Berlin mayor and council tables approval of West Street upgrade designs

By Hunter Hine, Staff Writer The Berlin Town Council on Monday tabled a motion that would contract the design of infrastructure improvements on West Street until its next meeting on Nov. 2. Council me...

Berlin Fire and EMS deliver quarterly report to council

By Hunter Hine, Staff Writer The Berlin Fire Company responded to 30 in-town fire and rescue calls from July 1 to Sept. 30, consisting of about 28 percent of their total calls for that period. There w...

Berlin mayor and council learn more about EDU defintion, acquisition

By Cindy Hoffman and Hunter Hine, Staff Writers The debate over what the Town of Berlin could and could not do with EDUs was one of the key factors that sabotaged the deal with Palmer Gillis of Coasta...

Berlin mayor and council approve land transfer, other motions

By Hunter Hine, Staff Writer The Berlin mayor and City Council voted to approve motions for a land transfer, rain dates and a water works apprenticeship at their Monday meeting. Land transfer on Flowe...

Steak and Bearnaise still perfect pairing

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Reprint from Nov. 24, 2022 Steak and Bearnaise. Has there ever been a more appropriate pairing? Indeed, yes there has, and I fell in love again last weekend. A couple we...

Understanding EDUs and why they exist

What is an EDU, anyway? As the discussion continues over the future of Heron Park in Berlin and the parcels within it that are or could be for sale, the big snag in the process seems always to come do...

Charles Owen Rouse

Charles Owen Rouse Ocean Pines Charles Owen Rouse, age 73, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 at Tidal Health in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore to the late Charles R. Rouse and Mary Bernade...

Berlin’s FY 2023 budget depicts  sound projections 

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Oct. 19, 2023) Natalie Saleh, the finance director for the Town of Berlin presented the unaudited finances for Fiscal Year 2023 during the last Tuesday’s  mayor and ...

Plant tour reveals sorry shape of old Tyson’s building

Town officials, public see for themselves how some sections must come down By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Oct. 19, 2023) Berlin residents regularly drive by the old Tyson’s Processing Plant on Old...

Council passes motions on pickleball, events, fire funds

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Oct. 19, 2023) The Berlin Council passed four motions regarding tennis courts, 2024 events for the town and the Taylor House Museum and a re-allocation of funding for ...