Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 3, 2022) Plans to develop a skate park are coming into focus after the nonprofit “We Heart Berlin” announced last week that a feasibility study is in the works. The organization’s CEO, Tony Weeg, said the study would be conducted through the Business Economic and Community Development Outreach Network (BEACON) at… Read more »
If there’s one thing good financial administrators and accountants can be depended on to do, it is to tell it like it is. Massaging the message and sugar-coating the math doesn’t happen, because the numbers are the numbers and can’t be denied. That’s more or less the approach Berlin Finance Director Natalie Saleh took last… Read more »
Staring in 1947 with frozen offerings, decades later Bill Kelly perfected dry options By Greg Ellison (Feb. 3, 2022) Founded by the Kelly brothers in 1947 with a focus on freshness, Bil-Jac dog food is celebrating its 75th anniversary of providing nutritionally balanced frozen, and later dry chow, for furry-four-legged friends. Bob Kelly, company president… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 3, 2022) Ocean Pines General Manager John Viola and Finance Director Steve Phillips reviewed the proposed FY 22-23 budget during a virtual town hall meeting on Tuesday. Viola said inflation would affect the budget, but that steps were taken to mitigate losses. Viola said the association is on track to close… Read more »
Consultant advises officials immediate changes must be made to avoid problems By Greg Ellison (Feb. 3, 2022) Berlin Town Council is contemplating establishing capital reserve funds for both water and sewer services to address long-term financial deficits. Jean Holloway, from Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project Inc. (SERCAP) in Delaware and eastern Maryland, returned for the… Read more »
By Greg Wehner The Worcester County Board of Education marked a first when met for its monthly meeting on Jan. 18 — it was the first time the board streamed its meeting online. The streaming worked seamlessly and never crashed, though speakers needed to be reminded at times to speak into the microphone or else… Read more »
By Greg Wehner The 14 nominees for the Worcester County Public Schools Teacher of the Year competition were announced on Jan. 18 during a Board of Education meeting in Newark. Each nominee was named “Teacher of the Year” for their respective school, and in March, they are expected to compete for the top honor in… Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Election bylaw change: you must be this tall ___ to run for a seat on the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors. As ridiculous and smart-alecky as that is, it nevertheless reflects the nature of the effort by members of the OPA board to narrow the pool of possible candidates by creating a package of… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Jan. 27, 2022) Berlin’s adopted town chicken, Althea, perished last Tuesday afternoon following a hit-and-run accident on Main Street . Mayor Zack Tyndall posted the tragic news on social media last Wednesday. “In the fall of 2021, Althea, the town chicken, randomly showed up [and] became a local celebrity,” he said. In… Read more »