(June 9, 2016) The assembled parents, students and other well wishers couldn’t be contained in the auditorium of the newly expanded Snow Hill High School last week, so some onlookers were seated in other areas and watched the ceremony via provided television screens. The separation, only by a matter of a few feet, did little… Read more »
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Pocomoke City passes first reading for flat $8M budget
(June 9, 2016) In two separate moves during Monday’s regular City Council meeting, town officials passed both the first reading of the Pocomoke City 2017 budget and an emergency resolution establishing the tax rates for the coming fiscal year. Because Worcester County government was required to adopt its own budget the next morning, and the… Read more »
OPA candidate Parks brings ‘big picture’ thinking to race
(June 9, 2016) Ocean Pines resident Doug Parks turns 61 this month. He’s one of 12 homeowners running for the Association’s Board of Directors this year and, if elected, he would be the youngest member of that body. Spending a few moments with Parks, it’s clear he has plenty of energy to offer the job…. Read more »
Popular summer events return to Pines
(June 9, 2016) Summer is heating up in Ocean Pines as several popular events offered by the Recreation and Parks Department return for the season. Monday Movies in the Park will kick off with Disney’s “Aladdin” on Monday, June 13 at 8 p.m. in White Horse Park, located at 235 Ocean Parkway. A different free… Read more »
At least two resign as Pines committee works to regroup
(June 9, 2016) Ocean Pines Association’s Comprehensive Planning Committee is apparently down two members, following the resignations of Tom Butler and Mike Evans. That’s according to OPA Board President Pat Renaud and new committee Chair Frank Daly, who spoke about the situation during the committee’s last meeting, June 1. Also absent from that session was… Read more »
Cardboard regatta tests students
(June 9, 2016) Snow Hill Middle School students, except for Gage Reynolds, found the cardboard boats they built to hold at least two people lasted about 10 minutes in the Pocomoke River. Reynolds’ vessel, the Big Money Hobo, outlasted them all, including his teacher Denis Jenkins’ Mach Cinco. In the end, the unsinkable Big Money… Read more »
Pocomoke to hike water, sewer rates beginning July 1
(June 9, 2016) During a landlord/tenant meeting earlier this year, conducted sans tenants City Manager/City Attorney Ernie Crofoot said, the landlords asked why water and sewer bills for rentals were higher than the rates for owner-occupied units. They didn’t get the answer they expected. “The mayor and I were surprised when it came up,” Crofoot… Read more »
OPA Pres. Renaud coming back from month-long illness
(June 9, 2016) Pat Renaud, the president of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors, missed several public meetings last month because an undisclosed illness. That included the May 26 directors’ session when he participated via phone and joked that he was not up to sitting in on a full meeting – which can be… Read more »
WCCW donations reach thousands
(June 9, 2016) For more than a decade, the Worcester County Commission for Women has supported literacy programs in local elementary schools, donating almost 10,000 books to students each year. On Monday, volunteers from the local nonprofit gave bags of books to children across the county as part of the annual McGuffey Bookworm Club program…. Read more »
Smarter chefs, better food – start reading
It seems an eternity since I was a high school teacher. While I still hold many fond memories of teaching at that level, I much prefer being at the college level, where more of my students are further-intrigued about the craft of cooking. Plainly put, I can get some of them to actually read a… Read more »