(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 »

(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 »

(April 14, 2016) Berlin Little League play opened last weekend, with three Major League baseball games, and one Major League softball game. Major League baseball (Friday) Blue Jays 5 Royals 3 Berlin Little League, Majors division, opened the 2016 season on Friday. Both teams battled through the chilly night, but Blue Jays pitching prevailed 5-3,… Read more »

(April 14, 2016) As health plan deductibles rise and the portion of the hospital bill patients are responsible for only continues to increase, the value of price transparency to individuals considering their healthcare options is also rising. Gone are the days when most insured individuals could expect to pay – and therefore plan for –… Read more »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »

(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 »