Berlin Fire Co. gives updated report on budget

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (July 30, 2020) Berlin Fire Co. President David Fitzgerald presented the quarterly report from April 1 to June 30 to the Berlin Mayor and Council on Monday. Between April ...

Fifth candidate joins Berlin fall mayoral race

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (July 30, 2020) Ronald Bireley, 78, became the fifth candidate to join the 2020 Berlin mayoral race after filing for candidacy last Friday. Bireley is running against incu...

Grilled burger topped with fried tomatoes

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 We truly live in a wonderful time of home gardening. So many people are returning to the ways of yore, raising chickens, eating yard-fresh eggs, sauteeing vegetables rec...

Wor. homeowners can receive funds for critical repairs

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (July 30, 2020) Worcester County homeowners in need of exterior home repairs can apply for the Critical Repairs Program through Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County by...

Berlin schedules Peach Day for one day only, Aug. 1

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (July 30, 2020) The 12th annual Peach Festival in downtown Berlin has been shortened to a one-day celebration because of coronavirus concerns. The Calvin B. Taylor House M...

Programs respond to food insecurity in Wor.

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (July 30, 2020) As a result of the covid-19 crisis, unemployment and food insecurity rates have risen in Worcester County, just as they have across the country. In respons...

Berlin Farmers Market continues

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (July 30, 2020) The Berlin Farmers Market is expanding its schedule to meet demand, and will now run until Sunday, Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is not the first yea...

Burn in Berlin closes indoor dining

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (July 30, 2020) Burn Wood Fired Pizza announced on Facebook on Monday that it would be closing indoor dining because of a spike in positive cases of coronavirus in Worcest...

Berlin Mayor and Council Briefs

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (July 30, 2020) The following took place during the Berlin Mayor and Council meeting on Monday: Unity celebration Jeron Whaley and Adrian Bowen proposed a Berlin Unity Cel...

Ocean Pines water bacteria levels drop down to end July

By Greg Ellison (July 30, 2020) Recently elevated bacteria counts in the St. Martin River next to the Ocean Pines Swim and Racquet Club declined by roughly 80 percent last week, after exceeding, EPA s...