’s board of directors race. Janasek sold real estate straight out of high school and… Read more »