Vision for town park finally taking shape Some observers probably thought they would never see the day when Palmer and Sandy Gillis and the Town of Berlin would finally settle on their 8.6-acre slice ...
Kathleen E. Hensler Berlin Kathleen Elizabeth Hensler, age 95, peacefully passed away in her sleep on October 23, 2026, in Berlin, Maryland. Born on November 14, 1930, in Baltimore, Maryland, she was ...
Leslie Freeman Ocean City Leslie Joan Freeman (née Stewart), 85, of Ocean City, died peacefully at home Oct. 5. Born in Washington, D.C., she spent much of her life in Chantilly, Va., before moving t...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22, 2026) Worcester County government plans to overhaul its athletic complex in Berlin with updated baseball fields, playgrounds, walking trails, batting cages, and ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22, 2026) Berlin’s Planning Commission last week discussed the possibility of basing the zoning code on a building’s size and appearance rather than how it is us...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22, 2026) An engineering problem with the foundation has delayed work on the Ocean Pines cell phone tower, pushing the project’s expected completion back a few wee...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22, 2026) With demolition underway, the renovation of the Ocean Pines Beach Club in Ocean City is moving along as anticipated, with permits for a new deck, elevator,...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22, 2026) Town of Berlin officials are exploring what a moratorium on data center applications could look like as the town considers how to evaluate a center’s imp...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22, 2026) The Town of Berlin is moving forward with obtaining $2.2 million in financing for its lead water service line replacement project, with more than $1.2 mill...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22 2026) Families in Ocean Pines can celebrate Halloween this month with several community events featuring costumes, crafts, games, and trick-or-treating. Ocean Pin...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22, 2026) Berlin is inviting families to celebrate Halloween with a Truck-N-Treat event and a monthlong scavenger hunt in the downtown area. The town’s Truck-N-Tre...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22, 2026) Berlin government officials are exploring incentives such as property tax credits to help the volunteer fire company recruit and retain firefighters. The B...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 22, 2026) The Berlin Fire Company reported financial and staffing challenges this week as officials warn ambulance replacement costs are becoming unsustainable and t...
Berlin fire truck cost part of national crisis The national fire truck crisis is now an emergency for the Berlin Fire Company, the Town of Berlin, and all the residents in the volunteer company’s se...
Franklin H. Lynch Berlin It is with deep sadness that we announce the loss of Franklin H. Lynch, who passed away peacefully at the age of 98 on Monday, October 19, 2026, in Berlin. A dedicated son, br...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 15, 2026) After Berlin’s municipal election was canceled because of the absence of contested races, council members Tony Weeg, Matt Stoehr and Jay Knerr took their...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 15, 2026) Longtime Berlin Town Councilman Dean Burrell completed his final term in local government Tuesday night, wrapping up more than three decades of public serv...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 15, 2026) Craft beer and live folk music are coming to Berlin this Saturday as residents and visitors gather for a German-inspired celebration, Oktoberfest. Berlin h...
Federal award of $487k brings total funding up to 80% of overall price tag By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 15, 2026) The dream of a skate park in Berlin took a major step forward last week after th...
Staff reports (Oct. 15, 2026) Berlin authorities filed charges against a town resident last week for discharging a firearm five times in municipal limits. On Oct. 9, around 9:35 p.m., the Berlin Polic...
More details needed on Cooperative, AWS partnership Editor, Last week Drew Van Dopp, the Chief Executive Officer of the Maryland Broadbank Cooperative, told your readers how critically important it is...
Alan Tran Ocean Pines Alan Tran, born in England on October 25, 1938, passed away on October 3, 2026. He moved to New Jersey in 1980. He later settled in Ocean Pines, Maryland, where he spent the seco...
Marsha J. Parker Berlin Marsha Jane Parker passed away on October 5, 2026, in Berlin, Maryland, surrounded by family and friends. She was just shy of her 87th birthday. Marsha will be deeply missed. B...
The power belongs to the people through voting Editor, In the past two years, Indivisible has held three major No Kings rallies, and each has drawn more people than the one before. That growing partic...
Town government sees big changes Times are changing in Berlin, with a major transition on the Town Council and a milestone for skate park advocates. First, in August, the Maryland Board of Public Work...
