OCEAN PINES–On Saturday, Aug. 2, the Pine’eer Craft Club will sponsor the 37th annual Arts & Craft Fair in White Horse Park in Ocean Pines.   The event will begin at 9 a.m and features more than 100 crafters, food vendors, bake sale table, farmers market, music and children’s activities. The Pine’eer Crafters are partnering… Read more »

ASSATEAGUE – Assateague Island Alliance, friends group of Assateague Island National Seashore, presents a rare opportunity to “Name That Foal.” Enter the Name That Foal Charitable Raffle for a chance to name the wild Assateague horse, currently known as “N2BHS-AL,” a pinto filly born in December 2013. The foal was a “Christmas surprise” and despite… Read more »

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BERLIN– Early on the morning of July 4, as forecasts predicted Hurricane Arthur would drench the Mid-Atlantic, a malfunctioning fire department alarm frightened dozens of guests staying downtown. The fire whistle, located behind Town Hall, went off at around 6 a.m., staying on for nearly a half hour before town workers were able to shut… Read more »

BERLIN– A tempest in a teapot, brewing for years, began to boil over during a Mayor and Council Meeting on Monday, July 14. As traffic into the town continues to increase exponentially, a limited number of public parking spaces continue to be unavailable. Aggravating the problem, some residents and workers in the busy downtown area… Read more »

BERLIN– Dozens of leaders converged on Thursday, July 17 as the town hosted the Lower Eastern Shore Mayor’s Association monthly meeting. Mayors and top officials from Ocean City, Salisbury, Pocomoke City, Crisfield and Sharptown were on hand during the meeting, held in Tex Mex & Country Cook’n’s newly renovated second-story dining room. The light-hearted affair… Read more »

OCEAN PINES– After a seven-year hiatus, the Festival of Boats parade returns to the community on Saturday, July 26. The revived and expanded event now includes family entertainment, games and concessions by Kiwanis. “The event had been stopped because of lack of boats and lack of participants,” said parade chairman Steve Stein. “The last year… Read more »

(July 25, 2014) Overcoming an early-inning scare, the Berlin Intermediate All-Star team advanced to the regional semifinals after thrashing New York, 17-5, on Tuesday. “That New York team came out like gangbusters on us,” said Berlin Coach Cameron McDonough. “We scored five in the top of the first and they came right back and scored… Read more »

OCEAN PINES–The Friends of the Ocean Pines Library will present its annual book sale on Friday, July 25, 6-9 p.m.; Saturday, July 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Monday, July 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The library is located at 11107 Cathell Road, next to the Ocean Pines post office and across from… Read more »

OCEAN PINES–The Ocean Pines boat ramps should be closed to the public, the Marine Activities Advisory Committee will recommend to the board of directors. The committee will write a motion clarifying that fact to give to the board, MAAC Chairman Frank Watkins said July 15. A sign at the White Horse Park boat ramp says… Read more »