Changes Ahead For Ocean City Surf Beaches?

OCEAN CITY – Following in the footsteps of Ocean City’s body boarding and skateboarding laws being changed to keep up with the times, a Surfing Beach Committee will be formed to take a loo...

Berlin Still Weighing Change To Plant Own Tree

BERLIN -- Though the idea of a living Christmas tree that could be planted in Berlin received a good deal of attention last year in the hopes that it could happen in 2012, Berlin decided once again to...

Boosters President Charged

POCOMOKE -- The president of the Pocomoke High School Band Boosters has been arrested on felony theft and other charges after allegedly absconding with thousands of dollars of the organization’s...

Ocean City Plans Another Shot At Tax Differential

OCEAN CITY – In the past, a tax differential request to Worcester County has been no walk in the park for Ocean City, but the city is again taking another shot at reimbursement for services prov...

Voices From The Readers

Other Election Thoughts Editor: I have to respond to Paul St.Andre regarding his election thoughts. You obviously think that all the people who voted for the local City Council winners did so without ...

Surfing Beach Review Needed

Ocean City’s surfing beach program could use a thorough review, and word that a committee of knowledgeable stakeholders will be involved in evaluating it in its current state is welcome news. Fi...

Thoughts From The Publisher's Desk

On occasions, people make illogical decisions, and the Berlin Mayor and Council’s rejection of a landmark establishment’s plans to set up a temporary outdoor bar on New Year’s Eve fa...

Two-County Power Outage Affected 5,000

BERLIN -- Thousands were without power across a wide swath of northern Worcester County early yesterday morning when a breaker tripped at a substation near Berlin after running low on gas. Around 4:45...

NEW FOR THURSDAY: Morning Power Outage Affected 5,000

BERLIN -- Thousands were without power across a wide swath of northern Worcester County early this morning when a breaker tripped at a substation near Berlin after running low on gas. Around 4:45 a.m....

NEW FOR THURSDAY: Proposed Beach Music Festival Delayed Till 2014

OCEAN CITY – The much-anticipated High Tide Music Festival has been postponed for the second year in a row and has taken a turn toward boot stomping versus fist pumping. After an update on the s...