Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 20, 2026) Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) visited the Eastern Shore this week and stopped in Berlin to present a check for $1.4 million to the town for its community center initiative. Berlin officials announced in January that the Berlin Community Center project received a $1.4 million federal grant… Read more »
Commission requested meeting to learn about full project, details of concern By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 20, 2026) Plans for a new Buckingham Elementary School continue to move forward, as the project’s leaders presented their plans last week to the Berlin Planning Commission and community members. The project was presented to the Berlin Planning… Read more »
Live entertainment, pepper eating competition on tap By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Aug. 20, 2026) Berlin residents and visitors can test their spicy food tolerance this Saturday at the town’s second annual Chili Pepper Festival. The Berlin Chamber of Commerce is hosting the spicy-foods event on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 3-8 p.m. in downtown Berlin…. Read more »
Alice J. Unger Berlin Alice JoAnn Unger, age 83, passed away on August 15, 2026, in Berlin, Maryland. Born on April 21, 1943, in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Flaxcomb and Alice (Kramer) Flaxcomb. While JoAnn enjoyed a long career in the health insurance field, she found her true purpose… Read more »
County getting behind local shellfish farming Aquaculture in the coastal bays that stretch along the Worcester County mainland into Virginia could help revive a shellfish industry that disappeared from these waters decades ago. As Worcester County’s tourism and marketing department launches its Maryland Coast Shellfish campaign today (Thursday), it’s worth noting that the effort marks… Read more »
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2026) Maryland lawmakers approved a proposed constitutional amendment during a two-day special session last week that will ask voters statewide to change the rules governing how the state’s congressional districts may be drawn. Lower Eastern Shore elected officials said the change could clear the way for Democratic Party… Read more »
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2026) The corporate owner of Ocean Downs is considering selling the Berlin casino and racetrack as part of a review of its regional gaming properties across the country. Churchill Downs Inc., the property’s Louisville-based owner, disclosed the possible sale in a July 29 filing with the U.S. Securities… Read more »
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2026) Worcester County officials are willing to sit down to discuss how to restore Snow Hill Pharmacy’s longtime jail business, as long as the pharmacy owner can resume negotiations with the jail’s medical contractor. “We really want to sit around the table and do true collaboration to make… Read more »
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2026) Snow Hill could lean harder into arts and entertainment. Or it could shape its downtown economy around paddling, fishing, hunting, and outdoor tourism. Whatever the answer, town officials say they will need to choose a direction as part of a bigger decision: What should Snow Hill’s Main… Read more »
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2026) The long-awaited Giant supermarket under construction at Coastal Square is expected to open its doors by the end of the year, while its planned apartment complex remains delayed, according to the developer. Interior work has begun on the roughly 60,000-square-foot grocery store at the intersection of Routes… Read more »