(Aug. 17, 2017) Dr. Cindy Byrd has co-authored a new book cataloging the extensive duck decoy collection at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Byrd, the executive director at the Julia A. Purnell Museum in Snow Hill, said “Birds of a Feather: Wildfowl Decoys at Shelburne Museum,” which will be released next month, traces its genesis… Read more »

(Aug. 17, 2017) Worcester County Public Works Water and Wastewater Division crews are addressing wastewater issues in Ocean Pines caused by high amounts of rain last weekend. Specifically, crews have spent the past several days correcting problems that occurred when high water flooded homeowners’ holding tanks. Residents who notice that their plumbing drains slowly or… Read more »

(Aug. 17, 2017) Former Stephen Decatur athlete and coach Alphonso Henry, 60, is about to join the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Henry started wrestling for Decatur as a freshman in 1971 and was captain of the team during his junior and senior years. He was a finalist in the district tournament and a regional… Read more »

(Aug. 17, 2017) Five residents attended a public meeting last Thursday about the upcoming repairs to Baker Street in Berlin, according to Town Administrator Laura Allen. Allen said the meeting went well overall and included specifics on the proposal from engineering firm Davis, Bowen & Friedel Inc. (DBF). “We got some good questions about how… Read more »

(Aug. 17, 2017) The $426,000 repair of West Street in Berlin was expected to finish this week after several months of work. Town Administrator Laura Allen said the contractor, Goody Hill, was scheduled to lay roadway fabric designed to reduce cracking and extend the life of the road and then do a final paving. Construction… Read more »

(Aug. 17, 2017) Commuters in the southern end of the county were hit with a nasty delay on Route 113 Monday evening, as a two-car collision required medevacing one driver to Shock Trauma in Baltimore with non-life-threatening injuries. State police report a 1990 Chevrolet truck, operated by Kamron Lucas, 30, of Newark, Maryland, was traveling… Read more »

(Aug. 17, 2017) The Berlin Town Council on Monday approved two aspects of the Berlin Bikeways project: a memorandum of understanding for an easement with the Maryland & Delaware Railroad Company, and a contract for design and engineering work to be done by Davis, Bowen & Friedel Inc. Planning Director Dave Engelhart credited Mayor Gee… Read more »

(Aug. 17, 2017) Gary Miller, who had been a two-term member of the Ocean Pines Association Aquatics Advisory Committee, announced his resignation from that group during a meeting on Monday. Miller said his reasons for resigning were twofold. “During the last board meeting, it was made apparent that I was not appreciated on the committee,”… Read more »

(Aug. 17, 2017) An underwhelming crowd of four, including one reporter, joined members of the Ocean Pines Elections Committee and two workers from B. Donald Kimball Inc. on Friday for the first public counting of election ballots in association history. The tiny contingent of observers contrasted with the dozens of people who gathered in the… Read more »