(Dec. 3, 2015) Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake will host the 23rd annual Santa’s Open Charity Golf Tournament, sponsored by RAMS, LLC., on Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club. Since 1992, Santa’s Open has provided funds to benefit low-income children and families on Maryland’s Eastern Shore who… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) The volume went up at the OPA Board of Directors meeting last Thursday, when several directors erupted into a series of shouting matches that lasted nearly an hour. Once again, golf was at the center of the disagreement, with several directors citing a lack of information by management company Landscapes Unlimited and… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) The Christmas season starts this Friday in Berlin, with the annual tree lighting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. in front of the Atlantic Hotel on Main Street. Mayor Gee Williams will light the tree from the balcony of the Atlantic Hotel with the help of Santa, Little Mister and Miss Berlin Peach, and… Read more »

 (Nov. 26, 2015) Friends and neighbors gathered near the corner of Ocean Parkway and Heron Isle Court Friday to honor 77-year-old Bob Abele. A longtime Ocean Pines resident, Abele is a former board member (1996-1999) and former chair of the Maryland Coastal Bays National Estuary Program and Coastal Bays Fishery Advisory Committee. He also served… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) It took two months and several lengthy public debates, but the Ocean Pines Board of Directors passed its 2016-17 fiscal year budget guidance document last Thursday. Introduced by the budget and finance committee during a special session on Sept. 16, the document underwent a number of changes before being released to the… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) It took more than a year, but county government approval of an easement for a stormwater improvement project on a segment of Hudson Branch near Flower and Bay streets in Berlin came through during a Worcester County Commissioners meeting last week. The county had granted conditional approval of the easement in November… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) OPA Board President Pat Renaud hinted last Thursday during a public meeting in the Assateague Room that the association was on the verge of inking a new deal with Sandpiper Energy. The directors then went behind closed doors to discuss a contract and emerged two and a half hours later with no… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) While national and statewide initiatives to inject a little charity into the post-Thanksgiving day consumer frenzy have existed for years now, this year will mark the first time Worcester residents can not only support local nonprofits but also do that in their pajamas, if they so choose. The centerpiece of “Giving Tuesday”… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) In a somewhat unusual move, developer Marvin Steen presented a cold pitch for renovating the men and women’s bathrooms of the Ocean Pines Beach Club during a public board meeting last Thursday. The 13-page, $464,600 proposal packet, given to each of the directors, was signed by Berlin-based developer Sens Inc. The proposal… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) The Ocean Pines Association released a quarterly forecast and variance report during a public meeting last Thursday. The report, dated Oct. 31, showed an overall positive variance of $44,197 for the fiscal year, which ends on April 30, 2016. Recreation, $22,969, aquatics, $59,000, marinas, $53.981, and the beach club, $42,175, and beach… Read more »