OCEAN PINES— A deadlocked vote by the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors during the March 19 regular meeting failed to allow for extensions for three expiring members of the Communications Advisory Committee. The board did approve a motion to allow its legal counsel to pursue a turn over agreement relating to The Point development,… Read more »
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Beach Bots team gets recognition at council meeting
BERLIN—The Worcester County Beach Bots Robotics Team was recognized by Mayor Gee Williams and the Town Council on March 24 for their achievements in designing and building award-winning robots. The 60-member team was presented with a $400 check by Chief Arnold Downing from the Berlin Police Department to help support the team by contributing some… Read more »
OP Platform Tennis Club to offer youth, parent lessons
OCEAN PINES—The Platform Tennis Club is gearing up for a brand new program that will offer free lessons to lure local young people and their parents outside into the fresh and open air this summer, based on a description of the clinics by Linda Horst, who is coordinating the program. Interested parents and children can… Read more »
Shirley Hall Youth Art Show featured at ALOC in March
SNOW HILL–To celebrate Youth Art Month, the Art League of Ocean City displayed the works of middle and high school students from across the county in its Shirley Hall youth art show in March. Two seniors at Snow Hill High School, Kasey Jones and Bethany Belton, took home top awards for their drawings in the… Read more »
Local organizations partner to meet needs of veterans
EASTERN SHORE–On the Lower Eastern Shore, and nationwide, more veterans are coming home to their families and communities. National research shows that more than two million veterans have come home so far from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. While this is positive news, local organizations supporting these men and women are challenged with how to… Read more »
Some to receive new voting cards
BERLIN–On March 10, the Berlin Mayor and Council passed Resolution 2014-01 which reconfigures the Town of Berlin municipal voting districts based on the 2010 census. Each district was affected in some way. Voters whose election district is now changed will receive new voter registration cards from the Worcester County Board of Elections sometime within the… Read more »
Program to help students chart academic goals
WORCESTER COUNTY – To help gear students toward college and careers, Worcester County Public Schools began using an interactive, online program this year. Naviance starts in the sixth grade and helps students identify goals for high school and beyond while tracking their progress toward specific colleges, majors and careers, said Donna Main, coordinator of instruction… Read more »
Berlin starts reign with block party set for Main Street
BERLIN—Get ready to don your red, white and blue, and party like you are in the coolest small town in America—and why not? You are. The little town with the big attitude will kick-off its year-long reign as Budget Travel’s “America’s Coolest Small Town” for 2014 with a “rain or shine” Main Street block party… Read more »
Ocean Pines’ difficult goose problem
Editor, I have been living in the Pines for over 15 years and continue to love the area, the people and the environment (recent cold notwithstanding). Seeing the local fauna – the squirrels, rabbits, deer, occasional fox, and the various birds – are part of this enjoyment. However, when the animals/birds become a problem to… Read more »
Board efforts get A+
Sometime earlier this winter, we started seeing news articles and hearing reports that the snow we’d been experiencing might threaten to extend the school year into the summer. That was in January. Spring started today, March 20. Yet last Sunday night into Monday, a snowstorm caused dangerous travel even along main thoroughfares in Worcester County,… Read more »