Berlin’s Annual Sidewalk Sale Set For This Weekend

Rebecca Evans Staff WriterBERLIN – The coming of August marks for the last month of the summer before school. In Berlin, it signifies the return of the town’s annual sidewalk sale.With sch...

Bank Of Ocean City Raises $780 Benefiting Diakonia Through Shred-It Day

The Bank of Ocean City recently held a Shred-It day open to the community benefiting Diakonia in West Ocean City. The effort helped raised $780 in cash and over 20 cases of canned food. Pictured...

Commission Nixes Porch Request Over Abandoned Home’s Future

BERLIN – The Berlin Historic District Commission (HDC) denied a property owner’s request to install a rolling porch on his property, citing concerns about the condition of the existing ho...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – August 10, 2018

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan must be amazed at how fortunate he has been on the political front. Hogan, a Republican, won four years ago by appealing to voters on the left and right with his pragmatic m...

OC’s Surplus Property Auction Questioned

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Mayor and Council agreed to post several town-owned assets on an Internet clearinghouse website, but not before a discussion over whether the website represented the ...

Code Change Will Permit Grooming

FENWICK ISLAND – Officials in Fenwick Island last week approved on first reading an ordinance change that would allow animal grooming services within the town’s commercial zone.On July 27,...

OC Jeep Club Donates $500 To Salisbury Zoo

Ocean City Jeep Club Board members recently presented Leanora Dillon, education curator at the Salisbury Zoo, with a $500 check.  Thanks go to the club members who made it possible by their gene...

Vacation Guide Nod Likely After Ordinance Tweak

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials last week put the brakes, at least briefly, on a renewed partnership with the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce to distribute the annual vacation guide publica...

Things I Like – August 10, 2018

Funny conversations overheard on a beach dayEarly morning peace in my houseTubing the bay on a calm dayAnnual friend visits during the summerThe Berlin Peach FestivalLow tide beach daysA new pair of s...

Laura Marsh, First Smith Islander, To Attend Ivy League University

A resident of Smith Island, Maryland is making waves as the first islander to attend an Ivy League university. Laura Marsh will be attending Princeton University this fall. Marsh is also the first Sm...