Pocomoke City digs deep for water solution

By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Dec. 28, 2017) As Pocomoke officials pushed toward two solutions to address decades-old water quality issues in 2017, residents are holding out hope red-tinged flow from...

Year of quiet progress at Berlin Falls

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 28, 2017) What started with a raucous meeting in January turned into a quietly productive year for the yet-to-be-developed Berlin Falls park. Behind the scenes, a...

Two ceremonies for Berlin’s New Year

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 28, 2017) Berlin’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration will expand this year, with a separate ceremony for families and young children earlier during the evenin...

Oasis, but not an oasis; pool rules change sets off Pines

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 28, 2017) Of all the strange goings on that occurred in Ocean Pines this year, perhaps none elicited as much passion as the abrupt policy shift of the Oasis swimm...

Remembering Shoe Box owner Jesse Turner

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 28, 2017) Berlin and the surrounding area lost many familiar faces in 2017, from Julie Suplee and former Mayor Rex Hailey, to former Ocean Pines Directors Bill Za...

Contested elections in Pocomoke, Snow Hill

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 28, 2107) Voters in Pocomoke and Snow Hill went to the polls this spring for a pair of contested council races, in one case returning a familiar face, while welco...

Pittsville’s Beloved Christmas Display Ending 20-Year Run

PITTSVILLE – A walk-through Christmas lights display in Pittsville marked its 20th and final year of operation this week. Since the 1990s, homeowners Bill and Ginger Morrison have welcomed communit...

Berlin Police Probe Main Street Pedestrian Accident

BERLIN– An accident on Main Street in Berlin on Christmas Eve left a local man with significant injuries. Keith Raffensberger, an Ocean City father of five, was walking on Main Street after leaving ...

24th Annual Penguin Swim Set For New Year’s Day In Ocean City

BERLIN – Atlantic General Hospital’s 24th Annual Penguin Swim will take place in the cold waters off of 91st Street next week. On Jan. 1 of each year, hundreds of individuals brave the chilly con...

Frontier Town ‘Dumbfounded’ Over County’s EDU Rejection

SNOW HILL – For the second time in two months, county officials denied a request for sewer capacity in West Ocean City. On Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners voted 4-3 to deny a request fo...