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By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) Local builder Marvin Steen on Monday weighed in on what his role would be in advising Ocean Pines on three major upcoming construction projects. The board of directors on Saturday approved spending $3.185 million to expand the police headquarters inside the administration building, rebuild the country club, and… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) While Ocean Pines Board members agreed last month to explore outsourcing management, the same panel on Saturday tabled a motion to seek an executive search firm to identify individual general manager candidates. John Bailey departed as the association’s general manager in February and, last month, John Viola was… Read more »
Washington Street structure approved for storage units, second-story apartments By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) The Berlin Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday approved a conditional-use exception that will allow three new apartments to be built over storage units on 305 Washington Street. According to a conceptual site plan, the 13,512-square-foot building is zoned… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) Slobodan Trendic is no Chris Davis, but the Ocean Pines board member has his own kind of cold streak going. Trendic was hammered in November for proposing a motion to lease the association golf course. An extended period of public comment made opposition to the motion apparent, and… Read more »
Midnight ball drop could find support from brewery By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) Berlin Economic and Community Development Director Ivy Wells on Monday asked that the midnight New Year’s Eve ball drop be returned to the fiscal 2020 budget. Town officials had ordered 10 percent budget cuts across all departments, and Wells more… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) Jeff Knepper, 74, became the newest member of the Ocean Pines Board of Directors on Saturday. He was appointed by a 6-0 vote to replace Ted Moroney, who resigned last month. Association President Doug Parks said the board was obligated by its bylaws to replace Moroney and that… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) While earlier forecasts predicted a loss for fiscal 2019, Ocean Pines is now projecting a $60,000 profit against the budget, according to interim General Manager John Viola. Viola, in giving a monthly treasurer’s report on Saturday, said the association was ahead by $184,000 during the first 10 months… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) Nothing was resolved Friday in the matter of State of Maryland vs. Richard Seaton Jr., as the case was put on the stet (inactive) docket as the Town of Snow Hill and the Toy Town business continue to talk. At odds is Seaton’s lack of an occupancy permit… Read more »
Tax objections continue at Town Council mtg. By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) For the last several months, Berlin officials have fought criticism of proposed tax and fee increases by advancing the notion they didn’t know public opposition was so strong because so few people attended council meetings. On Monday night, the latest in a… Read more »
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) The Berlin Historic District Commission made short work of two sign requests for recently opened businesses last Wednesday. First up was the new location for Toy Town Antiques, a business familiar to many in Berlin. Toy Town had been based on Berlin’s Main Street and then in 2016… Read more »