(Aug. 31, 2017) The Town of Berlin made frequent use of its CodeRED emergency notification system in the last several weeks, although some residents apparently found the service a little too invasive. Put into effect in 2014, the notification system can send texts or emails and deliver phone messages during emergencies, both small and large…. Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) “Volunteering keeps me going. I’ve had MS for 24 years and if it wasn’t for the volunteering, I would not want to get up and go,” Lori Giampa said during a Berlin Town Council meeting on Monday night. “But it does. It makes me go.” Giampa was one of several Berlin Welcome… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) An apparent accord has been reached over complaints about late night noise emanating from the Chicken Man Food Store in Snow Hill. Mark Nixon, a business owner adjacent to Chicken Man’s West Market Street location, voiced his displeasure during a council meeting on Aug. 8 over the food store’s hours of operation… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) Lisa Hall, former Berlin councilwoman and mayoral candidate, appears to be a suspect in the theft of $3,000 worth of meat from several local grocery stores. An incident report from the Ocean City Police Department lists Hall as the suspect and the Acme on the 9500 block of Coastal Highway as one… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) Flooding, an issue in Ocean Pines since its establishment five decades ago, has once again become a hot topic because of recent heavy rains. Several homeowners broached the subject during the public comments section of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors meeting last Friday. The directors, understanding that public discussion was… Read more »

 (Aug. 31, 2017) An appeal of the decision to award a liquor license allowing the sale of beer, wine and spirits at the former county Shore Spirits in Pocomoke City was been delayed from today, Aug. 31, until at least late November according to court records. The Board of License Commissioners, the local branch of… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) Worcester County Government offices, including all five branch libraries, the Central Landfill in Newark, Homeowner Convenience Centers, and Recreation and Parks, will be closed Monday, Sept. 4, for the Labor Day holiday. WCG offices will resume standard operating hours on Tuesday, Sept. 5. 

(Aug. 31, 2017) Worcester County law enforcement officials are hopeful last week’s bust of eight people operating an “open air drug market” in Selbyville, Delaware will hinder heroin trafficking across the border, in Maryland. “I sincerely hope it does make an impact. It’s in our vested interest to make the public aware [of] where our… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) Last Wednesday morning around 11 a.m., Jacqueline Yvonne Richards, 77, was reported missing from a residence in West Ocean City, and by 4:21 p.m. her body had been located in Ocean Pines. Deputies and investigators initiated a search in response to the complaint, scouring the north end of the county for signs… Read more »

(Aug. 31, 2017) Mark Widgeon, the former Showell Volunteer Fire Department treasurer, will serve five years in jail and pay $150,000 in restitution after entering a guilty plea to a felony theft scheme in circuit court on Monday. Judge Broughton Earnest sentenced Widgeon to the maximum of 15 years in the department of corrections with… Read more »