Berlin council talks sidewalk repairs, cost share with private property owners

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 30, 2026) Berlin officials are considering changing the town’s sidewalk ordinance to clarify how repair costs are shared between property owners and the town. The ...

Ocean Pines Beach Club modernization will lead to big upgrade

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 30, 2026) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors has approved moving forward with about $100,000 of demolition work to the association’s Ocean City beach c...

Berlin’s Peach Festival set for this weekend

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 30, 2026) The annual Peach Festival returns to the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum this weekend with vendors, entertainment, and treats inspired by the fruit that once...

Berlin advances process on new Heron Park road design

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 30, 2026) The Berlin Town Council has approved an engineering proposal to advance design work for an access road to serve Heron Park. It’s a step town officials be...

Berlin commercial trash pickup becoming too much

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 30, 2026) Before the Town of Berlin ceases to offer commercial trash pickup, municipal officials are seeking ways to address hazardous and unsightly overflow of rest...

OP cleans up its community trails, new Tiki Kitchen

Initiatives to enhance the neighborhood’s amenities By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 30, 2026) The Ocean Pines Association continues to prioritize maintenance projects across the community, includ...

Third phase of golf course irrigation project okayed

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 30, 2026) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors this week approved moving forward with the third phase of the community’s golf course irrigation replaceme...

Pines ambulance involved in wreck, replacement secured

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 30, 2026) Ocean Pines is replacing one of its ambulances a year ahead of schedule after it was so heavily damaged in a collision that officials deemed it beyond repa...

Margaret A. Warfield

Margaret A. Warfield Ocean City “A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.” — Leonardo da Vinci. Margaret “Peggy” Ann Warfield, 84, of Ocean City, passed away pe...

07/30/2026 Bayside Editorial: Trash collection sign of downtown success

Trash collection sign of downtown success Success always comes at a price, as the Town of Berlin is discovering with the demand for commercial trash collection now outstripping the town’s ability to...