Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 31, 2025) Town of Berlin officials say they are working toward placing sidewalks along Old Ocean City Boulevard to enhance pedestrian safety and walkability. Residents from the neighborhoods near the road flocked to the Berlin mayor and council’s meeting on Monday to implore the town to make real progress… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 31, 2025) To establish and encourage use of the Town of Berlin’s new parking lot on the corner of West and Washington Street, the municipality’s Town Council green-lit the allocation of funds for improvements to the carpark, and approved updated parking restrictions. At its meeting on Monday, July 28,… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 31, 2025) A comfort station will soon be installed at Stephen Decatur Park, featuring two restrooms, a drinking fountain, and a maintenance room, after town officials covered an unexpected funding gap of nearly $60,000. At its meeting on Monday, July 28, the Berlin Town Council unanimously agreed to contract… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 31, 2025) The Town of Berlin’s effort to appeal a property tax assessment of Dollar General, which yielded a reduction in property value of more than 20%, failed as the state tax office affirmed the lowered valuation. In May, Wayne Hartman, owner of the property leased to Dollar General… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 31, 2025) Ocean Pines homeowners will have until this Wednesday, August 6, to cast their votes for the three open seats in the community’s board of directors’ election. The Ocean Pines Association’s Board of Directors, a seven-person body tasked with community-wide police setting, has three positions available for this… Read more »
Carol Louise Haley Ocean City With heavy hearts and deep gratitude, the family of Carol Louise (Cable) Haley announces her peaceful passing on July 26, 2025, at the age of 91. Born on April 6, 1934, to Arnold Cable and Roberta Duffield. Carol spent many cherished years in Colorado, New Jersey, and Maryland. Her happy… Read more »
Town’s tax challenge not wrong, but … Well, that was awkward. So it might be said of the Town of Berlin’s appeal of a state property tax assessment that it believed was lower than the property owner deserved. Although the argument by town staff didn’t say that exactly, that was the implication when they formally… Read more »
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 24, 2025) Uplighting will replace the current in-tree string lighting found in the trees in downtown Berlin, along Main Street, per a favorable vote by the municipality’s council last week. On Monday, July 14, the Berlin Town Council green-lit a change in downtown that will see the transition away… Read more »
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (July 25, 2025) We’ve done it the right way, federal rules don’t apply here, and we won’t be reissuing any permits. That’s the upshot of a July 17 letter from Maryland’s Department of the Environment (MDE) to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a response that pushes back against the… Read more »
By Brian Shane Staff Writer (July 24, 2025) Worcester County officials want more control over the outcome when a field of solar panels dies and the cleanup costs come due, but state law is tying their hands. The issue came up through discussion of a proposed Queponco Road solar project, from Massachusetts-based developer New Leaf… Read more »