Operation Shooting Star Names National Ambassador

FRANKFORD, Del. – Operation Shooting Star (OSS), an autoimmune disease advocacy organization, announced it has appointed Gretchen Schoenstein as its first national ambassador.The position was c...

Champs Crowned in OC High School Grand Prix

OCEAN CITY- The summer-long Delmarva High School Grand Prix tennis series concluded last week with champions crowned in different divisions including a first-place finish in the boys’ Gold Flig...

Heiser previews agenda for Berlin Town Council

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) Worcester County State’s Attorney Elect Kris Heiser on Monday took the occasion of a Berlin Town Council meeting to introduce herself to town officia...

Orientation over, directors focus on work session, Sat.

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) All seven members of the Ocean Pines Board of Directors last Friday took part in a nearly 10-hour orientation meeting that included legal and financial...

Community effort brings back ‘Briddletown’

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) Call it Briddletown (rhymes with “riddle”) or the more formal-sounding Brid-dell´-Town (rhymes with “well”). Either way, the re-designation of...

Facility tours were especially helpful, board members say

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) The August election in Ocean Pines seated three new board members, and gave appointed Director Ted Moroney his first elected term on the seven-member p...

Wor. County Superintendent receives award

By Morgan Pilz, Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2018) Worcester County Public Schools Superintendent Louis H. Taylor was presented with the School Safety Superintendent of the Year Award from the Maryland Cen...

Assateague Island lowers speeds for safety of wildlife

By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2018) Speed limits were reduced last week on the Assateague Island National Seashore, after park officials brought concerns about traffic flow endangering wild...

Gazette Editorial: Rightful place in history granted to Briddletown

What’s in a name? Some pronounce it Briddle, while others favor Brid-dell´, but no matter how a name might be said, its significance lies in what it is and what it represents. For Briddletown, whic...

Tucker briefs new OPA Board on how bylaws impact policy

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) Ocean Pines Association attorney Jeremy Tucker on Friday briefed the new board of directors of several items of public interest, from the complicated i...