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Saint Nicholas to get help from Pines’ own ‘Santa Colby’

(Oct. 13, 2016) For the last several years, Santa has had a very busy helper in the Ocean Pines area – Aquatics Director Colby Phillips. Four years ago, Phillips went online to look into having a letter from Santa delivered to her then 6-year-old daughter, Sadie. “It was like $20 and I thought that was… Read more »

Showell Elementary hosts festival

(Oct. 13, 2016) Showell Elementary will host its annual PTA sponsored Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 15, on school grounds from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.   The event is open to the public. Tickets will be sold on site for activities, rides, games, and lots of raffles. The fun-filled festival will include a variety… Read more »

Clearance time: Berlin businesses host sidewalk sale

(Oct. 13, 2016) Running in conjunction with Berlin’s Oktoberfest this Saturday will be a fall sidewalk sale put together by several merchants sale along Main Street. Blair Parsons from TaDa, on 18 North Main Street, spearheaded the effort. “It’s a nice chance, now that summer’s calming down, to move out some of our summer inventory… Read more »

Snow Hill celebrates Oktoberfest

(Oct. 13, 2016) For what organizers hope is the last time, Snow Hill’s Oktoberfest is scheduled to compete with Berlin’s event this Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. downtown. “We’re going to try to work it out for next year. We’d like to expand our event a little bit, but would like it to remain kind… Read more »

Berliner bash goes back to basics

(Oct. 13, 2016) After injecting a little classic rock into the traditional German folk festival a year ago, Berlin will return to the basics with Oktoberfest this Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. The Alte Kumpel Band will perform German polka music, Burley Oak Brewing Company will introduce a new line of “Berlin” beer steins,… Read more »

Council bids fond farewell to Hall

(Oct. 13, 2016) While the standard procedure in Berlin is for newly elected members of the mayor and council to take office during the meeting immediately following the election, a quirk of code pushed the swearing-in ceremony back two weeks. According to the code, elected officials assume office on the “next Monday on which a… Read more »

‘Wooden Octopus’ artist opens doors during 2nd Friday

(Oct. 13, 2016) While not yet finished, the Wooden Octopus fine art studio in Berlin is inviting the public to tour the new space during the monthly 2nd Friday art stroll this week. Michigan native Matthew Amey and his wife, Lisa Tossey, are renovating an 116-year-old home on 8 Jefferson Street for use as a… Read more »

Yacht Club number one priority of new Ocean Pines Board

(Oct. 13, 2016) The Ocean Pines Yacht Club is the number one priority of the new board of directors, according to a list of concerns that were ranked during a special meeting last Friday. Following a closed session and tours of several amenities, the board convened at the yacht club, where Board President Tom Herrick… Read more »

Delayed Fall Fest rescheduled, Sat.

(Oct. 13, 2016) The threat of Hurricane Matthew was enough to delay, but not cancel, Pocomoke City’s annual Fall Fest, which has been rescheduled for this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “It’s the town’s most well-attended event,” Karah Lacey, downtown coordinator, said. The Fall Fest borrows the format, but not the scope, of… Read more »

Rt. 90 bridge inspections continue

(Oct. 13, 2016) Mark your calendars. Wednesday, Oct. 19 is not going to be an easy day to get into or out of Ocean City, because the State Highway Administration will be working on both the Harry Kelley drawbridge on Route 50 and the Route 90 bridge over Assawoman Bay simultaneously. The SHA categorizes both… Read more »