Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
Percentage of losses much higher than average rate By Greg Ellison (Nov. 4, 2021) Berlin officials received the final results of a water fund rate study on Monday, and confirmed what they suspected: the town’s water and sewer systems need updated meters to capture lost revenues. Jean Holloway, from Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project Inc…. Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 4, 2021) Following Berlin Mayor Zach Tyndall’s recent cancellation of a meeting with Maryland Department of Natural Resources representatives to discuss state help for Heron Park, town officials took another swipe at developing a partnership with the state agency on Friday. Bad weather, however, blocked a visit to the site. Tyndall… Read more »
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 »