AGH Scores Health Literacy Grant

BERLIN -- A collaborative effort between the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, Atlantic General Hospital (AGH), Worcester County Public Schools (WCPS) and the University of Maryland College Park School of ...

Alcohol A Factor In Crash

BERLIN -- Maryland State Police officials this week said alcohol was a factor in a single-vehicle crash on Route 50 early Saturday morning when a Toyota veered off the highway and struck a utility pol...

Gold’s to Host July 4th Strongman Event

OCEAN CITY- Gold’s Gym in Ocean City will host its 2nd Annual Fourth of July Strongman Competition early next month with athletes from all over the region competing for cash and prizes. The seco...

NEW FOR THURSDAY: Ocean Floor Mapping Initiative Underway Off Coast; Six-Week Effort

OCEAN CITY -- The next major step in the future development of a vast offshore wind farm got underway this week with the launch of a research vessel carrying teams of scientists that will spend the ne...

Local Beaches Earn High Marks

OCEAN CITY -- Just in time for the peak  summer tourist season, Ocean City and resorts in neighboring Delaware are listed among 13 destinations to earn a perfect 5-Star rating in an annual report...

Board Decides Liquor License Requests; Skye Bar Change Tabled

SNOW HILL -- It was an eventful afternoon at last week’s Board of License Commissioners (BLC) meeting, with the expansion of two area restaurants’ license premises, multiple requests for t...

Berlin Officials Laud Departing Administrator

BERLIN -- Tony Carson, town administrator for Berlin, sat in on his last Mayor and Council meeting this week, triggering an outpouring of praise from the council. “We were extremely fortunate wi...

Smoke Detector Law Takes Effect

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office is spreading the word on a new state law effective July 1 that will enforce smoke detectors to be updated and placed on every floor of a r...

One Month Later, Authorities Still Searching For Woman

BERLIN -- Nearly one month to the day since she was first reported missing, the search continues this week for an elderly Berlin woman with dementia and short-term memory loss last seen at her residen...

Ramadan Brothers Remain In Custody After Hearing

OCEAN CITY -- Two local residents indicted by a New York grand jury in May for allegedly being the ringleader and enterprise treasurer of a vast cigarette smuggling and money laundering operation rema...