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OPA announces new election details; Ezaoui drops from race

(June 30, 2016) Ocean Pines Association (OPA) will mail out election ballots to its members in good standing on Monday, July 11. In accordance with OPA bylaws, no member may vote if the member has failed to pay the annual charge, including any assessed interest levied by the association. There are 11 candidates to fill… Read more »

Calvin B. Taylor bank makes application for new location

(June 30, 2016) Raymond M. Thompson, President and CEO of Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares, Inc. and Calvin B. Taylor Banking Company, has announced that the bank has made application with the Maryland Division of Financial Regulation, the Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to establish a new branch location at… Read more »

Rackliffe House dedicates Mariner Memorial Garden

(June 30, 2016) Rackliffe House Trust dedicated the new Ann Showell Mariner Memorial Garden in a ceremony at historic Rackliffe House in Berlin on June 5. Rackliffe House Trust Board President Carolyn Cummins welcomed 60 guests, including donors, docents, and members of the Mariner family. Father Michael Moyer of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church,  blessed the… Read more »

OPA directors weigh in on candidate forum

(June 30, 2016) With 11 of the 12 candidates for Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors in one room last Wednesday for the annual candidate forum, many of the current directors watched for clues as to which three will join the board in August – and what their ideas and temperaments may be.   Asked… Read more »

Exit interview with OPA Director Tom Terry

(June 30, 2016) The next board of directors, which will be decided when votes are counted and revealed in August, will be without something no board has gone without in six years – two-term Director Tom Terry. Terry, who cannot run this year because of term limits, served as president several times during his tenure,… Read more »

OPA Board special meeting today will address tie votes

(June 23, 2016) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors will hold a special meeting today, Thursday, to address a pair of proposed capital purchases that failed to earn approval after a 3-3-tie vote. The meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the boardroom inside the administration building.   During the last regular meeting,… Read more »

Early Head Start, Head Start Programs available locally

(June 23, 2016) SHORE UP! Inc. is taking applications for its Early Head Start and Head Start Programs.   Pregnant women and children ages birth to 3 are eligible for Early Head Start services. Head Start services are offered to children ages 3-5. Both programs work with parents and children to promote the child’s development,… Read more »

Town, organizers ready for another Goat Island return

 (June 23, 2016) Last weekend was the Ocean City Air Show, the Firefly Music Festival, the Summer Kickoff in Pocomoke and the Berlin Peach Pageant, plus a celebration of little island in Snow Hill with a goat on it that paddle boarders and kayakers raced around. And it still drew hundreds. Those not paddling on… Read more »

Pines Comprehensive Plan Committee readies survey

(June 23, 2016) The Ocean Pines Association Comprehensive Planning Committee appears to be close to completing questions for a community wide survey, and could be ready to make a presentation to the board of directors as soon as next month. The question is, will the board be ready? After the committee met on June 15,… Read more »

Truck and tractor pull this weekend

(June 23, 2016) Drivers of four classes of vehicles will compete for a share of the prize purse in Pocomoke City at the fairgrounds this weekend, as well as the chance to bolster their end-of-year rankings as part of the 13th annual East Coast Pullers Truck and Tractor Pull. The event is sanctioned by the… Read more »