Council Relaxes Plumbing Permit Requirements

OCEAN CITY — After months of often contentious debate, the Mayor and Council this week finally put to rest an ordinance change that will relax the permitting and inspection process for the simpl...

Mallards Split Pair To Start Season

BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity basketball split its first two games of the 2016-2017 season this week, beating Holly Grove and falling to Laurel with both games on the road. The veteran Ma...

Second Graders At OC Elementary Exchange Pen-Pal Letters With Children From Maui

Linda Brown’s second graders at Ocean City Elementary School are exchanging pen-pal letters with children at Kihei Elementary School in Maui. Their teacher is Mrs. Bentley, who happens to be B...

Ocean Pines fiber pitch fouled off

(Dec. 8, 2016) Representatives from FTS Fiber and ThinkBig Networks briefed a few dozen homeowners and members of the Ocean Pines Board of Directors on Monday on the possibility of installing infrastr...

Shore Gives More lives up to name

(Dec. 8, 2016) Close to 60 local nonprofits received more than $88,000 through the Shore Gives More campaign held in conjunction with Giving Tuesday. The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore over...

Shooting death in Pocomoke City

(Dec. 8, 2016) James Allen Jr., 26, of Pitts Circle in Pocomoke City, died of multiple gunshot wounds last Thursday night during an incident that took place in area of the town’s Fourth and Mark...

‘Dad, this tree won't fit in our back yard’

My father loved Christmas. There were times that we were grumpy (I guess I came by that naturally), but Christmastime was the one part of the year when dad would light up and look forward to staying h...

Can’t serve two masters

If nothing else, the Ocean Pines Board of Directors’ consideration of a fiber optics infrastructure project that would involve Director Brett Hill’s company is awkward. No matter how much ...

Letters to the Editor

The fracking issue Editor, I don’t want to take the time to write another letter, but I am compelled when I read such ridiculous nonsense. I am referring to an article or advertisement in [anot...

Woman Plans Equal Protection Lawsuit If No Resolution With Berlin

BERLIN – The local woman threatened with arrest for sitting on a picnic table at Henry Park is now seeking relief through the legal system. Ronshell Shockley, the woman confronted by a police office...