(Dec. 4, 2014) Salisbury auditing firm PKS & Company gave Berlin high marks during a mayor and last Monday’s council meeting. Accounting and Auditing Partner Michael Kleger and Manager Leslie Michalik said Berlin’s financial status was unmodified from the previous fiscal year, saying it “had no material weaknesses.” Kleger gave the town the “highest level… Read more »

(Dec. 4, 2014) One year after the formation of its Pedestrian Safety Committee, Berlin has a number of new safety measures in place and more on the way. The committee was created shortly after Nov. 8, 2013 when Maryland State Police Trooper Nicolas Hanger struck 16-year-old Tymeir Dennis and his then 17-year-old brother Tyheim Bowen… Read more »

(Dec. 4, 2014) From the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh to 1985’s Live Aid and Farm Aid, benefit concerts with a conscience have been used to raise awareness – and money – for political and social causes for decades. Hatched under a similar idea, the Lower Shore Land Trust’s “Get Bluegrass” concert is moving from Snow… Read more »

(Dec. 4, 2014) Just over a year after she took over as Main Street coordinator in Berlin, Megan Houston is moving on. New Economic and Community Development Director Ivy Wells will take on Main Street duties, and the town will look to fill Houston’s role as coordinator of the Visitor’s Center in the coming weeks…. Read more »

(Dec. 4, 2014) Two troopers from the Berlin Barrack of the Maryland State Police made a “significant” drug trafficking arrest after pulling over a pair of Connecticut residents for speeding during routine traffic detail on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Allan Orville Tyson, 35, and Christopher H. Williams-Eason, 25, were driving a 2015 Chrysler 200 rental car… Read more »

(Dec. 4, 2014) For the first time in five years, J. Bud Church was not presiding over the County Commissioners meeting as president. District Six Commissioner M. Jim Bunting has taken over those responsibilities, with District One Commissioner Merrill Lockfaw Jr. retaining his position of vice president for another year. “It’s great to have the… Read more »

(Dec. 4, 2014) Chip Bertino, Diana Purnell, Ted Elder and Joe Mitrecic were sworn in as County Commissioners Tuesday, replacing Judy Boggs, Jim Purnell, Virgil Shockley and Louise Gulyas respectively. The new commissioners said they were ready to cut their teeth on the county’s FY2016 budget, the formulation of which will take up a goodly… Read more »

(Dec. 4, 2014) After months of speculation and political intrigue, the Maryland Department of Agriculture announced proposed phosphorus management tool regulations on Monday, Dec. 1. The six-year phase-in of regulations carry a projected cost of $22.5 million, according to a study released last month by the Business Economic and Community Outreach Network at Salisbury University…. Read more »

(Dec. 4, 2014) True story: Minh Vihn and wife Kathryn Le moved from San Diego – he left a financial consulting job, she left four salons – to grow chickens in rural Worcester County. Rural, as in 20 minutes west of Snow Hill and navigating the unpaved Forest Road off Old Furnace Road for 20… Read more »

(Dec. 4, 2014) On Saturday, Dec. 6, the Julia A. Purnell Museum invites guests to leave the holiday stress of the 21st century behind and return to a more genteel time during the museum’s annual Victorian Christmas Celebration. Guests will sample old-fashioned treats and warm mulled cider to ward off the December chill.  Children will… Read more »