(Nov. 27, 2014) The Ocean Pines Association will host its fourth annual “A Hometown Christmas” tree lighting ceremony in White Horse Park on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m. “The community comes together with different social groups, families and businesses to light trees under the pavilion,” said Katie Goetzinger, coordinator of “A Hometown Christmas.” This… Read more »

Cookie walk A Cookie Walk to benefit Diakonia will take place at the Community Church of Ocean Pines, off Route 589 in Berlin, Saturday, Dec. 13 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.   Guests can choose from a variety of home baked holiday cookies for $7/pound and meet Santa Claus and his elf.   All… Read more »

(Nov. 27, 2014) While bicycling and skateboard enthusiasts continue to lobby the Town of Berlin for a recreation complex, an Ocean Pines resident took matters into his own hands when looking for a place to ride. Jerome “Tres” Denk, founder of the Eastern Shore chapter of the International Mountain Bicycling Association, used his group to… Read more »

(Nov. 27, 2014) The equestrian world can seem a little forbidding to outsiders. Riders often appear straight-faced with perfect posture and pressed uniforms. The horses themselves are mammoth and unfamiliar if you have never been around them – like enormous Labrador retrievers but with hooves and better teeth. Entry into that world, that culture, seems… Read more »

(Nov. 27, 2014) Children ages 4-8 are invited to do crafts, Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Ocean Pines Recreation Department. Children will make a winter-themed ornament under the direction of programmer, Katie B Goetzinger. All materials and instruction will be provided. Space is limited for this event and pre-registration is… Read more »

(Nov. 27, 2014) The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Julien Benichou, will usher in the holiday season with a program of orchestral and vocal music at the “Holiday Joy” concert performed on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Community Church, Racetrack Road in Ocean Pines. The MSO will… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2014) Hundreds of police officers across the country responded to a local 5-year-old’s calls for help with a class project last month. Now, Mason Hetherington is paying it forward. Mason, a kindergartener at Ocean City Elementary School, decided he would try to collect 100 police patches in 100 days. His mother, Eliza Mason,… Read more »

(Nov. 27, 2014) The Salisbury contracting and construction firm Gillis Gilkerson this week announced the official groundbreaking for the new Choptank Electric Cooperative Regional Service Center building at 6520 Walston Switch Road in Salisbury. The facility, being built across from Wor-Wic Community College, will combine the Salisbury and Berlin Choptank district offices and house a… Read more »

(Nov. 27, 2014) Atlantic General Hospital has been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer on “Key Quality Measures” by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. “Atlantic General is proud to be named a top performer as it recognizes the knowledge, teamwork and dedication of our physicians and… Read more »

(Nov. 27, 2014) Atlantic General Hospital recently unveiled the Healer’s Touch statue in the hospital’s serenity garden in conjunction with honoring its first DAISY Award recipient, registered nurse Tracey Donalds. Donalds joined Atlantic General Hospital in 2010 as a nurse in the medical surgical department, where she helped with the initial development of the Observation… Read more »