Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
Program has given facelift to numerous businesses By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 18, 2021) Businesses in Berlin’s Main Street District will have access to more funding for façade improvements, following the town’s receipt last week of a $50,000 grant from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). “I apply for a community… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (March 18, 2021) As downtown Berlin prepares to welcome The Mermaid Museum and The Rusty Anchor Seafood Market, the Historic District Commission approved exterior signs for the two new businesses during its meeting on March 10. Alyssa Maloof, owner of The Mermaid Museum at 4 Jefferson St., presented two choices… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (March 18, 2021) Following life-saving surgery two weeks at Johns Hopkins Hospital to excise a large internal mass, Ocean Pines resident Dave Baker returned home on March 9 to begin a weeks’-long recovery. Speaking last Wednesday, Baker said surgeons at Hopkins removed an internal mass identified as pheochromocytoma, a rare tumor that… Read more »
Clock on ballot mailing will start ticking on March 27 By Greg Ellison (March 18, 2021) Sorting out details for an upcoming referendum on whether to limit the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors’ spending authority dominated discussions during the Elections Committee meeting last Friday. The board has scheduled a public hearing on Saturday, March… Read more »
Praises work to remove litter Editor As a volunteer at the Ocean Pines Library, I often take the “back way” from Berlin and use Friendship Road to Cathell Road. Nice countryside drive with little traffic on a two-lane road. In the last few weeks, I have observed a man and maybe a few helpers gathering… Read more »
Spending referendum wholly unnecessary Ocean Pines Association members will be asked at some point this spring whether the spending authority of the board of directors should be limited by requiring them to seek voter approval of any expenditure of $1 million or more. On the surface, this might not sound that unreasonable. After all, the… Read more »
(March 18, 2021) Ocean Pines Police are asking for public assistance to identify a suspect caught on bank surveillance footage cashing a check using a stolen driver’s license. In a March 8 Facebook post, Ocean Pines Police posted pictures of a woman accused of using a theft victim’s Maryland driver’s license to fraudulently cash a… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (March 18, 2021) After closing following its New Year’s celebration, the Ocean Pines Yacht Club reopened this past weekend with a slew of pre-St. Patrick’s Day specials in hopes that greener pastures are on the horizon. Matt Ortt Companies CEO Ralph DeAngelus said the Yacht Club returned to service at noon last… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (March 18, 2021) As springtime temperatures begin to visit the region, Ocean Pines Public Works crews have begun work on upgrades and general maintenance of association parks and outdoor recreation areas Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Director Debbie Donahue said public works has already begun demolishing the existing playground at Robin Hood… Read more »
Inside Dining – New Rules Cartoon by Jim Adcock