(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 »

(April 20, 2017) Two local students, Kylie Boston and DeShawn “DJ” Spence, are currently battling cancer as schoolmates and the community rallies around them. Boston, an eighth grader at Stephen Decatur Middle School, was diagnosed with brain cancer in January after a routine eye exam. She had no symptoms. “Her parents want to bring awareness… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) Jon Hill, who came on board as Snow Hill’s code enforcement officer in January, is looking to cultivate a new approach to the position. “We’re here not only just to enforce the code, but to help people achieve their project goals too,” he said. Hill, who grew up in Whaleyville, spent two… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) The bar at Burley Oak Brewing Company in Berlin was packed on Monday night, as it normally would be, but this time it was about more than beer, as members of the community came to support Paul Suplee and his family following the passing of his wife, Julie, last month. Organizer Todd… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) America’s “coolest” small town is looking for volunteers to help with the Town of Berlin’s ambassador program, which received the 2015 Governor’s Award for Volunteerism.   “Berlin Ambassadors are a friendly face on Main Street that help our visitors with any questions they might have, hand out town information, and guide our… Read more »

(April 20, 2017) The Berlin Naming Parks and Public Spaces Committee is poised to introduce a new public policy at a Town Council meeting as soon as next month. The committee met last Wednesday to discuss a draft policy prepared by Town Administrator Laura Allen, the staff liaison to the group. Allen said the protocol… Read more »