One Big Beautiful Bill yields benefits Editor, I, and many others here on the Shore, are very excited about the many benefits for us and all Americans in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump. First and foremost is the provision which makes the tax… Read more »
Opinion
08/07/2025 Bayside Editorial: What happens when systems aren’t ‘go’
What happens when systems aren’t ‘go’ To quote an old land use aphorism, development goes where the sewer flows, meaning the days have long since passed when developers could build a house just about anywhere if they could plop a septic tank in the backyard to handle the bathroom waste. Those systems seemed to work… Read more »
07/31/2025 Bayside Editorial: Town’s tax challenge not wrong, but …
Town’s tax challenge not wrong, but … Well, that was awkward. So it might be said of the Town of Berlin’s appeal of a state property tax assessment that it believed was lower than the property owner deserved. Although the argument by town staff didn’t say that exactly, that was the implication when they formally… Read more »
07/24/2025 Bayside Editorial: Reliable cell service vital for Ocean Pines
Reliable cell service vital for Ocean Pines Some cell phone service is better than no cell phone service, which is what many Ocean Pines residents frequently encounter when they try to use their mobile phones in and around the community. For reasons understood best by scientists, engineering types and experts in wireless communications, Ocean Pines… Read more »
07/17/2025 Bayside Editorial: Town should be able to revoke licenses
Town should be able to revoke licenses Being able to revoke a business’s license makes sense according to the laws of nature: for every action, there is an opposite reaction. Although it’s highly doubtful that Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion is nestled deep within the Berlin Town Code, it remains applicable to the… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Schools will be impacted by cuts
Schools will be impacted by cuts Editor, I am writing this letter to educate the community about how the proposed federal funding cuts will negatively impact our schools and our broader Eastern Shore community. I am expressing deep concern and strong opposition to the proposed “Big Beautiful Bill.” This is not about politics, democrats or… Read more »
07/10/2025 Bayside Editorial: Good citizens’ work deserves recognition
Good citizens’ work deserves recognition Instead of using this space to examine the actions of local governing bodies, or try to explain some involved topic, this week we will recognize the good works of a pair of citizens. Although their work is unrelated and is taking place in different communities, Parker Gill of Berlin Boy… Read more »
07/03/2025 Bayside Editorial: Incumbents should be returned for new term
Incumbents should be returned for new term The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors candidates forum last week was noteworthy for what it did not do: it produced no shocking revelations, no real moments of truth and no compelling reason to alter the board’s membership. Each candidate came down on the side of fiscal responsibility,… Read more »
06/26/2025 Bayside Editorial: Marijuana legalization to pay local dividends
Marijuana legalization to pay local dividends When marijuana use moved into the mainstream middle-class in the 1960s, after years of being a vice limited to jazz clubs and the coffee houses of the Beat Generation, fans routinely argued that governments would make a fortune if they controlled cannabis sales like they did liquor. Although anyone… Read more »
06/19/2025 Bayside Editorial: ‘Yes’ on referendum
‘Yes’ on referendum In addition to deciding who of the four candidates will fill the three board of directors seats up for election this summer, Ocean Pines Association members will be asked whether to authorize the board to help pay for a new southside firehouse at 911 Ocean Parkway. As referendums go, this one is… Read more »