Independent voters deserve a voice Editor, I am one of almost a million Maryland voters – 22.5% of the electorate – who are unaffiliated with either of the two major political parties. I registered as an independent because I believe ‘We The People’ must interact directly with our government, not just choose between two parties… Read more »
Opinion
11/13/2025 Bayside Editorial: Renovation needed/Mural has right mix
Renovation needed Any number of things might be and probably have been said about the Berlin mayor and Town Council’s decision to renovate Town Hall, but “frivolous” or “excessive” should not be among them. A better one-word description of the $2.5 million project scheduled to begin next year might be “practical,” even though it does… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Offshore wind cannot fix state energy crisis
Offshore wind cannot fix state energy crisis Editor, Affordable, environmentally friendly, sustainable, reliable energy, lower electric bills, and aesthetically pleasing structures on our horizon… hardly! Maryland is experiencing a self-inflicted energy crisis. The start-up cost prohibitive, inefficient, unreliable, high generation cost and environmentally intrusive U.S. Wind offshore wind project cannot pretend to provide relief for… Read more »
11/06/2025 Bayside Editorial: County hands off cannabis tax grants
County hands off cannabis tax grants When the Worcester County Commissioners last week elected to have a Local Management Board manage the distribution of proceeds from the county’s share of the cannabis tax, it wasn’t as if they had other options that made sense. Although some applicants for a share of that new source of… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Opponents should laud new energy
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 »
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 »