(Aug. 10, 2017) Downtown Berlin is packed with interesting shops, galleries and restaurants, but visitors tend to overlook some attractions on the outskirts. Several parks, including Stephen Decatur, Dr. William Henry and Berlin Falls, are all within comfortable bicycling distance, as are businesses such as Crush n Crab, Urban Nectar and Burley Oak Brewing Company,… Read more »

(Aug. 10, 2017) Few people would be willing to donate a kidney to a stranger, but that was the case for Salisbury resident Rachel White, who donated one of her kidneys through Paired Exchange, a national kidney registry, in June. When members of Temple Bat Yam congregation in Berlin received an email written by Ilene… Read more »

(Aug. 10, 2017) Berlin resident Dana Helmuth hopes to provide a home for overlooked and otherwise under-the-radar artists when he opens the doors of his new gallery, Clearlight Studio, for the first time tomorrow, Friday, during the monthly 2nd Friday art stroll in Berlin. The space, on 16 South Main Street next to the Berlin… Read more »

(Aug. 10, 2017) Live music, vendors, food and games for adults and children are a few of the featured offerings during the inaugural Believe in Tomorrow Block Party, this Saturday from 6-9 p.m., on the streets of Berlin. “This is an opportunity for the Berlin business community and citizens to support a nonprofit organization that… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Most of the time, meetings of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors are sparsely attended affairs without much in the way of cheering, heckling and rounds of applause. That, however, was not the case last Friday, when all the above occurred. A standing-room-only audience of perhaps several hundred broke into applause… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Nearly a year after firing the previous general manager, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors announced last Thursday the selection of his replacement. New hire John Bailey is general manager of the Skyline Plaza condominium association, a community of “two 26-story residential towers surrounded by over 10 acres of beautifully landscaped… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Sprucing up Pocomoke to rid the town of trash and debris is the aim of a new effort initiated by Mayor Bruce Morrison earlier this month. “It doesn’t look very good and the town is really getting in bad shape,” he said. “Even the residents of Pocomoke have come to me and… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Snow Hill’s 19th annual Blessing of the Combines will honor another seasonal planting cycle this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Parade of Combines is scheduled for 11 a.m. and includes antique fire trucks, tractors, lawn mowers and floats. After traversing the bridge the procession will stop on Green Street,… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) The Great Pocomoke Fair, which opens to the public at 5 p.m. today, Thursday, will offer a wide array of activities through the weekend at the Pocomoke City Fairgrounds on 2003 Broad Street. Gloria Smith, fair treasurer, said the event is free to attend and would feature two activities that were new… Read more »

(Aug. 3, 2017) Dr. Colette Horn, one of four candidates running for election to the Ocean Pines Association, said during a July 22 forum that she had been threatened by a resident while having dinner at South Gate Grill. She said her husband had to intervene during the incident, which apparently happened during the previous… Read more »