Coastal generosity remains impressive Once again, residents, businesses and organizations in the coastal area have demonstrated their seemingly endless generosity by chipping in to cover the substantial cost of sending the Stephen Decatur High School Marching Band to Hawaii for a Pearl Harbor day ceremony. It was 84 years ago last week, on Dec. 7,… Read more »
Opinion
12/11/2025 Bayside Editorial: Firefighters parade good fit for town
Firefighters parade good fit for town What an opportunity! That would be the possible relocation of the Maryland State Firefighters Association’s June parade to Berlin from Ocean City, where its convention has been held since the beginning of time. Well, not that long perhaps, but the MSFA has been convening in Ocean City for decades,… Read more »
12/4/2025 Bayside Editorial: Addis resigns abruptly from board of ed seat
Addis resigns abruptly from board of ed seat When news comes out of a Worcester County Board of Education meeting, it’s seldom about the board members themselves. Yet, the biggest takeaway from Tuesday’s public input budget session in Newark is that board member Katie Addis stunned everyone in the room by announcing her immediate resignation…. Read more »
11/27/2025 Bayside Editorial: Don’t guess on rates, attend county hearing
Don’t guess on rates, attend county hearing Rather than resorting to speculation based on suppositions that are backed by surmises, residents who are angry about the major increases in their county water and sewer bills this quarter should make a point to attend the county commissioners’ Tuesday, Dec. 2 session in Snow Hill. The commissioners,… Read more »
11/20/2025 Bayside Editorial: Fire companies show leadership, training
Fire companies show leadership, training It’s a rare circumstance that calls on people to apply all their years of knowledge and training just to get through it. It’s even more uncommon when that knowledge and training will go only so far and must be supplemented by educated guesses, quick improvisations and instinct. Yet, that’s what… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Independent voters deserve a voice
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 »
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 »