(Sept. 1, 2016) Keller Williams Realty announces that 50 of the area’s top real estate professionals from ResortQuest are partnering with Keller Williams Realty on the Delaware Coast, making it one of the largest real estate firms in Sussex County. Since the early 1970s, ResortQuest by Wyndham Vacation Rentals has offered comprehensive vacation rental and… Read more »
News
Purnell museum show and opening celebrates sewing
(Sept. 1, 2016) The entries are in and waiting at the Julia Purnell Museum in Snow Hill until FiberFest! on Oct. 8, when the winners of the annual Delmarva Needle Art Show and Competition will be announced. However, the submissions go on display today, and will remain available to the viewing public until Halloween. In… Read more »
Suzanne Timmons enters 13th year in downtown Snow Hill
(Sept. 1, 2016) Sure, Suzanne Timmons admits, there are days when it might not seem worth it. Certainly there are days when she counts the money she could be making by opening a second location in a busier town, or by simply up and moving The Sassy Girl Boutique from Green Street to other, busier… Read more »
Community Briefs
Dean’s list Berlin resident Tameya Dashae Tingle, a Salisbury University student majoring in Respiratory Therapy, was named to the university’s dean’s list for the spring semester. To achieve the dean’s list distinction, students must carry a full program of at least four courses, have a quality point average of 3.5 or greater out of a… Read more »
OP Recreation and Parks to offer adult coed softball
(Sept. 1, 2016) Play some fall ball by joining the Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department’s coed slow-pitch softball league. This long-running adult league will be held on Wednesday evenings Sept. 14 – Oct. 26. Games will be played at the ball fields at Manklin Meadows Park, located at 11443 Manklin Creek Road in… Read more »
Golf tournament to benefit County Veteran’s Memorial
(Sept. 1, 2016) The Worcester County Veteran’s Memorial at Ocean Pines will be holding its 10th annual golf tournament, Sept. 7, at the Ocean Pines Golf Club. The format will be a Captain’s choice scramble with a noon shotgun start. Cost is $90 per golfer which includes, lunch, greens fee and practice balls. Dinner… Read more »
First Friday features books, photographs by Doug Stephens
(Sept. 1, 2016) A little off the beaten path of downtown Snow Hill on River Street near Sturgis Park lies the new headquarters of the Lower Shore Land Trust, and for its second First Friday in town, the nonprofit will be exhibiting photographs and books by Doug Stephens that feature lower shore images also a… Read more »
Letters to the Editor
‘New majority’ Editor, To say I was shocked when the “new majority” (oh yes, there’s always going to be a split) moved so quickly to fire the GM, particularly without doing their due diligence, is an understatement. Rather than exercising the option to renegotiate the GM’s contract, which his contract permitted, and using the time… Read more »
Board showed disrespect
Let’s take a breath and reflect on how the dismissal of Ocean Pines Association General Manager Bob Thompson last week will affect the community’s property owners, who are, after all, the real stakeholders in this mess. How about not at all? Unless some unusually bizarre twist takes place — and no jokes about how bizarre… Read more »
OP Yacht Club gets new chef and fresh approach to menu
(Sept. 1, 2016) New Jersey native Rob Sosonovich was recently tapped to succeed departing Executive Chef Tim Ulrich at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club. Although relatively young, Sosonovich, 27, already has more than a decade of experience working in professional kitchens. “I moved down here when I was 18 and I’ve been working in… Read more »