(Dec. 17, 2015) Tickets are still available for Star Charities’ annual “Beef and Beer” fundraiser, Jan. 8. This year’s event, to be held at the Ocean Pines Community Center from 5-9 p.m., will feature live entertainment by Sharon Sorrention, Irv Brumbley, DJ Dawn and Rod Stewart impersonator Tommy Edward. Additionally, the Ocean Pines Youth Theatre… Read more »

(Dec. 17, 2015) The Eastern Shore Association of Municipalities presented the Salisbury-based Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore with a $45,000 check during a dinner event at Stoked in Cambridge last Thursday. Association President Lisa Hall said the nonprofit collected the money after hosting similar events and gathering donations over a period of several years…. Read more »

(Dec. 17, 2015) Ocean Pines took home another honor for its website during a Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) event at the Hilton Baltimore on Dec. 1. The association won an “award of excellence,” which was presented by the Maryland chapter of the society and judged by the Midwest chapter. Earlier this year, Ocean… Read more »

(Dec. 17, 2015) The Worcester County Arts Council will award $15,900 in Community Arts Development Grants to 13 art projects to be presented by local nonprofit arts organizations during the six-month granting cycle beginning Jan. 1, 2016. The following is a list of organizations and their projects that are being awarded a Community Arts Development… Read more »

(Dec. 17, 2015) Berlin canceled its regular mayor and council meeting scheduled for Monday, Dec. 14 at town hall for lack of a quorum. On the agenda was a resolution for a general bond obligation to acquire the former Tyson’s Chicken plant, as well as approval for the town’s New Year’s Eve celebration. Other items… Read more »

(Dec. 17, 2015) The Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack, in conjunction with allied law enforcement agencies in Worcester County, will be conducting a DUI Sobriety Checkpoint in Worcester County on Friday, Dec. 18.   This is a time of the year when many people attend holiday parties or travel to spend the holidays with friends… Read more »

(Dec. 17, 2015) Santa in the Park continues in Ocean Pines this weekend at White Horse Park.   The free meet-and-greet with everyone’s favorite jolly old elf is in its first year and has been a success, according to Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Director Sonya Bounds. “We’ve had a really good response to it… Read more »

(Dec. 17, 2015) Despite the recent release of a seven-page golf report, at least one member of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors said the process still needs to open up. That report, prepared by directors Pat Renaud, Tom Terry and Bill Cordwell, summed up a November meeting when members of management company Landscapes… Read more »

(Dec. 17, 2015) OPA Board President Pat Renaud said he was generally pleased with the recent meeting between three board representatives and golf management company Landscapes Unlimited. The association last week released details of that meeting, held in November in the administration building. Renaud and directors Tom Terry and Bill Cordwell met with leadership from… Read more »

(Dec. 17, 2015) Six months after a Worcester County District Court judge set probationary terms for the defendants in the January vandalism of more than a dozen vehicles and several landmarks in downtown Berlin, a number of those terms have not been met. Mark A. Vernarelli, director of community engagement with the Maryland Department of… Read more »