(Jan. 5, 2017) The winter Youth Indoor Soccer League and Youth Basketball League seasons will begin Saturday, Jan. 7, and all the action will take place at the Worcester County Recreation Center (WCRC) in Snow Hill. Both leagues are co-ed. The five Youth Indoor Soccer League divisions are: ages 3-4, and grades K-1, 2-3, 4-5… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) The Ocean Pines Children’s Theater announces its upcoming production of Disney’s Broadway blockbuster, “The Lion King Jr,” Jan. 13-14 in Ocean City. With music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice, this enchanting show was introduced to the Broadway stage in 1997, and was the recipient of 70 awards, including the… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) Berlin native and Stephen Decatur High School alum Josh Chamberlain will present a film and television workshop from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., this Saturday, at Worcester Preparatory School. The cost to attend is $34 in advance, or $50 at the door. Attendees will enjoy a number of demonstrations from the film… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) With several committee members having put in multiple years of work, the Comprehensive Planning Committee is hoping to fulfill a New Year’s resolution to release a communitywide survey and to finish a new comprehensive plan. Chairman Frank Daly and other members of the committee apparently added plenty of work over the holiday,… Read more »

(Jan. 5, 2017) Following several successful seasons, Worcester County Recreation & Parks is looking to expand the Men’s Futsal League at the Worcester County Recreation Center (WCRC) in Snow Hill for 2017. The league at the WCRC included six teams during the first two seasons. The WCRC also hosted the second annual War on the… Read more »

(Dec. 29, 2016) Just days before the Maryland Primary Election in April, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made a surprise stop at Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin, rallying thousands of his supporters in a county he would go onto win in a landslide. Although the state would vote Democratic, the president-elect went on to… Read more »

(Dec. 29, 2016) With the addition of Michael Day, erstwhile Berlin economic development director, as a consultant to the town, Snow Hill has changed greatly in the past year — particularly with the additions of new shops downtown and a more robust events calendar. Though it met with delays, the town worked a deal with… Read more »

(Dec. 29, 2016) Berlin Mayor Gee Williams won a decisive victory to earn a third term in office, while Councilman Elroy Brittingham won an uncontested reelection in District 3 and newcomer Zackery Tyndall took home the council seat in District 2. Things, at times, got a little weird during the town election, which wrapped in… Read more »

(Dec. 29, 2016) While much of the state, and the East Coast, were focused on the possibility of a direct hit by Hurricane Matthew, Pocomoke City and Snow Hill were struck by strong thunderstorms that flooded the towns. However, the effects weren’t felt simultaneously. Pocomoke City’s storm hit on Sept. 19, and by late afternoon,… Read more »

(Dec. 29, 2016) The national spotlight has already, and is likely to once again, focused on “the friendliest town on the Eastern Shore” as local and federal courts struggle to understand what was going on within several law enforcement agencies in the lead-up to the dismissal of the town’s first black police chief, Kelvin Sewell…. Read more »