Things I Like – March 12, 2021

Music playing in a houseStreaming live televisionWatching kids playing in our yardThe efficiency of Zoom meetingsOprah’s interview styleReading my kids’ body languagePublic schools playing...

What’s Your Sign? March 12, 2021

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Consider moving beyond the usual methods to find a more creative means of handling a difficult on-the-job situation. Avoid confrontation and, instead, aim for cooperatio...

Spring is Springing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6vBBlmXLcgWe had a beautiful day today in and around Ocean City and to the west where I was fishing on a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.  There were lots of folk...

Tyndall calls for maintaining 80-cent tax rate for FY2022

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 11, 2021) Berlin Mayor Zackery Tyndall recommended to the Town Council Monday night that it maintain the property tax rate at 80 cents per $100 of assessed value fr...

Berlin Council Briefs

(March 11, 2021) The following took place during the Berlin mayor and Town Council meeting on Monday night: Grant awarded Berlin received a Maryland Energy Administration grant of $122,375 for a solar...

WCPS seeks funds for construction projects

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 11, 2021) The Worcester County Commissioners last Tuesday agreed to provide the local school system nearly $1.5 million for the Pocomoke Middle School roof replacem...

Berlin mayor, Town Council consider new reserve policy

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 11, 2021) The Berlin mayor and Town Council reviewed a draft of a general fund reserve policy on Monday night as they set financial goals for the town’s general f...

Pines committee sends rule on rentals to board

By Greg Ellison (March 11, 2021) Ocean Pines continued to inch toward short-term rental policies last week when the association’s Architectural Review Committee signed off on a related proposal that...

Hundreds lend aid to family after fire destroys residence

By Greg Ellison (March 11, 2021) Hundreds of people have given support to the Morris family after a Saturday morning fire gutted their home on Sandy Hook Road in Ocean Pines. The Ocean Pines Volunteer...

Berlin Parks Commission Briefs

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 11, 2021) The following took place during the Berlin Parks Commission meeting on March 2: Commemorative program The commission agreed to submit the final draft of t...