Page 26 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch October 18, 2013 ✮✕✡✔¤✧✘✌✡¤ Shore Broadband Effort Celebrated By TRAVIS BROWN STAFF WRITER ✼✆✗✘❜✠✆✜¤❂¤✼✘✔✠✆✜❆¤s❇❘w❛❘¤✕❉❉ 11513 MANKLIN CREEK THE PARKE IN OCEAN PINES $218,500 Just reduced over $11K!! This lovely move-in ready home at The Parke (55+ Community) in Ocean Pines is your home near the beach! The spacious 3 bedroom 2 bath home has many great features inside and out. True one-level living with an open flowing floor plan, ceiling fans throughout, a pass through fireplace and a spacious master suite. Home is conveniently located within walking distance to shops, restaurants, parks, tennis courts and a community clubhouse but is pleasingly situated with a non-buildable space across the street so your view won't change! There's also a sitting porch on the front and a lovely deck in the back. You'll have access to all the amenities plus the Ocean Pines Beach Club in Ocean City!! All this only minutes from the beaches of Ocean City, Md....Enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. Directions: Route 589 (Racetrack Road) to South Gate Ocean Pines. At 4-way stop continue straight. Home on left. SNOW HILL – State officials celebrated the official completion of the One Maryland Broadband Network (OMBN) this week, but one related project is currently in the works that could be a “game changer” in the words of a local elected official. Sitting as chair of the board for OMBN when it began in 2003, County Commissioner Virgil Shockley is still involved and confirmed this week there is one more effort in the works, though it’s classified at this point. “That was the connecting dot yesterday,” he said of the state celebration at Kent Island High School Tuesday for the official end of OMBN. The project officially wrapped on Aug. 31 and encompassed 1,321 miles of fiber route and connects over 1,066 community anchor institutions like schools, police facilities, libraries and colleges across the state. However, Shockley said that there will be one final hurrah for Maryland Broadband in the near future. “When we’re finished this, it will bring redundancy and connectivity, the likes of which you’ve never seen,” he predicted. “This is the game changer right here.” Unable to dive into the details, Donna Harrington, Realtor Cell:443-783-3521 Dual Licensed Serving Clients In MD & DE Relocation Specialist • Multi-Million Dollar Producer Email:dharrington@cbmove.com Website:www.cbmove.com/Donna.Harrington 1131 South Salisbury Blvd. | 410-543-4545 | Toll Free: 1-855-620-2272 | www.cbmove.com Owned and Operated by NRT, LLC Shockley was only willing to say that the next and final step is something that the board had discussed eight years prior but was unable to achieve. He will be having a meeting this week on the subject and expects more information to be released within the next 30 days. “It is classified, but, as part of that project, it will bring a loop to and redundancy to, everything in Maryland,” said Shockley. The state is hailing OMBN as an example of how federal, local and state interests can work cooperatively. “The One Maryland Broadband Network has been regarded as a model partnership between federal, state and local communities,” read a release from Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office. “Maryland communities are now able to access affordable, abundant and very high speed broadband in every part of our state. This infrastructure is paving the way for the future of high-speed internet service in our state while expanding economic opportunities, increasing our ability to provide public safety and health services, and strengthening our small business communities.” The total cost of the project has been $158.4 million, with $115.2 million in federal grant funding and $43.2 million in matching funds from state and local sources.