03/06/2025 Bayside Editorial: Tariffs hit newsprint, we won’t pass it on

The 25 percent tariffs President Trump imposed yesterday on imported goods from Canada and Mexico have hit home. Next week, our newspapers, Bayside Gazette and OC Today-Dispatch, will begin to feel th...

9,084 speeding tickets issued in Berlin in 6 months

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The speed cameras implemented in Berlin last summer have been successful in reducing speeding on Flower Street and Seahawk Road, officials said this week. Each apparatus h...

Mayor breaks council tie on EDU financing request

Tara Fischer Staff Writer In a tie vote broken by Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall, the Town Council approved a property owner’s request to purchase and finance four equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) for an...

Coastal Bays Program offering high school senior scholarships

The Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) will be offering three scholarships valued at $1,000 each to qualifying high school seniors from Worcester County Public Schools interested in a future in the ...

South Fire Station work expected to start in fall

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Ocean Pines Association and the Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department continue to work toward a new South Fire Station, with an estimated construction start date of Oc...

County bolsters vehicle insurance coverage due to spike in accidents

By Brian Shane Staff Writer A rising trend of costly car crashes in Worcester County-owned vehicles has prompted officials to upgrade their auto insurance policy to include comprehensive and collision...

County tables WOC zoning code aimed at halting wind project

By Brian Shane Staff Writer Worcester County officials this week stopped short of tweaking the zoning code in order to prevent an offshore wind developer from legally operating as a public utility in ...

Possible cell tower remains in talking phase

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Officials said a potential and controversial cell phone tower is still possible for Ocean Pines, yet the project is still in its earliest stages. At the community’s Satu...

‘Keep Berlin Cool’ effort hoping for grant support

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Berlin Horticulture Advisory Committee will move ahead with plans to apply for a mini-grant from the Maryland Coastal Bays Program for tree plantings following the tow...

Ocean Pines to review meeting space costs

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Ocean Pines leadership will consider a new multi-purpose meeting space, provided a cost analysis, drawings, and blueprints are compiled. Per a unanimous vote by the Ocean ...