By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) Consumers in the Town of Berlin should expect their electric bills to increase early next year, after the Town Council last week approved a new energy cont...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) The Maryland Coastal Bays Program has secured millions of dollars in state funding over the next five years to restore the Newport Bay watershed. This proj...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) Berlin’s lineup of seasonal festivities continues this weekend with the town’s annual family-friendly, educational, and Halloween-themed event, Touch a...
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) Posting a hefty decommissioning bond ahead of solar farm approval is now the law in Worcester County, where officials made the change as emergency legislati...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) The Berlin Fire Company invites the public to an open house this weekend, where the crew will have new and old apparatuses on display and fire prevention m...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) Berlin’s Christmas tree will be a little different this holiday season, with brighter lights and, as part of a community-wide effort, Eastern Shore-theme...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) A tree grown from seeds of an over 2,000-year-old bald cypress in North Carolina, the oldest of its kind in the Eastern United States, found its way to the...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) The Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department is gearing up to host new offerings this offseason for all age groups. Advertised as “for new recruits an...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) With Halloween just around the corner, the service group Ocean Pines Get Involved is gearing up for their holiday drives to give back to community members ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) Chefs from the Eastern Shore restaurant Roadie Joe’s represented Berlin last week at the World Food Championship in Indiana, where they competed against ...
Richard Hearne Parsons Salisbury Richard Hearne Parsons, age 88 of Salisbury, MD passed away peacefully at home on October 12, 2025. He was born in Salisbury, MD to the late Frank and Ruth Hearne Pars...
Roscoe Nelson Jr. Ocean City Family and friends are sad to report that Roscoe Heath Nelson, Jr. of Ocean City, passed away on Sept. 29, 2025, at the Deer’s Head Hospital Center, in Salisbury, after ...
Symbol of endurance in one little planting From Babylon to Berlin and from ancient King Nebuchadnezzar to the town’s horticultural advisory committee. That’s the scope of the divide between the da...
Housing crisis really? Well, that’s a surprise No one really needed a $49,900, 127-page study to advise officials and residents of Worcester County that this area is experiencing a housing affordabi...
Robert Alan Miller Ocean City Robert Alan Miller, affectionately known to his family and friends as Bobby/Bob, passed away October 9, 2025. He was 75 years old. Bobby was the baby of the family who al...
Marie Elaine Vasiliou Berlin Marie Elaine Vasiliou, age 83, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 9, 2025, in Berlin. Born on February 4 ,1942, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, she is survived by h...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Berlin Historic District Commission opted to delay a vote on a mural proposed for a building in town, citing concerns about its historical character and unique design ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer An Ocean Pines resident is seeking votes to advance to the next round in a spooky, Halloween-themed contest that raises funds for hospitalized children, offers $13,000 in ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Two Roadie Joe’s chefs will represent the Eastern Shore at a large-scale international food competition in Indianapolis, Indiana, this month. On Thursday, Oct. 16, Josh ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Despite summer’s official end, Town of Berlin residents will have no shortage of events to attend this offseason. On Saturday, Oct. 11, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., the Berlin Ch...
Art by committee isn’t art, it’s an illustration Berlin’s Historic District Commission doesn’t know quite what to do with the mural proposed by artist Evan Fitzgerald for the side of the Poole...
Larry Ellis Holdren Ocean Pines Larry Ellis Holdren, age 83, of Ocean Pines, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 29, 2025, at Bayhealth Hospital in Milford, Delaware. Born in Sedalia, Missouri, h...
Lawrence Kenneth Williams Ocean Pines Lawrence Kenneth Williams, age 85, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, September 14, 2025, in Ocean Pines. He was born in Eastport, Maryland, a...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Town of Berlin is weighing a request to the county about funding for in-town fire and EMS services. At a work session of the Berlin mayor and council with the Berlin Fire ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Marina Village in Ocean Pines may restrict short-term rentals if it can secure an adequate number of voters to approve a change in its rules. In an open meeting last week,...
