By Bethany Hooper Associate Editor (March 12, 2026) A Berlin woman who pleaded guilty last year to identity theft, wire fraud and tax evasion will spend four years in federal prison. On Feb. 27, a U.S...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) Construction began Monday on the new firehouse for the Ocean Pines Association’s south side, as association and fire department officials broke ground w...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors member Steve Jacobs has stepped down from the governing body this week, effective immediately. The association ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) After 16 years on the job and nearly 50 years in the industry, Town of Berlin Electric Utility Director Tim Lawrence is retiring, with an official end dat...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) The Berlin Town Council passed a resolution this week supporting a bill that, if passed, would establish a state-level task force to study Maryland’...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) The Town of Berlin intends to submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week, seeking details ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) Frustration over the pace of approvals for the redevelopment of Heron Park’s former Tyson Foods property was evident at Monday night’s Berlin Town Cou...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) The Berlin mayor and Town Council this week discussed a policy that would allow utility customers to opt out of the town’s advanced metering system but ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) The online petition expressing dissatisfaction with the Worcester County Board of Education’s 2026-27 school year calendar hit 644 verified signatures o...
In the latest step in the merger between TidalHealth and Atlantic General Hospital, the latter will now be known as TidalHealth Atlantic, and the organization is rolling out a new, more connected elec...
By Brian Sane Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) Summerfield is back, but not in the way Snow Hill might remember. A new annexation proposal is reviving the Summerfield name in Snow Hill, attaching it to a...
What’s taking so long with Parcel 57 sale? People generally have little sympathy for real estate developers, who, like reporters, lawyers and politicians, are often suspected of being up to someth...
Walter Arthur Dennison Berlin Walter Arthur Dennison, 88, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., passed away on February 22, 2026, at the Hospice of the Panhandle inpatient facility, in Kearneysville, WV. Born on A...
James O. Shilow Ocean Pines James Owen Shilow, age 82, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2026, at the Macky and Pam Stansell House of Coastal Hospice, Ocean Pines, Maryland. Jim fought a brave batt...
Salvatore Vincent Citrano Selbyville, Del. Salvatore “Sam” Vincent Citrano, 75, of Selbyville, Del., died on February 18, 2026. Born on March 14, 1950 he grew up in Perry Hall Maryland and graduat...
Town, OPA do their best to draw public It might be said that Berlin and Ocean Pines don’t have much in common beyond sharing the 21811 zip code. But recently they, as in their leadership, are thinki...
Legislation worth letters of support Editor, Did you know that, currently, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) is not required to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of the var...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Feb. 26, 2026) Worcester County Public Schools officials outlined the system’s approach to financial literacy instruction last week, prompting board members to discuss ...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Feb. 26, 2026) Last week, Worcester County Public School leaders unveiled a new initiative aimed at shifting school culture to ensure students don’t feel pressured to c...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Feb. 26, 2026) Kids of all ages will be allowed to participate in the Berlin Farmers Market this spring and summer via the town’s new project, The Berlin Mini Makers Ma...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Feb. 26, 2026) This week’s heavy winter storm left some Town of Berlin residents without power for upwards of 18 hours, electric officials said. When snow began to fall...
Bethany Hooper Associate Editor (Feb. 26, 2026) The Town of Ocean City will explore other locations for a sports complex following recent backlash from nearby residents regarding a proposal to build t...
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Feb. 26, 2026) The Town of Berlin’s comprehensive plan update got underway last week with a work session of the mayor and council, the planning commission, and the firm...
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (Feb. 26, 2026) A Civil War-era property in downtown Snow Hill is set to reopen under new ownership, as a local group of investors plan to redevelop the former River House ...
Electric service must be better protected There must be a better way, and it must be a way that the public can afford, because otherwise society is completely helpless without it. That would be how to...
