(June 15, 2017) The Berlin Town Council on Monday unanimously approved a $19 million fiscal year 2018 budget. The new spending plan is the result of more than six months of work by the town staff and represents a 5.49 percent reduction from the previous budget of $20.1 million. A public hearing on the package… Read more »

(June 15, 2017) Late last month the Board of License Commissioners took the unusual, but not unprecedented, step to delay its decision on whether or not to grant the new owner of the former county Shore Spirits store in Pocomoke City a Class A liquor license. The board announced last week that it would hold… Read more »

(June 15, 2017) Following a successful test launch last year, 45 students from Snow Hill Middle School swarmed the Pocomoke River last Friday to test the limits of cardboard and packing tape. Forty-five eighth graders and 21 custom-designed vessels accompanied their teacher Denis Jenkins for the school’s second-ever cardboard regatta event. Jenkins said the boat-building… Read more »

(June 15, 2017) Who says you can’t teach old dogs new tricks? Now in its 42nd year, Pocomoke’s annual Cypress Festival will, once again, provide music, arts, crafts, food and drinks, along with a few new wrinkles, this Friday and Saturday. The array of activities takes place from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, and on Saturday… Read more »

(June 15, 2017) Before the Pines Plaza was tied into county water and sewer it used, like many properties on the shore, a septic system that also required a drain field, or leach field. Since the county project to provide services several years ago, the drain field has remained dormant, except for the minor matter… Read more »

(June 15, 2017) The Town of Berlin and Berlin Fire Company continue to be at odds over the philosophy of budgeting, although officials on both sides said they are looking forward to an independent assessment that could resolve some differences. During a mayor and council meeting on Monday, PKS & Company presented a compilation of… Read more »

(June 15, 2017) Longtime Berlin Historic District Commission Chairwoman Carol Rose will not continue in that role, following a surprising turn of events last Wednesday. During a commission meeting, Rose was nominated by Mary Moore to serve again as chairwoman, but did not accept. “Thank you, but I decline,” Rose said. “It is time for… Read more »

(June 15, 2017) The late withdrawal of two candidates for the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors and late entry of information by a third person, last week, prompted the association’s elections committee to consider further changes to the bylaws. The board passed an overhaul of the elections resolution in April that included changes to… Read more »

(June 15, 2017) The Outdoor Movie Night screening series in downtown Berlin returns this Saturday with “Tuck Everlasting” showing on Jefferson Street. Five additional showings will follow, each starting at 8:30 p.m. They are “Grease” on July 1 at Stephen Decatur Park, “Raiders of the Lost Art” on July 15 at Dr. William Henry Park,… Read more »

(June 15, 2017) With the groundbreaking of the John H. “Jack” Burbage Jr. Regional Cancer Care Center in Berlin last week, Worcester County is about to move forward in the fight against cancer. “It’s a new beginning for cancer care in the community, and a culmination of dreams of community leaders and hospital staff,” Atlantic… Read more »