(March 31, 2016) The Worcester County Historical Society is planning its annual spring dinner for Friday, April 8, at the Pocomoke Community Center on Market and 14th streets. The dinner will feature the Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary’s famous chicken and dumplings. This year’s speaker will be Gordon E. Katz, an award-winning author, who will discuss… Read more »

(March 31, 2016) Local robotics team Titanium Wrecks recently qualified to compete in the district championships in College Park, April 6-9 at the Xfinity Center.  The mechanized warriors earned that right after doing will in two district competitions. Team mentor Paul Suplee said the members of the team, all students from high schools in Worcester… Read more »

(March 31, 2016) Once an item of some contention, the OPA Board was easily able to pass changes to resolution F-01 last Thursday, thanks to a compromise hammered out on the previous day during a committee meeting. On March 23, the budget and finance committee met to discuss several items. F-01 was not one of… Read more »

(March 24, 2016) Braving chilly conditions, bundled up and carrying oversized baskets in tiny, frozen fingers, more than 100 children, accompanied by their parents, showed up at Sturgis Park in Snow Hill on Saturday to take part in the town’s annual Easter egg hunt. Three different age groups took part in the sweets and treats… Read more »

(March 24, 2016) Officially, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors and Worcester County Commissioners have called off an annual dinner meeting, because some felt it was redundant and the commissioners were already stretched thin during budget season. Unofficially, sources from both bodies said there could be a larger rift brewing, in part because some… Read more »

(March 24, 2016) The Worcester County Commissioners last Tuesday unanimously approved an annexation request for Berlin Falls on Old Ocean City Boulevard, another step in the long process to transform the property into a large recreation facility. The approval paves way for the town to rezone the 68-acre parcel from I-2 heavy industrial, to R-1… Read more »

(March 24, 2016) Business is booming in Berlin, as is evidenced by an unusually large number of developments currently coming together, including several new shops, restaurants, apartment complexes and other expansions, both downtown and on the outskirts of town. During a public meeting on March 14 at Town Hall, the mayor and council approved a… Read more »

(March 24, 2016) Berlin Mayor Gee Williams remains, unquestionably, bullish on the future of Berlin. During an interview last week, Williams said the number of new developments in town were complimentary to both “the Berlin we had been, and the Berlin we’re trying to become.” That includes, he said, more than just the opportunity for… Read more »

(March 24, 2016) A revised power agreement with American Municipal Power Inc. [AMP] should save Berlin electric customers an average of seven percent on their bills, starting in 2018. The Town Council approved the execution of a new schedule, which starts on Jan. 1, 2018 and runs through 2020, during a public meeting on March… Read more »

(March 24, 2016) Recent news coming out of Berlin’s electric utility has generally been upbeat, with the department receiving national recognition and a new contract, signed last week, promising lower bills in the near future. The picture wasn’t always so rosy, however, as the department was once something of a black eye on the town…. Read more »