(March 9, 2017) SonRise Church has begun operations at its new home on the north end of Berlin’s Main Street, bordering Route 50.   A ribbon-cutting ceremony there last Friday came almost exactly a year after the Berlin Town Council voted unanimously to rezone the 22-acre property from M-1 light industrial to B-2 shopping district…. Read more »

The Atlantic General Hospital Foundation received a $25,000 donation from Reese Cropper III, president of IMG Insurance Management Group, Inc. toward its Campaign for the Future and the development of the new Regional Cancer Care Center. The Campaign for the Future is co-chaired by long-time Atlantic General Hospital supporters and community champions, Michelle Fager and… Read more »

Morgan Schoch, a student at Worcester Preparatory School, was named the national sixth grade winner of the 2016 U.S. Constitution Day Poster Design Contest. Her poster was selected from thousands of submissions from around the world.   The annual Constitution Day Poster Design Contest is an international competition which invites K-12 grade entrants to celebrate… Read more »

During the month of March, the Worcester County Arts Council will present exhibits featuring artwork by members Marina Borovok and Jim Coltellino. Borovok will display her paintings, while Coltellino will showcase his photo lasered art in wood and mixed media. Original watercolor painting, “Fort in San Juan,” donated by Borovok, and “Berlin,” wood engraved lasered… Read more »

The National Title I Association announced Pocomoke Elementary School (PES) has been named a National Title I Distinguished School by the Maryland State Department of Education. Pocomoke Elementary is one of up to 100 schools throughout the country that is being nationally recognized for exceptional student achievement in 2016. A project of the National Title… Read more »

(March 2, 2017) A Worcester County Circuit Court jury took less than 45 minutes last Thursday to find all parties negligent in the fatal Nov. 8, 2013 accident on Route 113, where State Police Trooper Nicholas Hager ran into teenagers Tymeir Dennis and Tyheim Bowen with his unmarked patrol car. No damages were awarded to… Read more »

(March 2, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association announced on Tuesday it had parted ways with golf management company Landscapes Unlimited and would self-manage the golf course. The association ousted former golf manager company Billy Casper Golf in February 2015. Landscapes Unlimited, based in Nebraska, took over in May 2015. The company’s 36-month contract reportedly included… Read more »

(March 2, 2017) As the legislation that got the wheel turning on Project 25 — a radio interoperability requirement that would allow local, state, federal and other officials to talk to each other in an emergency — was signed by former Gov. Martin O’Malley, Snow Hill and Pocomoke can’t argue they didn’t see it coming…. Read more »

(March 2, 2017) Though the official town budget is set to be voted on later this spring, Snow Hill has begun the process by preparing its request to be heard by the county commissioners next Tuesday by collecting wish lists from selected department heads. Though the numbers are likely to change between now and final… Read more »

(March 2, 2017) District 3 residents have until next Tuesday to register to vote in the April 4 contest between incumbent Dale Trotter or challenger Monna Van Ess for a seat on the city council — if they had been previously unregistered or allowed existing registrations to expire. In Worcester County, registrations expire after a… Read more »