Opponents should laud new energy Editor, Affordable energy is on the horizon – President Trump is threatening its possibility For decades, Ocean City has been powered by energy sources that we don’t see: coal plants far inland, gas pipelines snaking through other people’s communities, and transmission lines that bring power in from elsewhere. Now, we… Read more »
Opinion
10/30/2025 Bayside Editorial: Schools, county no role in TPUSA chap
Schools, county no role in TPUSA chap. The uproar that should never have occurred burst into full voice last week as parents, students, political party faithful, government officials and other opinionators weighed in on the appropriateness of having a Turning Point USA chapter at Stephen Decatur High School. They should keep quiet, because it’s no… Read more »
10/23/2025 Bayside Editorial: Symbol of endurance in one little planting
Symbol of endurance in one little planting From Babylon to Berlin and from ancient King Nebuchadnezzar to the town’s horticultural advisory committee. That’s the scope of the divide between the day a bald cypress seedling poked into the daylight in a southern swamp and Tuesday, when that great tree’s immediate offspring was returned to the… Read more »
10/16/2025 Bayside Editorial: Housing crisis really? Well, that’s a surprise
Housing crisis really? Well, that’s a surprise No one really needed a $49,900, 127-page study to advise officials and residents of Worcester County that this area is experiencing a housing affordability crisis. While such an undertaking does provide a factual underpinning of such an assertion, the survey conducted by Matrix Design Group at the state’s… Read more »
10/09/2025 Bayside Editorial: Art by committee isn’t art, it’s an illustration
Art by committee isn’t art, it’s an illustration Berlin’s Historic District Commission doesn’t know quite what to do with the mural proposed by artist Evan Fitzgerald for the side of the Poole building at 10 South Main Street. At issue are a couple of fantastical elements in his proposed work: a fox with antlers and… Read more »
10/02/2025 Bayside Editorial: Lead testing project proactive, not reactive
Lead testing project proactive, not reactive Luckily for Berlin — and every other government in Maryland that supplies drinking water to residents — the state Department of Environment says any lead found in water delivered through publicly-owned systems would be insignificant by Environmental Protection Agency standards. And that’s if any lead at all is found,… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Disappointed by committee move
Disappointed by committee move (The following letter was sent to the OPA Board of Directors prior to last Saturday’s meeting and vote with a copy forwarded for publication.) Editor, I am writing to express my disappointment in your decision to put forth a motion to disband most of the advisory committees. This disappointment has to… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Committee vote a sad day for Pines
Committee vote a sad day for Pines Editor, On September 20 2025, the Ocean Pines Board of Directors majority voted to disband most of the advisory committees in our home owner’s association, which existed for several decades. This day will be one of the saddest in Ocean Pines history when Directors with limited to no… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Compromise mindset needed on wind farm
Compromise mindset needed on wind farm Editor, As a resident of Berlin, within an eight-minute drive of Ocean City, I often go there and take advantage of the beach, the ocean and its expansive views. While I philosophically greatly support wind energy and its expansion, I can see and understand arguments, both economic and environmental,… Read more »
09/25/2025 Bayside Editorial: Citizen involvement can still continue
Citizen involvement can still continue The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors certainly has the courage of its convictions, as it shut down most of the association’s committees despite pleas to spare them. Rather than take a slower approach that might have been less alarming to the public, the directors on Saturday ripped off the… Read more »