Fifty years of helping people is a rare thing, even among the largest of organizations, but when it’s the smallest of enterprises that itself depends on the public for help, it’s exceptional. That’s why praise for the Church Mouse Thrift Shop at a short ceremony marking its half-century of service last week in Berlin was… Read more »
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Pines approves lease agreement with Dumser’s
(June 2, 2016) Ocean Pines Association meetings can be long, as was illustrated last Thursday when acting President Tom Terry quipped that, with him the driver’s seat, the meeting would “probably go five hours.” That was not the case, however, as the regular meeting ran just under three hours, including a lengthy period of public… Read more »
Berlin Jazz & Blues Bash brings music to downtown
(June 2, 2016) The ninth annual Jazz and Blues Bash will bring live music, artisan merchants, craft beer – and likely thousands of visitors – to downtown Berlin on Saturday, June 4, as it opens what should be another busy season of events in the town. The Shrapnels, the New York Connection, the Larks and… Read more »
Cohen out; Daly in on OP committee
(June 2, 2016) The Ocean Pines’ Comprehensive Planning Committee will undergo some changes, including one at the leadership position. During an Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors meeting last Thursday, President Pat Renaud and the other directors expressed disappointment with the committee’s performance and leadership over the past several months and agreed that change was… Read more »
Coastal Hospice earns ‘elite’ status with latest award
(June 2, 2016) Coastal Hospice has been recognized for excellence, as reported by the families of patients in its care. Deyta Analytics, a division of HEALTHCAREfirst, named Coastal Hospice a recipient of the 2016 Hospice Honors Elite Award in April during the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Management Leadership Conference in National Harbor, Maryland…. Read more »
Worcester Warriors work to keep momentum
(June 2, 2016) Heidi McNeely has seen the effects of the heroin epidemic in Worcester County personally, having watched her son struggle with addiction like so many other parents in this area, and across the country. Now that he is in recovery and by all accounts doing well, she has dedicated herself to raising awareness… Read more »
Ocean Pines Association Briefs
(June 2, 2016) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors discussed the following items during a meeting in the community center last Thursday. Absences The board was down two directors during the meeting, although President Pat Renaud participated via telephone. Director Tom Terry said Renaud was at home recovering from an illness. Terry filled in… Read more »
Crowd gathers to celebrate 50 years of Church Mouse
(June 2, 2016) Berlin’s Church Mouse Thrift Shop has done big things during its 50 years of existence, having supported scores of local nonprofits and helped countless individuals and families get back on their feet during times of need. It was no surprise, then, to see a throng of supporters present last Thursday as the… Read more »
Thompson: Manklin has become ‘bigger, uglier’ than it needs
(June 2, 2016) Looking for a compromise in the long and winding road involving racquet sports in Ocean Pines, the board of directors voted 6-0 last week to convert two existing tennis courts for pickleball. If that sounds simple and straightforward, it was not. “This whole thing has grown into something much bigger, much uglier… Read more »
A Diamond on Pearl will debut at First Friday in SH
(June 2, 2016) Jack Helgeson’s goal in taking over the Emporium in Snow Hill was to ensure that it wouldn’t be recognizable to anyone as the old Emporium. To wit, it’s not even called the Emporium any more (despite the sign remaining on the façade for now), he’s redubbed the building “A Diamond on Pearl,”… Read more »