Pines committees: to be or not to be? Whether Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors member Jeff Heavner is making the right call as he seeks the dissolution of most of the OPA’s advisory committees is open to discussion. And that’s how it should remain for now — all discussion and no decision, because this… Read more »
Opinion
09/11/2025 Bayside Editorial: Berlin jumps in to aid individuals’ recovery
Berlin jumps in to aid individuals’ recovery The Town of Berlin should be commended for joining Hope4Recovery and Worcester Goes Purple in a program to reintroduce recovering addicts to the workplace and to help them reclaim their place in society. By agreeing to take on former substance abusers as employees so they can fill in… Read more »
09/04/2025 Bayside Editorial: State’s workaround pays off for Berlin
State’s workaround pays off for Berlin Congratulations to the Maryland Department of Transportation, the Town of Berlin and the Worcester County Commissioners for figuring out how to get back on track with the town’s community connection project after last month’s loss of the federal funding already set aside for it. Although $1.2 million in federal… Read more »
08/28/2025 Bayside Editorial: Redrawn 1st District won’t change results
Redrawn 1st District won’t change results Unsurprisingly, the national political fad of redrawing congressional districts five years before the next census to favor one political party in the 2026 mid-term elections could spread to Maryland, with Democratic Gov. Wes Moore saying he is open to the idea of remaking the First District. Moore, of course,… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: School district puts politics above kids
School district puts politics above kids Editor, In a closed-door meeting in May, the Somerset County Board of Education voted to terminate School Superintendent Ava Tasker-Mitchell. The Board left the meeting without answering questions from parents who waited outside the closed doors. No reason to support the firing was provided. One parent politely asked a… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Courts need to do better
Courts need to do better Editor, The recent from Ken Kuyawa hits the nail on the head with respect to strict sentences as one of the most effective deterrents to the lawlessness we see throughout Ocean City. Whether it is participants in these pop-up events terrorizing our streets and beaches, guys beating up on wives… Read more »
08/21/2025 Bayside Editorial: Diakonia perseveres and moves forward
Diakonia perseveres and moves forward Diakonia, the West Ocean City-based provider of services to the homeless, knows something about adversity as well as how to overcome it through perseverance. The nonprofit organization demonstrated the latter last Wednesday at the groundbreaking for a project that at one time appeared to be forever doomed. It’s not clear… Read more »
Ralph Irvin Frazier
Ralph Irvin Frazier Berlin Ralph Irvin Frazier, age 76, of Berlin, died Monday, August 4, 2025, at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. He was born in Fairfax, Va. and was the son of the late Russell H. Frazier Sr. and Florence Mae (Jewel) Frazier. He was a master carpenter and owned and operated R. I…. Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Local reps there for Berlin couple’s issue
Local reps there for Berlin couple’s issue Editor, We are writing this letter to let our fellow citizens know how our local government representatives from the offices of Delegate Wayne Hartman, Senator Mary Beth Carozza and Congressman Andy Harris, were there for us when my husband and I needed some help dealing with some medical… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Spending too high for county workers
Spending too high for county workers Editor, It seems like our local police and county workers are behind the wheel of our economic development, literally. In about five short years, both the sheriff vehicles and the county staff vehicles have turned over three times. I have found out what the last two Chevrolet Tahoe models… Read more »