Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 7, 2019) Student artists from the four Worcester County High Schools will compete for $1,400 in prizes this Friday during a contest and exhibit at the Worcester County Arts Council in Berlin. The Berlin/Ocean City Optimists Club sponsors the annual Student Art Contest and Exhibit. Arts Council Executive Director Anna… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 7, 2019) Berlin Mayor Gee Williams on Monday said he was pleased with the Jan. 21 Berlin Fire Company quarterly presentation, and that working to satisfy last year’s fire and EMS funding agreement was part of a process with some necessary growing pains. On the first quarterly presentation, now mandated… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 7, 2019) Not much in the way of public comment was made when the proposed budget was unveiled to Ocean Pines membership on Jan. 12, but that was not the case last Saturday when the “recommended” budget was presented. That session generated several dozen comments over a two-hour period, most… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 31, 2019) The Berlin Chamber of Commerce welcomed a new president and board, honored several local people, and handed a $5,000 donation to the Town of Berlin during its annual installation dinner last Tuesday at DiFebo’s Restaurant. Long-time volunteer and event planner Steve Frene was sworn in as president. Frene… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 31, 2019) Snow Hill Police Chief Tom Davis may be trading his badge for a trumpet. Davis, 58 and a Baltimore native, announced his resignation as police chief in a Jan. 26 Facebook post. His last day is Feb. 8 and his next move is not yet known, although it… Read more »
By Rachel Ravina, Staff Writer (Jan. 31, 2019) Last Wednesday started like any other for 14-year-old Berlin resident Madilynn Diehl, until she got an unexpected visit in the cafeteria from what she thought was the Stephen Decatur Middle School “Bulldog” mascot during her lunch period. “I was like, ‘why is he coming in here?’” Madilynn… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 31, 2019) Although the proposed fiscal year 2020 Ocean Pines budget released on Jan. 4 did not include an assessment increase, the more recent “recommended” budget published on Friday did include one and, if it survives, would represent the second-largest in association history. The $127 increase to the $951 basic… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) Ocean Pines Builder Marvin Steen volunteered a renovation estimate for the Ocean Pines Country Club last week, but after a tour of the structure last Thursday, he is seeing things differently. He attended a public budget hearing last Wednesday and, during a special board meeting that night, several… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) Visitors to the Germantown Community Heritage Center next month will be greeted by local faces from the past — many familiar — in dozens of black and white photos taken between the mid-1800s and the middle of the last century. They will see schoolteachers in front of familiar… Read more »
By Morgan Pilz, Staff Writer (Jan. 24, 2019) As the debate on the partial government shutdown continues in Washington, one unintended consequence is that local food banks and pantries are increasingly in need of new supplies to meet the rising demands of those currently suffering from food insecurity. Food insecurity is the state of being without… Read more »