OCEAN CITY – A new event aims to raise addiction awareness by honoring those who are in recovery and commemorating lives lost to the disease.On Sunday, Sept. 16, the national organization The Addict’s Mom will present Lights of Hope at Sunset Park in Ocean City. The event, which runs from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,… Read more »
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Friends Group Proposed For Berlin Parks
BERLIN – A proposal for a new nonprofit organization in Berlin could bring volunteers and funding to the town’s parks.Longtime Berlin resident Patricia Dufendach, who is also a member of the Berlin Parks Commission, is hoping to create a new nonprofit organization to support the town’s parks. The group, to be called Friends of Berlin… Read more »
Historic District Commission Plans ‘Reference Manual’ Review
BERLIN – The Berlin Historic District Commission (HDC) is expected to review a potential set of guidelines this winter.At a meeting last week, HDC member Robert Poli told his peers he’d spent the past year or so drafting a set of guidelines he thought would help committee members as they considered changes to properties within… Read more »
OC Councilman Proposes Bringing Demoflush Back
OCEAN CITY — Resort tourism officials this week debated how best to track and count the number of visitors to Ocean City in a given time period and, despite its obvious flaws, the old demoflush system actually got some traction.During Monday’s Tourism Committee meeting, Tourism Director Donna Abbott presented some information on the number of… Read more »
Berlin Farmers Market Extended
BERLIN – Following a successful summer season the Berlin Farmers Market has been extended through the end of October.Town officials announced this month that the farmers market, which was launched in June, will be extended through Oct. 29. Though the market was meant to be a summer event, it proved popular enough that the town… Read more »
Pines Officials Eye Change In Amenity Culture
OCEAN PINES – Members of the Ocean Pines Association’s board of directors want to end the culture of indifference they say has built up in the community.At a meeting last week Director Frank Daly brought up the culture of indifference he believes has led to deteriorating conditions at various Ocean Pines amenities.“It didn’t come over… Read more »
Former Golf Course Purchase Will Grow Pocomoke State Park
SNOW HILL – The Pocomoke River State Park will expand by 212 acres following acquisition of the former Nassawango Golf Course.Last week Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved a Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) request to use Program Open Space funding to purchase the former golf course for $1.8 million.“This acquisition will benefit Pocomoke… Read more »
Despite Storm Track Changing, Local Officials Still Prepping For Florence’s Impact
OCEAN CITY – Though Hurricane Florence appears to be making for a landfall farther south on the Eastern Seaboard, local officials are taking the threat of the potentially significant flooding the storm could bring seriously.Worcester County officials advised residents in low-lying areas to prepare for the impacts of Hurricane Florence, which is now expected to… Read more »
Ocean Pines Exploring Crabbing Pier Options
OCEAN PINES – Ocean Pines Association (OPA) officials agreed to explore a variety of options related to the controversial crabbing pier in the Whitetail Sanctuary neighborhood.On Saturday OPA’s board of directors voted unanimously to have General Manager John Bailey seek proposals for three options relating to the pier, which has been closed much of this… Read more »
Commissioners Okay Snow Hill Rezoning Request
SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners approved a request to rezone a property near the intersection of Route 113 and Market Street in Snow Hill.The commissioners voted 7-0 to approve a request to rezone 4.7 acres on the north side of Market Street from agricultural (A-1) to commercial (C-2). The vacant building currently on… Read more »