(Nov. 24, 2016) With the holiday season approaching, Anna Foultz and fellow Star Charities volunteers closed out its annual Christmas drive on Sunday by providing local Army National Guard members with care packages for military members stationed overseas. “It’s been about 18 years, I guess. It’s been so many years,” she said. “Before I did… Read more »

(Nov. 24, 2016) After giving members two weeks to review the proposed changes to the charter, the Pocomoke City Council voted to approve a host of new election regulations on first reading during its regular meeting Monday night. The changes include requiring all elections to be conducted with paper ballots, barring citizens from mounting write-in… Read more »

(Nov. 24, 2016) Peter Franchot, Maryland’s comptroller for the past decade, admitted last week that his office misdirected about $21.4 million worth of local income tax payments for years, and for most municipalities in Worcester, the outcome is favorable — except for Snow Hill, which ended up owing the state money. The error was initially… Read more »

(Nov. 24, 2016) Giving Tuesday is an international effort to promote charitable giving on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. As part of this effort, Worcester GOLD will be in front of the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin on Nov. 29 collecting toys and donations for the Helping Hands for the Holidays program, which provides gifts for local… Read more »

(Nov. 24, 2016) Ocean Pines homeowners – and possibly all residents – could soon have authenticated online accounts hosted by the association that would allow for payment of assessments and purchasing of memberships to the various amenities. That notion was floated last Thursday evening, when the OPA Board of Directors met with the Comprehensive Planning… Read more »

(Nov. 24, 2016) During his initial appearance in Worcester County District Court on behalf of Stephen Decatur High School teacher Austin Martin, defense attorney John Phoebus on Monday revealed his client had been indicted by the grand jury and the matter will now be handled by the circuit court. Martin, 27, of Ocean Pines, had… Read more »

(Nov. 24, 2016) Maryland State Police investigators announced on Monday that the victim of an apparent fatal hit and run in Berlin on Nov. 11 has been identified as 49-year-old Carlos Enrique Morales Barrios of Ocean City. According to a press release on Monday, Barrios was found dead on the Route 50 roadside near GlenRiddle…. Read more »

(Nov. 24, 2016) After eluding police for several days, Kimberly Hinkley, 50, of Ocean City was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and possessing a dangerous weapon with intent to injure after an apparent altercation with her boyfriend, 53-year-old Mark James Bell in Ocean City… Read more »

(Nov. 24, 2016) After more than one month of winding, weaving and exploring the back roads between Snow Hill and Salisbury, the most direct route between the towns, Snow Hill Road, was finally reopened to traffic this past Friday. Last month while most of the lower shore’s eyes were squarely focused on Hurricane Matthew, which… Read more »

(Nov. 24, 2016) Not only will the town’s tree at Byrd Park be lit up during an event scheduled for Wednesday beginning at 5:15 p.m., but all of the town’s decorations, from the displays lining the loop of the park to the swans on the drawbridge to the snowflakes on the utility poles marking the… Read more »