OCEAN PINES — OPA General Manager Bob Thompson told the Board of Directors this week that 30 perspective contractors attended the March 28 Yacht Club bid meeting. This week, he said, several have asked to be allowed to send sub-contractors out to take a look at the property in the interest of making their bids… Read more »

BERLIN — On the heels of proclaiming April 21-28 Take Pride in Berlin Week, the Mayor and Council took the first steps toward having a walking path installed in Henry Park similar to the one that is now so popular in Stephen Decatur Park. The Atlantic Group, a local design firm, will design a walking… Read more »

BERLIN — Although it was a long fought and often heated debate, the controversial decision to give the go-ahead to build a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant it looked, at the time, as if the Town might not be able to afford is paying off more quickly than had been anticipated. At this week’s meeting the… Read more »

BERLIN — The Mayor and Council this week finalized a resolution aimed at giving both developers and the Planning and Zoning commissions a little more leeway when it comes to deciding on whether or if to suspend height restrictions on new properties and additions. Last month members of the planning and zoning board appealed to… Read more »

OCEAN PINES —  By unanimous decision this week the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors elected to continue their fight against the IRS over the OPA’s tax liability for Beach Club parking revenue, as long as the proposition is fiscally reasonable.  The decision comes on the heals of the US Court of Appeals most recent… Read more »

 BERLIN — Take Pride in Berlin started as an annual event aimed, essentially at preparing two of the town’s parks for spring but is being repackaged and relaunched this year as a week of raising awareness and encouraging a community-wide cleanup and “greenup” movement. For the last three years, Grow Berlin Green (GBG) — a… Read more »

BERLIN — The summer of 2012 may be one of the best in recent memory as economic development in Berlin continues to buck the national economy with businesses opening and expanding throughout the Town. As the Town continues to fill empty shops and make room for existing ones to expand, the addition hope is that… Read more »

BERLIN — Planning Supervisor Chuck Ward approached the Mayor and Council on behalf of the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) to ask that body to provide a little extra leeway when it came to deciding upon variances for bed and breakfast operations. Under the current rules, beds and breakfasts all fall under the same restrictions,… Read more »

BERLIN — As the Mayor and Council, the merchants and the residents begin to get a feel for the implications of the new process for suspension of the open container rules, all parties have begun to make adjustments to their operations in response to what is working and to what is not going according to… Read more »

OCEAN PINES  — Jack and Todd Burbage presented the OPA Board of Directors this week with the preliminary draft site plan for a medical office complex they propose to build on the Association’s northern border. “Atlantic General Hospital is bursting at the seams,” Burbage said. The new complex would make it both easier to centralize… Read more »