(Aug. 25, 2016) Ocean Pines resident Jeremy Goetzinger is looking for support and sponsorship for several upcoming competitive handcycle races in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Dover and New York. The 41-year-old Washington, D.C. native lost his legs and several fingers on one of his hands because of Buerger’s Disease, a rare condition that affects circulation. He… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) Although an unprecedented 11 candidates were on the ballot in the board of directors election in Ocean Pines this year, only three could be seated. For the other seven homeowners who spent months campaigning, participating in forums and talking to the public and the local media, what will happen to the issues… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) A citizen request passed along by Town Councilman Mike Pruitt for a medical doctor’s practice in Snow Hill has been heard by both Atlantic General Hospital and Peninsula Regional Medical Center, but won’t be fulfilled anytime soon. Both health systems have their reasons, with PRMC pointing to a nationwide shortage of primary… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) Last year, the possibility of annexing the Bay Club into Berlin became a somewhat sore subject for the Berlin mayor and council. Apparently, a proposal was on the table to turn all or a portion of the golf course into a development of 300 luxury homes. Mayor Gee Williams said Hugh Cropper,… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) The old Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company building on Fifth Street still stands sentinel over the town, as it has since it opened in 1937, but is now considered a detriment, rather than asset to the town. The problem is, no one can decide what to do with it, or failing that, how… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) District Court Judge Gerald Purnell agreed with the prosecution on Tuesday in Snow Hill that there was enough evidence against Worcester County Deputy Fire Marshal Rodney Sharpley, 54, of Pocomoke City, to remand the case to Circuit Court. Sharpley is facing charges, including a felony, stemming from an incident in late June… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) Long before a single teacher in a Texas school started a social media firestorm by discontinuing additional homework outside of regular classwork, Snow Hill Middle School is on its second year of offering exactly that to all students in every subject, at every grade level. There are conditions, and some minor changes… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) Tom Herrick, last year’s leading vote-getter, was elected president of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors during an organizational meeting on Monday. The vote totals were not announced, as the seven-member board elects officers by secret ballot. Also during the meeting, Dave Stevens was elected vice president and two newly elected… Read more »

(Aug. 25, 2016) The ongoing feud between leadership in Berlin and the Adkins Company has apparently not abated, and no resolution to the closing of Harrison Avenue, which Adkins owns, appears imminent. Adkins put up barricades on a portion of Harrison Avenue in June after town officials and the company could not reach agreement to… Read more »