Texas Officials Visit Area Holiday Activities

BERLIN – Holiday activities in Berlin and Ocean City served as models last week for a city in Texas eager to implement similar programs.Staff and councilmembers from Forney, a city near Dallas, ...

Adventures Of Fatherhood – January 4, 2019

The last two weeks have been a blur.Since the third week of December, I have basically spent each day reminding myself what day it is in the week because it has never felt like the day it should be.T...

Advisory Group Outlines Bike, Pedestrian Goals

OCEAN CITY – Connecting a bike route at the Maryland-Delaware line, securing grant funds to develop a bike masterplan and completing an application for a Bicycle Friendly Community designation a...

Decatur Boys Earn Split In Governor’s Challenge

SALISBURY- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team got a split in its two games in the Governor’s Challenge Holiday Tournament in Salisbury last week, dropping its opener to ...

We Remember Those We Have Lost – January 4, 2019

Edward Frank GemmelBERLIN — Edward Frank Gemmel, age 70, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 at his home in Berlin.Born in Allentown, Pa., he was the son of the late Sebastian Gemmel and Helen Krcelich G...

Winterfest Numbers Strong Even With Wet Weather

OCEAN CITY — After starting in a deep hole from the start, Ocean City’s Winterfest of Lights finished with a solid year in 2018 despite battling weather issues.Ocean City Winterfest of Li...

Post-Election Year Ripe For Tax Hikes

The year after an election routinely brings tax increases for local property owners.It’s an unfortunate tactic elected officials employ to avoid consequences at the ballot box from voters. The ...

Worcester Plans To Sell Former Liquor Warehouse

SNOW HILL – Worcester County will seek to sell the warehouse formerly used for liquor control.Though they were initially presented with a lease request at their last meeting, the Worcester Count...

Snow Hill To Hold Benefit Saturday For Local Family

SNOW HILL – Members of the Snow Hill business community will host a fundraiser to benefit a local boy battling cancer.On Saturday, Jan. 5, the community is invited to the Snow Hill Volunteer Fi...

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – January 4, 2019

The Breakers Hotel was built circa 1904 on the southwest corner of 3rd Street and the Boardwalk and at the time was one of the northernmost hotels in Ocean City.The Breakers, like most of the ho...