(June 16, 2016) For the second summer, the Berlin Parks Commission and Arts & Entertainment Committee join together to host a series of outdoor movie nights starting Saturday, June 18 and continuing until Aug. 27.   Movies will be screened on alternating Saturdays downtown and in Stephen Decatur and Dr. William Henry Parks. “Last year… Read more »

(June 16, 2016) The Ocean Pines Farmers Market will host its annual “Paws and Whiskers” fundraiser to benefit Town Cats of Ocean City on Saturday, June 18, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in White Horse Park. The event, which will be held in conjunction with the weekly market, will offer a variety of activities… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) For more than a decade, the Worcester County Commission for Women has supported literacy programs in local elementary schools, donating almost 10,000 books to students each year. On Monday, volunteers from the local nonprofit gave bags of books to children across the county as part of the annual McGuffey Bookworm Club program…. Read more »

(June 9, 2016) Pat Renaud, the president of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors, missed several public meetings last month because an undisclosed illness. That included the May 26 directors’ session when he participated via phone and joked that he was not up to sitting in on a full meeting – which can be… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) During a landlord/tenant meeting earlier this year, conducted sans tenants City Manager/City Attorney Ernie Crofoot said, the landlords asked why water and sewer bills for rentals were higher than the rates for owner-occupied units. They didn’t get the answer they expected. “The mayor and I were surprised when it came up,” Crofoot… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) Snow Hill Middle School students, except for Gage Reynolds, found the cardboard boats they built to hold at least two people lasted about 10 minutes in the Pocomoke River. Reynolds’ vessel, the Big Money Hobo, outlasted them all, including his teacher Denis Jenkins’ Mach Cinco. In the end, the unsinkable Big Money… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) Ocean Pines Association’s Comprehensive Planning Committee is apparently down two members, following the resignations of Tom Butler and Mike Evans. That’s according to OPA Board President Pat Renaud and new committee Chair Frank Daly, who spoke about the situation during the committee’s last meeting, June 1. Also absent from that session was… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) Summer is heating up in Ocean Pines as several popular events offered by the Recreation and Parks Department return for the season. Monday Movies in the Park will kick off with Disney’s “Aladdin” on Monday, June 13 at 8 p.m. in White Horse Park, located at 235 Ocean Parkway. A different free… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) Ocean Pines resident Doug Parks turns 61 this month. He’s one of 12 homeowners running for the Association’s Board of Directors this year and, if elected, he would be the youngest member of that body. Spending a few moments with Parks, it’s clear he has plenty of energy to offer the job…. Read more »

(June 9, 2016) In two separate moves during Monday’s regular City Council meeting, town officials passed both the first reading of the Pocomoke City 2017 budget and an emergency resolution establishing the tax rates for the coming fiscal year. Because Worcester County government was required to adopt its own budget the next morning, and the… Read more »