(June 9, 2016) In celebration of National Small Business Week, Maryland Capital Enterprises, along with Merry Mears, director of Worcester County Economic Development, and state Del. Mary Beth Carozza, visited locally owned small businesses in Berlin to show support. Since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business… Read more »
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The Larks mark return to Pocomoke’s Cypress Park
(June 9, 2016) As part of a free concert series at Cypress Park, one of the lower shore’s most celebrated jazz ensembles, The Larks!, returns to perform starting at 6:30 p.m. tonight. “The venue is awesome. The soundstage amphitheater is a great place to play, and the sound is excellent,” guitarist Pete Bozick said. “It’s… Read more »
In downtown Snow Hill, wait for WiFi continues lagging
(June 9, 2016) Though wireless internet service was promised by Memorial Day after a previous deadline came and went, downtown Snow Hill is still waiting on the service the town contracted Comcast to provide. Taylor Ballard, the Comcast account representative handling the installation, said he was instructed to refer all future inquiries to Comcast’s corporate… Read more »
Dig a Pony: stamp unveiling honors Assateague shore
(June 9, 2016) Wild horses were not present, but even if they were, they wouldn’t have been able to drag away the 100-plus philatelists who watched the dedication of a new postage stamp bearing the signature animal of the Assateague Island National Seashore last Thursday. They braved a not-so-beachy day to do so, with a… Read more »
Worcester Arts Council still filling summer camp spaces
(June 9, 2016) Space is still available in the weeklong summer arts camp program being offered by the Worcester County Arts Council in Berlin. Scheduled to run June 20-24, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the camp is open to students entering third-through-eighth grade in the fall and will feature several art workshops each day. “This… Read more »
Pines homeowners to administration: give our park back
(June 9, 2016) For about the last 10 years, during at least nine months out of the year, Ocean Pines has used the area behind its swim and racquet club on Seabreeze Road as a staging area for bulkhead repairs. During that span, heavy equipment and various construction materials have been left there, behind the… Read more »
Hats in air, tassels move left; Snow Hill High graduates 85
(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 »
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 »