JULY 27, 2023
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BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
CINDY HOFFMAN/BAYSIDE GAZETTE
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Contestants gorge on hot dogs in the Weiner Eating Contest last Thursday at Ocean Downs. Ruben Sanchez, third from the left, won the contest, eating seven hotdogs. The event was part of the Weiner Dog Races, which attracted hundreds of people and pets to the racetrack for a funfilled evening.
Heron Park plan parked for now Council OK’s property’s reappraisal while original development deal left in limbo
By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer (July 27, 2023) The Berlin mayor and Town Council on Monday night discussed the future of Heron Park properties ... again. They also went over what they did and didn’t want to happen on the 60-plus-acre former poultry processing plant parcel the town bought in 2016 for $2.5 million, without reaching a consensus ... also again. The council members did finally agree, for the most part, on one thing: to get an updated appraisal on Parcel 57, as a commercial property, with all but Councilmember Steve Green in support.
That leaves in limbo a proposal tendered in 2022 by Coastal Ventures LLC to buy 20 acres of the property — parcels 57, 191 and 410 — for $1.7 million and develop a mixture of commercial uses. Palmer Gillis of Coastal Ventures has maintained throughout these discussions that his plans for the property followed the guidelines laid out in the town’s request for proposals. Since then, however, officials and residents seem to agree that they don’t want that original concept after all. They also have argued that Gillis should pay more for the property. Appearing before the council Monday, representatives of the Parks Commission suggested that the town only sell Parcel 57, on which still stand the empty Tyson Poultry buildings. See SKATE Page 12
Candidates making final election push Meetings, greetings, trying to be seen in community By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer (July 27, 2023) The election for the OPA board of directors is in its final weeks and candidates are doing the last of their campaigning. Jeff Heavner and John Latham are campaigning while exercising, with campaign signs stationed on their bikes as they ride around Ocean See OPA Page 10
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