Jim Adcock: Shaping OP for three decades as publisher and artist

(July 13, 2023) As a painter, illustrator and newspaper publisher, Jim Adcock has quietly been one of the most influential figures in the Ocean Pines community over the last three decades. His fingerp...

Knupp case defendants seek venue change

By Hunter Hine, Staff Writer Circuit court motions filed but judge has yet to decide on request from accused (July 6, 2023) July 11 will mark one year since the hit-and-run incident that resulted in t...

Gazette Cartoon

Cartoon by Jim Adcock The post Gazette Cartoon appeared first on Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette.

BLT sandwich Maryland summer classic

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 (Reprint from July 11, 2019) This heat wave has once again brought out the best in us Marylanders, or is it ‘we’ Marylanders? I can never remember. But I digress. Fo...

Get out from under debt on Heron Park

The Town of Berlin has been trying to figure what to do with the Tyson poultry plant property for seven years now after buying the 63-acre parcel in 2016 for $2.5 million. It also has spent nearly as ...

Joan Marie Abell Mersinger

Joan Marie Abell Mersinger Ocean Pines Joan Marie Abell Mersinger, 89, of Ocean Pines, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 25, 2023, at her home in Ocean Pines surrounded by loving family. Born Jun...

Campaigns signs sprout up across Ocean Pines lawns

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 6, 2023) The Ocean Pines Board elections are in full swing, and with that come election signs. Ocean Pines has specific guidance developed by the Architectural Rev...

Reel Deal Restaurant in WOC striving to cater to fishermen

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 6, 2023) The Reel Deal is looking for a few hungry fishermen to feed. The new restaurant opened a few weeks ago in the former site of Bradda Barney’s on Sunset A...

Ocean Pines parks, rec facilities evaluated

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 6, 2023) The Recreation and Parks Advisory Committee provided a report to the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors on the conditions of the community’s pa...

Future of Heron Park on agenda for July 10

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 6, 2023) When the future of Heron Park came up for discussion at the June 24 mayor and council meeting in Berlin, some members of the public seemed unsure of the d...