(April 20, 2017) Following a lengthy investigation, Ocean Pines Police have arrested a 30-year-old Ocean Pines woman for prostitution. The suspect, Megan Lynn Tyndall, reportedly advertised massage services over the internet, police said. An undercover police officer answered the ad and was able to develop information that resulted in the arrest. Tyndall faces one count… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Show Hill Town Council discussed the following items during a meeting on April 11 at the Train Station on Belt Street. Town mourns with Hall Councilwoman Jenny Hall fought back tears as numerous condolences were offered following the passing of her husband, Jimmy Hall, on April 4. John Holloway, Snow Hill EMS… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Next weekend is one for the birds as the Delmarva Birding Weekend spaces events out throughout the county, while the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art hosts its annual carving competition at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street. While carvers and artists have been working for months on pieces to submit… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) When the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum opens for the season on Saturday, May 27, it will do so with expanded hours and a new exhibit. The exhibit, spearheaded by museum Board Member Patricia Dufendach, will highlight local involvement in World War I. The new hours will be Monday, Wednesday, Friday and… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Bethany United Methodist Church in Berlin will host Rev. Dr. Jonathan Edwin Baker, who will speak of his ministry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Sunday, April 23, at 10 a.m.   Rev. Baker is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church (UMC)… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Berlin resident Gussie Sholtis has seen all manner of wheeled implements roll by her Sheppard Realty Inc. office on Main Street downtown, from bicycles and skateboards, to strollers and wagons. Occasionally, she said, she has witnessed the wobbly to-and-fro of an off-road unicyclist.   Sholtis said a light bulb recently went off… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) The Worcester County Commissioners and staff bid a fond farewell to their dear friend and former Emergency Services Director and Fire Marshal, Edward “Sykes” Cropper, who passed away Friday, April 14. Cropper began his 33-year career with Worcester County government in 1963 as a part-time fire marshal before being hired full time on June… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Michael Franklin, Atlantic General Hospital president and CEO, presented a community update concerning the institution’s upcoming goals during a Snow Hill Council meeting last Tuesday. In 2014, Maryland’s all-payer hospital system modernization model was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a five-year pilot program with the federal government…. Read more »

(April 20, 2017) The Berlin Planning Commission unanimously approved an expansion at Burley Oak Brewing Company last Wednesday, but not without some trepidation. The Brewery will add a covered outdoor stage between the existing main building and an existing storage facility. According to site plan drawings, the front left stage support would be a tree,… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Berlin’s annual Clean-Up Day, Saturday, is the kickoff for Take Pride in Berlin Week, which ends April 29. Volunteers will dedicate a few hours to help give Berlin’s parks and neighborhoods a spring-cleaning. Individuals and teams are needed to help with planting, weeding, raking, mulching and whatever else needs attention. Students can… Read more »