By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The engineering firm George, Miles, and Buhr (GMB) will evaluate and provide recommendations for the extension of water and sewer utilities from the Ocean Pines Service Area to parcels along Route 589 south of Pennington Commons as interest in developing there increases. Per a letter from Dallas Baker, director of… Read more »
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Opening Day Scramble will kick off Pines golf season
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer As spring approaches, the Ocean Pines golf community is gearing up for its season kickoff event to welcome the warmer, golf-playing months. The 2025 Ocean Pines Opening Day Scramble is set for Saturday, April 5 with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. The community’s Men’s Golf Association and the Ladies’… Read more »
OPA seeks vendor for summer election
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Ocean Pines Association has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a contractor to handle this summer’s OPA Board of Directors election. The selected vendor will print and mail ballots and election materials such as candidate biographies, photographs, an annual meeting notice, and ballot instructions to all eligible voters…. Read more »
Crimson Coward franchise brings hot chicken to Berlin
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer A new chicken restaurant option has come to the coastal area, this time with a southern twist. Crimson Coward, a Nashville hot chicken franchise based in California, opened its doors in Berlin last month. Morad Ramadan, the owner of the Berlin location and a 2001 Stephen Decatur High School graduate,… Read more »
Taylor House Museum to reopen early with new offerings
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Berlin’s Calvin B. Taylor House Museum will welcome visitors to its exhibits again this spring as the facility gears up to reopen its doors officially on Wednesday, April 2. According to Taylor House President Melissa Reid, the museum opens annually in early May. This season, however, the exhibition has moved… Read more »
Coastal Bays watershed awarded $2M grant
By Brian Shane Staff Writer The Maryland Coastal Bays Program will receive at least $2 million in state funding in the coming fiscal year as part of a five-year grant toward restoration the Newport Bay watershed, state environmental officials said. But in light of the state’s dire budget shortfall and legislative recommendations to slash Maryland… Read more »
Delegate seeks exemption for public shelters
By Brian Shane Staff Writer Lower Shore legislator Del. Wayne Hartman (R-38C) is proposing that emergency shelter buildings be exempt from a state mandate requiring large public buildings to switch from fossil fuels to electric power. Hartman raised concerned that, during a weather emergency or prolonged power outage, reliance on electric power instead of gas… Read more »
Pines Library youth director’s work praised
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer Friends of the Ocean Pines library recognized the branch’s youth director this week as the “Staff Member of the Year.” received the award at a March 11 luncheon following two weeks of voting by library staff members. Jim Meckley, the president of the library support group, said that this process… Read more »
Berlin renews agreement for tech services after audit, RFP
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Town of Berlin’s information technology management contract was awarded to incumbent TechMD after a third-party review. TechMD was recommended by third-party vendor Bulletproof IT Security Services, which was selected to handle Berlin’s information technology audit last year. The recommendation comes after Bulletproof created a Request For Proposals (RFP). Bulletproof… Read more »
Town adds request fee to annexation process
Tara Fischer Staff Writer The Town of Berlin formally established an annexation request fee of $515 in the municipality’s planning and general fee schedule. Officials said that previously, no fee was specified when a property owner submitted a request for annexation. Per the Berlin Town Council’s approval, the price of $515 will now be added… Read more »