It’s Almost Time for the 22nd Annual AGH Penguin Swim!

What are you doing New Year’s Eve?? Better yet, what are you doing New Year’s Day!? The answer for us is simple: we’ll be plunging into the Atlantic Ocean in Ocean City for the 22nd Annual Pengu...

Fenwick Approves Motel Zoning Change, Then Enacts Two-Year Moratorium On New Projects

FENWICK ISLAND – In spite of public concerns, a protest petition and potential legal challenges, the Fenwick Island Town Council approved an ordinance that will allow the Sands Motel to be rebuilt a...

12 Strays of Christmas at the Worcester County Humane Society

We’ve made it our mission this holiday season to support local initiatives as much as possible, whether it’s shopping entirely local for our Christmas gifts or giving back to local chariti...

ShoreBilly’s Swill: Tis’ the Season

Despite the unseasonably warm weather (which I’m by no means complaining about), we find ourselves now firmly and deeply imbedded in the month of December. This means that, like it or not, even a cy...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk

On the one hand, the fact street performing seems to be dominating Ocean City news these days is a good sign. There could always be much more intense and heavy issues to confront. On the other hand, I...

Area Spirit Kitchen Fills Valuable Need In Community On A Weekly Basis

BERLIN – As a long line of people waited for the doors to open outside the Stevenson United Methodist Church in Berlin earlier this week, congregation members Ray Stevens and Vicky Nock stood in a c...

Commission Approves New Berlin Police Station Plan; Exterior Changes Sought

BERLIN – Plans for the town’s new police station continue to move ahead, as the project received site plan approval from the Berlin Planning Commission this week. In spite of concerns that the bui...

Birth Control Approach On Assateague Tweaked With Recent Horse Deaths

ASSATEAGUE — With a survey recently completed in November, the current population of wild horses in the Maryland section of the Assateague Island National Seashore has dipped to 88 after at leas...

Indoor Track Teams Off To Solid Starts

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity indoor track teams turned in solid performances in the first meet of the 2015-2016 season last week with several individual athletes placing at or near the top in t...

We Remember Those We Have Lost

Paul Anthony Meredith OCEAN CITY — Paul Anthony “Tony” or “Uncle Tony” Meredith, age 72, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at his home. Born in Baltimore City, he was the son of the late...