Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) It takes quite a bit of infrastructure to keep Ocean Pines running. Roads, waterways, emergency services, stormwater management, erosion control and more all need constant attention from the Ocean Pines Board of Directors. Josette Wheatley, who is running for the board, says these areas are right up… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) Could the doctor be in come mid-August? Stuart Lakernick is one of the six hopefuls running for the Ocean Pines Board of Directors. A chiropractor with three degrees, Lakernick is married to former director Esther Diller, with whom he has two adult children. Looking at the Pines,… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) Monica Rakowski’s upbringing could give her a leg up on the board of directors if she’s elected next month. One of seven children, the Baltimore County native said that life instilled in her an ability to both compromise and listen. “Again, growing up in a house with… Read more »
Bayside Gazette is respecting Ocean Pines Board of Directors candidate Paul Gray’s wishes that the interview she conducted with our reporter be neither printed nor published online.
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) The Ocean Pines Environmental Assets Committee is sounding the siren to get buffers around community ponds like the South Gate Pond as soon as possible following a fishing event a couple of weekends ago that they claim irreparably harmed local wildlife. The Ocean Pines Anglers Club’s Art… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) Worcester County’s coastal community showed up big on Saturday for an Ocean Pines family whose lives were upended by the death of their 14-year-old son and brother in a hit-and-run on July 11. Around 250 surfers participated in a “paddle out” organized by the Ocean City Surf… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) The Berlin Mayor and Town Council struck an agreement on Monday with the Nature Conservancy to improve water flow on the Pocomoke River by breaching manmade levees. “We started the project back in 2013 with state and federal agencies,” said Mike Dryden, a wetland restoration specialist who… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) The Berlin mayor and Town Council tabled until August the Parks Development Plan that the Parks Commission submitted at its meeting on Monday. The annual plan is a way to prioritize the various projects to fund over the next year and this year included two items: a… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) The Berlin Mayor and Town Council discussed the following during its meeting on Monday: National Night Out The council unanimously approved the permit for the annual National Night Out, held by the Berlin Police Department, on Tuesday. The event at Henry Park on Flower Street will go… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) With FY22 in the books, Berlin Fire Company President David Fitzgerald and Fire Chief RJ Rhode briefed the Berlin mayor and Town Council during their meeting on Monday on the numbers from the last quarter of the fiscal year. Of the 101 calls that the company took… Read more »