County Pursues Grant To Plan Route 611 Bike Path

SNOW HILL– Worcester County is seeking $200,000 in grants to plan for a shared use path on Route 611.The Worcester County Commissioners this week voted unanimously to apply for two grants that w...

Seahawks Sweep Pair, Improve to 8-1

BERLIN – Stephen Decatur’s varsity wrestling team swept a pair of matches last week, beating Parkside, 51-9, in a big Bayside Conference match, then routing Easton, 83-0.With the pair of ...

Revolutionary Procedure A First For TidalHealth

A revolutionary mitral heart valve procedure was performed for the first time at TidalHealth. Nationwide, only about 600 Valve in Valve Trans-Catheter Mitral Valve Replacement (ViV TMVR) procedures ar...

Parking Waiver Request Denied For Downtown Hotel Concept

OCEAN CITY- Parking concerns sent the developers of a proposed luxury resort and spa back to the drawing board last week after the appeals board denied a request for a waiver of some spaces on the pla...

Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – February 4, 2022

Though the Margaritaville project seemingly back on track made headlines this week, there was also a lower profile development plan reviewed last week at the Board of Zoning Appeals level in Ocean Ci...

Things I Like – February 4, 2022

Avoiding weekends at ski resortsGetting hooked on a new showA snow-covered Main Street in BerlinViews from atop a mountainThe Bengals’ playoff runLunar New Year celebrationsGood road trip kidsSt...

School System Officials Review Proposed Budget

NEWARK – Salary increases for teachers, a feasibility study for Buckingham Elementary School and funding for a few new positions are included in the Worcester County Public Schools budget offici...

OC Lioness Lions Club Donates to Veist for Women Supporting Women

At a recent meeting, Cindy Veist, executive director of Women Supporting Women, spoke about awareness and support for breast cancer survivors.  Ocean City Lioness Lions Club President Bev Toper, ...

Town Officials Review Ping Pong Plans For Burbage Park

BERLIN– Residents could soon be playing ping pong at Burbage Park.Tony Weeg of We Heart Berlin met with town officials this week to review the nonprofit’s plans to install two ping pong t...

Tautog – Or Lack There Of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vBBlmXLcgCaptain Monty didn’t have the best day of fishing ever, but the wind wasn’t blowing and some fish came over the rail.  So you take the good ...