Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 11, 2021) Like many other organizations, Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services adapted to the age of covid-19 by hosting its first virtual Berlin Youth Club summer camp last year. Dr. Jennifer Leggour, executive director of Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services, told the Berlin Parks Commission on March… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (March 11, 2021) Following the departure of Director of Amenities and Operational Logistics Colby Phillips last month, the Ocean Pines Association has realigned its organizational chart to reassign her previous duties to various department heads. The changes include handing oversight of parking at the Ocean Pines Beach Club to Aquatics Director Kathleen… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 4, 2021) We Heart Berlin Inc. has been established as a Maryland-based nonprofit to raise funds for town projects. Organizer Tony Weeg said he used LegalZoom to set up the nonprofit, and is now embarking on the next step of pursuing tax exempt status through the federal government. As… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 4, 2021) A site plan for a beige Auto Zone store that would replace the former McDonald’s building on Route 50 in Berlin was approved by the Berlin Planning Commission last Wednesday at a virtual special meeting. Applicant Kevin Murphy told the commission the new landscaping plan showed additional… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 4, 2021) As part of the fifth annual Ocean City Film Festival, prop masters on Disney’s 2002 romantic fantasy and coming-of-age film, “Tuck Everlasting,” will live stream a free workshop about their Berlin experiences and their work in the film industry in and around Baltimore for more than 30… Read more »
Virginia seaside community changing its management structure, creates new post By Greg Ellison (March 4, 2021) After recently resigning following more than a decade with the Ocean Pines Association, Colby Phillips is heading south to become senior general manager at Captain’s Cove Golf & Yacht Club in Greenbackville, Virginia. Phillips is set to take the… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 4, 2021) The Worcester County Board of Education unanimously approved the school system’s Fiscal Year 2022 proposed operating budget of $118.13 million during the board meeting on Feb. 16. The FY22 budget process began last September, as principals were asked to submit a list of budget priorities for their schools,… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 4, 2021) James (Jimmy) Charles will step into the full-time role of the Berlin Public Works Department superintendent when Dave Wheaton retires near the end of March. Charles, 50, is originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and worked for a printing company for 15 years. “I’ve had little side businesses of… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (March 4, 2021) Despite talk of transparency, the Ocean Pines Board opted this week not to release two recent B-08 ethics complaints against sitting directors. Board member Frank Daly withdrew an earlier motion to publish related investigative reports during a special board meeting on Monday. The board voted unanimously to enter closed… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (March 4, 2021) After a lingering medical condition was finally diagnosed correctly as a rare internal tumor, Ocean Pines resident Dave Baker is headed to Baltimore for surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Friday. Baker said the diagnosis came in mid-January when doctors at Atlantic General Hospital located an internal mass later… Read more »