(June 30, 2016) The third meeting of the Worcester County Warriors Against Opiate Addiction last Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church in Ocean City focused on faith-based recovery and featured guest speakers from Teen Challenge in Seaford and Stand Fast Recovery in Snow Hill. Teen Challenge Executive Director Bob Carey claimed an 86 percent success rate… Read more »

(June 30, 2016) From patriotic concerts and fireworks to a hot dog-eating contest and 5K race, Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Berlin and Snow Hill have numerous ways to celebrate Independence Day. Here are a few activities taking place this weekend. Ocean Pines: • Freedom 5K: Ocean Pines kicks off its Independence Day celebration on Monday with… Read more »

(June 30, 2016) Children who worked on the second panel of Berlin’s new community mural got a first glimpse at the finished product last Tuesday evening at Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services. Also attending the event were Berlin Mayor Gee Williams, Economic Development Director Ivy Wells, District Court Judge Gerald Purnell, muralist John Donato,… Read more »

(June 30, 2016) Opening next month at the Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center at UMES, Michael O’Leary’s “Breathing Under Dirt will bring a handful of actors from the “Guiding Light” soap opera, which ended a 57-year run on television in 2009, and local actor Robert Forester to the stage. O’Leary, recognizable to Guiding Light fans… Read more »

(June 30, 2016) Berlin and Booth & Associates, the town’s electric utility consultants since 2008, have reached an agreement regarding an issue last year that increased electric expenses related to peak shaving operations, Mayor Gee Williams announced. Booth has been assisting the town in determining when to generate to reduce demand-related power costs since 2009,… Read more »

(June 30, 2016) Ocean Pines Association (OPA) will mail out election ballots to its members in good standing on Monday, July 11. In accordance with OPA bylaws, no member may vote if the member has failed to pay the annual charge, including any assessed interest levied by the association. There are 11 candidates to fill… Read more »

(June 30, 2016) Rackliffe House Trust dedicated the new Ann Showell Mariner Memorial Garden in a ceremony at historic Rackliffe House in Berlin on June 5. Rackliffe House Trust Board President Carolyn Cummins welcomed 60 guests, including donors, docents, and members of the Mariner family. Father Michael Moyer of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church,  blessed the… Read more »

(June 23, 2016) Sandra L. Unitas, the widow of Colts legend Johnny Unitas, met with Berlin Mayor Gee Williams last Friday to donate a few items to the town. Among them was a pool table, once owned by “Johnny U,” that the town plans to give to nonprofit Worcester Youth and Family Counseling. She also… Read more »

(June 23, 2016) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors will hold a special meeting today, Thursday, to address a pair of proposed capital purchases that failed to earn approval after a 3-3-tie vote. The meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the boardroom inside the administration building.   During the last regular meeting,… Read more »

 (June 23, 2016) Last weekend was the Ocean City Air Show, the Firefly Music Festival, the Summer Kickoff in Pocomoke and the Berlin Peach Pageant, plus a celebration of little island in Snow Hill with a goat on it that paddle boarders and kayakers raced around. And it still drew hundreds. Those not paddling on… Read more »