Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
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 »
It’s inevitable that the ever-present critics in Ocean Pines will question the salary General Manager John Viola is expected to receive as part of his newly signed contract extension. With an annual paycheck a little north of $200,000, according to unofficial estimates, Viola might be the highest-paid government/public service administrator in the county, and certainly… Read more »
Worcester County is starting a pilot program to remove illegal, or “snipe” signs from state rights-of-way.