Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (June 29, 2023) People who are looking for quirky gifts, unique jewelry, antiques and fashion for the home or clothing, and love a little adventure, Love Letters is it. Shop owner Brandi Mellinger has settled into this unusual shop on the grounds of Mariner’s Country Down at 11341 Sinepuxent Road… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (June 29, 2023) The Berlin mayor and council got into a fiery debate with the Berlin Fire Company President David Fitzgerald during the council mayor meeting on Monday night. What was on the table was discussed in the last council meeting: the town says it does not have the funding… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer Town still undecided on ways to develop 17-acre property (June 29, 2023) The continuing discussion of what to do with Heron Park resumed at the Berlin mayor and Town Council meeting Monday night, with officials still debating how to proceed with the development of a portion of it. The former… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (June 29, 2023) Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman took time out of the Maryland Municipal League conference in Ocean City to visit Mayor Zach Tyndall and get a tour of Berlin on Monday. Lierman, who is from Baltimore City, had never visited Berlin before, so when Tyndall offered to give her… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (June 29, 2023) Ocean Pines recently introduced a new couples membership to the community pools and it has paid off. Funds from membership have increased from $249,460 last May to $270,780 in May 2023. “While we saw a reduction in the number of family members, enough couples signed up, which… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (June 29, 2023) Barbara Parnell remembers butterflies in the fall. The entire area was filled with butterflies, she recalled from her student days at Germantown School in the 1950s. The two-room school house on Trappe Road was built in 1923 by the Rosenwald Foundation Rural School Building Program as part… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (June 29, 2023) Residents getting a breakfast sandwich or a cup of coffee at On Common Grounds on Thursday had the opportunity to visit with Berlin’s Mayor Zack Tyndall. He hosted “Meet the Mayor” as an opportunity to visit with residents on a more casual basis and set up shop… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer Four hopefuls keep it calm, deliberate and thoughtful (June 29, 2023) It was standing room only at the Ocean Pines candidate forum on Wednesday night, as heavy rain and winds did not prevent residents from coming out to hear the viewpoints of the four candidates vying for three seats on… Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 It is the wee hours of the morning, and I am staring out the window at my backyard. I love my little chunk of paradise, the banana palms in full swing with a couple of them already feet taller than I am. Not for nothing, I will miss it… Read more »