(April 20, 2017) The Berlin Naming Parks and Public Spaces Committee is poised to introduce a new public policy at a Town Council meeting as soon as next month. The committee met last Wednesday to discuss a draft policy prepared by Town Administrator Laura Allen, the staff liaison to the group. Allen said the protocol… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) The Town of Berlin released preliminary details of its $8.06 million fiscal year 2018 general fund budget during a work session at Town Hall on Monday night. Berlin Mayor Gee Williams said department heads and the town administrator had worked for the last several months to prepare the draft. The meeting on… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Snow Hill Council candidate LaToya Purnell said she is seeking office to enhance her efforts to positively impact the town. “I’m very active in my community with the young people, the elderly people, that is what I do,” she said. “I just wanted to go to the next level of actually having… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Ocean Pines Association Director Doug Parks finished ninth in an election that saw 12 men and women declare candidacy and three new faces take office last August. He joined the board a month later, as an appointed director, after Pat Renaud resigned. This year, he’s hoping to earn reelection and stay on…. Read more »

(April 20, 2017) The next chapter in the long-stalled Summerfield development project in Snow Hill unfolded during an informational meeting on Tuesday at the Train Station on Belt Street. Matt Odachowski, who owns approximately 400 acres of what had been an 1,000-acre parcel, opened the meeting by noting the population of Snow Hill has declined… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) The Julia A. Purnell Museum’s new exhibit, “Community Medicine: The Art and Science of Healing,” which honors longtime town physician Dr. Robert LaMar, had a well-attended opening reception on April 7 during the First Friday Art Stroll in Snow Hill. Dr. Cynthia Byrd, Purnell Museum executive director, said about 50 people were… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Longtime Berlin resident and president of the committee overseeing the Germantown School Community Heritage Center project Barbara Purnell, 74, has won the 2017 Berlin Award presented by the Berlin Lions Club. The award, recognizing volunteer work in the town, is in its 52nd year. The previous co-winners were Cam and Woody Bunting…. Read more »

(April 20, 2017) About 200 people – an unusually large turnout for an Ocean Pines Board meeting – crowded into the community center last Thursday night and heard what they hoped they would hear:  the introduction of family fun day on Sundays at the previously adults-only Oasis swimming pool is not going to happen. After… Read more »

(April 13, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Recreation and Parks Committee discussed the following items during a meeting in the community center last Tuesday. Board assistance Committee Chairman Tim McMullen, at the start of the meeting, said the committee would prefer to have a board member in attendance to provide updates on ongoing projects. Board… Read more »

(April 13, 2017) To ease the transition into ninth grade and beyond, Snow Hill High School enrolled its freshman students into a new seminar class in the fall, hoping to provide a helpful structure and the necessary skills to succeed. School officials said the shift to high school was often difficult for nine graders, many… Read more »