Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 31, 2025) Ocean Pines homeowners will have until this Wednesday, August 6, to cast their votes for the three open seats in the community’s board of directors’ election. The Ocean Pines Association’s Board of Directors, a seven-person body tasked with community-wide police setting, has three positions available for this… Read more »
Carol Louise Haley Ocean City With heavy hearts and deep gratitude, the family of Carol Louise (Cable) Haley announces her peaceful passing on July 26, 2025, at the age of 91. Born on April 6, 1934, to Arnold Cable and Roberta Duffield. Carol spent many cherished years in Colorado, New Jersey, and Maryland. Her happy… Read more »
Town’s tax challenge not wrong, but … Well, that was awkward. So it might be said of the Town of Berlin’s appeal of a state property tax assessment that it believed was lower than the property owner deserved. Although the argument by town staff didn’t say that exactly, that was the implication when they formally… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 24, 2025) Uplighting will replace the current in-tree string lighting found in the trees in downtown Berlin, along Main Street, per a favorable vote by the municipality’s council last week. On Monday, July 14, the Berlin Town Council green-lit a change in downtown that will see the transition away… Read more »
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (July 25, 2025) We’ve done it the right way, federal rules don’t apply here, and we won’t be reissuing any permits. That’s the upshot of a July 17 letter from Maryland’s Department of the Environment (MDE) to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a response that pushes back against the… Read more »
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (July 24, 2025) Worcester County officials want more control over the outcome when a field of solar panels dies and the cleanup costs come due, but state law is tying their hands. The issue came up through discussion of a proposed Queponco Road solar project, from Massachusetts-based developer New Leaf… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 24, 2025) Ocean Pines residents will have the opportunity to hear from project representatives at a town hall meeting next week, where they will detail the proposed wireless cell tower for the wooded community. Ocean Pines is hosting a virtual town hall on Monday, July 28, from 6 p.m…. Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 24, 2025) Burley Building Company, a Berlin-based construction business, is looking to create a multi-phase mixed-use project in its hometown to include the business’s headquarters, additional commercial space and employee housing. The Berlin Planning Commission reviewed the project’s conceptual site plan at its meeting on Wednesday, July 16. The… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 24, 2025) The Berlin-filmed “Runaway Bride” movie will be honored for its 26th anniversary this weekend with a showing on the lawn of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum. This Saturday, July 26, the Taylor House will screen “Runaway Bride,” the 1999 film starring household names Julia Roberts and… Read more »
James Phillips Ocean Pines James “Ray” Phillips age 75 of Ocean Pines, passed away Friday, June 27, 2025. Born in Washington D.C. he was the son of the late James Phillips and Ann (Jefferson) Phillips. He was the loving husband to Cindy Phillips. Ray was a volunteer fireman in Laurel, MD, a diamond miner in… Read more »