OCEAN PINES—The message conveyed by Ocean Pines Budget and Finance Committee Chair Dennis Hudson to the Board of Directors, during their Oct. 2 meeting, was that during fiscal year 2014-1215 the committee wants to offer its budget development assistance in a more proactive and targeted manner. Hudson pointed out that the committee is required by… Read more »

AARP Tax-Aide is a program of the AARP Foundation offered in conjunction with the IRS. Tax-Aide helps taxpayers with low and middle-income with special attention to those 60 and older. Volunteers are needed in Worcester County, Wicomico County and from Lower Sussex County and Accomack County, Va. Volunteers help taxpayers who are seeking assistance preparing… Read more »

BERLIN—The Historic District Commission approved a request for a six-foot privacy fence proposed by the Holland House on Bay Street during the Oct. 2 meeting. Meanwhile, the owner of Twisters is scheduled to request approval from the Planning Commission for approval of a final site plan at a new location on Old Ocean City Boulevard… Read more »

The Ocean Pines Community Center is helping honor October as breast cancer awareness month.  In coordination with General Mills & Yoplait the Community Center located 239 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines, MD. 21811 will serve as a drop off point for clean PINK Yoplait yogurt lids. “General Mills will donate 10 cents to Susan G. Komen… Read more »

BERLIN—More than 200 car enthusiasts are expected at Berlin’s Fall Cruiser event on Oct. 12, which is being held in conjunction with Ocean City’s 16th annual Endless Summer Cruisin’ event. Pre-registered cars can start parking along Main Street as early as 7 a.m., according to the Berlin Chamber of Commerce’s Facebook page. On-site registration will… Read more »

BERLIN–Worcester Preparatory School students in the classes of 2013 and 2014 received 48 honors for their high scores in Advanced Placement testing. Almost 50 percent of the students in both classes were honored.  Students commended as National AP Scholars who received a grade of 4 or higher on eight or more exams were Scott Gee… Read more »

Bernie Flax, ABR, AHWD, RSPS of Prudential Pen Fed Realty in Ocean Pines and Nanette Pavier, SFR of Holiday Real Estate in Ocean City were installed as the 2014 chair and co-chair of the Coastal Delmarva Women’s Council of REALTORS® Business Resource Group in a ceremony held at The Captain’s Table Restaurant on October 3. … Read more »

OCEAN PINES—The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Music Director Julien Benichou will raise the baton for a 2013-2014 season premiere performance on Oct. 13 with French violinist Arnaud Sussmann performing Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35. Benichou said he had wanted very much to conduct the classical favorite by Tchaikovsky and thought it… Read more »

This article was published on Oct. 10, 2013. Phil Jacobs, a newspaper veteran of more than 30 years, has been named editor of Ocean City Today and its sister paper, Bayside Gazette, company Publisher Stewart Dobson announced this week. Jacobs, who began his journalism career in Ocean City in 1974 as an intern and returned… Read more »

Ocean City’s Pink Ribbon Classic series, which provides an assortment of local activities each October designed to raise awareness while garnering money for the American Cancer Society, continues tonight, with a big party. The annual Jammin’ Out Cancer celebration will take place at Seacrets on 49th Street from 5-9 p.m. The theme of the party… Read more »