(June 23, 2016) SHORE UP! Inc. is taking applications for its Early Head Start and Head Start Programs. Pregnant women and children ages birth to 3 are eligible for Early Head Start services. Head Start services are offered to children ages 3-5. Both programs work with parents and children to promote the child’s development,… Read more »
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Pines Comprehensive Plan Committee readies survey
(June 23, 2016) The Ocean Pines Association Comprehensive Planning Committee appears to be close to completing questions for a community wide survey, and could be ready to make a presentation to the board of directors as soon as next month. The question is, will the board be ready? After the committee met on June 15,… Read more »
Community Briefs
Graduate Robert “Joe” Dimaio Jr., of Ocean City, earns a 3.9 cumulative GPA and graduates from Stevenson University with a B.S. in Film & Moving Image. Dimaio discovered a passion for film and video production as a student of Stephen Decatur High School and continued to pursue knowledge and experience with plans to work in… Read more »
Calvin B. Taylor banking company opens new branch
(June 23, 2016) Raymond M. Thompson, president and CEO of Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares, Inc. and Calvin B. Taylor Banking Company, has announced the opening of a new branch, location in the Ocean Landing Shopping complex, 11359 Samuel Bowen Blvd., in Berlin. The new full-service branch will provide general banking services to residents and… Read more »
Registration open for rec. and park youth swim lessons
(June 23, 2016) Swimming is a great summer pastime. Since safety is key in and around water, Worcester County Recreation & Parks (WCRP) is offering youth swim classes at the Shad Landing pool in the Pocomoke River State Park in Snow Hill during summer 2016. WCRP will offer three sessions of youth swim lesson, with… Read more »
Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre to perform in Selbyville
(June 23, 2016) Three-time Grammy-nominated Cuban music group Tiempo Libre will heat up Selbyville, Delaware, with a free concert featuring an irresistible and dance-inducing mix of jazz harmonies, contemporary sonorities and seductive Latin rhythms on Saturday, June 25 at 7 p.m. at The Freeman Stage at Bayside. Classically trained at Havana’s top music conservatories including… Read more »
OPA candidate draw previews June 22 forum
(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 »
Berlin vandals’ probation altered, not violated
(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 »
Pocomoke ‘Summer Kickoff’ returns
(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 »
Watersports fans to ‘Return to Goat Island’ this wknd.
(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 »