Letter To The Editor: Disappointed by committee move

Disappointed by committee move (The following letter was sent to the OPA Board of Directors prior to last Saturday’s meeting and vote with a copy forwarded for publication.) Editor, I am writing to ...

Elizabeth Flynn Duff

Elizabeth Flynn Duff Ocean Pines Elizabeth (Betty) Flynn Duff, age 96, died on Monday, September 15, 2025, at Brightview Senior Living in Catonsville. Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, she was the...

Letter To The Editor: Committee vote a sad day for Pines

Committee vote a sad day for Pines Editor, On September 20 2025, the Ocean Pines Board of Directors majority voted to disband most of the advisory committees in our home owner’s association, which e...

09/25/2025 Bayside Editorial: Citizen involvement can still continue

Citizen involvement can still continue The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors certainly has the courage of its convictions, as it shut down most of the association’s committees despite pleas...

Letter To The Editor: Compromise mindset needed on wind farm

Compromise mindset needed on wind farm Editor, As a resident of Berlin, within an eight-minute drive of Ocean City, I often go there and take advantage of the beach, the ocean and its expansive views....

Committees could be cut by Ocean Pines board

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Several of the advisory committees in Ocean Pines that had been tasked with recommending initiatives and community improvements to the Board of Directors may be eliminated...

Deputies honored for heroic car fire rescue

By Brian Shane Staff Writer From a short distance in the dark of night, the fire on the highway appears only as a bright, flickering glow on the grainy police bodycam footage. Only as the sheriff’s ...

Fiddlers rosin up bows for Berlin

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Berlin’s popular and enduring Fiddler’s Convention is back this weekend for its 33rd year of bluegrass, folk, and country tunes. Berlin’s Chamber of Commerce is gear...

Stormwater code’s impact worrisome, group says

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer A Berlin stormwater management code that requires property developers to obtain easements from downstream neighbors to build up a lot could be amended, per a recommendatio...

Purnell Crossing looking to add 20 homes in next phase

By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Berlin Planning Commission last week reviewed preliminary subdivision plans for the construction of phase five of a development project at Purnell Crossing South. Troy...