Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a Jan. 14 public meeting at Town Hall: Swearing in Mayor Gee Williams, as he has done during several meetings in recent months, swore in new and returning board and commission members. This month, Williams welcomed Jeff Ricks… Read more »
By Morgan Pilz, Staff Writer (Jan. 24, 2019) As the debate on the partial government shutdown continues in Washington, one unintended consequence is that local food banks and pantries are increasingly in need of new supplies to meet the rising demands of those currently suffering from food insecurity. Food insecurity is the state of being without… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Jan. 24, 2019) Visitors to the Germantown Community Heritage Center next month will be greeted by local faces from the past — many familiar — in dozens of black and white photos taken between the mid-1800s and the middle of the last century. They will see schoolteachers in front of familiar… Read more »
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 »