BERLIN – An effort is underway to find a replacement for retired Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Dale R. Cathell, a Berlin native and Stephen Decatur High School graduate who ascended to the state’s highest court in 1998.Cathell officially retired in July having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70, but continues to sit on… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Questions are surrounding the Summerfield project in Snow Hill this week with developer Mark Odachowski apparently preparing to ask the town to let him postpone building the promised wastewater treatment plant, but to allow him to go ahead and build 300 homes.Speaking at a hearing on the water and sewer plan amendment… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The 25th Annual Ocean City Christmas Parade marches along Coastal Highway on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 11 a.m.The holiday parade starts at 100th Street and marches northbound in the southbound lanes of Coastal Highway to the Gold Coast Mall at 115th Street. More than 80 units will participate, including high school bands,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City received high honors last week at the Maryland Governor’s Tourism Industry Conference, with the receipt of two awards for Ocean City tourism efforts. Deborah Travers, Assistant Executive Director of Tourism in Ocean City, and the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant-Association (OCHMRA) both received distinguished awards this year.This year marked the 27th annual… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The whole family will enjoy a visit to the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City Friday through Sunday, Nov. 23-25, for the 25th Annual Holiday Shopper’s Fair.A visit to this annual shopping extravaganza is sure to put everyone in the holiday spirit. This year’s fair features unique gifts for everyone… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Discussion surrounding sexually-oriented businesses continued this week at a work session of the Mayor and Council with another presentation of zoning possibilities in Ocean City. City Planner Jesse Houston, presented the Mayor and Council with four different scenarios for zoning, explaining that the intent is not to suppress the expansion of sexually-oriented… Read more »

NEWARK – Worcester school officials this week approved a request from Stephen Decatur High School to move forward with an interscholastic swimming program at the Berlin school.The Worcester County Board of Education on Tuesday approved a request from Stephen Decatur to create a competitive swim team. The new program will begin this winter as a… Read more »

SNOW HILL – One County Commissioner who voted to oppose slot machines in Worcester County regrets his vote to approve that stance, he revealed less than a week after the vote was taken.Although he was convinced last week that the county leaders opposed slot machines, Commissioner Bobby Cowger, who represents Pocomoke, would now like to… Read more »

BERLIN – Local fraternal organizations still want slots in their lodges and the County Commissioners support them.The commissioners voted last week to oppose slot machines at Ocean Downs racetrack, but that is a separate issue from slot machines at service clubs and fraternal organizations, Commissioner Bobby Cowger said.“This has nothing to do with the slots… Read more »

BERLIN – The emotional roller coaster ride that the Maryland slots issue has become this week took a long drop from a high peak yesterday when a House subcommittee reversed a decision to remove Ocean Downs from the equation and moved forward instead with a plan to keep the Berlin racetrack in the proposal.A clearly… Read more »