ICE observed in Berlin, town to solicit public information

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) The Town of Berlin intends to submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week, seeking details ...

Town supports bill to create task force on state revenue

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) The Berlin Town Council passed a resolution this week supporting a bill that, if passed, would establish a state-level task force to study Maryland’...

Berlin utility director announces retirement

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) After 16 years on the job and nearly 50 years in the industry, Town of Berlin Electric Utility Director Tim Lawrence is retiring, with an official end dat...

OPA director Steve Jacobs steps down

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors member Steve Jacobs has stepped down from the governing body this week, effective immediately. The association ...

Fire station construction begins in Ocean Pines

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (March 12, 2026) Construction began Monday on the new firehouse for the Ocean Pines Association’s south side, as association and fire department officials broke ground w...

Berlin woman to serve prison time for fraud

By Bethany Hooper Associate Editor (March 12, 2026) A Berlin woman who pleaded guilty last year to identity theft, wire fraud and tax evasion will spend four years in federal prison. On Feb. 27, a U.S...

James O. Shilow

James O. Shilow Ocean Pines James Owen Shilow, age 82, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2026, at the Macky and Pam Stansell House of Coastal Hospice, Ocean Pines, Maryland.  Jim fought a brave batt...

Walter Arthur Dennison

Walter Arthur Dennison Berlin Walter Arthur Dennison, 88, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., passed away on February 22, 2026, at the Hospice of the Panhandle inpatient facility, in Kearneysville, WV. Born on A...

03/12/2026 Bayside Editorial: What’s taking so long with Parcel 57 sale?

What’s taking so long with Parcel 57 sale? People generally have little sympathy for real estate developers, who,  like reporters, lawyers and politicians, are often suspected of being up to someth...

03/05/2026 Bayside Editorial: Town, OPA do their best to draw public

Town, OPA do their best to draw public It might be said that Berlin and Ocean Pines don’t have much in common beyond sharing the 21811 zip code. But recently they, as in their leadership, are thinki...