By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 28, 2023) The Berlin TownCouncil and Mayor Zack Tyndall had preliminary discussions Monday evening on how to spend the casino revenue it received through the Loc...
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 29, 2023) Talking was the key to recovering from endometrial (uterine) cancer for Cheri Stambaugh. She was diagnosed with cancer in March at 73 years old. Her hu...
It’s that time of year again for leaf-raking residents By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 28, 2023) One hundred tons, that’s the weight of leaves and pine needles that Ocean Pines residents co...
Truck purchased in 2016 for $800,000 would now cost $1.5M to replace By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 28, 2023) The Berlin Fire Company hopes to receive a combined contribution of about $350,000...
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 28, 2023) All parts of Berlin could become more connected and accessible if the town obtains a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. On Monday night,...
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 28, 2023) If it snows this winter, the Town of Berlin will have plenty of salt for its roads, following the Town Council’s approval Monday night of a three-yea...
Most people who live in homes surrounded by trees would be expected to take the annual chore of clearing the yard of leaves in stride. But that’s not always the case in Ocean Pines, where the fall r...
High costs of poor border policies Editor, I have been baffled for the last 2.5 years by the apparent acceptance by some Americans of the horrible things occurring here in America. I can only assume t...
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Reprint from Sept. 29, 2022 When you think of empanadas, do you think of tasty hot pockets? That was always my assumption, as they were the only “empanadas” I had ev...
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 21, 2023) The Berlin Board of Zoning Appeals last Wednesday agreed to grant the Assateague Landing Apartments project the conditional use zoning designation its o...
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 21, 2023) The Berlin Planning Commission unanimously approved plans for a multi-use business and residential building at 19 Gay Street on Tuesday. Occupying the...
Position seemed unlikely back when he was suing to validate his candidacy By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 21, 2023) Ocean Pines Association’s new president, Rick Farr, has come a long way s...
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 21, 2023) After 18 years as the executive director of the Lower Shore Land Trust, Kate Patton is passing the torch to the next generation of leadership. Patton wa...
By Stewart Dobson, Editor (Sept. 21, 2023) In 2020, it was the coronavirus. In 2023, the most likely cause of the cancelation of the Berlin Fiddlers Convention is nimbostratus. Those would be the hea...
Were it not such a ridiculous situation to begin with, one might appreciate the irony of Ocean Pines Association Director Rick Farr ascending to the presidency two years after his court fight to be re...
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 This article originally ran in the Sept. 8, 2016, edition of the Bayside Gazette. Man, what a busy week we have ahead of us. Our own kids are off to school and dreading ...
Knerr said to agree on deal but then moved to scuttle it By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 14, 2023) There was a glimmer of hope that the Heron Park development proposal by Palmer Gillis of Coast...
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 14, 2023) The Berlin Council agreed to enact a policy for naming and renaming public facilities such as structures, parks and recreational facilities Monday night...
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept.14, 2023) The Berlin Parks Commission reviewed its Open Space project priority list for next year on Tuesday and discussed the playgrounds at Dr. William Henry an...
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 14, 2023) The Historic District Commission met on Wednesday and unanimously approved three applications. The first was a request from property owner William Esha...
By Remy Andersen, Staff Writer (Sept. 14, 2023) It’s the end of an era for a well-seasoned standardbred trotter. Studio City finished up his final race at Ocean Downs Casino in Ocean Pines late las...
By Remy Andersen, Staff Writer (Sept. 14, 2023) A study of the Ocean City inlet that was conducted 25 years ago was given a long overdue update with a letter sent recently to the US Army Corp of Engi...
By Remy Andersen, Staff Writer (Sept. 14, 2023) Multiple provisions related to cannabis consumption can advance, following three separate unanimous votes from the Worcester County Commissioners last ...
Whatever is going on with the Berlin Town Council’s decision-making progress vis-à-vis Heron Park and the council’s possible desire to do something with the property, Palmer and Sandy Gillis aren...
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 I love a good steak, but let’s be honest for a second. If you know anything about me, you are aware that if I were stuck on a tropical island and only had one protein ...