FEBRUARY 8, 2024
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BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
WRESTLING TEAM BENEFIT The Stephen Decatur Seahawk Wrestling Purse Bingo fundraiser last Saturday night at the high school drew more than 150 people. All proceeds fund the school’s wrestling program outside of school-covered expenses. Funds will also be used to send school wrestlers to camps over the summer months to improve their techniques and broaden their experiences. Twenty games of bingo were called. Game winners walked away with designer bags from Coach, Kate Spade, Michael Kors and other notables. PHOTO COURTESY PAMELA GREEN
Towns nix all-for-one OP crosswalk nears final stage approach to grants State highway officials say project should be ready for use at end of month
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Feb. 8, 2024) Ocean Pines is closer to creating a pedestrian and cyclist-friendly community for its residents, as a crosswalk from the South Gate Pond to the Route 589 and Manklin Creek intersection nears completion. The State Highway Administration, a branch of the Maryland Department of Transportation, has been planning the crosswalk for two and a half years, Worcester County Bicycle and Pedestrian Coalition , or WCBPC, Chair Patti Stevens said. The two entities worked with the Ocean Pines Association to ensure the connection was appropriately placed at the most trafficked spot.
“The venture faced covid-19-related delays, but we’re thrilled that the state is getting it done,” Stevens said. “The WCBPC raised attention for the crosswalk, but it has always been a State Highway Administration plan.” The MDOT entirely funded the project. According to Stevens, no grant or additional monetary support was required. Ocean Pines and WCBPC officials pushed for the path to be constructed in the central commercial area, where a safety gap was identified. Half the community’s residents live on the south side of Ocean Pines, near the Food Lion. Precautions are necessary for those who wish to get to the grocery store on foot or by bike. Stevens emphasized the amount of jaywalking that currently takes See MORE Page 3
Berlin’s Tyndall seeks deal with other municipalities to ask for same funding totals from county
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The new crosswalk across Route 589 is pictured this week.
By Charlene Sharpe Associate Editor (Feb. 8, 2024) Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall asked his peers throughout the county to consider a unified funding request as local municipalities prepare to seek grants from Worcester County. Tyndall last week approached the mayors of Snow Hill, Pocomoke and Ocean City as well as the president of the Ocean Pines Association to ask them to consider a unified funding request to Worcester County. The towns typically submit annual grant See TOWNS Page 3
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