Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 27, 2023) The Actualize Wellness Spa is not your typical day spa. Richard Root and Director Cyndee Lam have combined their vision of a luxury day spa with a community wellness center. The couple recently relocated their business from Los Angeles to West Ocean City and has created a mini-oasis… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer Council OK’s property’s reappraisal while original development deal left in limbo (July 27, 2023) The Berlin mayor and Town Council on Monday night discussed the future of Heron Park properties … again. They also went over what they did and didn’t want to happen on the 60-plus-acre former poultry processing… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 27, 2023) Doug Parks has spent the past seven years serving the residents of Ocean Pines on the Board of Directors. He was elected president four times including this past year. July was his last board meeting as a director and president. He has two achievements of which he… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 27, 2023) Colette Horn retires from the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors after two consecutive three-year terms and eight months as its president in 2022. During those six years, the board has been able to improve the financial health of the association. “We brought the organization out of… Read more »
Back to square one In applying for a renewal of its “Sustainable Community” status with the state Department of Housing and Community Development, the Town of Berlin wrote in 2019 that it was forming a committee to explore possible uses for the 68-acre parcel known as Heron Park. Now, four years later, town officials seem… Read more »
(July 27, 2023) Heaven must have wanted a little more color and joy because on July 19, 2023, at age 75, renowned local artist and benefactor Jim Adcock passed peacefully over, in the arms of his loving wife. Jim was born and raised in Dundalk, the youngest child and only son of Bentley and Florence… Read more »
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Man do I love a good mignonette. Few things in life really offer the flavor explosion like this magical morphing of ingredients. Traditionally served atop raw oysters and clams (in fact, this is the only way that I personally will eat raw clams), the brightness of this liquid-amalgamation balances… Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 20,2023) Logan Tucker, 22, was hit by a car on Ocean Parkway in June and is talking about it in hopes that it prevents something similar happening to others. It was about 9:30 p.m. on June 12, he said, when he and his friend, Gavin McGraw, were walking home…. Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 20, 2023) General Manager John Viola’s financial report to the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors on Saturday showed that May was another good month for the community. The unaudited numbers show that OPA is up $150,000 for May, with the golf and yacht club continuing to drive revenue…. Read more »
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer Seek committee of experts to develop better approach to use and development (July 20,2023) During the final meeting of the week on the future of Heron Park, the members of the Planning Commission recommended putting a pause on the development proposal by Palmer Gillis of Coastal Ventures Properties. Instead, the… Read more »