Firm selected to evaluate utility extensions

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The engineering firm George, Miles, and Buhr (GMB) will evaluate and provide recommendations for the extension of water and sewer utilities from the Ocean Pines Service Ar...

Opening Day Scramble will kick off Pines golf season

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer As spring approaches, the Ocean Pines golf community is gearing up for its season kickoff event to welcome the warmer, golf-playing months. The 2025 Ocean Pines Opening Da...

OPA seeks vendor for summer election

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Ocean Pines Association has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a contractor to handle this summer’s OPA Board of Directors election. The selected vendor will p...

Crimson Coward franchise brings hot chicken to Berlin

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer A new chicken restaurant option has come to the coastal area, this time with a southern twist. Crimson Coward, a Nashville hot chicken franchise based in California, opene...

Thomas Albert Hall

Thomas Albert Hall Berlin Thomas “Tommy” Albert Hall, age 62, of Berlin, MD passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025. Tommy’s life was filled with so much love and even during his last moments, he wa...

Marion Freida Klein-Longberg

Marion Freida Klein-Longberg Berlin Marion Freida Klein-Longberg, age 88, passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2025.  Born in The Bronx in New York City, N.Y., to the late Louis Shilan and Lee Smith Shi...

03/20/2025 Bayside Editorial: Exempting shelters makes perfect sense

Exempting shelters makes perfect sense Not every piece of legislation introduced in the Maryland General Assembly makes sense. Wait, let’s amend that. Now and then, out of the torrent of filings int...

Berlin approves expense to upgrade largest water well

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Berlin’s largest well, located at Powellton Avenue, is set to undergo replacement. The Town Council unanimously approved awarding the project work to East Coast Contract...

Yacht Club’s new vendor begins Tuesday; Rather than wait until lease ends April 30, parties agree to prepare now for season

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Touch of Italy will take over the Ocean Pines Association’s food and beverage services at the Yacht Club, the Beach Club in Ocean City, and the Clubhouse Bar and Grille ...

Microtel plan stirs opponents; Petition seeks signatures to show support for claims hotel could be safety hazard

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Opponents of the  Microtel Inn and Suites by Wyndham, planned for the east side of Route 113 near Franklin Avenue in Berlin, are collecting signatures on a petition to bo...