(Nov. 3, 2016) There are just the two homeless shelters in Worcester County, Diakonia at the north end in West Ocean City, and Samaritan Shelter in Pocomoke City to the south, and each are supported largely through donations and government grants. This weekend, the spotlight shifts to the south, where one Pocomoke City organization is… Read more »
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Snow Hill audit report delivered; shows town shrank
(Nov. 3, 2016) Though the report isn’t expected to be discussed publicly until December, because the next council meeting would fall on Election Day and is delayed until next month, copies of the 2016 town budget audit by Salisbury firm Pigg, Krahl and Stern are available at Town Hall. According to the report, the town’s… Read more »
Five new foals, naming opportunities
(Nov. 3, 2016) The four of five foals born to Assateague horses this year need a bit of help, in that little N2BHS-O, N2BHS-AO, N2BHS-AIO and N10T-JO require more suitable, as in pronounceable, names. The exception, N6BMT-FO’s naming rights, was raffled off, with ticket sales ending on Halloween. The raffle was drawn on Tuesday and… Read more »
Special session called to address Pines FY18 budget
(Nov. 3, 2016) With no regular meeting scheduled this month and work on the next fiscal-year budget already underway, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors called a special session for Monday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. in the Community Center to review progress in several areas. On Oct. 22, the directors passed a limited… Read more »
Major Pines fire leaves four in limbo
(Nov. 3, 2016) One of the largest fires in recent years destroyed a home in Ocean Pines last week, leaving four residents in their early 20s displaced and in a state of shock. Out of those ashes, however, a community has come together to support them. According to Ocean Pines Fire Department Chief Steve Grunewald,… Read more »
When weather turns cold, turn to soup
I paddled three times last week, once in an outrigger and twice on an ocean board. I left my house yesterday morning in a T-shirt, only to wish that I could work in shorts and flip-flops, it was so warm. It was almost as though we were being spoiled by the weather gods as we… Read more »
Stephen Decatur High students earn special distinctions
(Oct. 27, 2016) Twenty-nine Stephen Decatur High School Advanced Placement students earned special College Board distinctions following the 2015-2016 school year including one student who earned national recognition. The College Board AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through AP courses and exams. The four distinctions include: AP Scholar (granted… Read more »
Women Supporting Women walk in Pocomoke
(Oct. 27, 2016) About seven years ago Josh Nordstrom of Midway Automotive Group was shopping around for a charity to support and to organize an event around in Pocomoke City. “We didn’t do stuff like that before I got here. I was at a business after hours when I met the Women Supporting Women team,”… Read more »
Events and activities for Halloween planned
(Oct. 27, 2016) An abundance of Halloween activities are planned this weekend throughout the area. Berlin: – Watch “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and help raise money for the American Cancer Society at The Globe on Saturday, Oct. 29. Relay For Life team Memories in Motion will host the event from 8 p.m. to midnight…. Read more »
Owners, customers lament closing
(Oct. 27, 2016) “It’s the ‘Cheers’ of coffee houses – everybody knows your name,” Mike Wiley said of the Berlin Coffee House on 17 Jefferson Street, which is closing at the end of this year. Wiley, a prolific volunteer who helps run the Church Mouse Thrift Shop with his wife, Helen, said his favorite brew… Read more »