Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (April 20, 2023) General Manager John Viola continues to provide a sunny outlook on the financial health of Ocean Pines. “We are 11 months in. I think it is safe to say we will be at the $1.1 million, plus or minus $100,000, depending on the weather,” Viola said. While… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman (April 20, 2023) The Ocean Pines Garden Club celebrated Arbor Day last Thursday with a tree planting in Pintail Park to honor friends and relatives who passed away during the previous year. The celebration included music by the Delmarva Chorus and bagpiper Mike Castoro. Family members who lost loved ones helped to… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (April 20, 2023) The Racquet Club took over the public comments during the Saturday Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors meeting, with a standing-room-only crowd filling the Golf Club meeting room. A large portion of the crowd was there for one thing: to let the board members know that they… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (April 20, 2023) The Ocean Pines Association is bringing its legal business back from the other side of the Chesapeake, as the board of directors on Saturday agreed to award the contract for legal services to Ocean City-based Ayres, Jenkins, Gordy & Almond. The board had been working with Lerch,… Read more »
Bertino wants transparency, Mitrecic says ‘not our job’ By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (April 20, 2023) With another eight-figure difference between income and spending, the Worcester County Commissioners are scrutinizing next fiscal year’s budget seemingly line by line. Typically, that hasn’t been the case for the Worcester County Public School system and the board of… Read more »
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (April 20, 2023) More state funding is coming to Worcester County to expand access to broadband for rural residents. On April 5, Gov. Wes Moore announced that the state is awarding about $92 million to expand access to around 14,500 households and businesses across the state through the Connect Maryland… Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em is what the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors seemed to say last Saturday when it chose local law firm Ayres, Jenkins, Gordy and Almand to be its new legal advisor. The decision to switch from the Bethesda firm of Lerch, Early & Brewer, which the board went… Read more »
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 In a panic, I realize that I have slept through my alarm. I’m getting way too old to do this, a standard practice of many teenagers. Yet, here I am, trying to brush my teeth, get dressed and write another installment in my little saga on earth. I consider… Read more »
Size really matters for small towns Editor, Citizens of Berlin, Our Planning Commission is about to revisit the Comprehensive Plan for an update this year, and we are looking for public input. Berlin is under serious development pressure, mostly from outsiders who’s only interest in Berlin is to monetize our small town way of life…. Read more »