(June 22, 2017) The Public Works Roads Division will be closing Carey Road at its intersection with the Maryland and Delaware Railroad in Berlin beginning June 23, while the train track is being reconstructed. Detours will be in place throughout the course of the project and are as follows: • Carey Road to U.S. Rt…. Read more »

(June 22, 2017) When the Berlin Planning Commission last Wednesday launched into an informal discussion of whether to annex a parcel of land on the corner of Route 346 and Route 50, members already knew that opposition to that move had begun to organize. Before the session convened, Berlin Town Councilman Zack Tyndall posted a… Read more »

(June 22, 2017) Daniel Brandewie, who came on board as Pocomoke’s director of Planning, Housing and Zoning last week, is quickly feeling right at home. “I’m very comfortable working in a small town,” he said. After spending the last eight years as city planner in Cambridge, Brandewie instantly noticed similarities after beginning his role in… Read more »

(June 22, 2017) Traffic accidents in downtown Berlin are rare and the police department is hoping to extend its sterling record with a new public awareness campaign for pedestrians. Police Chief Arnold Downing said about two people each year trip and fall in town crosswalks, resulting in serious injuries. “The town is unique in itself,… Read more »

(June 22, 2017) Supporting commercial and residential revitalization is the goal behind state grant funding being pursued by Snow Hill. The council approved two grant applications with the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) at its meeting last Tuesday. The first is though the DHCD’s Community Legacy Commercial Building and Improvement Program. Town… Read more »

 (June 22, 2017) The Town of Berlin is proceeding with plans to commission a study of the Berlin Fire Company’s operations and how they relate to its financial needs, according to Town Administrator Laura Allen. In the fiscal year 2018 budget, passed unanimously by the Town Council last week, the fire company received $250,000 in… Read more »

(June 22, 2017) Children who attend Head Start programs on Flower Street in Berlin recently got a surprise in the form of new playground equipment, courtesy of the Town of Berlin. While working to install a large stormwater pond, or offline wetland, behind the multipurpose building, workers had to move several pieces of playground equipment… Read more »

(June 22, 2017) Construction on West Street in Berlin will take a break as things literally settle, then pick back up in a few weeks, according to Town Administrator Laura Allen. Allen said the town hand-delivered letters to residents tfrom Broad Street to Abbey Lane last week, letting them know they hadn’t been forgotten. At… Read more »

(June 22, 2017) For the third time since her June 2015 conviction on 22 counts of malicious destruction of property in the Town of Berlin, Jordan Denton was scheduled to appear in District Court last Friday for a violation of probation hearing, but didn’t show up. Her lawyer, Anders Randrup, said despite several attempts to… Read more »

(June 22, 2017) The winner of the 50th anniversary logo contest is Lisa Perez, of Ocean Pines.   After receiving many creative entries, members of the 50th Anniversary Committee selected Perez’s logo to best commemorate Ocean Pines’ golden anniversary. “The 50th Anniversary Committee would like to thank all of the artists who submitted logo entries,”… Read more »