Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) A raccoon recently captured near Teal Circle in Ocean Pines tested positive for the rabies virus, according to an Ocean Pines news release. It is the first, and so far only, animal in Worcester County to test positive for rabies in 2019, Worcester County Health Department Public Information… 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) Ocean Pines lot owners could see at least a partial bulkhead assessment holiday this year, but overall costs are likely to rise because of increasing costs to do the work. General Manager John Bailey, during public hearings last week for the 2020 fiscal year budget, proposed a one-year… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a Jan. 14 public meeting at Town Hall: Swearing in Mayor Gee Williams, as he has done during several meetings in recent months, swore in new and returning board and commission members. This month, Williams welcomed Jeff Ricks… 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 »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) Berlin Falls Project Coordinator David Deutsch, along with asking for a feasibility study for a new YMCA facility, also provided an update on activities at the park during a Jan. 14 Town Council meeting. Deutsch said the Berlin Falls Park Advisory Committee was appointed by the mayor in… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) While the Berlin Town Council last week said it needed more information before it decides whether to authorize a $20,000 YMCA feasibility study, the Berlin Falls Park Committee, which endorsed the study in November, also said its members had lingering questions. For one, committee Vice Chairman Jack Orris… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) Berlin Historic District Commission Vice Chairman Robert Poli last Wednesday led a work session on proposed new guidelines he said would make the committee more objective in its rulings. The 30-page document borrowed elements from historic district guidelines in Salisbury and St. Michaels, as well as standards from… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) Ocean Pines Clubs Committee Chairman Gary Miller last Thursday said he’d requested and received a copy of the Matt Ortt Companies contract to manage the association yacht and beach clubs, but only about 20 minutes before the committee meeting started. Miller said he’d gotten a lot of questions… Read more »