Special session to continue Pines country club talks

(Dec. 15, 2016) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors announced a special meeting today, Thursday, at 9 a.m. in the boardroom of the administration building on Ocean Parkway to discuss plans ...

Snow Hill going green? Dispensary coming next year

(Dec. 15, 2016) Medical marijuana in Maryland is only a year away and it appears that at least one dispensary will be operating in Worcester County. The state devised a three-tiered system, dividing t...

Share tradition with Christmas ‘spritz’

How many of us remember the smells that wafted through the houses of family and friends during the holiday season? For me, I’m talking the early ’70s. For some of you, it may very well be...

Generosity is news, too

Charities in this area — and there are plenty of them — get frequent publicity, because it’s necessary to remind the public that all these institutions and organizations can only do ...

Letters to the Editor

Donate during  ‘Giving Season’ Editor, “To everything there is a season ... and a time for every purpose under heaven.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 This well-known quote has ...

Owners Turn Abandoned Building On Route 611 Into New Assateague Island Surf Shop

BERLIN – The age-old adage “location, location, location” is considered the first, and most important, rule in real estate. So when Denny Riordon and Nancy Sweeney first came across an empty bui...

Ocean City Exploring ‘Pay By Plate’ Parking System Over Current ‘Pay And Display’

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s transportation committee is considering recommendations to upgrade or replace existing payment methods at the Inlet, along streets and in public parking lots. At Tuesday�...

‘Light Up Downtown’ Campaign Leads To Six New Holiday Displays

OCEAN CITY – Nearly five years after starting a campaign to reintroduce light displays in south Ocean City, the Downtown Association has purchased six new structures for this year’s holiday season...

Bay Club Property Eyed For 434-Site Campground; Berlin Asked To Consider Annexation In Future

BERLIN – Plans to redevelop the Bay Club as a 434-site campground are moving ahead. On Monday, attorney Hugh Cropper told the Berlin Town Council that his client, the Carl M. Freeman Companies, was ...

We Remember Those We Have Lost – December 9, 2016

Carroll Adreon Andrews BERLIN — Carroll Adreon Andrews, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 at Catered Living in Ocean Pines. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Frederick A. ...