OCEAN PINES — Marty Clarke is ready and willing to serve on the Ocean Pines board of directors for a second time. He compared his reason for being a candidate to the little Dutch boy. “Because when the little Dutch boy removes his finger from the dyke, it continues to leak,” Clarke said of unresolved… Read more »

BERLIN — Over the last few years, each new town-wide event is more surprising than the last, drawing well over the expected number of attendees. But even in that light, last year’s inaugural May Day Play Day was a notable success. This week, in anticipation of the upcoming event, Mayor Gee Williams cited WOCM-98.1, the… Read more »

BERLIN — As economists look for signs that the economy is well on the road to recovery they would do well to look at the Town of Berlin, which will be adding businesses and expanding businesses in fast succession over the next two months. The Mayor and Council cleared another hurdle for expanding business when… Read more »

BERLIN — Take Pride in Berlin Week, the inaugural expansion of what was formerly Take Pride in Berlin Day, began last Saturday with volunteers gathering in Stephen Decatur Park and Henry Park to clean up the area and restore local rain gardens.  The project, organized by Grow Berlin Green and the Berlin Parks Commission, is… Read more »

BERLIN — Houses that have fallen into disrepair beyond hope of rehabilitation are often demolished by the Berlin Fire Company during a controlled burn. The controlled burns double as practice for firefighters. There are several houses in Town, however, that the BFC as been unable to burn and the owners have been put on notice… Read more »

BERLIN — After weeks of debate and competing alternate solutions about how to best define a neighborhood, the Berlin Mayor and council this week changed the course of the debate by eliminating the finesse with which they’d been struggling and proposed a new building height standard altogether. In March members of the Town Planning and… Read more »

BERLIN — Olive Mawyer, Executive Director of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce, this week tendered her resignation effective May 25. “I am thankful for the professional and personal development the Chamber has provided me over the last couple of years,” she said. “While it has been extremely challenging it is the most rewarding job I… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — The first phase of the greens replacement project at the Ocean Pines Golf Club will be completed within days and the affected holes ready for use before the Memorial Day Weekend deadline, according to General Manager Bob Thompson. Thompson brought with him to the meeting a piece of wood as an example… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Should the Ocean Pines Association fail in their latest attempt to reverse the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision, the membership may find what was meant to be a temporary increase in dues extended indefinitely. This week the Board of Directors voted to use the funds that have been set aside to… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Roy Foreman of the Ocean Pines Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee presented an update on that body’s goings on to the Ocean Pines Board of Directors this week. Foreman told the directors that the committee was considering changing the flooring in the Assateague Room of the community center from carpet to a… Read more »