Honor Roll Senior Katie Hofman of Berlin, was named a commended scholar (all grades of 85 or above) during the winter term at Mercersburg Academy. Mercersburg Academy is a coeducational, independent college preparatory boarding and day school in south-central Pennsylvania with students enrolled in grades 9-12 and a postgraduate year. It has prepared students for… Read more »

(April 13, 2017) Today, Thursday, more than 70 artists from across the mid-Atlantic will descend on the Eastern Shore for the 14th annual Paint Snow Hill, creating fresh art that will available for purchase this weekend. Ann Coates, owner of Bishop’s Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine, said the event’s genesis traces to a conversation… Read more »

(April 13, 2017) Addressing continued financial losses at the Winter Quarters Golf Course drew a large contingency of fairway lovers to the Pocomoke City Council meeting on Monday. Will Stevenson provided historical background on the course, along with its continuing financial struggles. The current Pocomoke budget anticipates the course will lose approximately $143,000, while it… Read more »

(April 13, 2017) The potential for a new housing development, or other projects in Snow Hill, will be discussed during a meeting at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18 at the Train Station on Belt Street. Leading the meeting will be Michael Glass, founder and managing partner with the Waterfall Group, a multi-platform real estate… Read more »

(April 13, 2017) The Berlin Town Council on Monday approved the first phase of an estimated $120,000 project to restore Baker Street, the last oyster shell road in the town. The town will pay $20,000 for design work, to be done by Salisbury engineering firm Davis, Bowen & Friedel Inc., to start the project. Several… Read more »

(April 13, 2017) The Berlin Youth Club took a two-hour field trip to Worcester Technical High School in Newark on Monday to learn about the free vocational programs available to them, as soon as next year. Nineteen students, boys and girls, all 12-15 years old from Stephen Decatur Middle School, started in the culinary arts… Read more »

(April 13, 2017) A seemingly small change to the aquatics schedule in Ocean Pines set off a firestorm last week and the directors have called a special meeting today, Thursday, to discuss the controversy. Resident Gary Miller, a member of both the clubs and aquatics advisory committees, noticed the change in the spring/summer issue of… Read more »

(April 6, 2017) The sixth annual Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Race for the Cure takes place Saturday, on the Ocean City Boardwalk, to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. “It’s an opportunity to celebrate those who have survived breast cancer, honor those who are living with breast cancer and remember those we have… Read more »

(April 6, 2017) Nine students from Pocomoke High School were honored by the Pocomoke Rotary Club during its 35th annual 4 Way Test Banquet last Monday. Students were recognized for exhibiting character traits associated with the Rotary International’s 4 Way Test, which poses the following questions: Is it the truth; Is it fair to all… Read more »

(April 6, 2017) Changing the world one mind at a time is the aim of a mural project being produced by the Foreign Language Club at Stephen Decatur High School. French teacher Darlene McCann, who moderates the language club, said the “Art in Society” project traces back several years. “I had a group of these… Read more »