BERLIN – The Berlin Police Department honored several officers for outstanding service to the community during the past year.Town officials praised the efforts of Berlin’s police force this week as Chief Arnold Downing shared news of various commendations the department awarded to its officers at the close of 2018.“We can’t say thank you enough to… Read more »
Innovator Award PresentedBERLIN — Atlantic General Hospital was recently recognized as a Health Quality Innovator of the Year for Maryland. The award was presented by Health Quality Innovators (HQI), an independent, non-profit consulting organization. The Health Quality Innovator Awards are HQI’s program for gathering and sharing the best evidence-based, practical methods for enhancing quality of… Read more »
Ocean City Elementary School students in Laura Black’s kindergarten class and Wendi Eitel’s third grade class meet each week for Buddy Readers. This is an opportunity to celebrate the reading accomplishments of kindergarten students as they embrace the love of reading. Pictured are third grader Brantley McKenna and kindergartener Landon Bounds.
OCEAN CITY – Requests for two new police officers, proposed changes to the police department’s General Orders and a discussion on new special event zone legislation highlighted this month’s meeting of the Ocean City Police Commission.Police Chief Ross Buzzuro told the commission this week he was requesting two additional full-time police officers be added to… Read more »
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity basketball team rolled past Salisbury Christian, 45-24, last week for its 11th straight regular season win.The Mallards extend its win streak following the holiday break to three games with the victory over Salisbury Christian at home last Friday. Overall the Worcester girls have won 11 straight regular season games to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Seven suspects were arrested on credit card fraud and other charges after a routine traffic stop connected them to a string of counterfeit card purchases in the resort two years ago.During the summer of 2017, a total of six victims from outside the region reported their credit cards had been used to… Read more »
OCEAN PINES – Plans to expand the outdated and overgrown Ocean Pines Police Department are expected to move forward following a decision by the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors this week.The board voted unanimously on Tuesday to solicit bids for the design and construction of an expansion of the Ocean Pines Police Department. The… Read more »
BERLIN — A Berlin man is being held without bond this week for allegedly supplying the heroin that resulted in the fatal overdose of another local man last week.On Jan. 8, members of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Enforcement Team responded to a residence in Berlin in reference to an apparent fatal drug overdose… Read more »
BERLIN – A resident expressed concern about the issue of short-term rentals in Berlin this week.At Monday’s town council meeting, resident Pam Hay brought up the issue of Airbnb and its potential impact in Berlin.“Are you hollowing out the core fabric of the town that brought people here in the first place by allowing short-term… Read more »
OCEAN PINES – In spite of longstanding plans to renovate the Ocean Pines Country Club, officials this week voted to seek bids for construction of a new facility.At a special meeting Tuesday, the Ocean Pines Association (OPA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to seek at least three bids for the construction of a new 7,000-square-foot… Read more »