Penguin Swim Attracted 500-Plus, Raised Over $72K

OCEAN CITY – More than 500 Penguin Swim participants took a dip in the Atlantic Ocean last week to raise funds for Atlantic General Hospital.On New Year’s Day, 519 participants – sp...

What’s Your Sign? January 8, 2021

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Aspects call for care in preparing material for submission. Although you might find it bothersome to go over what you’ve done, the fact is, rechecking could be wor...

Things I Like – January 8, 2021

Snagging a good parking spaceWatching something be demolishedIntense youth sports gamesA significant snowfall once a year around herePlayoff footballWhen all the bills are paidA small, fast computerLi...

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 8, 2021

Anthony’s Carryout on 17th Street, an Ocean City icon, will be changing ownership after 48 years under the management of John Simms and family. The business first opened as Anthony’s Tast...

Trash contract price raise built up

By Greg Ellison (Jan. 7, 2021) The annual cost for trash service in Ocean Pines is set to jump nearly $50 annually after the Board of Directors voted unanimously last month for a contract renewal with...

Last-minute drive to give family holiday gifts

By Greg Ellison (Jan. 7, 2021) An outpouring of last-minute donations saved the day for four children who are being raised by their grandmother and weren’t going to receive Christmas gifts this year...

Budget options impact Pines assessments

By Greg Ellison (Jan. 7, 2021) Ocean Pines residents are facing the possibility, but probably not the likelihood, of triple-digit assessment increases based on the proposed fiscal 2021-22 budget relea...

Eggs Chesapeake and fried green tomatoes

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Good riddance 2020. Of course, we know that changing the year on our checks won’t exactly mean that we are out of the woods, but for me, knowing that it’s 2021 at le...

OPA board’s FY21 outlook guarded

Forecasting in time of covid makes setting next budget much greater challenge By Greg Ellison (Jan. 7, 2021) With questions outnumbering answers regarding the continued financial impacts from coronavi...

Berlin mayor, council agree on priorities

FY21 will see infrastructure, reserve fund get attention By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Jan. 7, 2021) Finances, Heron Park, a community center and utility infrastructure are the priorities that Berlinâ...