Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Morgan Pilz, Staff Writer (April 4, 2019) Buckingham Elementary, the only Maryland Green School in Worcester County, continues to conduct experiments and use resources to teach using low energy and cost. A Maryland Green School is a school that creates a healthy environment conducive to learning, while saving energy, environmental resources, and money. A presentation… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 4, 2019) Ocean Pines officials on Saturday unveiled a proposal for a new traffic circle at the North Gate entrance. Association Vice President Steve Tuttle said Maryland Department of Transportation officials had asked if Ocean Pines would be willing to give them roughly three-tenths of an acre of land on… Read more »
Board promises no one will lose money on cards By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 4, 2019) Ocean Pines Association leadership several times on Saturday promised to sort through a recent argument about pool access coupon cards. Apparently, for many years the association offered refillable cards for access to Ocean Pines pools, with balances rolling over… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 4, 2019) The Berlin Ethics Commission dismissed a Feb. 28 complaint against At-Large Town Councilman Thom Gulyas. According to a copy of the complaint by resident Jason Walter and received by this paper, Walter alleged that Gulyas insulted his character during a phone call with Christina Tucker. Tucker, who apparently… Read more »
General fund budget cuts total 18 percent, $1.3M By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 4, 2019) Some departments were cut more than others, but the numbers in the staff-prepared draft of Berlin’s general fund budget presented to the mayor and Town Council Monday night were 18 percent lower than the previous year’s spending. To go along… Read more »
Berlin fire claims life of at least one pet; one missing By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 4, 2019) A house fire at 12332 Snug Harbor Road in Berlin on Monday claimed the life of at least one pet and another was missing as of Monday evening. Berlin Fire Company 3rd Assistant Chief Robert J Rhode… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 28, 2019) A mid-year budget report provided Monday night by Berlin Finance Director Natalie Saleh suggests the town is being conservative while facing certain property tax and utility fee increases during the next fiscal year. Town officials are also facing higher levels of criticism from an increasingly engaged public. Saleh… Read more »
One of Berlin’s problems — and it doesn’t have that many — is its own success. While most other small towns on the Eastern Shore continue to suffer from an economic malaise that began decades ago, Berlin’s economy has surged in the past 20 years. An empty space in the business district isn’t empty for… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (March 28, 2019) Heron Park, Legacy Park, Adventure Park, Pride Park and Boulevard Park are among the alternate names being considered for what’s currently known as Berlin Falls, the 64-acre former industrial site on Old Ocean City Boulevard. Town Councilman Zack Tyndall and other members of the Berlin Falls Park Committee… Read more »
By Morgan Pilz, Staff Writer (March 28, 2019) What started as a standard Board of Education meeting on Tuesday turned into a celebration of two local educators, who each became emotional, as they learned a soon to be renovated athletic complex would be renamed in their honor. Stephen Decatur High School’s athletic complex will be renamed… Read more »