Good citizens’ work deserves recognition Instead of using this space to examine the actions of local governing bodies, or try to explain some involved topic, this week we will recognize the good works of a pair of citizens. Although their work is unrelated and is taking place in different communities, Parker Gill of Berlin Boy… Read more »
Editorial
07/03/2025 Bayside Editorial: Incumbents should be returned for new term
Incumbents should be returned for new term The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors candidates forum last week was noteworthy for what it did not do: it produced no shocking revelations, no real moments of truth and no compelling reason to alter the board’s membership. Each candidate came down on the side of fiscal responsibility,… Read more »
06/26/2025 Bayside Editorial: Marijuana legalization to pay local dividends
Marijuana legalization to pay local dividends When marijuana use moved into the mainstream middle-class in the 1960s, after years of being a vice limited to jazz clubs and the coffee houses of the Beat Generation, fans routinely argued that governments would make a fortune if they controlled cannabis sales like they did liquor. Although anyone… Read more »
06/19/2025 Bayside Editorial: ‘Yes’ on referendum
‘Yes’ on referendum In addition to deciding who of the four candidates will fill the three board of directors seats up for election this summer, Ocean Pines Association members will be asked whether to authorize the board to help pay for a new southside firehouse at 911 Ocean Parkway. As referendums go, this one is… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: County must right a wrong in Snow Hill
County must right a wrong in Snow Hill Editor, For years now, the County Commissioners have absolutely refused to pick up a phone and stop the county landscapers from destroying property in Snow Hill and causing incredible health problems for the citizens. For this reason, the fight will be elevated to include the Maryland Environmental… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Commissioners hurt school support staff
Commissioners hurt school support staff Editor, The Worcester County Education Support Professionals Association (WCESPA) is deeply disappointed that the Worcester County Commissioners failed to fully fund the Board of Education’s budget request. This decision has direct consequences—not just for teachers, but for the lowest-paid employees in our schools: the support staff. When funding falls short,… Read more »
06/12/2025 Bayside Editorial: Through heroism, late vet offers perspective
Through heroism, late vet offers perspective Talk about a study in contrasts! All one has to do is look at what’s happening in the country today — political name-calling, bitter divisiveness and extreme positions staked out by the parties involved — and then consider the single-minded selflessness of Lt. George Kerchner at Normandy on June… Read more »
06/05/2025 Bayside Editorial: Commissioners really messed up this time
Commissioners really messed up this time County Commissioner Caryn Abbott of Pocomoke didn’t just let the cat out of the bag last week by revealing the backroom pay raise proposal made to the teachers association, she threw the door open on the majority’s overreaching and sometimes slippery approach to government. In secretly offering teachers association… Read more »
05/29/2025 Bayside Editorial: Cell service for OP? Time to get on with it
Cell service for OP? Time to get on with it “No Verizon cell tower will be erected on county property in Ocean Pines, following the Worcester County Commissioners’ rejection Tuesday of a lease agreement that fell far short of what the commissioners expected. —Dec. 6, 2018, Bayside Gazette Not quite six and a half years… Read more »
05/22/2025 Bayside Editorial: Memorial Day: first, a show of respect
Memorial Day: first, a show of respect There’s Memorial Day and then there is Memorial Day. One marks the unofficial beginning of summer, mostly because the Uniform Holiday Act of 1968 led to the creation of the federally declared three-day holiday weekend in 1971. The other Memorial Day, which since 1868 had been celebrated on… Read more »