By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) The Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department is gearing up to host new offerings this offseason for all age groups. Advertised as “for new recruits and squires,” a Dungeons and Dragons club will be held for ages eight to 12. The meetings will take place each Tuesday… Read more »
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Offspring of 2,600-year-old bald cyprus finds life anew as planting in Decatur Park
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) A tree grown from seeds of an over 2,000-year-old bald cypress in North Carolina, the oldest of its kind in the Eastern United States, found its way to the Town of Berlin’s Stephen Decatur Park earlier this week. On Tuesday, Oct. 21, Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall, with… Read more »
Berlin planning holiday changes with brighter, bigger tree
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) Berlin’s Christmas tree will be a little different this holiday season, with brighter lights and, as part of a community-wide effort, Eastern Shore-themed decorations. At the Berlin Town Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 14, the municipality’s mayor, Zack Tyndall, and his executive administrative assistant, Sara Gorfinkel, announced… Read more »
BFC will hold open house on Sunday
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) The Berlin Fire Company invites the public to an open house this weekend, where the crew will have new and old apparatuses on display and fire prevention material available. A ceremony will also be held to retire an outdated engine and replace it with a much-needed upgrade…. Read more »
County passes emergency solar legislation
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) Posting a hefty decommissioning bond ahead of solar farm approval is now the law in Worcester County, where officials made the change as emergency legislation. Emergency Bill #25-04 adds decommissioning bonds to the review process for major solar farm projects and legally establishes abandoned solar projects as… Read more »
Truck-N-Treat festival set for Saturday at town’s Decatur Park
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) Berlin’s lineup of seasonal festivities continues this weekend with the town’s annual family-friendly, educational, and Halloween-themed event, Touch a Truck-N-Treat. On Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., kids and their families from Berlin and the surrounding areas are invited to Stephen Decatur Park to… Read more »
Partnership will use grant money to help Newport Bay
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) The Maryland Coastal Bays Program has secured millions of dollars in state funding over the next five years to restore the Newport Bay watershed. This project will prioritize stream restoration, stormwater improvements, and community and educational engagement. During a presentation at a Town of Berlin Mayor and… Read more »
Berlin electric rates hike will secure supply
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 23, 2025) Consumers in the Town of Berlin should expect their electric bills to increase early next year, after the Town Council last week approved a new energy contract to secure the municipality’s power supply through the end of the decade. Craig Kleinhenz, vice president of power supply planning… Read more »
10/23/2025 Bayside Editorial: Symbol of endurance in one little planting
Symbol of endurance in one little planting From Babylon to Berlin and from ancient King Nebuchadnezzar to the town’s horticultural advisory committee. That’s the scope of the divide between the day a bald cypress seedling poked into the daylight in a southern swamp and Tuesday, when that great tree’s immediate offspring was returned to the… Read more »
Richard Hearne Parsons
Richard Hearne Parsons Salisbury Richard Hearne Parsons, age 88 of Salisbury, MD passed away peacefully at home on October 12, 2025. He was born in Salisbury, MD to the late Frank and Ruth Hearne Parsons. Richard is lovingly remembered by his beloved wife, Carol Parsons; his daughters, Lisa Reed (Roger) and Elizabeth Whittington (Daniel Childers);… Read more »