By Tara Fischer Staff Writer A new chicken restaurant option has come to the coastal area, this time with a southern twist. Crimson Coward, a Nashville hot chicken franchise based in California, opened its doors in Berlin last month. Morad Ramadan, the owner of the Berlin location and a 2001 Stephen Decatur High School graduate,… Read more »

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Berlin’s Calvin B. Taylor House Museum will welcome visitors to its exhibits again this spring as the facility gears up to reopen its doors officially on Wednesday, April 2. According to Taylor House President Melissa Reid, the museum opens annually in early May. This season, however, the exhibition has moved… Read more »

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer  Friends of the Ocean Pines library recognized the branch’s youth director this week as the “Staff Member of the Year.” received the award at a March 11 luncheon following two weeks of voting by library staff members. Jim Meckley, the president of the library support group, said that this process… Read more »

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Berlin’s largest well, located at Powellton Avenue, is set to undergo replacement. The Town Council unanimously approved awarding the project work to East Coast Contracting for approximately $409,955. The motion to proceed with the well upgrade was agreed upon at the municipality’s March 10 Mayor and Council meeting. Officials said… Read more »

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Touch of Italy will take over the Ocean Pines Association’s food and beverage services at the Yacht Club, the Beach Club in Ocean City, and the Clubhouse Bar and Grille earlier than originally planned. Instead of assuming control of the operations on May 1, after the agreement with the previous… Read more »

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Opponents of the  Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham, planned for the east side of Route 113 near Franklin Avenue in Berlin, are collecting signatures on a petition to bolster their claim that the project would create a safety hazard. The hotel, a planned four-story, 78-unit Microtel Inn and Suites,… Read more »

By Brian Shane Staff Writer Worcester County officials this week stopped short of tweaking the zoning code in order to prevent an offshore wind developer from legally operating as a public utility in the West Ocean City fishing harbor. The county’s Board of Commissioners at its Feb. 18 meeting considered a bill that would make… Read more »

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors unanimously approved the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget at the community’s regularly scheduled meeting last Saturday. The final spending plan includes revenues and expenses of $12,846,393 and sets the basic non-water assessment rate, which consists of 6,775 lots, at $875 (up slightly from $850… Read more »

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The speed cameras implemented in Berlin last summer have been successful in reducing speeding on Flower Street and Seahawk Road, officials said this week. Each apparatus has two camera heads, for a total of six among the three locations of Flower Street at Railroad Avenue, Flower Street at Peach Lane,… Read more »

Tara Fischer Staff Writer In a tie vote broken by Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall, the Town Council approved a property owner’s request to purchase and finance four equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) for an addition to a Bay Strreet housing complex. At the municipality’s Monday, Feb. 24 meeting of the Mayor and Council, the council authorized… Read more »