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Election dates for Board of Directors in OPA announced

(May 18, 2017) Ballots for the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors election will be mailed on July 11. They are due back Aug. 10.  The Ocean Pines Elections Committee will count ballots on Aug. 11, for the first time during a public session, and announce the results on Aug. 12 during the annual meeting… Read more »

Holland exit confirmed

  (May 18, 2017) Responding to a Public information Act request by Ocean City Today and the Bayside Gazette, the Town of Snow Hill has confirmed Erica Holland’s employment ended on April 25, the day she was escorted from Town Hall by police. Holland served as the town’s receptionist and was hired on Jan. 27,… Read more »

Allen: Town will not pursue Harrison Avenue land records

(May 18, 2017) The Town of Berlin will not pursue land records confirming it owns part Harrison Avenue north of the Adkins Company, Town Administrator Laura Allen said last Thursday.  Representatives from the Adkins Company expressed concerns over a truck ban related to planned Baker Street repairs during a recent Town Council meeting. If Baker… Read more »

Pines library needs repairs, Berlin library receives boost

(May 18, 2017) The water infiltration issues at the Ocean Pines Library may have gone beyond a simple leaky roof, and could have ramifications on an existing HVAC system that’s also beginning to act its age, as the county commissioners decided to invest about $71,000 in discovering the root cause during Tuesday’s meeting.  Commissioner Chip… Read more »

OPA Match Play Championship

(May 18, 2017) Ocean Pines will host the annual Match Play Championship, beginning Thursday, June 1, at the Ocean Pines Golf Club.  This event is open to all men who are members of the Ocean Pines Association or the Ocean Pines Men’s Golf Association. The format is single elimination with players seeded by handicap. Players… Read more »

Winter Quarters Golf Course could get six-month trial run

(May 18, 2017) Efforts to balance Pocomoke’s fiscal year 2018 budget while providing Winter Quarters Golf Course an opportunity to address its own financial challenges highlighted a City Council budget work session on Friday. City Manager/City Attorney Ernie Crofoot said despite removing all capital outlay items from the budget except approximately $79,000 to replace police… Read more »

Solving Pocomoke water problem

(May 18, 2017) In an effort to remedy water quality issues that have plagued Pocomoke for decades, the city council approved an emergency expenditure of more than $100,000 for repairs at the water treatment plant during a budget work session on Friday. City Manager/City Attorney Ernie Crofoot said a recently commissioned report by Hungerford &… Read more »

Town of Snow Hill approves fiscal year 2018 budget

(May 18, 2017) The Snow Hill Council approved a $2.5 million fiscal year 2018 budget, which was balanced without raising property tax rates, during its meting last Tuesday. The budget passed by a 2-0 vote with Councilwoman Alison Cook not in attendance. Town Manager Kelly Pruitt noted the final budget remained unchanged from a version… Read more »

Communication issues linger for Berlin and BFC

(May 18, 2017) Town of Berlin officials balked last year when the Berlin Fire Company requested more than $1 million in funding from the town, more than double what had been allocated during the two previous years.  Instead, the mayor and council kept its allocation to fire and EMS a flat $400,000, and said a… Read more »

Eight filed and seven certified for Ocean Pines BOD election

(May 18, 2017) Seven applicants — four women and three men — were confirmed as candidates in the 2017 board of directors election in Ocean Pines this week.  Director Doug Parks and former director Marty Clarke, and newcomers Colette Horn, Nicole Schaffer Crosariol, Paula Robertson Gray, Arie Klapholz and Brenda Lynn Wascak, will vie for… Read more »