(Aug. 3, 2017) Berlin has its eye on the Dew Tour skate bowl, the large skate structure that dominated the inlet parking lot in June 2014 as the centerpiece of the national extreme sports competition. Town officials will have to wait before pursuing that objective, however, as Ocean City officials ponder whether the bowl —… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) The Pocomoke City Council received some much-needed assurances last Wednesday, ahead of advancing a more than $2 million project to repair the Clarke Avenue pumping station. In addition to a Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) grant for approximately $1 million, the city anticipates sourcing the remaining funding from a U.S. Department… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Organizers with the annual Pocomoke Boat Docking Challenge are striving to complete dock repairs prior to the event, on Aug. 26. Mike Shannon, boat docking committee chairman, said sprucing up the decades-old pier, in addition to improving the town’s appeal, would also help maintain the docking challenge, now entering its fifth year… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) For Gary Miller, a member of the Ocean Pines clubs and aquatics committees, July was one of those up-and-down months. In three-week period, he faced and survived two attempts to remove him from those board-appointed assignments because of his letters to the editor in this paper that were critical of the board… Read more »

(Aug 3, 2017) Ocean Pines Chief Financial Officer Mary Bosack, Controller Art Carmine, Beach Club Manager Lynda Huettner, Golf Course Superintendent Rusty McLendon, Facilities Manager Jerry Aveta, Recreation and Parks Director Sonya Bounds, Marketing and Public Relations Director Teresa Travatello, Yacht Club Manager Jerry Lewis, Office Coordinator Linda Martin and information technology specialist Paul Fazzalaro…. Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Dr. Colette Horn, one of four candidates running for election to the Ocean Pines Association, said during a July 22 forum that she had been threatened by a resident while having dinner at South Gate Grill. She said her husband had to intervene during the incident, which apparently happened during the previous… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) The Great Pocomoke Fair, which opens to the public at 5 p.m. today, Thursday, will offer a wide array of activities through the weekend at the Pocomoke City Fairgrounds on 2003 Broad Street. Gloria Smith, fair treasurer, said the event is free to attend and would feature two activities that were new… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Snow Hill’s 19th annual Blessing of the Combines will honor another seasonal planting cycle this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Parade of Combines is scheduled for 11 a.m. and includes antique fire trucks, tractors, lawn mowers and floats. After traversing the bridge the procession will stop on Green Street,… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Sprucing up Pocomoke to rid the town of trash and debris is the aim of a new effort initiated by Mayor Bruce Morrison earlier this month. “It doesn’t look very good and the town is really getting in bad shape,” he said. “Even the residents of Pocomoke have come to me and… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Nearly a year after firing the previous general manager, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors announced last Thursday the selection of his replacement. New hire John Bailey is general manager of the Skyline Plaza condominium association, a community of “two 26-story residential towers surrounded by over 10 acres of beautifully landscaped… Read more »