Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 4, 2021) In addition to considering water test results at the North and South Gate ponds, the Ocean Pines Environmental and Natural Assets Committee last Wednesday also examined the viability of planting geese-deterring grass seed. Committee Chairman Ken Wolf said results are still forthcoming from the f bacteria tests taken late… Read more »
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 The plot to our own personal story often turns to hokum when we attempt to discern what is necessity and what is drivel. Do we really need sleep? Yes, but not quite as much as you might think or be led to believe. Do we need to avoid bacon?… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 4, 2021) Community support has poured in quickly for former Salisbury University lacrosse player Dennis Leonard, who faces a long path to recovery after suffering burns to 96 percent of his body from a gas fire accident last Sunday. Erik Miller, a past lacrosse teammate and good friend, organized an online… Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 And so I sit in my office on another glorious morning, the sun not up yet as the autumn darkness has set in. It is the beginning of winter, I am afraid. The nights will get longer, and, of course, it will get colder. But fret not, as you… Read more »
Robert Harry Phillips Berlin Beloved by countless friends and family, Robert (Bob) Harry Phillips, age 93 of Berlin, Maryland, passed away at the Coastal Hospice at the Lakes on Oct. 21, 2021. Born in Hebron, Maryland, on March 27, 1928, he was the son of the late John Edward Phillips and Elizabeth Savage Phillips. Bob… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Oct. 28, 2021) Berlin Fire officials discussed capital purchase requests during a quarterly update presented to the mayor and Town Council on Monday. Fire Chief R.J. Rhode and President Dave Fitzgerald reviewed response times from July through September and budget needs. Rhode said the average response time during the preceding three months… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Oct. 28, 2021) Berlin officials are plotting replacement of one of three wells at an estimated cost of $350,000, plus a long-range goal of obtaining grants to install a fourth site to provide sufficient water to accommodate future growth. Town Administrator Jeff Fleetwood reported on Monday that well three on Branch Street… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Oct. 28, 2021) Following final edits on Monday, the Berlin Town Council approved a request for proposals to lease or buy parcels 57 and 410 in Heron Park, with the solicitation going out on Nov. 1. Town officials are seeking lease or purchase offers for the pair of parcels that total 16… Read more »
No tricks, it’s all fun at local Halloween festivals, contests By Greg Ellison (Oct. 28, 2021) Youthful candy seekers will inundate both Ocean Pines and Berlin this weekend for trick-or-treating festivities leading up to Halloween on Sunday. The fun kicks off on Friday in Ocean Pines during the “Trunk or Treat,” event in White Horse… Read more »