(June 9, 2016) For about the last 10 years, during at least nine months out of the year, Ocean Pines has used the area behind its swim and racquet club on Seabreeze Road as a staging area for bulkhead repairs. During that span, heavy equipment and various construction materials have been left there, behind the… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) Space is still available in the weeklong summer arts camp program being offered by the Worcester County Arts Council in Berlin. Scheduled to run June 20-24, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the camp is open to students entering third-through-eighth grade in the fall and will feature several art workshops each day. “This… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) Wild horses were not present, but even if they were, they wouldn’t have been able to drag away the 100-plus philatelists who watched the dedication of a new postage stamp bearing the signature animal of the Assateague Island National Seashore last Thursday. They braved a not-so-beachy day to do so, with a… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) Though wireless internet service was promised by Memorial Day after a previous deadline came and went, downtown Snow Hill is still waiting on the service the town contracted Comcast to provide. Taylor Ballard, the Comcast account representative handling the installation, said he was instructed to refer all future inquiries to Comcast’s corporate… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) As part of a free concert series at Cypress Park, one of the lower shore’s most celebrated jazz ensembles, The Larks!, returns to perform starting at 6:30 p.m. tonight. “The venue is awesome. The soundstage amphitheater is a great place to play, and the sound is excellent,” guitarist Pete Bozick said. “It’s… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) In celebration of National Small Business Week, Maryland Capital Enterprises, along with Merry Mears, director of Worcester County Economic Development, and state Del. Mary Beth Carozza, visited locally owned small businesses in Berlin to show support. Since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) The Pine Tones Chorus will present its Spring Concert at the Community Church of Ocean Pines, located on Route 589 and Beauchamp Road, on Sunday, June 12 at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $10 and will be available at the door. The concert opens with its title song “Simple Gifts,” which includes the… Read more »

(June 9, 2016) Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care is offering an introduction and training course for anyone interested in volunteering at the nonprofit organization that serves Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties. The course is open to anyone, and attendees are not required to commit to volunteering. There is no cost to attend. Coastal Hospice… Read more »

(June 2, 2016) The rain couldn’t dampen the spirit of community that normally highlights the Old Fashioned Memorial Day Parade in Berlin on Monday, as several hundred people and five local youth dance groups moved indoors to the multipurpose building on Flower Street for an impromptu celebration that played to a packed house. Outside, working… Read more »

(June 2, 2016) While parts of Berlin’s annual Old Fashioned Memorial Day Parade carried on, albeit indoors, what was lost during the day’s celebration were the half-dozen ceremonies organized by the American Legion, Post 231, that specifically remember veterans. Each year on Memorial Day, the Duncan-Showell branch of the Legion makes stops at five different… Read more »