Peninsula Cleaners moves to Berlin Shopping Center

By Morgan Pilz, Staff Writer (Feb. 6, 2020) Peninsula Cleaners has moved from Williams Street in Berlin to the Berlin Shopping Center on Old Ocean City Blvd. The company, which has operated for 45 yea...

OPVFD must scramble for new recruits

Scarcity of volunteers becomes greater issue By Greg Ellison (Feb. 6, 2020) The Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department, which was established on a shoestring budget nearly a half century ago, now faces...

Proposed one year extension to pool passes

Legacy cards bought prior to May 2019 would have extra time to use balances By Greg Ellison (Feb. 6, 2020) Included among a host of proposed changes for Ocean Pines’ new fiscal year is a one-year ex...

Ocean Pines Aquatics Briefs

By Greg Ellison (Feb. 6, 2020) The Ocean Pines Aquatics Committee on Monday discussed limiting the time patrons can lay claim to chairs and tables at pool facilities, talked about safety concerns duri...

OP weighs effluent at golf course

Wastewater advisory committee gets county permission to examine merits of spraying By Greg Ellison (Feb. 6, 2020) Although the Ocean Pines Service Area Water & Wastewater Advisory Board received p...

Pine’eer Craft Club to open fresh structure on Saturday

New building offers more display space, far brighter interior in White Horse Park By Greg Ellison (Feb. 6, 2020) Although a larger celebration is slated for April, the Pine’eer Craft Club will offic...

Pines Police face predatory recruiting practices in area

By Greg Ellison (Feb. 6, 2020) Reflecting the recruiting struggles of law enforcement agencies nationwide, Ocean Pines Police Chief Dave Massey has seen other departments employ increasingly aggressiv...

Ocean City, County Officials Talk WOC Emergency Services

SNOW HILL – Ocean City officials told county leaders this week the resort would no longer be subsidizing emergency medical service in West Ocean City.Mayor Rick Meehan asked the Worcester Count...

Bill Would Allow EpiPens In Some Maryland Food Service Establishments

OCEAN CITY — While the legislation makes no specific reference to a tragic incident in late October that claimed the life of one of the resort’s young pillars of the community, a bill was...

Kindergarten Student’s Project Gets Police Support

SALISBURY – A student’s efforts to collect 100 pictures for a class assignment received the support of several law enforcement agencies.In recent weeks, Rhett Staples, a kindergarten stud...