Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (May 14, 2026) To balance the Town of Berlin’s fiscal year 2027 general fund budget — a spending plan that had been facing a $280,000 shortfall this week — the Town Council on Monday axed the proposal to replace an old public works truck and postponed a street paving project…. Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (May 14, 2026) The Berlin Town Council voted this week to maintain its current tax rate of 0.8275 per $100 of assessed value for fiscal year 2027, despite push from town leaders and staff to consider a modest increase of a penny and a quarter of a penny. Following a… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (May 14, 2026) Newly appointed Berlin Chief of Police Howard Drewer received a warm welcome Monday night when he was sworn into office surrounded by town staff, government officials, family and representatives from agencies across the Eastern Shore. Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall opened this week’s mayor and council meeting by… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (May 14, 2026) Students at Showell Elementary School now have access to new and upgraded recess products thanks to a donation by local volunteers earlier this week. On Monday, May 11, members of the Ocean City-Berlin Rotary Club visited Showell Elementary School, with a truck full of items intended for… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Feb. 26, 2026) Kids of all ages will be allowed to participate in the Berlin Farmers Market this spring and summer via the town’s new project, The Berlin Mini Makers Market. Every second Sunday from May through October, during the Berlin Farmers Market, kids aged 6 to 18 can sell… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Spreading holiday cheer and brightening the day of the community’s most vulnerable residents is the mission behind a social hour planned for this weekend at an assisted living facility tucked inside Ocean Pines. Esther Diller, a former member of the Ocean Pines Association’s Board of Directors, founded a group a… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Town of Berlin’s On What Grounds? has officially transitioned to Cafe Berlin with new ownership and new items, like macarons. Christina and Michael Ewing, who moved to Worcester County from Carroll County in the fall of 2022, officially purchased On What Grounds? on Main Street last month. The couple… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 3, 2024) A new plant nursery has opened in Berlin. String and Petals Nursery, a gardening venture located at 9040 Worcester Highway (Route 113), officially welcomed flora enthusiasts on Saturday, Sept. 14. The shop will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and is closed… Read more »
Mayor, council look for budget control Berlin’s government wasted an hour Monday night retracing steps taken a couple of weeks ago by the Town Council to eliminate the large gap between revenue and expenses. Rather than moving on to actual new or unfinished business Monday, council members found themselves having to return to ground they… Read more »
Berlin must deal with lead pipes issue now It’s not a now-or-never proposition, but it’s close enough for Berlin town officials, who really don’t have a choice but to continue their pursuit of its water line replacement project along Williams Street. This is even though the project’s $1.9 million cost to remove and replace lead… Read more »
