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Pocomoke welcomes spring this weekend

(April 14, 2016) For the third year running, a two-block section of Downtown Pocomoke will be closed to vehicle traffic as the town welcomes the return of warmer weather during the Downtown Pocomoke Spring Festival this Saturday. The festival and live entertainment will begin at 11 a.m. and continue until about 4 p.m. “It’s similar… Read more »

SonRise passes town council test, gets zoning change

(April 14, 2016) They brought a small army, many of them armed with supporting anecdotes, as members of SonRise Church took an important step Monday toward securing a large piece of property near the northernmost tip of Berlin’s Main Street. SonRise had a conditional agreement to buy the 22-acre former Select Laboratories property from Merial… Read more »

Berlin releases schedule for spring yard waste collection

 (April 14, 2016) The Town of Berlin is reminding residents of its spring yard waste collection schedule. If normal trash day is a Tuesday or a Wednesday, yard waste pick up day is Wednesday, April 20. If normal trash day is a Thursday, yard waste pick up day will be Wednesday, April 27. Residents are… Read more »

Local robotics team advances to world stage

(April 14, 2016) For the third consecutive year, the Titanium Wrecks robotics team is going to the FIRST Championship in St. Louis. The local team, T-Wrecks for short, performed well during the Chesapeake Regional Championship last weekend to earn a spot on the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) league’s biggest stage…. Read more »

Mowery, and Paint Snow Hill, back in action this weekend

(April 14, 2016) For 38-year-old Ashton, Maryland native Barb Mowery, Paint Snow Hill was the gateway drug to her fondness for plein air painting. The popular annual event returns this week, April 14-17. “It’s all Snow Hill’s fault,” she said. “We lived in Ocean City and I remember seeing a flyer for Paint Snow Hill,… Read more »

Pocomoke to redo council election

(April 14, 2016) After failing to certify the results of the April 5 election and asking at Monday’s council meeting for more time to reach a decision, the Pocomoke Board of Election Supervisors has determined a new election will take place. The date for the new election has not been set, but it will be… Read more »

Ocean Pines Aquatics will present ‘Super Sprint’ event

(April 14, 2016) Registration is still being accepted for Ocean Pines Aquatics’ Super Sprint Tri to be held on Saturday, April 23 at 8 a.m. at the Sports Core Pool, located at 11443 Cathell Road in Ocean Pines. The event will consist of a quarter-mile swim, a 6.2-mile bike ride and a 1.5-mile run. Twelve… Read more »

No tax increases in first draft of ‘17 Snow Hill budget

(April 14, 2016) Though the numbers could change — mainly dependent on Worcester County government’s contributions to municipalities as the commissioners work on their own budget — the Snow Hill mayor and council on Tuesday approved the first reading of a balanced fiscal 2017 budget without tax increases. Last year’s rates of 86 cents per… Read more »

Paddling wknd. to span two states

(April 14, 2016) Snow Hill and Laurel, Delaware will join this fall for a new two-state event that has been dubbed Delmarva Paddling Weekend. The watersports happening is being modeled after the successful Delmarva Birding Weekend, April 21-24, which includes activities along the Chesapeake and Delaware bays and their tributaries as well as the coastal… Read more »

Progress on Pines planning document remaining elusive

(April 7, 2016) It was a year ago on March 28, 2015 that the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors voted 5-1 to approve a contract with Salisbury University group BEACON to assist in creating a new comprehensive plan. Now, 12 months later, real progress on developing that plan has remained elusive. At the time… Read more »