Farmer teaches others how to safely forage for mushrooms

(Oct. 19, 2023) Mathew Harhai of Goat Plum Tree Farms introduces people to the wonderful world of mushrooms. Harhai calls himself an amateur when it comes to mycology, the study of mushrooms, since he...

Proper disposal of fishing line critical to wildlife safety

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Oct. 19,2023) Many people love to fish in the various ponds in Ocean Pines, but sometimes fishing line can get caught in trees or just left on the ground by careless a...

Cardamone clears air on OP police shakeup

Lt. Brian Cardamone, chief of staff at the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, has had his say, and that is the end of it. No amount of story-bending or tale-twisting regarding last December’s burg...

C. James Holloway Jr. (Jim)

C. James Holloway Jr. (Jim) Ocean Pines James Holloway Jr. (Jim), 86, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, passed away after a brief illness on Oct. 12, 2023, surrounded by his family. Born in Salisbury, he w...

Tasty, filling barbecue burrito ‘sandwich’

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Reprint from Oct. 27, 2022 I raise my glass as I think of our broken industry, one to which hundreds of thousands of workers never returned after the pandemic. Short-sta...

Walter Maximo

Walter Maximo Ocean Pines Walter Maximo, 81, passed away on Sept. 25, 2023, surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended grade school at Immaculate Co...

Historic Dist. Commission sees unusual application

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Oct. 12, 2023) Blake Rayne and builder Nate Reister of Burley Building Company presented preliminary drawings of a new home Rayne wants to have built on South Main Str...

Skip the fall cleanup and provide habitat for wildlife 

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Oct. 12, 2023) As the leaves begin to fall and gardens turn from green to rust, gold and yellow, many people are looking towards fall cleanup. But a lot of what garden...

Sierra Club helps people adopt zero waste lifestyle

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Oct. 12,2023) The Sierra Club of the Eastern Shore is trying to move the public toward a “zero waste lifestyle” by encouraging people to make personal changes, acco...

Ocean Pines BMX-Skate Jam honored local skate activist

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Oct. 12, 2023) The Ocean Pines BMX-Skate Jam rocked the skatepark on Saturday afternoon with music from Mirrors and Wires and a ramp set up next to the skatepark for B...