(May 25, 2017) The Board of License Commissioners took the unusual step last week of leaving an issue unresolved and suspending proceedings until the three board members could review the presented evidence. License Commissioners’ attorney Tom Coates said it was a rare, but not unprecedented occurrence, and that it’s been at least a decade since… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) Army Sgt. Majs. Glen Franklin and Tracy Miller, siblings born in Berlin, were honored during the National Association for Black Veterans Chapter #0093’s third annual Armed Forces Day program on Saturday at Buckingham Elementary in Berlin. During his opening remarks, NABVETS Walk Through The Valley Chapter Commander James Briddell Sr. said he… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) Conflicting perspectives about the future of Winters Quarters Golf Course were presented during the Pocomoke City Council meeting on Monday. Duane Durham, who resides in the Winter Quarters neighborhood, has spearheaded a petition drive seeking to close the course. Despite revamped marketing efforts, from his view there doesn’t appear to be an… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) The resignation of Ocean Pines Chief Financial Officer Mary Bosack last week is tied to the recent departure of several other senior employees who have alleged poor working conditions, according to several sources close to the association and the board. A special meeting was apparently called last Friday when the directors learned… Read more »

(May 25, 2017) The debate between the Town of Berlin and the Adkins Company over the use of Harrison Avenue and Baker Street took a surprising turn this week, as turn-of-the century documents show that the town might have a legal right-of-way claim to Harrison Avenue, including the portion the Adkins Company says it owns…. Read more »

(May 18, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Election Committee might have had a difficult time getting election reforms passed by the board of directors this session, but it got almost everything it recommended.  During a meeting on Friday, committee Chairman Steve Tuttle said about 98 percent of the committee recommendations were approved. The board did… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) Ocean Pines Association Director Slobodan Trendic says he was kept out of the loop of election news last week and he isn’t happy about it.  Trendic, the board secretary and the liaison to the elections committee, said during a committee meeting last Friday that he was due to receive a list of… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) Most items in Berlin’s $19.2 million fiscal year 2018 budget draft introduced last week will likely to remain intact when the Mayor and Council meets again to discuss and finalize the budget on June 12, Berlin Town Administrator Laura Allen said last Thursday. She said $150,000 earmarked for Berlin Falls park was… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) Assateague Island Alliance (AIA), the Friends Group of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS), will host “Horseshoe Crab Ecology and Tagging Demonstration” on Saturday, May 20. Meet at 12:30 p.m. for refreshments prior to the program which begins at 1 p.m. Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) will soon grace the shores of the coastline… Read more »

(May 18, 2017) Worcester County Commissioner Chip Bertino will host a town meeting on Saturday, May 20 at 10 a.m. at the Ocean Pines library.  He will discuss issues and developments impacting the Ocean Pines district and the county as well as the fiscal 2018 county budget. Bertino’s guests will include Register of Wills Charlotte… Read more »