Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Greg Ellison (Sept. 16, 2021) The Ocean Pines Racquet Sports Committee highlighted a number of upcoming tournaments, considered potential court repairs and discussed a pickleball camp proposal during its meeting last Wednesday. U.S. Tennis Association instructor Terry Underkoffler said a proposal to repaint lines on eight dedicated pickleball courts took a step forward after… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Sept. 16, 2021) Berlin’s Parks Commission gathered at Stephen Decatur Park last Tuesday to review a site inspection report and update proposed projects and events. Berlin Deputy Town Administrator Mary Bohlen reported on the status of an application for a grant from the Maryland Natural Resources Program Open Space to cover of… Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall’s late cancellation of a meeting last Friday with state officials interested in helping the town with its Heron Park financial problems requires a better explanation than he provided. Citing a scheduling conflict, as he did, fails to answer a question residents and state and other local officials are asking: why couldn’t… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Sept. 16, 2021) Eastbound Disc Golf organizers will return next month to revive discussions with Berlin officials about a proposed 18-hole course at Stephen Decatur Park after the town council voted 4-1 on Monday, with Councilmember Dean Burrell opposed, to table the issue for four weeks. Local disc golf pro Austin Widdowson… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Sept. 16, 2021) Aiming to preserve a piece of land that is historically significant locally, the Berlin Town Council voted unanimously on Monday to spend $45,000 to buy the parcel on Flower Street. Mayor Zach Tyndall introduced a FY22 budget amendment to increase the general fund by transferring $45,000 from the Community… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Sept. 16, 2021) Mayor Zach Tyndall’s cancellation last week of a meeting with Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials about helping the town with Heron Park has outraged some town officials, who believed the gathering set for last Friday could have led to the state’s participation in the park’s development and big… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Sept. 16, 2021) If the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors agree, the Worcester County Commissioners are prepared to invest over $3 million to update the Ocean Pines Golf Course irrigation system so it can spray treated wastewater instead of drawing from the freshwater supply. Worcester County Public Works Director Dallas Baker… Read more »
That was a savvy call the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors made this week, when it decided not to count the ballots in this year’s board race until after a court hearing on Sept. 27. By postponing the count, the board hedged its bets a bit while it waits to see how Circuit Court… Read more »