Bring recycling to Bay Day, Sun.

Continued from Page 6 scraps, Go Green OC said the best way to handle them is to freeze food scraps leading up to Bay Day and bring them by their exhibit table.

“We’ll have two pizza box receptacles as well,” Josh Chamberlain said, the founder of Go Green OC.

Go Green OC will also demonstrate its compost program.

“People will be able to touch the finished product of compost we create,” Chamberlain said.

Those who might want to do this on a regular basis can let Go Green know. Go Green will set participants up with a restaurant in Ocean City to drop off food waste for free.

There will be a recycling station where community members can bring hard-to-recycle items such as plastic grocery bags, alkaline batteries, old phones, chargers, and remotes.

Attendees will also have a chance to check out the Fishmobile to get close to Chesapeake Bay wildlife such as turtles and horseshoe crabs.

“We have 13 different animal tanks, several interactive activities, and displays all focusing on the unique ecosystems that make up the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed,”

Kristen Lycett, the executive director of Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, said.

“Kids can make their own recycled paper out of old newspaper at the Coast Kids table,” Verena Chase, of Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT), said.

ACT will also be selling native plants.

Protectors of the St. Martin’s River will lead an oyster cage building demonstration and provide information on oyster gardening.

The first 200 attendees will receive a canvas bag, hand-painted by students from Worcester County Public Schools. Otto Grundman will be providing the live music at the event, bay boat tours on the OC Bay Hopper will be available, visitors can learn how to cast a line with OP Anglers, and indulge in food from The Street Kitchen, Kiwanis, and Kona Ice.

For more information visit the “Bay Day in Ocean Pines 2023” event at https://www.facebook.com/events/5 28628399344625/?ref=newsfeed. For questions about the event, email lwist@mdcoastalbays.org. To volunteer, contact gatkin@mdcoastalbays.org

Bike events abound this month

a.m. Riders can take a break for lunch and then head over for a longer afternoon ride through Ocean Pines.

The Ocean Pines ride starts at 3 p.m. The 14-mile route will start and finish at the Ocean Pines Golf Club at 100 Clubhouse Drive.

The Clubhouse Bar & Grill will offer a free drink for participants, after the ride. The event will also feature live entertainment and free giveaways.

“We’re excited to continue this event and to share the benefits of bicycling with another group of people,” Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Director Debbie Donahue said.

Then on Thursday, May 18, the Worcester County Bike and Pedestrian Coalition will host a three-mile ride through downtown Berlin starting at 6 pm.

Riders will meet at Roadie Joe’s for a demonstration from the Berlin Police Department on bicycle safety. The ride will be led by Mayor Zack Tindall who, along with the Town Council, declared May National Bike Month.

A future Berlin Bikeway is planned from Heron Park through town and ending where Main Street intersects with 818 at 113.

“This would allow residents to travel on a shared use trail that par- allels the existing railroad tracks through town for about two miles,” said Patti Stevens, community coordinator of the Worcester County Bike and Pedestrian Coalition.

A proposal is being submitted by the town to the state Department of Transportation by June 1 requesting funding for the bikeway from the Kim Lamphier Bikeways Grant Program.

Worcester County received funding from the Rural Maryland Economic Development Fund through the Tri-County Council to develop a countywide greenway and trail plan.

This funding would allow the county to connect the trails being planned in Berlin, Snow Hill and Ocean City to produce a bigger network of trails.

“Berlin is the middle of the spine of this connecting network,” Stevens said.

For more information on all of the events visit:

May 6: Maryland Coastal Bike Festival: bit.ly/3NtFXt1

May 13: Snow Hill community bike ride: bit.ly/3NuNt7g

May 13: Ocean Pines bike ride: To register in advance, call 410-6417052 or email rec@oceanpines.org

May 18: Berlin Bike Ride: https://visitmarylandscoast.org/eve nt/berlin-community-bike-ride1/2023-05-18

Springfest:

WHAT: 32nd annual Ocean City spring festival

WHERE: inlet parking lot

WHEN: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May 4-6, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, May 7, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Thursday, 10 a.m. - opening ceremony, inlet lot

• Thursday, 6 p.m. - Mayor’s Bike Ride and Boardwalk Parade; 5 p.m. registration at South First Street

More info: https://www.ococean.com/springfest/