Merle Marsh Retiring From Local Private School After 45 Years

BERLIN – Worcester Preparatory School will lose one of its founding faculty members next month with the retirement of longtime educator Merle Marsh. After more than four decades at the Berlin privat...

Ocean City-Berlin Rotary Club Makes Donation To Town Of OC’s Department Of Recreation

The Ocean City-Berlin Rotary Club recently made a donation to the Town of Ocean City’s Department of Recreation. The funds will sponsor three youth summer camps.  Pictured, from left, are Ken Bates...

Popularity Pushes Mann’s Vanishing Ocean City Into Second Printing

BERLIN – Less than a year after it was released, the overwhelmingly popular Vanishing Ocean City has gone into a second printing. Local author Bunk Mann released Vanishing Ocean City, a photo-domina...

Smack Appointed Court’s Chief Judge

SNOW HILL — John (Dale) Smack III of Snow Hill was recently appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan as the Chief Judge for the Worcester County Orphans’ Court. Smack, 48, is serving in his third term as...

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Outreach Commission Presents Donation To National Association Of Black Veterans

Helen Wiley, Coordinator of the Church Mouse Thrift Shop on behalf of St Paul’s Episcopal Church Outreach Commission, presented a donation to members of the National Association of Black Veterans, ...

Two More Ocean City Hotel Projects Gain Approval

OCEAN CITY – Site plans for two more brand-name hotels within two miles of each other in Ocean City were approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission last week. The first will be the final phase o...

Berlin’s Newest Coffee Shop Offers Classics And More

BERLIN – Coffee and chocolate. Two culinary favorites — and both on the menu at Berlin’s newest coffee shop. On What Grounds, located on Main Street in downtown Berlin, offers customers an array...

Foundation Announces $300K Gift To Hospice Project

SALISBURY – Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care announced this week a major gift to its campaign to build Coastal Hospice at the Ocean, as the Humphreys Foundation, Inc. of Ocean City has invested...

Beach Volleyball Clinic, Tourney Planned

OCEAN CITY – The National Volleyball League (NVL) and the Baltimore Ravens are partnering to host a beach volleyball “Clinic With The Pros” on Saturday, May 30 from 2-3 p.m. as part of the 4th ...

Ocean City’s New Street Performer Law Nears Passage

OCEAN CITY – A draft ordinance regulating Boardwalk performers heads to first reading on Monday evening and if all goes to plan the law will go into effect by the end of July. Ocean City has been st...