BERLIN – The design for the Snow Hill High School renovation will need to be updated before the school board seeks funding for the long-planned project.The plan for the renovations was approved and adopted by the state in 2006, and the plan will be 54 months old when the Worcester County school system goes back… Read more »

BERLIN – Artists will take to the streets of Berlin in August for three days of open-air painting in the town’s first annual Paint Berlin event.“We had been thinking about this for a few years. No one else had decided to come up to bat,” said Carol Dorman, assistant administrator of the Worcester County Arts… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, the dangers of windy days on the beach became a reality for one woman this week and the city may not have to make a move to ban a potentially harmful substance after all.Woman Impaled By Own Beach UmbrellaResort paramedics rushed to 48th Street on Monday afternoon… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – While the ongoing oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico nudged past the three-month mark, Gov. Martin O’Malley and several ranking state officials convened in Ocean City this week to discuss plans for potential direct and indirect impacts on the resort and the rest of Maryland.O’Malley and many of his cabinet members,… Read more »

SNOW HILL – With the deadline to file for the upcoming primary and general elections this fall rapidly approaching, the field of candidates for local and state positions has started to take shape in the last week or so, but at least two offices up for grabs are conspicuous by their apparent lack of challengers.The… Read more »

BERLIN – One year after starting work on the long-awaited Berlin wastewater treatment plant expansion and improvements at the existing plant site in eastern Berlin, construction is only a few days off schedule.“They are probably around 12 to 14 days behind on the wastewater treatment plant which is not bad considering the winter we had,”… Read more »

BERLIN – With Berlin’s new Comprehensive Plan now approved, the town must turn its attention to modifying the zoning code to enshrine the plan’s vision.At Berlin Administrator Tony Carson’s suggestion, the Berlin Mayor and Council agreed to hold a council work session in the future to offer town staff direction and suggestions on the rezoning,… Read more »

T.K. DickersonStaff WriterWEST OCEAN CITY – If it wasn’t for the laid back atmosphere, personalized mugs hanging from the bar and the copious amounts of peanuts, I don’t think that I would be able to make the connection from the Greene Turtle today to the place where I sat in the middle of T-shirt racks,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Hooters of Ocean City’s new 5th Street location might be the new kid on the block as far as Boardwalk businesses go, but in just its third week of being open it’s drawing crowds like a seasoned veteran.Hooters Director of Operations Matthew J. Ortt says that the 5th Street location is like… Read more »

Kylie JosonStaff WriterOCEAN CITY – Even when the lifeguards are on duty, you should take caution when swimming in the ocean, but when the lifeguards are not on duty your chances of injury or death dramatically increase. Last Wednesday around 8 p.m., Justin Lowe, 17, of Dagsboro, fractured his fifth cervical vertebrae (neck) when he… Read more »