Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
The Ocean Pines Association’s Board of Directors and the Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department signed an agreement last week after roughly eight months of negotiations to ensure the department is set up for years to come.
The Worcester County Veterans Memorial Foundation and Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-38) hosted a nonpartisan, non-political, interfaith “Prayer Service for Our Country” this week to foster unity following the attempted assignation attempt of former United States President Donald Trump.
Worcester County Public Works Director Dallas Baker this week requested approval to drop the speed limit on a county-owned portion of Flower Street west of Stephen Decatur Middle School from 30 to 25 mph.
The Berlin Planning Commission heard concept plans, once again, for the proposed Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham last week when the group showed dissatisfaction with the developer’s apparent lack of attention to Berlin’s historic character in the outlined architecture.
Members of the Berlin Parks Commission recently appointed a new chair, discussed upcoming events and reviewed plans to improve the entrance to Stephen Decatur Park.
The Worcester County Commissioners have approved a request from the recreation and parks department to buy a scoreboard for the Northern Worcester Athletic Complex.
A lease agreement will allow the Pocomoke library to operate from a renovated firehouse while a new building is under construction.
The Beach to Bay Heritage Area recently received a grant to develop African American products, including 12 interpretive signs across Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties.
Worcester County will no longer have two Critical Area Program codes on the books following a county commissioners’ vote to combine the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area program regulations with regulations for the Atlantic coastal bays and its watershed.
Samuel A. Waters Jr. Ocean Pines Samuel A. Waters Jr. of Ocean Pines, passed away peacefully on June 27, 2024, at the age of 85. Sam was born on April 18, 1940, to Samuel A. Waters Sr. and Evelyn Hahn Waters in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Camden High School in 1957, he attended Rutgers… Read more »