(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 »

(Nov. 26, 2015) Adopting a model used before in Ocean City but not elsewhere in Worcester County, the replacement of the Berlin Library is proceeding without the tugs and snags of other county projects. Pursuing an ultra-efficient building nearly triple the size of the existing library, in use since 1970, is but one of the… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) The Town of Berlin is reminding residents of its fall yard waste-collection schedule. If residents’ normal trash day is a Tuesday or a Wednesday, yard waste pick up day is Wednesday, Dec. 2. If normal trash day is a Thursday, yard waste pick up day will be Wednesday, Dec. 16. Residents are… Read more »

(Nov. 26, 2015) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors discussed the following items during a public meeting at the community center on Nov. 19. Executive council Board President Pat Renaud said several chairpersons were missing during the Nov. 12 executive council session, when various advisory groups met to discuss upcoming agendas with members of… Read more »