BERLIN— The primary requests from speakers to the Worcester County Commissioners was to keep polling locations convenient for voters reassigned to a different voting district at the third and better-attended public hearing on proposed redistricting plans for the 2014 elections on Aug. 1. Despite a summertime deluge, Commissioners President Bud Church remarked that the hearing… Read more »
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Variety of activities featured during Second Friday Art Stroll
BERLIN—The Arts and Entertainment Committee has gone all out to bring downtown alive on Friday, Aug. 9 with a major push for a wide variety of Art Stroll events. There will be something for everyone, including book events, musical entertainment, artwork in multiple media and a major sidewalk sale. Here are the events as reported… Read more »
Ocean Pines celebrates 45th anniversary in August
Development of Ocean Pines did as much to alter the landscape of the coastal region as the appearance of high-rise condominiums in Ocean City. This month, the community will celebrate a milestone anniversary with a host of events. In 45 years, Ocean Pines has evolved from a rural vacation home and campground in its earliest… Read more »
Try topping cupcakes with velvety mocha icing
Survival: A simple word that can mean many things to many people. Some merely try to survive the day-today drudgery of their cubicle or try to make the inane seem ultimate and extreme. Others are literally fighting for their survival. Many years ago after finishing SERE training (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape), I… Read more »
Pines Chamber’s 6th annual flounder tourney, Saturday
OCEAN PINES– The Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce’s 6th annual Flounder Fishing Tournament on Aug. 3 is a relaxing, fun contest where participants can fish from the shore, pier, private boat, flounder party boats or charter boats, really anywhere in Maryland Coastal waters between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. The tournament excludes the Chesapeake Bay…. Read more »
Otto’s South Point home one of 10 featured on annual tour
OCEAN CITY–Have you ever wanted to walk through one of the beautiful homes featured in a magazine? Now is your chance to walk through the home of John and Pat Otto, an 8,300-square-foot South Point home that was featured in Coastal Style and Metropolitan magazines. Come see how the owners’ meticulous attention to detail and… Read more »
Great Pocomoke Fair begins today, runs through Saturday
POCOMOKE– The Great Pocomoke Fair kicks off today, Thursday, and will continue Friday and Saturday with activities and exhibits in the southern end of Worcester County. Gloria Smith, treasurer of the fair committee, said approximately 2,500-3,000 people attend the fair and some specific activities attract visitors every year. “The harness racing, antique tractor pull and… Read more »
Father, daughter reopen family shop
BERLIN—In an era of corporate big box stores, Daniel Williams and his daughter Joanne Richardson are taking a step back, to the familiarity of the country general store. Williams said he built the Three Cedars Country Store by hand in 2004, a curious irony since the relatively new building looks decades older—at least on the… Read more »
Sandpiper Energy VP briefs OPA on natural gas conversion
OCEAN PINES—The vice president of Sandpiper Energy briefed the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors on what homeowners can expect during the four- to six-year transition period to convert Berlin, Ocean City, Ocean Pines and Snow Hill from propane to natural gas. OPA President Tom Terry said later a key issue for him was… Read more »
OPA Election Committee encourages participation
OCEAN PINES—The Ocean Pines Association 2013 Election Committee is beginning a busy two weeks as the Aug. 8 deadline for submitting ballots in the Board of Directors election nears, Committee Chairwoman Judy Butler said July 29. There are six candidates to fill three open positions on the board of directors: Jack Collins, Bill Cordwell, Roland… Read more »