Community Foundation’s Shore Gives More, Nov. 28

By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Nov. 23, 2017) The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore is sponsoring the third annual Shore Gives More, a 24-hour online donation event held on Nov. 28, the Tuesda...

Members of local Boy Scout troops retire American flags

By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Nov. 23, 2017) Hundreds of American flags went out in a blaze of glory during a flag retirement ceremony conducted by local scouts at the Worcester County Veterans Memor...

Park committee has first meeting

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Nov. 23, 2017) Ten of the 11 members of the newly formed Berlin Falls Park Advisory Committee met for the first time Thursday night to discuss how the group would work...

Worcester Commissioners Reject Scheduled Salary Bump

SNOW HILL– The Worcester County Commissioners opted to waive their scheduled salary increase for the coming four years. The commissioners voted 6-0, with Commissioner Joe Mitrecic absent, to waive t...

OC Approves $28M Bond To Finance Convention Center Expansion, Public Works Projects

OCEAN CITY – Officials in Ocean City this week approved on second reading a $28 million bond sale that will finance several large projects, but not before hearing opposition from the public. On Mond...

Berlin Planning More Stormwater Upgrade Projects

BERLIN – Plans for stormwater improvements in the area of Cedar Avenue, Maple Drive and Pine Street continue to move ahead. The town is currently waiting to receive bids for stormwater management up...

Things I Like – November 24, 2017

Short work weeks The back roads of Lancaster, Pa. Close college basketball games Small concert venues Old Jeeps That ‘Wonder’ is being read in schools How much my kids love staying in hotels Watch...

School Finds Virtual Reality Headsets Advancing Learning

BERLIN – Teachers at Berlin Intermediate School are bringing their lessons to life with new virtual reality headsets. At this week’s school board meeting, Berlin Intermediate School sixth-grader T...

Voices From The Readers – November 24, 2017

‘Gift’ Citation A Disturbing Situation Editor: Recently, my wife and I visited Ocean City after our regularly scheduled Washington D.C. business trips (re: we fly into Baltimore or D.C. every six ...

Self-Storage Text Amendment OK’d

SNOW HILL – A text amendment approved this week will allow self-storage facilities up to 40,000 square feet in the general commercial district. On Tuesday the Worcester County Commissioners approved...