By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) Esther Diller says she wants to improve transparency and accountability of the Ocean Pines Board of Directors, in part, by outsourcing several association components. The New Jersey native, 54, announced her candidacy for office late last week. Diller said she spent most of her life in Bucks County,… Read more »
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Mitchell touts fiscal responsibility
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) Candidate Mark Mitchell, 66, a Baltimore native, hopes to bring management experience and fiscal responsibility to the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors. Now retired, he worked in the product service division of Sears, Roebuck and Company for 25 years, ending as the district operating manager for central… Read more »
OPA committee puts finishing touches on election materials
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) A candidate letter was approved and other election materials were reviewed during an Ocean Pines Elections Committee meeting last Friday. The election timeline in the community has accelerated because the filing deadline for the board of directors expired last week. Reportedly, 10 association members filed, but names were… Read more »
Ocean Pines candidate ad policy will remain unchanged
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) The Ocean Pines Elections Committee last Friday decided not to pursue additional measures related to candidate advertising in association publications. Last month, the committee unanimously approved a motion to ban advertising, but the board of directors, on April 28, voted 4-1 to reject the ban. Director Slobodan Trendic,… Read more »
SU Students offer environmental initiatives
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) Salisbury University students and the Town of Berlin continue to work together on a series of environmental initiatives that have, to use an analogy from Monday night’s Town Council meeting, bubbled up from individual efforts to create champagne of change. The partnership began last spring, when environmental studies… Read more »
Worcester Prep student wins regional ‘If I Were Mayor’ prize
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) Incumbent Berlin Mayor Gee Williams may have some stiff competition in the 2028 election. Williams, during a Town Council meeting on Monday, reported that a fourth grade student at Worcester Preparatory School, Michael Hebert, won the regional “If I Were Mayor” contest. The Maryland Municipal League and the… Read more »
Search Committee finishes task as 10 file for Pines Board
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) With the passing of the candidate-filing deadline last Thursday, work by the Ocean Pines Search Committee is effectively done for the year, except for its final report. Committee Chairman Ken Koroknay confirmed on Monday 10 candidates had filled out applications for three board vacancies. Per association bylaws, at… Read more »
Berlin Council backs tattoo committee effort
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) The Berlin Mayor and Council on Monday voted 3-1 to approve a letter of support for the Tattoo Ordinance Committee as its next step is to approach the Worcester County Commissioners. The committee plans to ask the commissioners for an amendment in the county code allowing the Worcester… Read more »
Tickets on sale for ‘Afternoon on the Lawn’ at Taylor House
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) The Calvin B. Taylor House Museum in Berlin will reopen for the season on Monday, May 28, Memorial Day. To help kick off the season, the nonprofit museum, on 208 North Main Street, is also prepping for one of its biggest fundraisers of the year, the annual Afternoon… Read more »
Kidder ordered held without bond
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (May 17, 2018) District Court Judge Gerald Purnell last Friday ordered Thomas Kidder, 59, to be held without bond until his trial scheduled for June 22, 2018 for the events surrounding the death of Eduardo Madrid, 38, of Berlin. Kidder turned himself in to authorities on Thursday, May 10 for the… Read more »