Trick-or-Treat Times on Delmarva: MD and DE

We’re still under the (admittedly naive) impression that Halloween is several weeks away. Perhaps it is because we haven’t even begun to pin down our costumes, perhaps it’s because w...

ShoreBilly’s Swill: Collection of Random Thoughts

I’m going to switch it up this week and do something a little different. I usually write about either what’s going on in the bar where I work, what’s going on in my three-ring circus of a home, ...

Commission Sends Text Amendment Back To Council With 36-Unit Cap On Buildings

BERLIN – A text amendment to allow the apartments proposed for Seahawk Road to move forward as planned will again return to the town council following a favorable recommendation from the Berlin Plan...

Have Measures Worked In Ocean Pines To Control Geese Population?

BERLIN – While it’s too early to say if the efforts are working, the Ocean Pines Association has taken a multi-faceted approach to reducing the number of geese taking up residence in the community...

Proposed Plan Calls For New Fire House On 65th Street; Larger Midtown Facility Needed

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week got a first look at renewed plans to renovate the Ocean City Fire Department headquarters on 15th Street along with a proposed plan to relocate the existi...

Abandoned Boat’s Steel To Boost Offshore Reef; New Hope Long A Harbor Eyesore

WEST OCEAN CITY — There is new hope for the dilapidated 70-foot commercial vessel scuttled for years along the bulkhead at the commercial harbor in West Ocean City as much of the ship’s steel ...

Ocean City Honors Career Of Dedicated ‘Superman’; ‘This Has Been The Greatest Job’

OCEAN CITY – Delbert “Del” Baker, Jr. has never tried to count the number of lives he has saved over the course of a career with the Ocean City Fire Department that has spanned more than half hi...

Poverty In Schools A Growing Lower Shore Problem

OCEAN CITY – More students on the lower Eastern Shore are living at or below the poverty line than ever before, forcing school systems to dedicate more resources toward feeding kids in addition to e...

Abandoned Boat’s Steel To Boost Offshore Reef

WEST OCEAN CITY — There is new hope for the dilapidated 70-foot commercial vessel scuttled for years along the bulkhead at the commercial harbor in West Ocean City as much of the ship’s steel ...

Worcester County Garden Club Member Glenda Clarke Receives Mary Ann Royal Award

Worcester County Garden Club member Glenda Clarke received recently the Mary Ann Royal Award from previous year’s winner Carol Morrison. This award was established by Norma Polk the first presi...