By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 31, 2018) Tickets are on sale now for the 21st annual Country Western Night at the Ocean Downs Casino on July 12. The event, which will start at 5 p.m., was created by 92-year-old Anna Foultz and hosted each year by Ocean Pines nonprofit Star Charities for the benefit of… Read more »
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Four challengers, five incumbents at forum
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (June 8, 2018) While the Worcester County Commissioners govern the entire county, the candidates’ forum last Thursday at the Ocean Pines library had a decidedly Ocean Pines feel to it, as the county’s largest population center took center stage from the seven incumbents and hopefuls in attendance. Almost all of the… Read more »
Berlin briefs
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (June 7, 2018) The Berlin mayor and council discussed the following items during a public meeting at Town Hall last Tuesday: Special events The council unanimously approved a new event, the Trinity Church Walk for Health on July 28 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Stephen Decatur Park, and the… Read more »
Town of Berlin remembers PW Superintendent Purnell
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (June 7, 2018) Residents and town officials gathered last Friday at Dr. William Henry Park in Berlin to remember former Public Works Superintendent Wendell Ennis Purnell. Born Feb. 16, 1948 in Berlin, Purnell passed away on May 14 at Genesis HealthCare in Salisbury, according to his official obituary. He graduated from… Read more »
McGuffey Club benefits thousands of students
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (June 7, 2018) Showell Elementary School students were among the thousands of Worcester County children on Monday to receive bright orange McGuffey Bookworm Club backpacks filled with books for summer reading. Now in its 13th year, McGuffey is a countywide program of the Worcester County Commission for Women and Friends of… Read more »
Over 200 graduate from Decatur
By Morgan Pilz, Staff Writer (June 8, 2018) Family, friends and loved ones showed roaring support for the 286 graduates of Stephen Decatur High School, Wednesday, May 30, at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center on 40th Street in Ocean City. “This is a very special graduation class to me,” Principal Thomas Zimmer said. “When I… Read more »
Pines schedules reserve study mtg on Friday, June 22
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (June 7, 2018) “This will be an open meeting for everybody’s brother – and we’ll publicize the heck out of it,” Ocean Pines Association General Manager John Bailey said last Thursday, as he described a newly scheduled session about the long-dormant reserve study. The association in 2015 approved a $31,800 contract… Read more »
Canadian newsprint tariff just doesn’t make sense
Dear Rep. Andy Harris, In March, after the U.S. Department of Commerce imposed a second round of preliminary tariffs on Canadian newsprint, which constitutes about two-thirds of this country’s supply, we asked you as our congressman to consider the damage that would do to newspapers large and small. You replied that government has a duty… Read more »
Ocean Pines candidate draw will determine ballot order
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (June 7, 2018) Ocean Pines voters can get their first look at candidates for the 2018 board of directors’ election during the annual candidate draw on Friday. Nine eligible candidates were announced in a May 16 Ocean Pines press release: Frank Daly, Esther Diller, Paula Gray, Arie Klapholz, Mark Mitchell, Ted… Read more »
Outsourcing talk takes over Pines software meeting
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (June 7, 2018) An Ocean Pines meeting Tuesday took about an hour to get to the point that new software systems probably would not save money, but could vastly improve management processes and boost productivity. Before that point could be made, however, the meeting, hosted by the budget and finance committee,… Read more »