By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) Pocomoke City Councilwoman Esther Troast is seeking support to help #FixLocalRoads. Troast attended a recent Mayor’s Association Conference in Annapolis on behalf of ailing Mayor Bruce Morrison, and said she came back with a many new contacts and information. The most important, she said, was the Maryland… Read more »

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) Management of the Ocean Pines Association yacht and beach clubs is reportedly down to just two contenders: the Matt Ortt Companies, which run establishments such as Rare & Rye in Ocean City, and a group led by former Ocean Pines Food and Beverage Director Joe Reinhart. The… Read more »

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) While Atlantic General Hospital President and CEO Michael Franklin recently made the rounds of public meetings in Worcester County, Ocean City and Pocomoke, his visit to the Berlin mayor and Town Council Monday night was different. For this session, he accompanied by Jack Burbage, the force behind… Read more »

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) The Pocomoke City Council discussed the following items during a meeting at Town Hall last Monday. Discovery Center The City Council agreed to waive 12 months in loan fees, about $7,000, for the Delmarva Discovery Center. Discover Center Director Stacey Weisner said she recently had to replace… Read more »

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) In the next five years, Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services in Berlin would like to increase grant and donation funding by at least $5,000, expand existing services and staffing, develop a marketing plan, and expand programs into Pocomoke. The nonprofit on Tuesday released its five-year strategic… Read more »

By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) After meeting with Town of Berlin officials on Tuesday, representatives said an effort to replace some sandwich-board signs downtown was tabled indefinitely. About six months ago, Robin Tomaselli of the Berlin Arts and Entertainment Committee spearheaded a pilot program to test planter boxes with small, rectangular shingles… Read more »

By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) For the past three years, regular attendees of county commissioner meetings fell into one of four groups: county staff, local attorneys, two reporters from local weekly newspapers and Josh Nordstrom. Nordstrom, 45, makes no bones about his intentions — he wants to be Pocomoke City’s representative on… Read more »

(Feb. 15, 2018) Worcester County Tourism Director Lisa Challenger has been appointed to serve a two-year term as chair of the Maryland Association of Destination Marketing Organizations, which is made up of Destination Marketing Organizations directors from the 23 Maryland counties, Baltimore, and Ocean City. “It’s an honor to represent my peers across the state… Read more »

Pocomoke man guilty on nine counts of sex abuse with three minor children By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (Feb. 15, 2018) Joshua Tauber, 24, of Pocomoke City was convicted last week of nine felony counts of various sex abuse charges relating to incidents between him and three minors, at least one a family member or… Read more »