Contest winner Kayden Boecker, the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club’s gold medal winner, was the overall winner of the 2017 Maryland/ Southern Delaware District competition, held April 29-30 in Ocean City. He will receive a $2,500 scholarship for his accomplishment. He was also selected by the total judges scores to represent the Maryland District at the… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) There are a number of activities to choose from in Berlin, Ocean Pines and Ocean City this Memorial Day weekend, from patriotic ceremonies and light displays to a parade and arts and crafts show. Here are a few events taking place Friday through Memorial Day Monday, May 29: Ocean Pines: •The Worcester… Read more »

  (May 18, 2017) A crowd of thousands is expected in downtown Berlin Friday night for the seventh annual May Day Play Day festival, hosted by Radio Ocean 98. The headlining act this year is Jocelyn and Chris Arndt, a Cambridge, Massachusetts group described as a cross between Grace Potter and Led Zeppelin. The band’s… Read more »

  (May 18, 2017) Brother and sister-fronted rock group Jocelyn & Chris Arndt will headline the annual May Day Play Day festival in downtown Berlin Friday night, before embarking on a national tour in support of their latest release.  Formed about three years ago, the band already has two EPs and a live album under… Read more »

  (May 18, 2017) In consideration of a lifetime of civic duty, Barbara Purnell was honored as the 2016 Berlin Citizen of the Year during the 52nd annual Berlin Lions Club Awards gala last Wednesday. Berlin Mayor Gee Williams, serving as emcee for the event, hit upon an overarching theme during his initial remarks that… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) Seven applicants — four women and three men — were confirmed as candidates in the 2017 board of directors election in Ocean Pines this week.  Director Doug Parks and former director Marty Clarke, and newcomers Colette Horn, Nicole Schaffer Crosariol, Paula Robertson Gray, Arie Klapholz and Brenda Lynn Wascak, will vie for… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) Town of Berlin officials balked last year when the Berlin Fire Company requested more than $1 million in funding from the town, more than double what had been allocated during the two previous years.  Instead, the mayor and council kept its allocation to fire and EMS a flat $400,000, and said a… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) The Snow Hill Council approved a $2.5 million fiscal year 2018 budget, which was balanced without raising property tax rates, during its meting last Tuesday. The budget passed by a 2-0 vote with Councilwoman Alison Cook not in attendance. Town Manager Kelly Pruitt noted the final budget remained unchanged from a version… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) In an effort to remedy water quality issues that have plagued Pocomoke for decades, the city council approved an emergency expenditure of more than $100,000 for repairs at the water treatment plant during a budget work session on Friday. City Manager/City Attorney Ernie Crofoot said a recently commissioned report by Hungerford &… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) Efforts to balance Pocomoke’s fiscal year 2018 budget while providing Winter Quarters Golf Course an opportunity to address its own financial challenges highlighted a City Council budget work session on Friday. City Manager/City Attorney Ernie Crofoot said despite removing all capital outlay items from the budget except approximately $79,000 to replace police… Read more »