(Oct. 8, 2015) The third annual Double Down Wine and Beer Festival will return to the Casino at Ocean Downs, Oct. 9-11. Local companies Fin City Brewing Co. and Tall Tales Brewing Company will pour samples, while regional, national and international wines will also be available. “We felt that our customers would really like to… Read more »

(Oct. 8, 2015) Baltimore native Joan Cooper said she can’t imagine life without writing. A veteran school teacher, Cooper has written more than a dozen novels and has published two, with another two on the way through Salt Water Media in Berlin. This Friday, she will be one of two artists to be featured at… Read more »

(Oct. 8, 2015) Star Charities’ monthlong holiday collection for the troops started Oct. 1, as the nonprofit annually gathers nonperishable items for soldiers on active duty overseas. Organizer Anna Foultz said the collection began as an effort led by her late husband, Carl. “He started it, I forget how many years ago now, and then… Read more »

(Oct. 8, 2015) Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club is wrapping up the golf season having had more junior golfers participate in its programs than in any other season in recent history. Approximately 120 young golfers participated in the course’s clinics and summer camps. The last program of the year, a fall clinic, ended on… Read more »

(Oct. 1, 2015) The wind whipped around the dozen or so vendors tables lined up just outside downtown Berlin, but rain never materialized Saturday afternoon when several hundred gathered at the site of the new $4.5 million Worcester County Library. For now, the space is hardly more than an open field next to the Waystead… Read more »

(Oct. 1, 2015) What looked like a fairly straight forward text amendment on a town zoning ordinance erupted into debate on the growth of the town of Berlin during a public meeting on Monday. Earlier this year, Rinnier Development Company’s 700-plus-townhome complex on Seahawk Road received approval from the Berlin Planning Commission, with the condition… Read more »

(Oct. 1, 2015) Mayor Gee Williams and other local officials on Saturday presided over the public unveiling of plans for the prospective new $4.5 million, Berlin library on Harrison Avenue. The event also helped launch a capital campaign, which hoped to raise $300,000 for furnishings in the building through the Worcester County Library Foundation. County… Read more »

(Oct. 1, 2015) Jordan Denton and Nicholas Bonser, who were given 90 days to pay restitution for their Jan. 25 spray-painting vandalism spree, now have more time to make financial amends. According to court documents, District Court Judge Gerald Purnell has granted the two 18-year-old Berlin residents until the end of their two-year probation to… Read more »

(Oct. 1, 2015) The Berlin mayor and Town Council discussed the following items during a public meeting on Monday. Floodplain ordinance Ordinance No. 2015-07 received a first reading on Monday. The amendment would affect Chapter 102, Section 8.3 of the town code regarding violations and penalties relating to floodplain management. Previously, violations and penalties were… Read more »

(Oct. 1 2015) To repair or not to repair the bridges in Ocean Pines. That was the question during last Thursday’s board meeting, when General Manager Bob Thompson went over the association’s options on repairs and replacements. Thompson’s roughly 30-minute presentation focused on a 2014 report by Gannett Fleming. According to the report, the Ocean… Read more »