(March 23, 2017) Ocean Pines Association Interim General Manager Brett Hill presented six capital purchases for discussion during a public work session on Monday. The two largest items, improvements at the golf and country club and administration building, were presented as a series of blueprints. Specific costs were not provided during the meeting, but the… Read more »

(March 23, 2017) The Church Mouse of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Berlin continues to be active during the spring, donating to a half dozen other groups and nonprofits. That includes the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, foodforthepoor.org, the Greater Berlin Minority Scholarship Committee, the Worcester County GOLD Easter basket program, the senior citizen scholarship… Read more »

(March 23, 2017) A ceremony at Berlin Town Hall Monday honored honored 22 town employees for their combined 255 years of service. The awards are based on the time of service as of Dec. 31 each year. This year was the third event of its kind and saw a record number of employees recognized. “Basically,… Read more »

(March 23, 2017) Berlin’s Naming Parks and Public Spaces Committee continued to work briskly toward a set of standards for the town at its meeting last Thursday, the second one to be one on the matter. Members of the committee worked from naming criteria used by Baltimore and Bowie in Maryland, as well as Wake… Read more »

(March 23, 2017) What makes anything more “real” than any other thing? And what, exactly, is the purpose of any forum? All of that and more were discussed during and Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors work session Monday, when Vice President Dave Stevens broached the subject of the Real Ocean Pines Forum, launched last… Read more »

(March 23, 2017) Snow Hill, which is in the midst of establishing regulations for short-term rental units, held public readings of two related ordinances during a town council meeting last Tuesday. The first ordinance, which took effect after being introduced as emergency legislation during a council work session on Jan. 31, establishes a temporary moratorium… Read more »

 (March 23, 2017) Joe Kane, who purchased a pair of properties in Snow Hill last year, wants other new residents to discover the same sense of community that has brought him to embrace life on the river. To that end Kane is organizing the first “Newcomers Meet and Greet” on March 29 at 5:30 p.m…. Read more »

(March 23, 2017) Two seats on the Snow Hill Council are up for election this year, and at this point it appears at least one spot will change, although it remains to be seen if an actual election will be required. The deadline to apply for either the central or western district open seats is… Read more »

(March 23, 2017) Board members shot down an apparent attempted sales pitch from ThinkBig Networks during an Ocean Pines Association work session on Monday. Director Doug Parks introduced the agenda topic “considerations for fiber optic in Ocean Pines,” when Sales Director Judy Morgan from ThinkBig, a Brooklandville internet service provider, asked to comment. She made… Read more »

(March 23, 2017) After being inspired by the novel, “A Long Walk to Water,” by Linda Sue Park, seventh grade students at Stephen Decatur Middle School decided raising funds to help build clean water wells in South Sudan was the right thing to do. From 7:45 a.m. until school came to a close on Monday,… Read more »