Progress Made On Bike Routes, But OC Facing Property Easement Issues

OCEAN CITY – Improvements to Ocean City’s northern and midtown bike routes were announced this week, but issues remain at two locations that are slowing down progress. In its midtown location, cre...

Missed Opportunities Sink Seahawks In 3-2 Loss

BERLIN- Despite dominating for much of the contest, Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity soccer team fell to visiting North Caroline, 4-2, on Tuesday to fall to 0-2 on the young season. Right from the...

Startup Maryland Bus Makes Stop In Berlin

BERLIN – Local officials used a visit from the Startup Maryland bus to bring attention to entrepreneurs and their importance to the economy this week. The bright yellow Startup Maryland bus, an init...

OCPD, Agencies Partner On Events

OCEAN CITY — With the arrival of OC BikeFest and a handful more of potentially troubling vehicle-related special events on the horizon, Ocean City police has called in needed reserves from outsi...

Gibbs Family Donates $2,500 To OC Lions “Wounded Troops” Fund And “Wounded Warriors” Golf Tournament

The Gibbs family, owners of the Dough Roller restaurants in Ocean City, have donated $2,500 to the Ocean City Lions “Wounded Troops” Fund and the 11th Annual “Wounded Warriors” Golf Tournament...

CAR hosts Berlin candidate forum

(Sept. 15, 2016) Several dozen Berlin residents “met the candidates” last Wednesday during a political forum – likely the only one of this election cycle – presented by the Coa...

Doug Parks joins OPA Board after appointment vote

(Sept. 15, 2016) Doug Parks, who finished ninth in the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors election last month, now has a seat on the board, following his appointment last Friday to fill a vaca...

Police investigate possible double murder, suicide

(Sept. 15, 2016) The remains of both Marvin Wilmer Purnell, 78, and his daughter, Karen Purnell, 53, were found in the family home on Groton Road in Pocomoke Monday after an apparent hour-long standof...

Onus now on OPA board

The Ocean Pines Board of Directors gave itself something last week that most politicians would rather not have: full responsibility for delivering on its members’ campaign promises. By elevating...

Letters to the Editor

Second opinion on second Bay Bridge Editor, While it is admirable to hear the governor’s concerns about traffic at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, an announcement focusing on a shiny new bridge lack...