BERLIN– Monday’s mayor and council meeting nearly breezed by in record time, with several town council members and employees eagerly anticipating the 8:30 p.m. start of Monday Night Football, featuring the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins. Thom Gulyas and Dean Burrell were sworn in, several special event requests passed, and town staff provided updates… Read more »

OCEAN PINES – To clean up or not to clean up a yard – that was the question before the Board of Directors meeting on Oct. 23, along with two other property rights issues. The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors, considering a trio of community violations, took to several different paths of action. Reacting… Read more »

OCEAN PINES– Ocean Pines Association Director Bill Cordwell believes the community may have opened itself up to a lawsuit after failing to approve a bid to build a new White Horse Boat Ramp. The Ocean Pines Association posted a request for proposal on the project on Aug. 27 and approved $252,500 in spending on Sept…. Read more »

BERLIN– A different sight ushered in the usually routine Mayor and Council meetings on Monday, Oct. 27. Just after 7 p.m. Thom Gulyas, a towering man with a shaved head, glasses and a newly pressed suit, walked into the council chambers at Berlin’s town hall through the executive chamber doors, strode to the farthest council… Read more »

BERLIN–Democrat Diana Purnell and Republican Lorraine Purnell-Ayres will face off in Tuesday’s general election for the District 2 County Commissioner seat vacated by James L. Purnell Jr., who is retiring. Lorraine Purnell-Ayres Purnell-Ayres, of Snow Hill said she was spurred to run by a Sep. 8, 2013 article in the Daily Times about the lack… Read more »

BERLIN– After months of work, the town is finally ready to unveil the new Stephen Decatur Park Mural. Muralist Ann Ashman and others who worked on the project will participate in an official ribbon cutting on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 11 a.m. Ashman began working on the mural during Clean Up Day in April. “After… Read more »

BERLIN– A new mass notification system that employs a variety of communication platforms will notify Berlin residents of the circumstances during emergencies, town officials announced during the Tuesday. Oct. 14 mayor and council meeting. The town sent request for proposals on the project in September and received four bids. Deputy Town Administrator Mary Bohlen, Berlin… Read more »

OCEAN PINES– After years of negative dollar signs – and summer rumblings of turning it into a park – the Ocean Pines Association last week began sending out requests for proposals on the leasing and management of the golf course. Ocean Pines sent bid requests on the Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed facility on Oct…. Read more »

BERLIN– The town’s Planning Commission last Wednesday approved measures that could bring plans for a new hotel and a convenience store closer to fruition. The commission voted to send a pair of projects – one a 40-room Cobblestone Hotel and the other a Royal Farms store – to the Berlin Mayor and Town Council for… Read more »

BERLIN– Town officials attempted to meet on Monday with a pair of residents near the corner of Showell and Flower streets, which is affected by stormwater runoff. They made it halfway. “One resident was available,” Town Administrator Laura Allen said. “The other wasn’t ready to meet yet.” District 4 Councilmember Dean Burrell had warned that… Read more »