(July 20, 2017) SHORE UP! Inc.’s Foster Grandparent Program is recruiting low- to moderate-income senior citizens ages 55 and older to volunteer with children/youth in Berlin, Crisfield, Easton and Eden. Foster grandparents are also needed in the Beaver Run School District in Salisbury. Serving as mentors, role models and friends, the foster grandparents often work… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) Berlin Historic District Chairwoman Carol Rose wants to see the district expanded, albeit only slightly, to include homes built in the 1800s and early 1900s. She said if that was done, it would be with input from the homeowners and with the goal of preserving historic homes — not imposing a series… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) Diakonia has operated for decades under the slogan, “Help for Today and Hope for Tomorrow,” providing emergency and transitional housing – along with a number of other services – for men, women and families on the Lower Eastern Shore. The West Ocean City nonprofit is run by a small, paid staff, but… Read more »

 (July 20, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors announced last Monday it would end the decades-old policy of restricting the use of the Oasis pool, adjacent to the community yacht club to adults only. A vote, held in a closed session following an open session on Sunday, July 9, was unanimous. Interim General… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) The sixth annual Mary McMullen Memorial Golf Tournament set for Aug. 4, has sold out for the fourth consecutive year. Organizer Tim McMullen said the tournament is still seeking hole sponsors and donations, including gift cards, from area businesses for use in a silent auction. His late wife, Mary McMullen, who passed… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) Snow Hill’s recently approved short-term rental ordinance was slightly amended during the town council meeting last Tuesday. Town Manager Kelly Pruitt read the proposed addition of a definition for a short-term rental resident agent: “A person or a property-management company located within 20 miles of the Town of Snow Hill, Maryland, who… Read more »

 (July 20, 2017) In an effort to remedy water quality issues that have plagued Pocomoke for decades, the City Council approved borrowing $259,000 for repairs at the water treatment plant during its meeting on Monday. City Clerk Carol Sullivan said the city received bids from two local contractors to replace filtering media, butterfly valves and… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) Abundant sunshine highlighted another record-setting Jesse’s Paddle fundraiser last Saturday in Snow Hill. Now in its ninth year, the event was organized by Friends of the Jess Klump Memorial Fund and launched from the Pocomoke River Canoe Company on River Street. Kim Klump created the Jesse Klump Memorial Scholarship in 2009, and… Read more »

(July 20, 2017) A second and final Ocean Pines Association candidate’s forum will be held this Saturday, July 22, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Assateague Room of the community center on 235 Ocean Parkway. The Ocean Pines Elections Committee will present the forum and the four remaining Ocean Pines Board of Directors candidates,… Read more »

UPDATE: Ocean Pines Association Board President Tom Herrick sent the following email on Wednesday afternoon: “At the request and out of respect for Director Trendic, who has advised the Board that he will not be available on Friday morning, the special meeting has been cancelled. The item will be put on the agenda for our… Read more »