Referendum results temporary situation Regardless of the spending limit referendum vote totals Friday, the one thing Ocean Pines residents and officials should acknowledge is that the results aren’t permanent. If anything, victory is temporary for whichever side won the argument over the board of directors’ authority to spend more than $1 million on a capital… Read more »
Opinion
Letter to the Editor
Criticizes Crisafulli gun sanctuary The following letter was sent to Worcester County Sheriff Matthew Crisafulli and forwarded to Bayside Gazette/Ocean City Today Dear Sir, I believe I voted for you when you ran in the last election. It won’t happen again if you persist in trying to declare Worcester County a sanctuary county. You have… Read more »
Gazette Cartoon
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Gazette Cartoon
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Gazette Editorial
Self-evaluation tough to share with others Considering the apparent but largely concealed turmoil on the Ocean Pines Board of Directors, it’s no wonder that two members have declined to participate in the self-analysis exercise proposed and developed by another director, Dr. Collette Horn. Regardless of how good her intentions might be — the goal is… Read more »
Gazette Cartoon
22 Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Gazette Editorial
Rental regulations should be enacted Obviously, people who own single-family homes and use them for short-term rentals support the unfettered use of their property. Just as obviously, people who live next to or near short-term rentals do not. Neither party can be blamed for feeling the way they do, as landlords want and maybe need… Read more »
Gazette Cartoon
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Gazette Editorial
Setting inflexible limit in changeable times A million dollars just isn’t what it used to be. Time was, you could buy five or six homes in and around Ocean Pines for that kind of money, but now, according to February’s median sales prices as reported by the Coastal Association of Realtors, you might be able… Read more »
Letter to the Editor
Faith communities need to foot costs Editor, I don’t see this pandemic any more political than the Spanish Flu, the Diphtheria epidemics, or the Black Plague. Working in Maryland’s Lower Shore I see up close how covid is affecting not only the health of our communities, but the economy, and society as well. Taking religion… Read more »