(April 21, 2016) “I think we’re on our own, guys.” That was the message of Steve Cohen, chairman of the Ocean Pines Comprehensive Planning Committee, said at the start of a meeting in the community center last Thursday. The committee is attempting to regroup, following what many considered to be a calamitous meeting with the… Read more »

(April 21, 2016) Berlin is getting closer to issuing occupancy permits for more than a dozen homes at Cannery Village, although sewer system issues still persist at the new affordable housing complex. In an email dated April 14, developer Andrew Hanson, vice president of Osprey Property Company LLC, said water meters had been set for… Read more »

(April 21, 2016) Veteran OPA Director Tom Terry came away from the April 11 special meeting with an extremely positive view of the reserve study conducted by Design Management Associates Inc. “I really feel like DMA delivered exactly what they had promised and proposed to deliver,” he said. “I think the tool that they have… Read more »

(April 21, 2016) While by no means filling up the room, the Ocean Pines residents who did attend a town hall meeting on April 14 departed with a wealth of knowledge regarding Worcester County government’s budgetary challenges for FY 2017. The modest crowd of less than two-dozen at the Ocean Pines library saw a detailed… Read more »

(April 21, 2016) Ocean Pines volunteer Dennis Hudson understands the concept of a Pyrrhic victory, and knows to win the larger war you avoid becoming mired in personal battles. With an apparent impasse surmounted regarding inequitable county funding levels, Hudson opted to resign from the Ocean Pines Association Budget and Finance Committee. “Sometimes you just… Read more »

(April 21, 2016) The public is invited to attend one or more of the free informational seminars offered by the Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department in the month of April. All seminars will be held at the Ocean Pines Community Center, located at 235 Ocean Parkway in Ocean Pines. Before a crisis happens, learn… Read more »

(April 21, 2016) The upcoming 4th Friday Art Stroll in Pocomoke will serve as a backdrop to honor both the Pocomoke High School Basketball and Field Hockey teams for their state championship wins. “We want everyone to wear their Pocomoke Warriors gear or blue and gold to show support for our teams,” Pocomoke City Downtown… Read more »

(April 21, 2016) Preeminent, perennial volunteer Mike Wiley was the first person to arrive in Stephen Decatur Park Saturday morning at about 8:15 a.m. He came, armed with work gloves and gardening tools, a clipboard, and a box of yellow rubber bracelets, which read, “I have Berlin pride.” Mayor Gee Williams arrived next, followed by… Read more »

(April 21, 2016) Top local Democrats outlined their platform for the 2016 election during the 2016 Kennedy-King dinner in Berlin Saturday. The event, held at the Atlantic Hotel on Main Street, raised money for the Democratic Central Committee of Worcester County, and including speeches by Berlin Mayor Gee Williams, Sen. Jim Mathias, and former Salisbury… Read more »

(April 21, 2016) Not just the recipient of the new flowerbeds installed Saturday during Berlin Clean-Up Day, Berlin Falls is also getting plenty of other attention from town staff. Town Administrator Laura Allen said Berlin submitted an application to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to change the site, a former Tyson’s Chicken plant,… Read more »