Berlin audit reports healthy town finances

Municipality and utilities on solid ground according to review by PKS and Co. By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Dec. 14, 2023) The accounting firm PKS and Company presented the results of its draft audi...

Ocean Pines Police chief continues efforts to attract new recruits 

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Dec. 14, 2023) In the continuing effort to recruit candidates to the Ocean Pines Police Department, Chief Tim Robinson has been met with challenges and successes. Curr...

Salvation Army’s angel tree efforts 

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Dec. 14,2023) It’s that time of the year, when the bell ringers are out in front of the stores collecting for the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army of the Lower Eas...

Ocean Pines fire department gets new leadership

Veteran members Widgeon and Enste get nod to serve as chief, president respectively By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Dec. 14, 2023) Firefighting has been a lifelong commitment for the new chief and pr...

Letter from the Editor

Just so there’s no misunderstanding … When it comes to social media, it is one aspect of our current technology that I have never used and don’t want to use, since I blame it for many of the...

Delicious sweets and gym memberships

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Reprint from Dec. 22, 2022 As you may well have gathered, I like my cakes and baked goods in the wintertime. The holidays are a time of splurging, indulging, being frivo...

Kristopher Jay Mendenhall

Kristopher Jay Mendenhall Ocean Pines After struggling valiantly with a long illness, Kristopher Jay Mendenhall passed into eternal peace in Ocean Pines on Dec. 7.  He was 66. Born in Alexandria, Vir...

Officials brief council on legislative session

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Dec. 14, 2023) State Senator Mary Beth Carozza and Delegates Charles Otto and Wayne Hartman came before the Berlin Council and Mayor Zack Tyndall Monday night to share...

Berlin Briefs

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Dec. 14, 2023) The following actions took place at Monday night’s meeting of the Berlin mayor and Town Council. Stormwater upgrade A motion was passed to provide up...

CRICKET Center seeks funds for annual Shop with a Cop

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Dec. 7, 2023) The Cricket Center will be bringing Christmas joy to 30 at-risk children in Worcester County with its annual “Shop with a Cop” event on Saturday. “W...