The Ocean Pines Independent is the premier weekly newspaper for Ocean Pines residents looking for complete, comprehensive news. It is home delivered free each week to an average of 6000 residents and serves the community with 97% penetration.The Ocean Pines Independent includes news, features and events in the Ocean Pines community as well as regional and county coverage. It carries the county legals each week as well as offers its readers an extensive classified section.Readers are working and retired professionals in the middle to high-income brackets. Median age 45.5 with an average household size of 2.36.The Ocean Pines Independent is in the Salisbury, MD DMA. The Ocean Pines Independent offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.