(Jan. 26, 2017) It’s now no secret that New Year’s Eve did not go well at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club. The facility has struggled with finding its identity and turning a reasonable profit since the new building opened in 2014. Many in the community believe both of those issues date back to the previous… Read more »
News
County residents attend inauguration, protests
(Jan. 26, 2017) The destination was the same, but their purposes reflected the national political divide, as some Worcester County traveled to Washington, D.C. Friday to witness the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, while others went Saturday to join the Women’s March protest. Christy and Buddy Trala of West Ocean City made the two-and-a-half… Read more »
The Clash, Minor Threat, and smoked fish
There was something very special and exciting about growing up in the mid-80s in Annapolis. I played piano as a kid, and studied at Peabody Prep for a few years, but once I realized that I was never destined to play Carnegie Hall (I hated all of those Czerny exercises and the hours of concentration… Read more »
CFES awards nearly $60K in education grants
(Jan. 19, 2017) The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES) honored Maryland Lower Shore schools and educators with $59,919 in grants through the organization’s 2016 Education Award Grants Program. Education awards are made annually in conjunction with National Education Week through a competitive process to public and private schools on the lower Eastern Shore… Read more »
AGH cuts ribbon on new surgical office in Barrett building
(Jan. 19, 2017) Atlantic General Hospital and Health System recently held an open house at the new location for its Surgical Associates and Bariatric Center offices in the James G. Barrett Medical Office Building in Berlin. Atlantic General Surgical Associates and the Atlantic General Bariatric Center provide advanced minimally invasive surgical procedures performed by board… Read more »
Letters to the Editor
In response to Jan. 5 campground story Editor, Anyone who hears someone say a development will have “no runoff” should be extremely suspicious. Without denigrating Mr. Cropper’s credentials as the representative of the proposed site’s developers, there is no way any such development will not have runoff. Even if it is into existing ponds,… Read more »
Heroin problem in Pines
The last thing anyone would have expected 49 years ago, when Ocean Pines came into existence, was that the community would find itself with a heroin problem. But that’s what’s happening, according to Police Chief Dave Massey, who said that this, one of the safest population centers in the state, saw 70 overdose cases in… Read more »
Teachers encouraged to participate in competition
(Jan. 19, 2017) The Coastal Association of Realtors (CAR) is encouraging local teachers to participate in the annual Fair Housing Calendar Contest, which sends the winning student to Annapolis for a meeting with the governor or other state official. Sponsored by the Maryland Association of Realtors (MAR), the contest is a means for Realtors across… Read more »
Business Briefs
McNeill named CFRE Coastal Hospice announces Maureen McNeill, director of development for the nonprofit organization, has been named a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) by CFRE International. McNeill has been with Coastal Hospice since 2007, where she directs fundraising activities, including the capital campaign to build Coastal Hospice at the Ocean. A graduate of Catholic… Read more »
After prom, SDHS students can go to ‘Under The Big Top’
(Jan. 19, 2017) Stephen Decatur High School’s After-Prom event will be held on May 13, from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. This free event for juniors and seniors of SDHS and their dates will be held at the Berlin high school and take place in the cafeteria, gyms and numerous hallways. This year’s theme is… Read more »