FEBRUARY 26, 2026
BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
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Whoa, snow! Blizzard leaves most of Berlin without power for hours as Delmarva Power has issue By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Feb. 26, 2026) This week’s heavy winter storm left some Town of Berlin residents without power for upwards of 18 hours, electric officials said. When snow began to fall and the wind picked up Sunday night, Berlin residents found themselves without electricity until well into the afternoon the next day. Tim Lawrence, the Town of Berlin’s electric utility director, said that “things started to deteriorate around 8 p.m.” Sunday, when the heavy snow started to
blow in, and the department initially received power outage calls. The issue stemmed from Delmarva Power’s transmission line. Lawrence said the line comes from a substation at Old Ocean City Boulevard and Route 5o and is owned by the power company. That line feeds into the Town of Berlin, and around 8 p.m. on Sunday, it started to trip on and off. Around 9:30 p.m., the line went down completely, taking with it the Town of Berlin’s entire electric system. That transmission line was down until about 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Berlin staff then had to bring town facilities and residences back online slowly, working in segments. See POWER Page 3
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PHOTOS BY STEVE GREEN, TOP, AND JUSTINE GRAHAM
Between 12 and 16 inches of snow fell across inland northern Worcester last Sunday. Top, Berlin’s Main Street is pictured. Above, a downed tree is pictured in Ocean Pines.
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