Children’s House Gets Matching Grant Offer

OCEAN CITY – The Robert I. Schattner Foundation has provided the Believe In Tomorrow Children’s House By The Sea with a $10,000 matching grant to promote “growth through giving”...

Lockdowns Make Cure Worse Than Disease

How can we avoid another lockdown? This is the question on most minds. The prevailing sentiment seems to be its inevitable, but we should learn from the past and not make this same mistake.Maryland w...

County Approves Accessary Apartment Change

SNOW HILL – County officials approved a text amendment that will ease restrictions associated with accessory apartments this week.On Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners approved a text a...

Berlin Planning Commission Talks Hopes With SHA

BERLIN – Members of the town’s planning commission stressed the importance of sidewalks and bike paths in Berlin to State Highway Administration officials this week.On Wednesday, the Berl...

Obituaries – November 20, 2020

Norma Lee HainesBERLIN — Norma Lee Haines, age 78, died Friday, Nov. 13 at her home in Berlin.Born in Berlin, she was the daughter of the late Harris C Powell and Alpha Parsons Powell. She is su...

10-Year Sentence For Counterfeit Credit Card Scheme

OCEAN CITY – A Washington, D.C. metro area man, one of two charged last January after allegedly attempting to use multiple phony credit cards at a north-end sub shop, pleaded guilty last week an...

Agricultural Tank Moratorium Extension Supported

SALISBURY – A moratorium on the permitting of certain agricultural storage tanks will be extended another year.Following a public hearing on Tuesday, the Wicomico County Council voted unanimousl...

Dead Body, Bank Robbery Probes Continue

OCEAN CITY- Nearly a month after two separate but serious incidents in the resort area, including the discovery of a deceased individual on the beach at 14th Street, there are still more questions tha...

Resort Deflects Blame To State In Trip, Fall Lawsuit

OCEAN CITY — The Town of Ocean City filed a formal answer this month to a civil suit filed by a Pennsylvania woman earlier this fall who allegedly tripped and fell over a defective portion of si...

Assateague Island Pregnancy Tests Underway

OCEAN CITY — While far from the most glamorous aspect of managing the wild horses on Assateague, National Park Service staffers this month began the annual chore of conducting pregnancy tests on...