By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) The Ocean Pines Association is in stellar financial health, officials said last week. On Saturday, Aug.9, OPA held its annual membership meeting. Here, com...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) A proposed community center in Berlin could take the steep price of $35 million to get off the ground. This week, Daniele Haley of Haley Architecture prese...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) Although a timeline has not been established, paid parking could be introduced in the Town of Berlin to generate money to cover the repair for existing spa...
Local reps there for Berlin couple’s issue Editor, We are writing this letter to let our fellow citizens know how our local government representatives from the offices of Delegate Wayne Hartman, Sen...
Ralph Irvin Frazier Berlin Ralph Irvin Frazier, age 76, of Berlin, died Monday, August 4, 2025, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. He was born in Fairfax, Va. and was the son of the late Russell ...
Theresa Marie Costello Glassboro, N.J. Theresa Marie “Terri” Costello, of Glassboro, NJ, passed away on Aug. 5, 2025, in Voorhees, N.J. Born on Oct. 26, 1964, in Philadelphia, Pa., Terri b...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) This summer and fall, tournaments will be held at the Ocean Pines Golf Club to benefit local charities and outreach programs. First up on the community’s...
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) A new site plan for a mixed-use, multi-family development project along the Route 589 corridor could be in the works after Worcester County officials rezone...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) For the Ocean Pines Association, the board of directors will remain as is, as incumbents Monica Rakowski, Steve Jacobs, and Stuart Lakernick secured the mo...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) Ocean Pines’ annual haunted house volunteers were recognized this past week with the Sam Wilkinson Award, an honor given each year to an individual o...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) The Berlin Mayor and Council now have the authority to revoke business licenses from town establishments if their operation creates a risk or nuisance for ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) The Berlin Council adopted an ordinance this week that restricts peddling in town outside the hours of Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and prohib...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 14, 2025) The future of a project to create safe bicycle and pedestrian crossings on Route 113 in Berlin now looks bleak, as a significant portion of already awarded...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer This Sunday, Berlin will be filled with live music and family-friendly community events. On Sunday, Aug. 10, in addition to the weekly farmers’ market, this time acc...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Improvements and new partnerships are coming to the Ocean Pines food and beverage service, including a party boat experience from the community’s Yacht Club to Seacrets ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer A handful of local chefs will compete at the Berlin Farmers Market this Sunday for a chance to attend 2025’s World Food Championships. This week, on Aug. 10, Berlin chef...
The Berlin community is invited to a day of fun, fellowship and celebration with a special event hosted by Dr. William L. Harris, also known as Dr. Shawn Harris, on Sunday, Aug. 17 from 1:30-4:30 p.m....
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Classical music — with a twist — is coming to the Ocean Pines Library later this month for a summer concert, hosted by the volunteer organization Friends of the Ocean ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer A potential cell phone tower in Ocean Pines could benefit the majority of residents, with equipment redirection and small cell towers serving as supplementary support towa...
One Big Beautiful Bill yields benefits Editor, I, and many others here on the Shore, are very excited about the many benefits for us and all Americans in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) recently pas...
Anne Chilman Frick Marco Island, Fla. Anne FitzGerald Frick, a resident of Marco Island, Fla. and Bethany Beach, passed away peacefully at her home on July 28, 2025. Born in Bethesda on Jan. 25, 1935,...
Barbara A. Hager Berlin Barbara A. Hager, 88, of Berlin, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Aug. 2, 2025, at their home in The Cottages in Berlin. She was born in Lutherville on February 1...
What happens when systems aren’t ‘go’ To quote an old land use aphorism, development goes where the sewer flows, meaning the days have long since passed when developers could build a house just ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 31, 2025) To establish and encourage use of the Town of Berlin’s new parking lot on the corner of West and Washington Street, the municipality’s Town Council gre...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 31, 2025) The Town of Berlin is set to go forward with a complete system replacement at its West Street pump station, intending to purchase new equipment for $137,70...
