(May 18, 2017) Most items in Berlin’s $19.2 million fiscal year 2018 budget draft introduced last week will likely to remain intact when the Mayor and Council meets again to discuss and finalize the budget on June 12, Berlin Town Administrator Laura Allen said last Thursday. She said $150,000 earmarked for Berlin Falls park was… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) Assateague Island Alliance (AIA), the Friends Group of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS), will host “Horseshoe Crab Ecology and Tagging Demonstration” on Saturday, May 20. Meet at 12:30 p.m. for refreshments prior to the program which begins at 1 p.m. Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) will soon grace the shores of the coastline… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) Worcester County Commissioner Chip Bertino will host a town meeting on Saturday, May 20 at 10 a.m. at the Ocean Pines library.  He will discuss issues and developments impacting the Ocean Pines district and the county as well as the fiscal 2018 county budget. Bertino’s guests will include Register of Wills Charlotte… Read more »

(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 »

  (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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »