MAY 18, 2023
BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
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Jenkins Point plan unveiled at town hall Will be restored to become natural buffer for mainland By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer (May 18, 2023) Looking to the left from Pines Point Marina, the little islands that can be seen in the Isle of Wight Bay are part of Jenkins Point, an eroding piece of property owned by the Ocean Pines Association. Help, however, is on the way, via a joint effort of the OPA and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program. The bays program hosted a town hall meeting Monday at the Ocean Pines Golf Club to explain its plans for the restoration of Jenkins Point. “Over the years, that peninsula has broken up into smaller islands,” Kevin Smith, coastal bays program executive director, told the audience. See POINT Page 5 CINDY HOFFMAN/BAYSIDE GAZETTE
Car speeds down Main, Two more file for board seats slams wall FLAG UNFURLED
At the end of their field trip to the veterans memorial in Ocean Pines, students from Most Blessed Sacrement hold a large national flag brought to the memorial by the JROTC students of Stephen Decatur High School. See story on page 19.
Jeffrey Heavner
Jerry Murphy
By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer (May 18, 2023) Jeffery Heavner and his wife were first attracted to Ocean Pines in 2017 and purchased a condominium in Marina Village to relax and enjoy the amenities on weekends. They loved it so much that they purchased their current home in 2019 and became permanent residents. That love has now evolved into what Heavner said is the need to give back to the community by serving on the board of directors. Heavner is now one of four candidates vying for the three seats on the board being vacated this year by the See HEAVNER Page 6
By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer (May 18, 2023) Jerry Murphy has already made a mark on Ocean Pines. He was the builder of the round houses that can be seen throughout the neighborhood. Now he wants to make his mark in another way, as a candidate for the Ocean Pines Board of Directors. Four candidates are now vying for the three open seats created by the departures of Directors Doug Parks and Colette Horn because of term limits, and Director Frank Daly, who is moving to Florida. The other candidates are Elaine Brady, John Latham and Jeffery Heavner. See JERRY Page 7
Police say RAV4 reached 92 mph before crashing By Hunter Hine Staff Writer (May 18, 2023) An 8-year-old was taken to the hospital after being injured in a car accident at South Main Street and Tripoli Street near Stephen Decatur Park in Berlin around 8:30 p.m. last Friday. The driver, Tyneshia Wallace, 23, of Salisbury, received seven traffic citations after speeding 92 mph down Main Street and crashing the 2019 Toyota RAV4 into a concrete wall along a residential yard, according to See DRIVER Page 4
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