Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer The Deeley Insurance Group presented an overview of its coverage of the Ocean Pines Association during the May 25 board of directors meeting and broke down trends on premiums and policy costs. Regardless of rising policy costs, premiums have nonetheless come down from the last year to what has been… Read more »
The Ocean Pines Board of Directors discussed the following during its May 25 meeting: Purchase requests The association unanimously approved two purchase requests. One was for culvert pipes for the Bainbridge project — priced at $13,676.00 for Beaconhill Road pipes, $12,236.00 for Pinehurst Road pipes, and $12,236.00 for Sandyhook Road pipes by Deppe Brothers Excavation…. Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer New business including racquet sports upgrades, disc golf and new mailboxes were covered in General Manager John Viola’s report to the Ocean Pines Board on May 25. “In the racquet sports, a lot’s happening down there,” Viola said. He said there’s a punch list on maintenance and other items that… Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Good government administrators are hard to find, simply because there’s more to the job than solid managerial ability, budgeting experience and people skills. The occupants of these top posts must also be able to work well with a changing lineup of elected officials, regardless of their personal politics and philosophies. Ocean Pines and the Town… Read more »
By Greg Wehner, Staff Writer (May 26, 2022) After two years tarnished by the covid-19 pandemic, folks living in and visiting Worcester County are ready to get back to normal. For some, the upcoming Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the summer season along the 10-miles of beaches in Ocean City, but for others,… Read more »
By Greg Wehner, Staff Writer (May 26, 2022) A plan to outfit school buses with monitors to catch and penalize drivers who break the law by passing the big yellow vehicles when they are stopped with their lights flashing has a way to go before it satisfies the Worcester County Commissioners. On May 17, the… Read more »
By Greg Wehner, Staff Writer (May 26, 2022) A Pocomoke City man was found guilty of nine counts related to animal cruelty last week for incidents stemming back to July 2021. On May 20, Michael Louis Parrett, 65, was charged with three counts of animal cruelty and six counts of animal cruelty for failing to… Read more »
By Greg Wehner, Staff Writer (May 26, 2022) After whittling down an $11.3 million revenue shortage in next fiscal year’s budget, the Worcester County Commissioners have agreed to cover the remaining $4 million using the FY22 fund balance. The commissioners met for more than four hours on May 10 to discuss the budget during a… Read more »
By Greg Wehner, Staff Writer (May 26, 2022) The disagreement between two Worcester County Commissioners regarding discussions about the proposed sports complex in Berlin continued on May 17, with a third member of the board telling them he was tired of listening to the back and forth. At the end of the Tuesday morning county… Read more »