By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Town of Berlin will begin offering its residents optional monthly bulk pickups for a fee of $25, officials decided this week. Starting in September, Berlin citizens wi...
Redrawn 1st District won’t change results Unsurprisingly, the national political fad of redrawing congressional districts five years before the next census to favor one political party in the 2026 m...
Marie O’Connor Martin West Ocean City Marie O’Connor Martin, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, at her home in West Ocean City, Maryland. Born in Washington, DC, she was the daughter o...
Carole Ann Sweeney Berlin Carole Ann Sweeney (nee Gischel) of Berlin passed away peacefully on Aug. 15, 2025 at Guiding Hands Assisted Living in Berlin. Born on June 25, 1940 in Baltimore Maryland, sh...
Courts need to do better Editor, The recent from Ken Kuyawa hits the nail on the head with respect to strict sentences as one of the most effective deterrents to the lawlessness we see throughout Ocea...
School district puts politics above kids Editor, In a closed-door meeting in May, the Somerset County Board of Education voted to terminate School Superintendent Ava Tasker-Mitchell. The Board left th...
Diakonia perseveres and moves forward Diakonia, the West Ocean City-based provider of services to the homeless, knows something about adversity as well as how to overcome it through perseverance. Th...
Deborah J. Fredo Ocean Pines With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Deborah J. Fredo (referred to by old friends as Debbie), a beloved resident of Ocean Pines, who peacefully left us on Aug. 5,...
James G. Whalan New York James (“Jim”) G. Whalan, 77, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, at Achieve Rehab and Nursing Facility, in Liberty, N.Y. He is the brother of Judith Ann Whalan, of Ocean...
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 ...
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