Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) Berlin Falls Project Coordinator David Deutsch, along with asking for a feasibility study for a new YMCA facility, also provided an update on activities at the park during a Jan. 14 Town Council meeting. Deutsch said the Berlin Falls Park Advisory Committee was appointed by the mayor in… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) While the Berlin Town Council last week said it needed more information before it decides whether to authorize a $20,000 YMCA feasibility study, the Berlin Falls Park Committee, which endorsed the study in November, also said its members had lingering questions. For one, committee Vice Chairman Jack Orris… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) Berlin Historic District Commission Vice Chairman Robert Poli last Wednesday led a work session on proposed new guidelines he said would make the committee more objective in its rulings. The 30-page document borrowed elements from historic district guidelines in Salisbury and St. Michaels, as well as standards from… Read more »
Faced with cleaning up prior neglect and the poor decisions of the past, the Ocean Pines Board of Directors has to make the tough decision to abandon the idea of renovating the County Club. Considering that solutions have been batted around for years as to the best course of action to take on the decaying… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) Ocean Pines Clubs Committee Chairman Gary Miller last Thursday said he’d requested and received a copy of the Matt Ortt Companies contract to manage the association yacht and beach clubs, but only about 20 minutes before the committee meeting started. Miller said he’d gotten a lot of questions… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 17, 2019) Going hand-in-hand with a possible YMCA feasibility study related to Berlin Falls park is the potential for a new community center in east Berlin, Mayor Gee Williams said this week. Leaders of the Berlin Community Improvement Association, or BCIA, which controls the multipurpose building on Flower Street, appear… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 17, 2019) Worcester County, during fiscal 2019, was not the lowest county in Maryland in terms of the per-pupil average for state aid. That honor went to Talbot County. Talbot, in getting $4,128 per student, was slightly worse off than Worcester, which got $4,217 – the second lowest in the… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 17, 2019) The schedule leading up to the 2019 Ocean Pines Board of Directors election was discussed during an elections advisory committee meeting on Friday, as were efforts to reduce the number of late votes received during the next ballot. As it currently stands this year, three directors would each… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 17, 2019) The Snow Hill Chamber of Commerce last week took steps to smooth over relations with area residents who were upset with how ticket sales for the 9th annual Snow Hill Oyster Roast, scheduled Feb. 24, were handled. Tickets for the event, $45 and each year limited to 450,… Read more »
By Paul Suplee Oh, the folly of this weather. As much as I love winter, now they are telling us that Sunday’s temperatures will drop from 55 to 10 in a matter of hours. Personally, I find this to be a bit nonsensical, but it reminds me of the day this past autumn on which… Read more »