BERLIN – Incumbents are seeking to retain the seats up for grabs in this fall’s Berlin Town Council election.Councilmen Dean Burrell, Thom Gulyas and Troy Purnell have filed to run in the town’s Oct. 2 election. The filing deadline for candidates is Sept. 4.“We’ve gotten a lot of stuff done these last four years,” Purnell… Read more »
BERLIN — To help local real estate professionals support the causes most important to them, the Coastal Association of REALTORS® (Coastal) has established and provided startup funding for the Coastal REALTORS® Foundation.This new fund is held by the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES) and will be accessible to members of Coastal through an… Read more »
SALISBURY – School officials in Wicomico County this week voted to approve a schematic design for an elementary school replacement project.On Tuesday, the Wicomico County Board of Education voted unanimously to a schematic design for the replacement of Beaver Run Elementary School.Approval for the design comes four months after the school board voted to issue… Read more »
Saturdays July-September, Tuesdays July-August: Low-Impact Exercise 8-9 a.m. Increase balance, flexibility and reduce stress. Free (park entrance fees in effect), donations benefit Assateague Island National Seashore. All levels welcome. Bring beach towel. Meet at North Beach parking lot shade pavilion, 6633 Bayberry Dr., Berlin. Suitable for children ages 8 and up, must be accompanied by… Read more »
BERLIN — The occasion of Berlin’s 150th anniversary prompted a celebration and since the world, internationally, is celebrating “The Year of the Woman,” it became important to celebrate the women in Berlin who help make the Town of Berlin the treasure it has become for the Eastern Shore of Maryland.Shortly before the beginning of 2018,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean Games and corresponding East Coast SUP Cup return to the resort next Saturday with hundreds of participants expected to compete in various long-distance swimming and stand-up paddleboard races all for a good cause.The 6th annual event set for next Saturday features a nine-mile open ocean swim off the beach in Ocean… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Beach Patrol will host the annual Boardwalk swim to honor Captain Robert Craig on Saturday, July 14, at 6:30 p.m. on 14th Street and the Boardwalk.Competitors will swim a measured mile with the prevailing current to a finish line located at 14th Street and the beach.Participants will compete under… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- Nearly 6,000 softball players from all over the country and beyond descended on the Lower Shore this week for the first events of the U.S. Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) Eastern World Series.This year’s event began on Wednesday and will continue through the end of the month with competition each week in different age… Read more »
OCEAN PINES – Members of the Ocean Pines Association’s board of directors agreed to focus on a legal issue rather than politics last week.On Friday the board agreed to drop two of the three topics slated for discussion at a closed session meeting in favor of consultation with the association’s attorney regarding a legal matter…. Read more »
Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club Treasurer Cliff Burg is pictured with scholarship recipients Mike Beja, Shane Cioccio and Ryan Danaher. Recipients Jena Shumate, Caroline Kurtz and Grant Janek were not pictured. The Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club presented each student with a $1,000 scholarship toward their freshman year. The scholarships are funded with proceeds from the club’s… Read more »