Berlin Officials Look To Create Formal Reserve Policy

BERLIN – Town officials will discuss a reserve policy and the possibility of forgiving some of the sewer fund’s longstanding debt at their next meeting.Though the items were on the agenda ...

Cops & Courts – July 17, 2020

Apartment Break-In Nets Burglary ChargeOCEAN CITY — A local man was arrested for first-degree burglary last weekend after allegedly breaking into a downtown rental unit.Around 9:25 p.m. last Fr...

Officials Cut Meeting Short Over Poor Audio

BERLIN – Officials cut this week’s Berlin Town Council meeting short upon learning of audio problems with the livestream video.The council voted unanimously to end Monday’s meeting a...

Council Approves Modified OC Air Show Agreement

OCEAN CITY — An amended Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the 2020 OC Air Show, including some contingency language if state directives on large gathering sizes or other COVID-19-related re...

Berlin Board Talks Oct. Election

BERLIN – The Berlin Board of Supervisors of Elections met this week as preparations for the municipal election have begun.Mary Bohlen, deputy town administrator, welcomed the board’s new m...

Voices From The Readers – July 17, 2020

Crop Insurance Critical During Pandemic TimesEditor:My family started out with a subsistence farm like many of our neighbors in this part of Maryland.The dairy closed in the 1960s and we moved i...

Children’s Book Aims To Provide Positive Messages

BERLIN – A Maryland author is using her love of the Chesapeake Bay and Eastern Shore region to promote kindness, bravery and conservation in her new children’s book.Earlier this year, aut...

Police Probe Shots Fired In Berlin

BERLIN — Local law enforcement officials this week are looking for the suspect or suspects who fired gunshots at a residence in the Flower Street area in Berlin.Around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, the Wo...

Obituaries – July 17, 2020

Norma May FerreseMILLSBORO, Del. — Norma May (Shockley) Ferrese, 87, of Millsboro, Del., went peacefully at her home, to be with the Lord, July 3, 2020.She was the daughter of the late John Shoc...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – July 17, 2020

Based on the critical metrics associated with COVID-19 in Worcester and Wicomico counties, it would seem implausible public schools will be entirely closed this fall. A hybrid schedule of in-school a...