Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 9, 2023) Berlin Town Council member Shaneka Nichols has been appointed vice president pro tempore during Council Vice President Dean Burrell’s absence from the council through the end of the year, or until his return. The appointment was made last Thursday, following Burrell’s announcement that he has some back issues… Read more »
It took Ocean Pines woman 11 yrs. to achieve her goal, just short of 40th birthday By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 9, 2023) It took 11 years, but she did it. Laura Scharle paddled 600 miles around the entire Delmarva Peninsula. That includes nearly the entire coast of Delaware from Delaware City, down the Eastern… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 9, 2023) The Dress Ministry, a local effort that has made and delivered 6,800 dresses to girls in Guatemala and other needy communities since 2011, is inviting volunteers to join them this Saturday at the Berlin Library to learn more about its efforts and make dresses. The coordinator and founder… Read more »
Phillips to collect toys for Diakonia this season at Yacht Club event Dec. 16 By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 9, 2023) Everyone knows Santa has a magical workshop in the North Pole, but most people don’t know there is another workshop here in Ocean Pines headed by Colby Phillips, a special Santa Helper. Phillips and… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 9. 2023) Main Street in Berlin was filled with marching parents, teachers and students chanting “Build the bear!” last Friday evening during a protest over lack of state funding for the construction of a new Buckingham Elementary School (BES). Hundreds of people attended the march, carrying signs reading “It’s time… Read more »
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Reprint from Nov. 17, 2022 Oh, you thought I was going to write about turkey today, didn’t you? No, there is enough rubbish out there this month to feed a small army, or rather a massive one. You certainly do not need to read another thing about that magnificent… Read more »
Last week’s demonstration in support of building a new Buckingham Elementary School in Berlin brought out scores of residents and parents who obviously believe that the state’s denial of funding for the project was a political decision. There’s no reason to believe otherwise, considering the flimsy justification the Interagency Committee of School Construction used to… Read more »
By Stewart Dobson, Editor (Nov. 2, 2023) There’s no denying the respect firefighters have for each other and anyone who has ever been involved in the fire service, judging from the reverential ceremony last week honoring a former Ocean City fire chief who died in the line of duty … 86 years ago. Chief Ralph R…. Read more »
By Hunter Hine, Staff Writer (Nov. 2, 2023) On Oct. 19, clerks of the Appellate Court of Maryland filed an appellant brief from Maryland’s Attorney General Anthony Brown that outlines the state’s objection to the dismissal of charges against Tyler Mailloux, 23, of Berlin. Mailloux was charged as the driver in the hit-and-run that killed Gavin… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 2, 2023) “We have a good story here and I want to continue it,” General Manager John Viola said of association finances at the October Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors meeting on Saturday. For September, the association’s finances were favorable by $44,000, with revenues up $32,000 and expenses… Read more »