(Oct. 13, 2016) After injecting a little classic rock into the traditional German folk festival a year ago, Berlin will return to the basics with Oktoberfest this Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. The Alte Kumpel Band will perform German polka music, Burley Oak Brewing Company will introduce a new line of “Berlin” beer steins,… Read more »

(Oct. 13, 2016) For what organizers hope is the last time, Snow Hill’s Oktoberfest is scheduled to compete with Berlin’s event this Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. downtown. “We’re going to try to work it out for next year. We’d like to expand our event a little bit, but would like it to remain kind… Read more »

(Oct. 13, 2016) Running in conjunction with Berlin’s Oktoberfest this Saturday will be a fall sidewalk sale put together by several merchants sale along Main Street. Blair Parsons from TaDa, on 18 North Main Street, spearheaded the effort. “It’s a nice chance, now that summer’s calming down, to move out some of our summer inventory… Read more »

(Oct. 13, 2016) Showell Elementary will host its annual PTA sponsored Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 15, on school grounds from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.   The event is open to the public. Tickets will be sold on site for activities, rides, games, and lots of raffles. The fun-filled festival will include a variety… Read more »

(Oct. 13, 2016) For the last several years, Santa has had a very busy helper in the Ocean Pines area – Aquatics Director Colby Phillips. Four years ago, Phillips went online to look into having a letter from Santa delivered to her then 6-year-old daughter, Sadie. “It was like $20 and I thought that was… Read more »

(Oct. 13, 2016) Large, hyperactive dogs are not the normal sight during mayor and council meetings in Berlin, but then again it’s not every day the town police force welcomes a new member. On Monday evening, the mayor and council were introduced to Cyrus, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, which resembles a German shepherd. “Anybody got… Read more »

(Oct. 13, 2016) In a tense 3-0 vote with two members abstaining, the Berlin Historic District Commission ruled last Wednesday that outgoing Town Council member Lisa Hall must remove the sign from her Berlin Butcher Shop on Williams Street. Commission member Robert Poli said the large, pylon-mounted sign had a series of violations and that… Read more »

(Oct. 13, 2016) New fencing will be going up around two of the county pumping stations in Ocean Pines, but it won’t be purchased via the usual bidding process. The Worcester County Commissioners voted 4-2 at its meeting on October 4 to waive formal bidding processes in awarding a contract for new wooden fencing around… Read more »

(Oct. 13, 2016) Jordan Denton, the eldest of three young people convicted for their involvement in the January 2015 overnight spray painting spree that caused thousands of dollars in damage to Berlin residents’ cars and town facilities, is scheduled to return to district court in December for allegedly violating her probation. According to court documents,… Read more »

(Oct. 13, 2016) When new leadership was elected to the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors in August, the directors promised sweeping changes and have moved quickly to make good on several key campaign promises. Another thing the new board hopes to change, according to a discussion during a special meeting last Friday, was how… Read more »