(July 13, 2017) The Worcester County Humane Society is currently selling raffle tickets for six cash prizes (first – $2,000, second – $1,000 and third through sixth – $500 each). Drawing for the raffle will be held Nov. 11. Winner need not be present. Tickets cost $5 each or get five tickets for $20 with… Read more »
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Letters to the Editor
Oasis reversal is age discrimination This is an open letter to the Board of Directors of Ocean Pines Directors, First, I thank you for the time and effort you give to this community. I am sure it is very frustrating at times. I am addressing the current topic of the Yacht Club pool converting to… Read more »
OPA fatigue contagious
Ocean Pines is exhausting. It’s exhausting, as a news outlet, to cover, and this week the majority of the Board of Directors indicated it’s exhausting to govern. Imagine how the homeowners and residents must feel. At a Sunday public meeting during what was otherwise a picturesque and sunny beach day, interim General Manager Brett Hill,… Read more »
Community Briefs
Dean’s List Cassidy Larwood, of Ocean Pines, has earned a spot on the Dean’s List for three consecutive years in the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, at the University of Central Florida. She is majoring in biomedical studies. She will begin her senior year this fall. Larwood is a 2014 graduate of… Read more »
‘New blood’ wins Bathtub Races
(July 13, 2017) H.T. Harrison & Sons Inc. took home the trophy at the 2017 Berlin Bathtub Races Friday night by besting Costa Ventosa Winery and Brewery by roughly the length of a rubber ducky during the final race. “It feels great! We’re going to Disney World,” Racer Travis Harrison, 22, said afterward. Harrison pushed… Read more »
Uncertainty continues for Pocomoke barber
(July 13, 2017) The owners of Fontaine’s Barber Shop in Pocomoke City are feeling optimistic that property renovations begun in February 2016 may finally come to fruition. Charles Fontaine Sr., who has operated scissors and clippers in Pocomoke since 1968, appeared at a City Council meeting last month to ask for help after general… Read more »
Ocean Pines Golf Club renovations continue
(July 13, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association recently made progress toward renovation to the second floor of the Ocean Pines Golf Club. The second level will significantly improve the building’s accessibility, upgrade its amenities and bring a number of other improvements to the building, which dates back to the early 1970s. “We’re hoping to hit… Read more »
Event hopes to find ‘fur-ever’ homes for dogs and cats, Sat.
(July 13, 2017) The Ocean Pines Farmers Market’s annual “Paws and Whiskers” fundraiser and adoption event on Saturday, July 15 will benefit the Worcester County Humane Society, a nonprofit, no-kill animal shelter serving all of Worcester County. The Ocean Pines Farmers Market will host the outdoor pet adoption event and fundraiser from 8 a.m. to… Read more »
‘Coffee, Tea, Harmony,’ July 15
(July 13, 2017) The Delmarva Chorus, a women’s a capella group, will perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July, 15, at the Ocean Pines Community Center. This year’s theme is “Coffee, Tea and Harmony at Camp Delmarva.” Tickets cost $10. The women have been singing together and sharing their gifts with Ocean Pines, Berlin, Ocean… Read more »
Berlin Briefs
(July 13, 2017) Sidewalks repairs Maryland State Highway officials began work Monday to improve the sidewalks on South Main Street, from Tripoli Street to the cemetery, according to Town Administrator Laura Allen. She said most of the work would address ADA accessibility issues. “The quality of the sidewalk, especially on the left-hand side, is particularly… Read more »