(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 »
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Snow Hill to host 19th Blessing of the Combines, Sat.
(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 »
Pocomoke goes on trash offensive
(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 »
John Bailey named new Ocean Pines general manager
(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 »
Cheers, boos and applause in OPA
(Aug. 3, 2017) Most of the time, meetings of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors are sparsely attended affairs without much in the way of cheering, heckling and rounds of applause. That, however, was not the case last Friday, when all the above occurred. A standing-room-only audience of perhaps several hundred broke into applause… Read more »
Trendic vote delayed with no new date
(July 27, 2017) An Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors vote on whether to expel Director Slobodan Trendic just a year into his three-year term has been postponed for a third time. A motion proposed by director and interim General Manager Brett Hill to remove Trendic for alleged breaches of confidentiality had been scheduled for… Read more »
Sous vide or not sous vide, that’s the question
Oscar Wilde once wrote that life imitates art far more than art imitates life, a sound reversal of Aristotle’s millennia-old tenet. Standard irreverence on the part of Wilde, his simple statement (a part of a much grander piece) holds such a profound meaning for me this evening. Fiction is a powerful tool, and in the… Read more »
Anglers Club announces winners
(July 27, 2017) The Ocean Pines Anglers Club hosted the 21st annual Art Hansen Memorial Youth Fishing Contest last Saturday at the South Gate pond in Ocean Pines. Sixty-seven young anglers participated in three age groups ranging from 4-16. Maryland DNR was on hand to help educate the participants and the Anglers Club provided free… Read more »
Gull Creek residents, staff design OC mural
(July 27, 2017) Last Tuesday and Wednesday, staff and residents of the Gull Creek Senior Living Community in Berlin painted an Ocean City-themed mural on a wall of the Treasure Cove neighborhood, which houses residents with dementia. “Many of our residents have family businesses or lived on the Boardwalk,” said Cassandra Coulbourne, director of Gull… Read more »
Inaugural Believe in Tomorrow Block Party
(July 27, 2017) A guest bartending event at Sisters on Main Street evolved into a Believe in Tomorrow Block Party in Berlin, with games for adults and children in addition to live music, vendors, activities and food on Saturday, Aug. 12, from 6-9 p.m. “I am hoping it becomes our next big event,” said Wayne… Read more »