Latest budget draft shows assessment hike

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 17, 2019) General Manager John Bailey on Saturday introduced a proposed fiscal 2020 budget that would raise the basic annual assessment $31, or about 3.3 percent...

Mailing announces closing of Bay Club golf course

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 17, 2019) A letter emailed to Bay Club golf course members last Friday and sent via regular mail Monday announced the course would close at the end of the month....

Gazette Editorial: If you build it, they will come … to Berlin

The Town of Berlin has its hands full … of ideas … again. This time they involve the possibility of two projects that, if the town can pull them off, would make Berlin’s continuing reinvention o...

Bratten named Berlin’s 2018 top cop; others also honored

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 17, 2019) Berlin Police Department Pfc. Gary Bratten was named Police Officer of the Year and several members of the department were recognized recently for thei...

Committee firms 2019 election schedule

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 17, 2019) The schedule leading up to the 2019 Ocean Pines Board of Directors election was discussed during an elections advisory committee meeting on Friday, as ...

Berlin Man Charged With Supplying Heroin In Fatal Overdose

BERLIN — A Berlin man is being held without bond this week for allegedly supplying the heroin that resulted in the fatal overdose of another local man last week.On Jan. 8, members of the Worcest...

Surprise Winter Foal Born On Assateague

ASSATEAGUE — In a mid-winter surprise, a new foal was born to the herd of wild horses on Assateague Island last week.A bay pinto filly known for the time being as N2BHS-MR was birthed by Susi S...

Berlin Council Tables $20K YMCA Feasibility Study For Falls Park Land

BERLIN – Questions surrounding a proposed YMCA feasibility study prompted Berlin officials to delay a decision on the issue.On Monday, town staff presented the Berlin Town Council with a recomm...

Ocean City ‘Finding More Material Than We Originally Thought’ With Storm Drain Cleaning

OCEAN CITY – Work on a project to clean Ocean City’s vast drainage system began uptown last week, but a state-led effort to clean the pipes and catch basins along Coastal Highway has sinc...

Seal Saved From Bald Eagle On Assateague Island Died In Rehab

ASSATEAGUE — The often-vicious circle of life that briefly saved an injured harbor seal pup turned the other direction this week when it died from injuries and illnesses at the National Aquariu...