(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 »

(Dec. 29, 2016) A record number of candidates entered the ring in yet another heated Ocean Pines election that resulted in three new board members, the resignation of a sitting board member and the entire membership of an advisory committee, and the termination of General Manager Bob Thompson. When candidates were certified in May, a… Read more »

(Dec. 29, 2016) Each year, the state ask counties to submit a ranked list of its transportation priorities for the next year, and every year for about the past 20 years it’s been the same in Worcester: Route 113 dualization. The road, which narrows from a four-lane divided highway to just two lanes slightly north… Read more »

(Dec. 29, 2016) Maryland State Police and other local authorities are investigating a reported cell phone scam. According to a release from the Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack, threatening text messages originating from sender isigman@conejousd.org have been circulating in the area. The message reads, “I’ve been paid to kill you but wish to spare you…. Read more »