Returning the Ocean Pines golf course to local control by ending the contract with Landscapes Unlimited was the right move for the Ocean Pines Board of Directors, who ascertained correctly that saving money in this instance is as good as making it. Even though Landscapes did make improvements in the operation, the course looks to… Read more »
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Bishop’s Stock book signing Sat. features Deborah Newell
(March 2, 2017) The lesson in Deborah Newell’s book, “Memories in a Daughter’s Heart,” is that dealing with grief can take many forms. For Newell it came as writing a book about dealing with the loss of her mother. Newell, a Snow Hill native now residing in Virginia Beach, lost her mother, Rachel Chapman, about… Read more »
Pocomoke election voter registration ends next Tuesday
(March 2, 2017) District 3 residents have until next Tuesday to register to vote in the April 4 contest between incumbent Dale Trotter or challenger Monna Van Ess for a seat on the city council — if they had been previously unregistered or allowed existing registrations to expire. In Worcester County, registrations expire after a… Read more »
Snow Hill starts ‘18 budget process
(March 2, 2017) Though the official town budget is set to be voted on later this spring, Snow Hill has begun the process by preparing its request to be heard by the county commissioners next Tuesday by collecting wish lists from selected department heads. Though the numbers are likely to change between now and final… Read more »
Interoperability project deadline fast approaching
(March 2, 2017) As the legislation that got the wheel turning on Project 25 — a radio interoperability requirement that would allow local, state, federal and other officials to talk to each other in an emergency — was signed by former Gov. Martin O’Malley, Snow Hill and Pocomoke can’t argue they didn’t see it coming…. Read more »
Pines, Landscapes part ways; golf to be self managed
(March 2, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association announced on Tuesday it had parted ways with golf management company Landscapes Unlimited and would self-manage the golf course. The association ousted former golf manager company Billy Casper Golf in February 2015. Landscapes Unlimited, based in Nebraska, took over in May 2015. The company’s 36-month contract reportedly included… Read more »
All parties negligent in 2013 fatal
(March 2, 2017) A Worcester County Circuit Court jury took less than 45 minutes last Thursday to find all parties negligent in the fatal Nov. 8, 2013 accident on Route 113, where State Police Trooper Nicholas Hager ran into teenagers Tymeir Dennis and Tyheim Bowen with his unmarked patrol car. No damages were awarded to… Read more »
Mumford’s soft opening gets passing grade from ‘Clubs’
(Feb. 23, 2017) Reviews of the recent soft opening at Mumford’s Landing – formerly the yacht club – were mostly positive during an Ocean Pines Association Clubs Committee meeting last Thursday. The committee is the official advisory panel for the board of directors on matters at Mumford’s Landing, the country club and beach club. Many… Read more »
Still crazy about manoes after all these yrs.
This column originally ran in a Feb. 19, 2015 edition of the Bayside Gazette. Many times over, I am sure, my wife has questioned her sanity as to why she married me. During the first few years of dating, we would drive from Baltimore to Denton to visit my mother, and every time we would… Read more »
Coastal Hospice announces new board of directors
(Feb. 23, 2017) Coastal Hospice recently announced its new board of directors for 2017. Michael P. Dunn, formerly the Coastal Hospice board’s executive committee member at large, assumes the chair position from Immediate Past Chair Glenna Heckathorn. Stephen R. Farrow is now vice chair; Lorie Phillips is treasurer; Diana L. Barber is secretary; and Byron… Read more »