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 »
Opinion
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 »
09/18/2025 Bayside Editorial: Pines committees: to be or not to be?
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 »
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 »