OCPD Activity Highlights Enforcement

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s police chief attributes an increase in arrests and calls for service to proactive enforcement initiatives.On Monday, Ocean City Police Department Chief Ross Buzzu...

OC Elks Lodge 2645 Essay Contest Winners

Worcester Preparatory School’s Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645 essay contest winners were recently recognized and presented their checks. Congratulations to sixth graders Ellie Phillips for earning f...

Obituaries – March 18, 2022

James Burke WheatleyOCEAN PINES- James Burke Wheatley, age 92, died on Saturday, March 12, 2022.Born in Towson, Md., he was the son of the late James Wheatley and Bertha (Raver) Wheatley. He is surviv...

Summer ‘Play It Safe’ Program Ends After 30 Years

OCEAN CITY – For three decades, Ocean City’s Play it Safe program provided fun, safe alternatives to countless recent high school graduates visiting the resort for Senior Week, but the ama...

A Week In Business – March 18, 2022

Grants Administrator WelcomedSNOW HILL – The Town of Snow Hill is pleased to announce the hiring of its newest Grants Administrator John Rankin, who began working for the town on February 15.Ran...

Council Introduces Tax Rate

BERLIN– Town officials this week introduced an ordinance that would maintain the current tax rate.The Berlin Town Council on Monday held a first reading of an ordinance to set the tax rate at $0...

Pickleball Court Expansion Discussed

OCEAN CITY – While Ocean City continues to move forward with an effort to rebrand the resort as a sports destination, could ever-growing pickleball be the answer?That was a question the Recreati...

Seahawks Collect All-Bayside South Honors

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball was well-represented in the Bayside South awards announced last week.The Seahawks went a perfect 19-0 in the regular season and finished...

Worcester County High School Arts Contest Winners

Izzy Huber, right, (‘24) placed first 1st and Aria Islam (‘22) placed second in this year’s Worcester County High School Arts Contest sponsored by the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club...

Berlin council sticking with ’22 tax rate

Would net $144K more over current year’s revenue By Greg Ellison (March 17, 2022) Berlin officials appear ready to maintain the current real property tax rate for FY23, with a first hearing held dur...