Commissioners hurt school support staff Editor, The Worcester County Education Support Professionals Association (WCESPA) is deeply disappointed that the Worcester County Commissioners failed to fully fund the Board of Education’s budget request. This decision has direct consequences—not just for teachers, but for the lowest-paid employees in our schools: the support staff. When funding falls short,… Read more »
Opinion
06/12/2025 Bayside Editorial: Through heroism, late vet offers perspective
Through heroism, late vet offers perspective Talk about a study in contrasts! All one has to do is look at what’s happening in the country today — political name-calling, bitter divisiveness and extreme positions staked out by the parties involved — and then consider the single-minded selflessness of Lt. George Kerchner at Normandy on June… Read more »
06/05/2025 Bayside Editorial: Commissioners really messed up this time
Commissioners really messed up this time County Commissioner Caryn Abbott of Pocomoke didn’t just let the cat out of the bag last week by revealing the backroom pay raise proposal made to the teachers association, she threw the door open on the majority’s overreaching and sometimes slippery approach to government. In secretly offering teachers association… Read more »
05/22/2025 Bayside Editorial: Memorial Day: first, a show of respect
Memorial Day: first, a show of respect There’s Memorial Day and then there is Memorial Day. One marks the unofficial beginning of summer, mostly because the Uniform Holiday Act of 1968 led to the creation of the federally declared three-day holiday weekend in 1971. The other Memorial Day, which since 1868 had been celebrated on… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Officials have lost pulse of county
Officials have lost pulse of county Editor, After listening to the Tuesday County Commissioner Budget Work session, it sounds like the commissioners have lost their pulse on reality in our county. Worcester County Sheriff Matt Crisafulli’s budget request is influenced heavily by the need to pay deputies a salary that is comparable to what other… Read more »
Letter To The Editor: Commissioners hurting community
Commissioners hurting community Editor, On Tuesday, May 13, the Worcester County Commissioners held a budget work session and for the third year in a row the Board of Education is fighting for funding. For the life of me I can’t understand why the county cannot fund the public school system as requested. The county is… Read more »
05/15/2025 Bayside Editorial: Town looks political in tax appeals case
Town looks political in tax appeals case Had it been anyone but Delegate Wayne Hartman who succeeded in convincing the state tax office that the assessed value of his Decatur Street property was higher than it should have been, the Town of Berlin probably wouldn’t have challenged the state’s finding. But that’s what it did… Read more »
05/08/2025 Bayside Editorial: Tidal Health, Atlantic put patient care first
Tidal Health, Atlantic put patient care first Congratulations to the leadership at Tidal Health and Atlantic General Hospital for bringing the two institutions together after years of competing for the loyalty and support of the coastal population. By formally merging last week, the hospitals’ boards of directors and executives put an end to a relationship… Read more »
5/02/2025 Gazette Editorial: Water, sewer rates another fine mess
Water, sewer rates another fine mess It’s another fine mess the Worcester County Commissioners have gotten themselves into, and now they have little choice but to make another mess getting out of it. That mess would be the millions of dollars in debt on the books in some of county’s water and sewer district accounts,… Read more »
4/24/2025 Gazette Editorial: Solar farm hearing chance to speak up
Solar farm hearing chance to speak up Opponents and proponents of a solar energy farm on the edge of the Town of Berlin will have an opportunity to express their opinions on the project in a May 6 virtual hearing. An announcement by the Maryland Public Service Commission on Tuesday invited members of the public… Read more »