Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
Merchants Q&A with Councilman Gulyas By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 28, 2018) “Our chief of police does not make $175,000 a year, councilmembers do, in fact, pay taxes and I’ve got the bills to prove that, and the sky is not falling and we’re not running out of money,” Berlin Town Councilman Thom Gulyas… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 28, 2019) Berlin Falls Park Committee members last Thursday asked town officials to explore rental options for the large, former industrial building near the entranceway to the site. Committee members said they’d fielded several inquires about renting the space. Roger Fitzgerald added the former owner, Town Councilman Troy Purnell, was… Read more »
Seniors, business owners protest increases By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 28, 2019) A crowd in the hundreds attended the public meeting Tuesday night in the Stephen Decatur High School auditorium to discuss proposed property tax and utility fee increases in the Town of Berlin. Along with many of the same speakers and public comments that… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 21, 2019) For the second time in three days, Berlin residents stormed a public meeting at Town Hall. Last Monday, the furor during a Town Council meeting was about proposed tax and utility rate increases. Then, last Wednesday, members of the 27-unit condominium association at Purnell Crossing took to a… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 21, 2019) While critics of the Berlin Falls park purchase believe development there should stop until town budgeting deficits are solved, members of the Berlin Falls Park Committee continue to work toward redeveloping the former industrial site. Committee Chairwoman Amy Field, in an interview last Thursday, said she was taken… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 21, 2019) Just weeks after Walt’s Train Shop rolled out of 8 Pitts Street in downtown Berlin, Toy Town Antiques has officially stationed itself there, starting with a soft opening last weekend and officially opening Monday. The move came after public quarreling with Town of Snow Hill officials last month… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 21, 2019) Berlin Police are spreading the word about a free and anonymous prescription drug take-back program at the new station on 129 Decatur Street, near the corner of Flower Street and Assateague Road. Police Chief Arnold Downing said the drug drop-box inside the lobby has been a permanent fixture… Read more »
By Rachel Ravina, Staff Writer (March 21, 2019) Worcester County Library Director Jennifer Ranck approached the podium during Tuesday’s county commissioner meeting in Snow Hill requesting funding to purchase audio-visual shelving for the county’s Ocean City Branch. Ranck said the old units were crumbling and added there was funding in the library’s budget to cover the… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 21, 2019) Town of Berlin officials last Friday honored workers for five, 10, 15 and 20 years of service at a fourth-annual employee-recognition ceremony at Town Hall. “We can’t tell you how much we appreciate the special work you all do,” Mayor Gee Williams said. “I know the mayor and… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 21, 2019) Ocean Pines Board members on March 9 authorized the creation of an ad hoc public works advisory committee. Before the formal vote, Director Frank Daly proposed a board-appointed to advise the board on construction and maintenance of roadways, bridges, bulkheads, ditches and other infrastructure, as well as new… Read more »