(July 14, 2016) An apparent misunderstanding led to a minor flare-up during a Berlin Council meeting Monday night, as the mayor and council voted 3-2 to absorb costs related to water and sewer installation at a new Dollar General Store on 109 Decatur Street. Developer Oxford Chase purchased 1.6 acres from the town, near the… Read more »

(July 14, 2016) More than 69,000 meals were delivered to area senior citizens through MAC’s Meals on Wheels program last year, but with looming funding cuts, the program’s critical services must find new ways to meet ever increasing demands for assistance. MAC Inc. and the Meals on Wheels Program recently launched the “Feed the Elderly”… Read more »

(July 14, 2016) Lori McAllister has spent years trying to figure out a way to help the people who helped her. Her first idea was college, and she graduated from Salisbury University with a bachelor’s degree in conflict analysis and dispute resolution. She began working with people who had been recently released from prison to… Read more »

(July 14, 2016) Atlantic General Hospital and Bethany United Methodist Church have partnered to offer a summer health fair with free screenings and family-friendly activities this Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Open to the public, the health fair will take place on the church property, located at 8648 Stephen Decatur Highway, in Berlin. This… Read more »

(July 14, 2016) Bathtub Races, an annual tradition in Berlin for the last 27 years, returns this Friday as both a competition and a fundraiser for the Berlin Chamber of Commerce. Chamber Executive Director Larnet St. Amant said the race involves two-person teams racing down Main Street in a bathtub, or at least a close… Read more »

(July 7, 2016) Thousands of people with quite a few umbrellas turned out to watch the inaugural Berlin fireworks celebration on July 3. Although the weather was far from perfect, it did little to dampen the spirit of celebration. Most of the crowd camped out at Burley Oak Brewing Co. on Old Ocean City Boulevard… Read more »

(July 7, 2016) Members of the Ocean Pines Association Elections Committee say a change in the way ballots are counted is unlikely during the current election cycle. That is partially because of time constraints. A change in the rules, written in resolution M-06, would require a first and second reading before a vote could take… Read more »

(July 7, 2016) A lot more goes into launching a new business, product or service than simply hanging an “open” sign on the door, or uploading a product onto an online marketplace, and one of the only places on the lower shore to access that kind of help is at the Worcester County Small Business… Read more »

(July 7, 2016) Though Jesse’s Paddle is still a little more than a week away, organizers said it’s the perfect time to register a team for the July 16 event. “It’s fun — suicide is kind of a dour topic, but this event is a good time, and it’s very important to us,” Ron Pilling,… Read more »

(July 7, 2016) Change is coming to parts of Berlin’s bustling Main Street. Some were expected, while others were something of a surprise. For instance, the town had expected to see the debut of Fathom, a new clothing store, and Gilbert’s Provisions, a charcuterie shop, this summer. It had not, however, expected to see the… Read more »