(Sept. 8, 2016) Ocean Pines Aquatics will offer a “first glance” at the sports core indoor pool after the facility recently received a $250,000 facelift. Residents and swimming members are invited to view the improvements on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 3-5 p.m. The pool will officially reopen on Monday, Sept. 12. Aquatics Director Colby Phillips… Read more »

(Sept. 8, 2016) The Ocean Pines Association Budget and Finance Committee discussed the following items during a public meeting in the administration building, Aug. 24: New chairman Committee member John Viola was named the acting chairman of the committee, pending approval by the board of directors. Previous Chairwoman Pat Supik was recently elected to serve… Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) Ocean Pines Association General Manager Bob Thompson was fired last Friday in a 4-3 vote of the board of directors, as newly elected members of the board followed through on campaign promises to replace him. Thompson, whose six-year tenure as the association’s chief operating officer was a political lightning rod in the… Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) In apparent fallout from the firing of Ocean Pines Association General Manager Bob Thompson last week, one member of the board of directors and the entire membership of the Ocean Pines Elections Committee has resigned. Former director Pat Renaud, who had one year left on his three-year term, announced Monday that he… Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) With the first of four stormwater drainpipe replacements finally in the books, the State Highway Administration has released the preliminary schedule for two of three other crossings that will require lane closures overnight on Route 113. According to SHA liaison Bob Rager, these crossings are just the beginning of this kind of… Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz ruled on a number of motions brought by the defendants in the case between three former Pocomoke City police officers and a large number of government officials and staff last Friday, denying all but one. The charges against State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby have been dismissed. Motz,… Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) One day after the Ocean Pines Association announced it had terminated the contract of General Manager Bob Thompson, and that Board of Directors President Tom Herrick had appointed Director Brett Hill as his interim replacement, Hill released a public statement on the matter. “To the residents of Ocean Pines, thank you to… Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) Bob Thompson – once the general manager and now a private citizen living in Ocean Pines – remains upbeat after being dismissed from his job by the OPA Board of Directors last week. Thompson said he was in his office working that Friday evening when Board President Tom Herrick delivered the news…. Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) Improving the local economy is a tall order for any person, and has proven especially difficult to balance here because of a divide that exists somewhere to the south of Berlin — where, currently, the tourism/hospitality market falls away and the agricultural aspects take precedence. Yet those are the responsibilities vested in… Read more »

(Sept. 1, 2016) Berlin Mayor Gee Williams filed the paperwork to run for reelection this week, seeking a third consecutive term. As of press time only a single opponent has filed against the incumbent mayor, District 2 Councilwoman Lisa Hall. In a press release on Monday, Williams said his priority was “the work that remains… Read more »