Wheatley brings infrastructure expertise to table

By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) It takes quite a bit of infrastructure to keep Ocean Pines running. Roads, waterways, emergency services, stormwater management, erosion control and more a...

Lakernick sees value in Pines people

By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) Could the doctor be in come mid-August? Stuart Lakernick is one of the six hopefuls running for the Ocean Pines Board of Directors. A chiropractor with thr...

Rakowski sees big-family experience as boon for candidacy

By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) Monica Rakowski’s upbringing could give her a leg up on the board of directors if she’s elected next month. One of seven children, the Baltimore County...

Paula Gray

Bayside Gazette is respecting Ocean Pines Board of Directors candidate Paul Gray’s wishes that the interview she conducted with our reporter be neither printed nor published online. The post Paula G...

OP Committee left cleaning up mess after fishing event

By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) The Ocean Pines Environmental Assets Committee is sounding the siren to get buffers around community ponds like the South Gate Pond as soon as possible fol...

As community celebrates life of Gavin, investigation continues

By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) Worcester County’s coastal community showed up big on Saturday for an Ocean Pines family whose lives were upended by the death of their 14-year-old son a...

Berlin agrees to floodplain restoration

By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (July 28, 2022) The Berlin Mayor and Town Council struck an agreement on Monday with the Nature Conservancy to improve water flow on the Pocomoke River by breaching manmad...

Worcester Agencies Secure Opioid Prevention, Treatment Grants

SNOW HILL – Nearly $500,000 in state grant funding is expected to assist Worcester County agencies in combatting the opioid epidemic.On Tuesday, Gov. Larry Hogan and the Maryland Opioid Operatio...

Local Teens Fill Berlin Public Works Roles

BERLIN – Creative hiring in Berlin is ensuring the town’s public works needs are met and providing local teenagers with summer jobs.For the first time, the Town of Berlin has among its em...

Faulty Traffic Signal In OC Likely Led To Pedestrian Collision

OCEAN CITY — A malfunctioning traffic signal at 17th Street could have contributed to a pedestrian-vehicle collision on Tuesday afternoon.Around 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Ocean City Police Departme...