Berlin Zoning appeals board approves apartment complex

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 21, 2023) The Berlin Board of Zoning Appeals last Wednesday agreed to grant the Assateague Landing Apartments project the conditional use zoning designation its o...

Berlin Planning Commission approves multi-use building on Gay Street

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 21, 2023) The Berlin Planning Commission unanimously approved plans for a multi-use business and residential building at 19 Gay Street on Tuesday.  Occupying the...

Rick Farr assumes OPA presidency

Position seemed unlikely back when he was suing  to validate his candidacy By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 21, 2023) Ocean Pines Association’s new president, Rick Farr, has come a long way s...

Kate Patton Retires after 18 years at helm of Lower Shore Land Trust

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 21, 2023) After 18 years as the executive director of the Lower Shore Land Trust, Kate Patton is passing the torch to the next generation of leadership. Patton wa...

Fiddlers convention cancelled due to weather

By Stewart Dobson, Editor (Sept. 21, 2023) In 2020, it was the coronavirus. In 2023, the most likely cause of the cancelation of the Berlin Fiddlers Convention is nimbostratus. Those would be the hea...

Farr must appreciate irony of his selection

Were it not such a ridiculous situation to begin with, one might appreciate the irony of Ocean Pines Association Director Rick Farr ascending to the presidency two years after his court fight to be re...

Sautéed langostino tastes like lobster 

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 This article originally ran in the Sept. 8, 2016, edition of the Bayside Gazette. Man, what a busy week we have ahead of us. Our own kids are off to school and dreading ...

Hail Mary Pass on Heron Park Fails

Knerr said to agree on deal but then moved to scuttle it By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 14, 2023) There was a glimmer of hope that the Heron Park development proposal by Palmer Gillis of Coast...

Berlin council considers four motions at Monday meeting

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept. 14, 2023) The Berlin Council agreed to enact a policy for naming and renaming public facilities such as structures, parks and recreational facilities Monday night...

Parks Commission prioritizes recreational needs in Berlin

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Sept.14, 2023) The Berlin Parks Commission reviewed its Open Space project priority list for next year on Tuesday and discussed the playgrounds at Dr. William Henry an...