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Purnell Museum to open doors for spring ‘16 season

(April 7, 2016) The staff at the Purnell Museum are eager to welcome visitors for the 2016 season as they open the doors this spring. As ice and snow have covered the roof, staff has been busy behind the scenes with renovations, which will be unveiled during an opening reception with refreshments on Friday, April… Read more »

New group to fight opiate addiction in Worcester County

(April 7, 2016) For years, Jackie Ball and Heidi McNeeley have shared the terrible bond of having a family member who struggles with heroin addiction.   Today, Thursday, April 7, they will host the first meeting of a new group, Worcester County Warriors Against Opiate Addiction, at the Ocean Pines Library at 6:30 p.m., designed… Read more »

No winner in Pocomoke election

(April 7, 2016) Before the elections last Tuesday, City Clerk Carol Sullivan said results would only take 15 to 30 minutes before they were posted online, and she’d have been right too, if a discrepancy hadn’t surfaced. As of Wednesday morning and press time, no winner had been declared in an election where 132 total… Read more »

Worcester Youth and Family participants to work on mural

(April 7, 2016) Phase one of a public mural unveiled last month and hanging outside the Berlin Visitor’s Center involved second and third-grade students from nearby Buckingham Elementary School. Painting of the second phase will include children from three programs at Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services Inc. in Berlin. Muralist John Donato will continue… Read more »

Proposed Snow Hill solar farm gets hearing, April 7

(April 7, 2016) Another photovoltaic solar farm in Worcester County similar to the one proposed off Libertytown Road in Berlin will have its own public hearing at the Snow Hill Library tonight, April 7, at 7 p.m. Longview Solar LLC is seeking approval for both facilities. The one in Berlin had a public hearing last… Read more »

Statement sparks controversy among board

(April 7, 2016) In response to a special OPA Board meeting about the Manklin Meadows Racquet Center expansion, Director Dave Stevens emailed the Gazette a statement last Tuesday. That statement ran on page two of the March 31 issue of the paper. Stevens also forwarded his comments to several other directors, who, in return, emailed… 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 »

Latest planning committee meeting accomplishes little

(April 7, 2016) Frustration was palpable during the most recent meeting of the Ocean Pines Comprehensive Planning Committee on March 31. Still reeling from a difficult meeting with the board of directors two weeks earlier and hoping to regroup, the committee had trouble accomplishing much. Gail Blazer worried the directors were looking at the committee… Read more »

Cam and Woody Bunting to get Lion’s Club Berlin Award

(April 7, 2016) Cam and Woody Bunting have been named this year’s recipients of the Berlin Award, the Berlin Lion’s Club announced this week. The award, now in its 51st year, recognizes citizens for their volunteer work in the town. “I always knew that I wanted to get married, I knew that I wanted to… Read more »

Spring Celebration returns, with ‘Wonderland’ theme

(April 7, 2016) For the second straight year, Berlin’s annual Spring Celebration will go through the proverbial looking glass with an “Alice in Wonderland” theme. Sponsored by the Berlin Chamber of Commerce, the event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 9. Spring Celebration centers around children’s activities in the downtown area,… Read more »