Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Greg Ellison Viola posts ending figures for fiscal 2019-20 budget due to no annual meeting (Aug. 13, 2020) Despite revenue reductions related to the covid-19 pandemic, the Ocean Pines Association 2019-2020 operating budget finished roughly $570,000 in the black. Although General Manager John Viola was unable to present an official financial report at the… Read more »
By Greg Ellison Parks leads pack with big majority of all votes cast in Pines election (Aug. 13, 2020) The 2020 OPA Board of Directors election results were compiled on Friday, with the ballot count adding up to make incumbents Doug Parks and Colette Horn the winners in the three-way race for a pair of… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2020) The Berlin Mayor and Council on Monday agreed to write off half the $3.4 million the town’s separate sewer fund owes the general fund, while committing to repay the remaining $1.7 million to the general fund over 10 or more years. Currently, the mayor and council receive… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2020) The Berlin Mayor and Council agreed that rezonings were in order for two properties Monday, following findings by the Berlin Planning Commission that mistakes had been made in the original zonings. The first case was to rezone the property at 10712 Ocean Gateway from B-1 Town Center… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2020) The Summer Sidewalk Sale, Berlin’s longest running event, having begun more than six decades ago, is expected to bring hundreds of visitors and residents downtown Aug. 14-16 to take advantage of discounts. Ivy Wells, the town’s economic and community development director, said stores have been putting racks… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2020) The Berlin Historic District Commission hopes to amend the town’s historic district code to be sure the public is informed about the obligations associated with buying a property in the district. “We had some pretty unpleasant situations for the people purchasing … and I never thought it… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2020) The Berlin Historic District Commission unanimously approved three requests for signs and a storage shed for downtown businesses during its meeting on Aug. 5. The commission first met with a representative of Burley Café, Matt Burrier, to discuss signs for the rebranding of the property at 17… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2020) Residents of at least 22 states in the U.S., including Maryland, have received mysterious, unsolicited seeds allegedly mailed from China. As of Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) received four reports of unsolicited seed packages from Worcester County residents, said… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Aug. 13, 2020) The following took place during the Berlin Mayor and Council meeting on Monday: Grant application The mayor and council approved an application to the state’s Community Parks and Playgrounds Program for money for permanent restrooms at Stephen Decatur Park on Tripoli Street. The project should cost a… Read more »
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 What started out as a dry summer has certainly turned into a mental monsoon of sorts. With the storm last week and a new one brewing in the Atlantic, it only adds to an already exciting if not drastically different sort of year. As election years go, this is… Read more »