City’s Position On Sponsors Needs Another Look

The recent discussion over whether to allow West Ocean City-based businesses to sponsor Ocean City special events is perplexing. It’s an easy decision that has been clouded by overthinking. At some ...

County Budget Includes Pay Increases For Employees

SNOW HILL – A decision to fund pay increases for county employees highlighted the Worcester County Commissioners’ budget work session this week. The commissioners agreed to leave funding in the bu...

What’s Your Sign? May 20, 2016

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Home conditions still demand attention. Also, keep an open mind about a sudden question of trust involving a close friend. All the facts are not yet in. TAURUS (April 20 ...

A Week In Business

Real Estate Team Honored BERLIN — Berkshire Hathway PenFed Realty Mid-Atlantic Region announced the O’Hare Team was awarded the elite status of the Chairman’s Gold Circle based on sales perf...

Phone Outage Disrupts County Government, Residences

SNOW HILL – A major telephone outage in the Snow Hill area left numerous Verizon customers —including the board of education and Worcester County Emergency Services — without landline service fo...

Seahawks Bow Out Of Regional Tournament

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball team fell to host Chesapeake, 7-2, on Wednesday in the state 3A-East sectional final, but the loss did little to tarnish what was a remarkable season for t...

Berlin Intermediate School Kiwanis Builders Club Receives International Global Service Society Bronze Club Certificate Of Appreciation

At the recent Kiwanis Capital District Convention in Virginia, the Berlin Intermediate School (BIS) Kiwanis student program Builders Club received a Kiwanis International Global Service Society Bronz...

Fatherhood Adventures – May 20, 2016

Whenever I go upstairs, it never fails that my kids need something. A case in point was the other day when from our bedroom I heard Beckett, 8, yell, “Dad, can I have a Jif party?” Since this was ...

Decatur Boys Fall To Rams In Regional Opener

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity lacrosse team fell to Parkside, 8-7, in overtime last week in the first round of the state 3A-2A East region tournament. On May 4, Decatur fell to Parkside,...

OC Council Defends Police After Harsh Comments

OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) came under fire somewhat this week for alleged misinformation about a pair of accidents this month including a fatal pedestrian collision, bu...