Rental Company Owner Fined After Pleading Guilty In Fatal Pontoon Boat Incident

OCEAN CITY — A downtown Ocean City watersports rental company and its owner charged last year with numerous violations following the death of a nine-year-old boy who fell from a rented pontoon b...

OC Council Hears Second Wind Farm Proposal; Project Smaller In Scope With Turbines Further Offshore

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week got a closer look at a second proposed offshore wind energy farm that includes fewer turbines further offshore, but still weren’t keen on the proposal a...

Pooch Palooza Returns This Weekend For Third Year

BERLIN – Pooch Palooza will return to Worcester County this weekend for a two-day event that caters to canines. Now entering their third festival, Delmarva Unleashed Producer Sandy Phillips said the...

BREAKING: City Council Votes To Restore $5K Prize For Season’s 1st White Marlin

OCEAN CITY — A little over a week after voting to eliminate or at least redirect the $5,000 dedicated as prize money for the first white marlin of the season, the city’s elected officials ...

Code Change Needed In Berlin Before Truck Ban Considered

BERLIN – A truck ban proposed for Baker Street has been delayed as officials work to adjust existing language in the town code. When staff presented town officials with a resolution that would prohi...

Chief: OC Police Officer Departures ‘Very Concerning;’ Quality Of Life Issues Cited By Some In Exit Talks

OCEAN CITY — For a variety of reasons including “quality of life issues,” there is a not-so-subtle employee drain in the Ocean City Police Department, resulting in the department requesting ...

Berlin Brewery Expanding To Include Music Stage, Another Bar, More Seating

BERLIN – In spite of concerns about stormwater, town officials approved plans for an expansion of Burley Oak Brewing Company. On Wednesday, the Berlin Planning Commission approved a site plan for an...

Berlin’s First Earth Day Blessing Of The Wheels A Chance To ‘Get Together And Have Fun For The Sake Of Having Fun’

BERLIN – A Berlin resident has plans to host the town’s first “Earth Day Blessing of the Wheels” event April 22 at Stephen Decatur Park. Gussie Sholtis, creator and coordinator of the event, s...

Worcester Boys Run Win Streak To Four

BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity lacrosse team stayed on a big mid-season roll this week with a pair of wins to improve to 6-2. The Mallards beat always-tough Indian River at home last Frida...

Aluma Named First Team All-State

BERLIN- The accolades keep coming for Stephen Decatur center Keve Aluma, who was named this week to the Maryland Basketball Coaches Association (MBCA) All-State First Team. Aluma, who was named Baysid...