OC’s Infrastructure Improvements Welcomed

What’s new this summer? That’s the question every spring heading into the season. Along with some new special events and new business openings, two noticeable infrastructure improvements that open...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – May 5, 2017

In the interest of full disclosure, I am a member of the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation Board of Directors. As a result, I am volunteering with a team of hospital staff and administrators and lo...

Voices From The Readers – May 5, 2017

City Should Concentrate On Avoiding Tax Increase Editor: Last week, the city manager was quoted as saying that a tax increase of 7.6% will be needed in the next year or two. He said that this projecti...

Worcester Girls On A Major Roll

BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team has really hit its stride coming down the home stretch with four straight wins in impressive fashion after hitting a mid-season stumbling bloc...

Main Street Building’s New Look Earns Commission Support

BERLIN – Members of the town’s historic district commission praised façade plans for a Main Street building this week. The commission approved Councilman Troy Purnell’s plans to improve the faÃ...

Fair Housing Calendar Contest Winners Honored In Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS – Lindsay Birckhead-Morton, a seventh grader at Snow Hill Middle School, traveled to Annapolis with board members and staff from the Coastal Association of REALTORS® (CAR) on Tuesday, Apr...

Sinepuxent Questers Chapter Had ‘Preservation Spirit’ For 28 Years

BERLIN – The Sinepuxent Questers formally concluded nearly three decades of support for historic preservation this month. After 28 years of raising money to give to local preservation projects, dwin...

Berlin Youth Club Program To Expand

BERLIN – An increase in funding is expected to allow Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services to expand its reach in Berlin. The Berlin Town Council last week agreed to increase funding to Wor...

Kiwanis Club Donates $400 To Diakonia

Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City President Barbara Peletier recently presented a $400 donation to Diakonia’s Anna O’Neill for use at the local emergency housing facility.

Area Charities Vie For County Funds At Hearing

SNOW HILL – Representatives of several local nonprofits used this week’s public hearing on the county’s proposed budget to advocate for funding. During the public hearing on the Worcester County...