Snow Hill Council Considers Riverboat’s Future

SNOW HILL – Municipal officials say the time has come to make a decision regarding the future of Snow Hill’s riverboat.On Tuesday, the town invited the public to comment on the Black-Eyed...

Berlin Storefront Construction Set For January

BERLIN – Construction on the Main Street storefronts that are currently boarded up is expected to begin next month.Samantha Pielstick, property manager for Jack Burbage, said this week that wor...

Council, Planners Debate Gov’t. Overreach, Conditional Use Approvals

OCEAN CITY – Just how much government input is too much for conditions of approval on a new business or development was the subject of a lively debate this week.On Tuesday, the Mayor and Counci...

Gazette Cartoon

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Rough waters ahead for Black Eyed Susan

Hope floats. The Black Eyed Susan doesn’t. At least not as a passenger vessel. That’s how it’s been since the Town of Snow Hill bought the 111-foot paddlewheeler in 2021 for roughly $350,000 wit...

Reminiscing about BLTs while growing up 

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Sometimes it pays to keep it simple. As I had written a few weeks ago about Anton Ego’s ratatouille and my own childhood reminiscence with Chef Kern’s souse (remind...

Your Doc’s In Physician Suspended Over Misconduct Case

BERLIN – A local physician, owner of six urgent care facilities on the Eastern Shore, faces a 30-day suspension and three years’ probation for engaging in sexual behavior with a patient.La...

Former Town Administrator Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement

SNOW HILL– Berlin’s former town administrator apologized in Worcester County District Court this week after pleading guilty to embezzlement.Jeff Fleetwood, the Berlin town administrator w...

Mayor, Council Salaries Approved

OCEAN CITY – With little discussion, resort officials last week approved an ordinance on second reading what will substantially increase the annual salaries for the mayor and councilmembers.Lat...

OCPD Reports Summer Recruitment Challenges

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s police chief told members of a resort commission this week that seasonal recruitment efforts remain challenging.On Monday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Ch...