(Aug. 4, 2016) Last week the Town of Berlin announced its newest hire, 27-year-old administrative assistant Kelsey Jensen. A Calvert County native, Jensen moved to the area six years ago and worked as the assistant to the court administrator at the Circuit Court in Snow Hill for the last four years. Jensen said she learned… Read more »

(Aug. 4, 2016) Linda Epstein, Annie Compton and Jane Rowe all lived in Drayden, Maryland — an unincorporated area in St. Mary’s county — when they began painting together at least 20 years ago, and though Linda and Annie have moved since then, they still get together, mostly via text messages, to catch up and… Read more »

(Aug. 4, 2016) Four overnight closings of Route 113 near Newark will be necessary as work on the dual highway conversion continues, with the first closure scheduled for Tuesday. Aug. 9. According to the State Highway Administration, detours will be in place overnight from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., and each job will involve the… Read more »

(Aug. 4, 2016) Ocean Pines Police received information that a 21-year-old Ocean Pines resident was making threats against himself and anyone coming into contact with him at his residence at Point Lookout Road, last Sunday. Police received information that the suspect had weapons at the residence and previous mental health issues. Ocean Pines Police cordoned… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) The debate over, essentially a fence, carried over onto the majority of a mayor and council meeting in Berlin on Monday night. It was not the first time this particular fence had taken center stage, but it was the first time the council agreed to spend money on the problem. The council… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) How much does it cost to be elected to the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors, an unpaid volunteer position? That’s impossible to say until after the election and the public knows who won and what they spent, but with a record number of candidates, it stands to reason that other records… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) Marc Scher, the third-generation owner of downtown mainstay Scher’s Bridal Shop, opened as a department store by his grandfather in 1933, is picking up exactly where he left off following a fire last month. On Saturday, June 11 at about 9:30 a.m., the Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company received a call to… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) The Lower Shore Land Trust waited until moving day to announce it had uprooted operations and settled in at its new office on Snow Hill Road next to Sturgis Park and across from the Pocomoke River Kayak Company. “The timing couldn’t be better. Snow Hill is ramping up its effort to position… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) Police have a person of interest in the July 5 robbery of Copy Central, according to the business’s owner, Linda Dearing, who added on Monday that an overwhelming amount of generosity had come in from members of the community following the crime. Along with several hundred dollars in the register, the suspect… Read more »

(July 28, 2016) A July 20 work session in Ocean Pines had one major item on the agenda: “reserve study discussion.” Indeed, plenty of discussion was had on that subject – about two and a half hours – but when pressed for action or a follow-up work session, the directors could not find common ground…. Read more »