(Oct. 22, 2015) The Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department will host Halloween activities this month, which include a Haunted 5K run and fall festival. A Haunted 5K Fun Run, a new Halloween event, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park in Ocean Pines. Participants are encouraged to… Read more »

(Oct. 22, 2015) The subject of the Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce’s annual Awards and Installation Banquet was something of a sore one last year, as the high-profile event was one of several booked at a venue other than the then-new $5 million Ocean Pines Yacht Club. Those fences would appear to have been mended,… Read more »

(Oct. 22, 2015) Tickets are still available until noon on Friday for Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County’s 20th anniversary celebration. The event, dubbed the Masquerade at St. Martin’s Gala will be held Oct. 23 from 7-11 p.m. at the historic church near Ocean Pines at the junction of Routes 113 and 589. Headlining the… Read more »

 (Oct. 22, 2015) The Town of Berlin is reminding residents of its fall bulk trash pickup schedule. If your normal trash day is a Tuesday or a Wednesday, your bulk pick up day is Nov. 4. If your normal trash day is a Thursday, your bulk pick up day is Nov. 18. Residents may include… Read more »

(Oct. 15, 2015) On Monday, 17 students from Julie Wilsey’s fourth grade class at Worcester Preparatory School took a sunny-day stroll down Main Street for a quick field trip to the Art in the Fields gallery. The students, with art teacher Rebecca Tittermary, were there to see the gallery’s first exhibition, which featured more than… Read more »

(Oct. 15, 2015) U.S. District Court Judge Ellen L. Hollander Last Wednesday signed a settlement order that will end the two-year legal battle between former Berlin Fire Company employee Zackery C. Tyndall and the Berlin Fire Company. Tyndall, a former EMT employed at the fire company and a volunteer fireman there as well, filed a… Read more »

(Oct. 15, 2015) What does community mean to you? That’s the question the Town of Berlin will be asking during “Community Development Week,” a statewide initiative organized by the Community Development Network (CDN) of Maryland. While many other towns are holding information sessions based on financial opportunities tied to the Department of Housing and Community… Read more »

(Oct. 15, 2015) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a public meeting at Town Hall on Tuesday. New construction Engelhart said the town had a good year with new home construction, especially with “fill-in” lots. A total of 11 new family dwellings, not counting Cannery Village, have been built this year… Read more »

(Oct. 15, 2015) Chip Bertino, Worcester County Commissioner for the Ocean Pines district, will host a Town Meeting on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Ocean Pines branch library at 10 a.m. Commissioner Bertino will provide information on issues and developments occurring within the district and the county.   Sonny Bloxom, Worcester County attorney, is the… Read more »

(Oct. 15, 2015) Berlin police last Thursday announced the first significant heroin bust in the town in more than a year, as 19-year-old Richard Tye Mumford Jr. of Bishopville was charged with possessing more than 60 packets of the drug, with intent to distribute. Berlin police said they received a “concerned resident’s tip” of drug… Read more »