Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 25, 2021) With one quarter remaining in the current budget year, the Ocean Pines Association continues to chart operating favorability while also completing offseason facility updates. General Manager John Viola provided updates on both fronts during the Board of Directors’ virtual meeting on Saturday. Regardless of revenue reductions tied to coronavirus… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 25, 2021) Ocean Pines Treasurer Doug Parks reviewed the associations’ financial standing and updated assessment fee collections during the Board of Directors meeting on Saturday. To close out January, the association reported approximately $10.5 million in cash and investments, with that sum split with $7.1 million in CDARs (Certificate of Deposit… Read more »
By Greg Ellison Trendic suit settlement will allow community to decide limits of board authority (Feb. 25, 2021) After reaching a recent settlement with former Director Slobodan Trendic on a previously rejected petition to limit spending by the board of directors, the Ocean Pines Association announced this week a referendum will be scheduled on the… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Feb. 25, 2021) Superintendent Lou Taylor was unanimously appointed to another four-year term effective July 1 during the Worcester County Board of Education meeting last Tuesday. “We’ve had our challenges, none more than we’ve had the last year with covid, but the thing that always rings out in my mind… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Feb. 25, 2021) Berlin’s Main Street Community has been awarded $194,113 in emergency relief to support small businesses and other economic recovery efforts. “We were pleasantly surprised because we’re a small town,” said Ivy Wells, the Berlin’s economic and community development director. “We were very happy with what we received… Read more »
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Feb. 25, 2021) Berlin is competing in a USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice 2021 contest for the best small town beer scene against 19 other nominations, including Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Each nomination has a population less than 30,000 and were chosen by a panel of beer experts as having the… Read more »
Special meeting called for after Phillips resignation By Greg Ellison (Feb. 25, 2021) The possible removal of a member of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors will be decided at a special meeting, following a board vote Saturday apparently in response to circumstances that might have led to the resignation of Director of Amenities… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 25, 2021) With one eye on current initiatives and one eye looking at fresh ventures, the Ocean Pines Communications Committee agreed to change leadership roles last week, with Cheryl Jacobs becoming chairperson. Now former Chair Jenny Cropper Rines revived previous discussions about recruiting committee members during the groups’ meeting on Feb. 18…. Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 25, 2021) Ocean Pines’ 2021 Board election is coming to life with one hat already tossed in the ring, with candidate-filing deadline more than two months away on May 10. Stuart Lakernick, who finished third in the 2020 board election, announced his candidacy this week with a pair of seats open… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 25, 2021) Ocean Pines years-long campaign to replace manually updated community signs with electronic message boards came to fruition last week after the Worcester Commissioners approved an amendment to county zoning laws. Worcester Director of Development Review and Permitting Ed Tudor said the conversations with Ocean Pines Association representatives about the… Read more »