Licensees Jay Wise, team leader/Realtor, for Berkshire Hathaway Home Services PenFed Realty, announces two new Delaware licensees to the Ocean City offices. Kimberly Heaney and Brenda Truelove have taken the class and passed the exam to receive their Delaware Real Estate licenses. In addition to Heaney and Truelove, the following agents from the Ocean City… Read more »
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Noodling around with red pepper flakes
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Out of all the spice – and I mean spicy heat – that we can add to food, red pepper flakes must be my least favorite. It’s a personal preference, so I certainly do not judge when people litter their cheese pizza with the little bastards. Quite the contrary,… Read more »
Berlin unveils new police station
Ribbon cutting last Friday, tours on Saturday were well attended; officers move in By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) With the new Berlin Police station celebrating a ribbon cutting and well-attended open house last week, Berlin Police Chief Arnold Downing joked Monday night that every member of the force had moved into the… Read more »
Ocean Pines BOD crunches numbers, but fee still $951
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) The projected basic annual assessment for fiscal 2019 in Ocean Pines remains at $951, a $30 increase, following three days of deliberation by the community association’s board of directors. Board members met Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday last week and produced more than $326,000 in cuts from the… Read more »
Fourth Friday to return on April 27
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) The Pocomoke City Council, last Monday, approved a beer and wine license for Fourth Friday art strolls, good for the remainder of the year. Fourth Fridays run April through September, from 5-8 p.m. Marc Scher, president of the downtown Pocomoke Association, said there were an increasing numbers… Read more »
Pocomoke water gets experimental
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) Pocomoke City Public Works on Friday installed a pair of experimental water purifying units designed to improve water quality in the Heights neighborhood. If successful, the units, designed by Korean-based company IOREX, could be installed in several other locations and save the town about $1 million, not… Read more »
Korean BBQ: sweet meat you can’t beat
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 So another Valentine’s Day is in the books, and for me that means that spring is just around the corner. As far as my job goes, the day marks a point in the semester where classes are well underway, my star students are shining and other students are either… Read more »
Table set for new dishes during 8th S.H. Oyster Roast
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) New twists on several classic oyster dishes will highlight the 8th annual Snow Hill Oyster Roast on Sunday, Feb. 25 from 1-5 p.m., downtown. Tickets, which went on sale Jan.1, sold out in six days. Sponsored by the Snow Hill Chamber of Commerce, the event was limited… Read more »
Gay Street renovation plans moving forward
Engineers brief public and business owners; one-way conversion appears unlikely By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) A larger-than-expected crowd came away mostly satisfied with plans for waterline, road and sidewalk improvements on Gay Street at a meeting on the project last Wednesday night in Berlin. Josh Taylor, a senior engineer with Davis, Bowen… Read more »
Deficit ‘worst financial hole Ocean Pines has ever been in’
Director says $2M budget shortfall more than 27-year total from 1990 to 2016 By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) The projected $2 million operational deficit accumulated during the last two years is “the worst financial hole Ocean Pines has ever been in,” Ocean Pines Association Director Ted Moroney said in a public meeting… Read more »