(March 16, 2017) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a public meeting at Town Hall on Monday. Jeep Jam Plans for the 2017 Jeep Jam at Berlin Falls Park, Aug. 24-27, were approved by a 4-1 vote. Organizers will pay the town $4,000 and agreed to restore the property, following the… Read more »

(March 16, 2017) Downtown Berlin will play musical chairs during the next several months, as at least six new businesses will either relocate or open for the first time. The Café, a brewery-inspired food and drink shop on 17 Jefferson Street – the former home of Berlin Coffee House – is set to open on… Read more »

(March 16, 2017) The Worcester County Library Board of Trustees is seeking a Worcester County resident to volunteer for a board vacancy representing Pocomoke City including areas beyond the town limits.   The Library Board is composed of seven members who reside in the various communities and towns in the county. Candidates should be passionate about… Read more »

(March 16, 2017) As part of the annual budget process, the county commissioners invite the governments of Berlin, Snow Hill, Pocomoke City, the Ocean Pines Association and Ocean City to outline their wants and needs for the coming fiscal year. The talks are generally informal, in that most of the municipalities are just starting their… Read more »

(March 16, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors began the process of finding a new general manager in January, when it hired the Novak Consultant Group to lead the search. The question that won’t be answered for some time, however, is whether that contract – reportedly $20,300 plus an unspecified amount for advertising,… Read more »

 (March 16, 2017) Capping off a month’s worth of effort for the second graders of Buckingham Elementary School, last Wednesday’s third annual “Invention Convention” was attended by hundreds of parents, well wishers and fellow students. Led by teachers Donna Socha and Jessica Fry, the students spent weeks either researching a famous inventor and developing a… Read more »

(March 16, 2017) The Town of Berlin has settled an alleged equal protection claim, according to Luke Rommel, a Salisbury attorney representing complainant Ronshell Shockley. Shockley contended she was forced to leave a public park – under threat of arrest – after an officer with the Berlin Police Department found her sitting on top of… Read more »

(March 16, 2017) Citing a reduction of state funding, the Worcester County Commission On Aging is asking the county and its municipalities for increased financial backing so it can continue to provide services to elderly and handicapped residents. Executive Director Rob Hart spoke to the Pocomoke City Council last Monday about the agency’s fiscal year… Read more »

(March 16, 2017) The Town of Berlin’s multiphase, $2 million series of stormwater improvements will move off Flower Street and onto projects in other parts of the town, Town Administrator Laura Allen said this week. Allen said repaving of Flower Street, near several areas where stormwater improvements recently took place, finished Friday. Parts of that… Read more »

(March 16, 2017) The Town of Berlin, having won the America’s Coolest Small Town campaign in 2014, is at it again, this time hoping to win the Independent We Stand “America’s Main Streets” contest. In addition to giving the town a year of bragging rights, the contest offers the winner a $25,000 reward. A nomination… Read more »