(May 18, 2017) Ballots for the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors election will be mailed on July 11. They are due back Aug. 10. The Ocean Pines Elections Committee will count ballots on Aug. 11, for the first time during a public session, and announce the results on Aug. 12 during the annual meeting… Read more »
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C. Bertino to hold town meeting this Saturday at library
(May 18, 2017) Worcester County Commissioner Chip Bertino will host a town meeting on Saturday, May 20 at 10 a.m. at the Ocean Pines library. He will discuss issues and developments impacting the Ocean Pines district and the county as well as the fiscal 2018 county budget. Bertino’s guests will include Register of Wills Charlotte… Read more »
Horseshoe crab tagging demo by AIA this Saturday
(May 18, 2017) Assateague Island Alliance (AIA), the Friends Group of Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS), will host “Horseshoe Crab Ecology and Tagging Demonstration” on Saturday, May 20. Meet at 12:30 p.m. for refreshments prior to the program which begins at 1 p.m. Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) will soon grace the shores of the coastline… Read more »
Looking inside Berlin’s FY 2018 budget draft
(May 18, 2017) Most items in Berlin’s $19.2 million fiscal year 2018 budget draft introduced last week will likely to remain intact when the Mayor and Council meets again to discuss and finalize the budget on June 12, Berlin Town Administrator Laura Allen said last Thursday. She said $150,000 earmarked for Berlin Falls park was… Read more »
Trendic: Procedures were not followed
(May 18, 2017) Ocean Pines Association Director Slobodan Trendic says he was kept out of the loop of election news last week and he isn’t happy about it. Trendic, the board secretary and the liaison to the elections committee, said during a committee meeting last Friday that he was due to receive a list of… Read more »
Committee could pursue additional reforms next year
(May 18, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Election Committee might have had a difficult time getting election reforms passed by the board of directors this session, but it got almost everything it recommended. During a meeting on Friday, committee Chairman Steve Tuttle said about 98 percent of the committee recommendations were approved. The board did… Read more »
Bay Club redevelopment far from ‘done deal,’ officials say
(May 11, 2017) What, exactly, is going on with the proposed redevelopment of the Bay Club into a luxury campground is apparently a matter of some debate, but town officials said Monday there was no news and assured members of the public they would have a voice in any discussions. Residents Cam Bunting and Carol… Read more »
Berlin Council passes Baker Street truck ban
(May 11, 2017) Representatives from the Adkins Company on Monday accused the Town of Berlin of trying to obstruct its business and demanded certain protections. The Town, however, would not budge and insisted the issue – a truck ban on Baker Street – was meant to safeguard town property and protect the taxpayers rather than… Read more »
Pocomoke Council backs land swap with fire company
(May 11, 2017) Swapping a few dozen feet of land between the Pocomoke City and the Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company elicited an extended discussion over procedures during a council meeting last Monday. The fire company recently deeded its storage building and associated property at the site of the former Fifth Street firehouse in exchange for… Read more »
PRMC will send new physician to Snow Hill
(May 11, 2017) Following repeated requests to assign a primary care physician to Snow Hill, last month Mayor Charlie Dorman received a letter from the Peninsula Regional Medical Center confirming the arrival of Dr. Pooja Srikanth this July. Dorman said the town’s pursuit of a new physician traces back roughly two years. “When Dr…. Read more »