Local cheer teams bound for Florida

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 9, 2026)  Just a year after its formation, a cheerleading program in Berlin is heading to Florida for the Allstar World Championship to compete against teams acros...

Berlin to host festival for Record Store Day

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 9, 2026) Music is set to pour out of Berlin’s downtown later this month, when the town celebrates Record Store Day with lineup of performances, food and drinks, a...

Volunteers sought to maintain Berlin green spaces

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 9, 2026) A new volunteer initiative is giving Berlin residents a hands-on way to help maintain the town’s public green spaces from now through November. The Berli...

Summer reading challenge registration nears

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 9, 2026) Local kids will have the opportunity this summer to read their way to prizes and fun through the Worcester County Library’s annual reading challenge to p...

04/09/2026 Bayside Editorial: Reading challenge aids understanding

Reading challenge aids understanding As the operators of a printed word medium, we applaud the Worcester County Library for continuing to offer its annual summer reading challenge to promote childhood...

Cleanup effort continues in Pines after Feb. snow storm

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 2, 2026) More than a month after February’s blizzard left Ocean Pines blanketed by fallen trees and branches, officials say the continuing cleanup efforts are...

Projects continue at Ocean Pines facilities

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 2, 2026) Current maintenance projects were discussed during last week’s Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors meeting, as staff detailed progress to date and...

Ocean Pines projects moving right along, but bulkhead project postponed

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 2, 2026) While major improvements continue to be made at the Ocean Pines Golf Course, officials say February’s winter storm has caused planned bulkhead work to be...

As deficits persist, water, sewer fees to rise again

Latest increase another step to remedy financial crisis in enterprise funds By Brian Shane Staff Writer (April 2, 2026) Worcester County’s water and sewer accounts are still operating collectively i...

Pines board hires company to build outdoor kitchen

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 2, 2026) The Ocean Pines Board of Directors agreed this week to spend more than $300,000 to build an outdoor kitchen at the Yacht Club to improve patio service and ...