Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – January 18, 2019

Unlike five years ago, the science has confirmed there was an earthquake near Ocean City on Tuesday. I say “near” loosely since the 4.7 mb earthquake actually occurred in about 15,000 fee...

Horse Carriage Franchise Awarded At Reduced Rate

OCEAN CITY — Providing further evidence of the decline in the fees of certain franchises, resort officials this week agreed to award the horse-drawn carriage franchise to a lone bidder at a redu...

Adventures Of Fatherhood – January 18, 2019

There’s another column in this paper called “Things I Like.” I’m often told by people how onerous it must be to come up with 11 positive things every week. These same folks us...

Beck, Seahawks Strong In Latest Meet

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity track teams turned in solid performances in the latest Bayside Conference meet last week as Kevin Beck continued to dominate some of the middle to longer distan...

Berlin’s Top Police Officers Honored

BERLIN – The Berlin Police Department honored several officers for outstanding service to the community during the past year.Town officials praised the efforts of Berlin’s police force th...

A Week In Business – January 18, 2019

Innovator Award PresentedBERLIN — Atlantic General Hospital was recently recognized as a Health Quality Innovator of the Year for Maryland. The award was presented by Health Quality Innovators (...

OC Elementary Kindergarten And Third Grade Students Meet Each Week For Buddy Readers

Ocean City Elementary School students in Laura Black’s kindergarten class and Wendi Eitel’s third grade class meet each week for Buddy Readers. This is an opportunity to celebrate the rea...

Resort Police Chief Looks To Grow Force By Two Officers

OCEAN CITY – Requests for two new police officers, proposed changes to the police department’s General Orders and a discussion on new special event zone legislation highlighted this month...

Mallards Run Regular Season Streak To 11

BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity basketball team rolled past Salisbury Christian, 45-24, last week for its 11th straight regular season win.The Mallards extend its win streak follow...

7 Suspects Linked To Counterfeit Purchases

OCEAN CITY — Seven suspects were arrested on credit card fraud and other charges after a routine traffic stop connected them to a string of counterfeit card purchases in the resort two years ago...