Call it what you want, it’s still OP’s chamber

“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare asked in “Romeo and Juliet” to show that what we call something doesn’t change what it is. That perspective is applicable in the case of the newly minted Wo...

Remembering childhood with simple BLT

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Reprint from Dec. 15, 2022 Sometimes it pays to keep it simple. As I had written a few weeks ago about Anton Ego’s ratatouille and my own childhood reminiscence with C...

Seahawks capture state championship

Stephen Decatur football goes undefeated on way to bringing home 2A title By Bruce C. Walls Contributing Writer (Dec. 7, 2023) It’s great to see a community come out and support its local high schoo...

OP Chamber of Commerce is now Worcester County Chamber of Commerce

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Dec. 8, 2023) The Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce has rebranded itself as the Worcester County Chamber of Commerce … and the results are mixed. Kerrie Bunting, th...

Mailloux lawyers file brief affirming dismissal

Appeals case about Knupp hit-and-run charges sees arguments over court code By Hunter Hine, Staff Writer (Nov. 30, 2023) The appeals case of Tyler Mailloux, 23, of Berlin, continues moving forward wi...

Berlin Council Briefs 

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 30, 2023) The Berlin mayor and Town Council discussed events, police pension funding and roads during their Monday meeting. Events A motion was approved for two c...

Poll shows Berlin residents happy with town’s services

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 30, 2023) An overwhelming majority of residents are satisfied with the quality of life provided by the Town of Berlin, according to a survey of the public’s vie...

Berlin pay structure to be reformed based on results of study

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 30, 2023) The Town of Berlin will revamp its wage scales based on a study conducted by PayPoint HR, an Anne Arundel County professional services firm, which found...

Berlin Christmas parade could draw 5,000

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 30, 2023) Coming on the heels of the insanely popular Ice Ice Berlin event on Friday night is the Christmas Parade, set 7-9 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 7. Santa will be ...

Pay studies find what officials already knew

For many people, it often seems that no matter who conducts a government pay study, the findings will show that the pay scales aren’t what they should be. Almost as frequently, the researchers concl...