Route 90 Project Completed A Day Early

OCEAN CITY — Overnight closures of Route 90 this week to allow crews to complete extensive repairs and upgrades to one of main access points to the resort finished up a day earlier than expecte...

Off-Premise Alcohol Sales Headed To Permanent Status

OCEAN CITY — A pair of bills circulating in the General Assembly seeking continual alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption or delivery passed through their respective chambers this week...

County Sheriff Seeks 30% Increase In Budget Funding; More Full-Time Personnel Needed

SNOW HILL – Increases in proposed public safety and emergency services spending highlighted a Worcester County budget work session.The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday met with departm...

Board Self-Evaluation Survey Discussed

OCEAN PINES – Ocean Pines officials say a new self-evaluation process could help the board address its issues.Last Saturday, Ocean Pines Association (OPA) Director Colette Horn presented the boa...

Q&A With Sam Card, A Guide On Clearing Out Your Spring Cyber Clutter

BERLIN – As the days lengthen and the warm weather returns, spring cleaning in many households begins. While it is great to declutter and dust off the winter cobwebs in the house, it is critica...

Cops & Courts – March 26, 2021

Gun Fired In Hotel RoomOCEAN CITY — A South Carolina man was arrested last week after a handgun he left hidden in an uptown hotel room allegedly discharged through the wall of an adjacent hotel...

Berlin Council Wants To Revisit Tax Rate Review Policy

BERLIN – Just two years after it was approved, the town’s tax rate review policy is drawing criticism from elected officials.As the Berlin Town Council prepared to vote on a tax rate Mond...

Decatur Girls Drop Two, Fall to 2-3

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity soccer’s see-saw season continued last week with a pair of losses to Bennett and Parkside.After a season-opening loss to Snow Hill, the Seaha...

Seahawks Suffer First Loss to Wicomico

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity football team suffered its first loss of the season last weekend, falling to Wicomico, 25-12, at home on Friday.After starting the season 2-0 with a pair of lo...

Obituaries – March 26, 2021

Dr. Philip John YoungBERLIN — Dr. Philip (Phil) John Young, passed away on March 17, 2021 at home surrounded by his family.Phil was born on May 20, 1939 to Andrew Joseph Young, Sr. and Mary Fran...