Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
A week after voting to provide the school system with $1 million less than requested in the coming year’s budget, county officials on May 21 voted 4-3, with Commissioner Caryn Abbott changing her mind, to reduce that figure to just under $105 million.
Attorneys for Tyler Mailloux, 23, of Berlin, have petitioned the Supreme Court of Maryland in an attempt to reinstate dismissal of charges stemming from the hit-and-run death of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp.
Residents flocked to the Memorial Day ceremony at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial in Ocean Pines on Monday to honor fallen United States Military men and women with music, speakers, and demonstrations.
The Berlin Arts and Entertainment District and Berlin Main Street recently received grants from the Worcester County Arts Council to add live music to local events.
Berlin’s Old Fashioned Memorial Day Parade, a longstanding tradition in the town, is set to begin at 11 a.m. at Stephen Decatur Middle School and continue along Flower Street to Henry Park.
Ocean Pines Association Board members celebrated the opening of the new, expanded Yacht Club tiki bar with a ribbon cutting ceremony last Sunday.
Ocean Pines Association General Manager John Viola reported last Saturday that the OPA ended the fiscal year on April 30, with a $166,000 favorable variance to the budget for the month, among other updates.
Developers of a Microtel hotel planned for a 5-acre lot on Route 113 in Berlin are expected to work with members of the Berlin Planning Commission to come up with a building that fits the town.
Commissioner Diana Purnell last week presented a proclamation recognizing May as National Foster Care Month to Roberta Baldwin, director of the department of social services, and members of her team.
The Ocean Pines Pine’eer Craft Club has named treasurer and longtime member Jane Wolnik the May crafter of the month.