OPA budget draft: assessments flat

(Jan. 19, 2017) If Brett Hill gets his way, homeowners in Ocean Pines will not see an increase in assessments or membership fees during the next fiscal year. Hill, the interim general manager, presen...

Coffee house gone, but not forgotten as old friends meet

(Jan. 19, 2017) On an unseasonably warm Thursday last week, a small group of about a dozen old friends gathered at Crush N Crab in Berlin over coffee and breakfast. They sat together in a booth with ...

Discovery Center celebrates culture

(Jan. 19, 2017) This year, the Winter Waterman’s Festival is scheduled a little later than normal, moving from December to January to give both the participants and audience a little time to bre...

AGH cuts ribbon on new surgical office in Barrett building

(Jan. 19, 2017) Atlantic General Hospital and Health System recently held an open house at the new location for its Surgical Associates and Bariatric Center offices in the James G. Barrett Medical Off...

The Clash, Minor Threat, and smoked fish

Heroin problem in Pines

The last thing anyone would have expected 49 years ago, when Ocean Pines came into existence, was that the community would find itself with a heroin problem. But that’s what’s happening, a...

Letters to the Editor

In response to Jan. 5 campground story   Editor, Anyone who hears someone say a development will have “no runoff” should be extremely suspicious. Without denigrating Mr. Cropper’...

OC Police Issues Computer Scam Warning

OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) this week is warning residents of a spike in computer-related scams. In each case, a victim has reported being contacted in some way by an on...

County’s Tweaked Route 50 Design Guidelines Seek To Spark Franchise Commercial Development

SNOW HILL – Changes to the county’s design guidelines and corridor plan are expected to increase development along Route 50 outside Berlin. On Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners approved ...

Ocean City Approves Inlet Parking Lot Changes To Address Congestion Issues; Free Roam Time Cut To 20 Minutes

OCEAN CITY — A clearly divided Mayor and Council this week approved reducing the grace period for free parking at the Inlet parking lot from the current 30 minutes to 20 minutes in the interest ...