(July 14, 2016) Some matches played out in seconds, with the jouster hitting the water as soon as the starting horn blew, others were more like chess matches with opponents taking several passes, feinting and dodging around until finally, one fell. At the end it was the Aquaholics — a team of Caitlyn Cody, Phillip… Read more »

(July 14, 2016) Fire departments from Pocomoke City, Stockton, Girdletree, Princess Anne, Marion and Fairmont responded to, while departments from New Church and Greenbackville in Accomack County, Virginia remained on standby as pine shavings at Eastern Shore Forest Products ignited, and were extinguished about two-and-a-half hours later last Sunday. Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company was… Read more »

(July 14, 2016) The dozen or so people who attended the Historic District Commission meeting in Berlin last Wednesday got a preview of the town’s new butcher shop to be run by Councilmember and mayoral candidate Lisa Hall. She hopes the shop will be open by the end of July. Hall was there to get… Read more »

­­­(July 14, 2016) While the issue was only briefly touched on during a forum at the Ocean Pines Community Center last month, the relationship between the board of directors and the general manager took center stage during a debate in The Parke community on July 6. A majority of the 11 remaining OPA Board candidates… Read more »

In April, Frank Daly was the lone interested party sitting in an Ocean Pines Search Committee meeting, gathering information and considering a run for the board of directors. A few days before the May 10 deadline to file Daly, 67, visited the Gazette office to sit down for his first official interview as a candidate,… Read more »

Slobodon Trendic finished third in the race for Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors last year, coming within less than 300 votes of earning a seat on the board. The 61-year-old Belgrade, Yugoslavia native is running again this year – for the third consecutive time. Trendic spent 30 years working in the information technology industry,… Read more »

George Simon Jr. he has “seen it all” during his decades-long career in construction, and he’s hoping to bring that expertise to the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors in August. “I’ve been in construction and construction sales pretty much my whole life,” he said. “The main thing I can bring to the board is… Read more »

Laurel native Tom Janasek, 50, came to Ocean Pines in 1984. He’s been a presence during board meetings for years, often offering his opinions during public comments, and is one of 12 candidates running in this year’s board of directors race. Janasek sold real estate straight out of high school and started his own construction… Read more »

Ocean Pines resident Doug Parks turns 61 this month. He’s one of 12 homeowners running for the Association’s Board of Directors this year and, if elected, he would be the youngest member of that body. Spending a few moments with Parks, it’s clear he has plenty of energy to offer the job. “Age is interesting,… Read more »

Brooklyn-born Steve Lind, 68, served as a police officer for about two decades in New York City. He also ran a successful small business on the side before selling it and using the proceeds from to buy a large waterfront lot in Delaware. Now, Lind is looking to turn his diverse background into a successful… Read more »