Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
(Feb. 17, 2022) Ocean Pines Police are seeking suspects following an overnight burglary in the wee hours of Wednesday morning at Coastal Drug on Manklin Creek Road. The perpetrators reportedly broke into the pharmacy and removed medications sometime between 2-3 a.m. Investigators are reviewing on-site surveillance footage with no word yet on developing leads. According… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 17, 2022) The Berlin Planning Commission signed off on a site plan review for 500-plus self-storage units on Evans Road during its Feb. 10 meeting. Contingent on aesthetic details, commission members approved the Evans Road Warehouse Park slated for roughly 5 acres adjacent to West Street. Chris Carbaugh and Jason Lindsey… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 17, 2022) Launching during but not limited to African-American History Month, the Germantown School Community Heritage Center in Berlin will launch a four-part weekly lecture series on Saturday at 10 a.m. Germantown School, which is located at 10223 Trappe Rd., will welcome Gabe Purnell and Vaughn White this week to share… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 17, 2022) The Berlin mayor and council examined real estate tax rate projections, following an uptick in the assessable base for residential and commercial property during an opening work session for the FY23 budget on Monday. Finance Director Natalie Saleh said the data was presented for discussion purposes prior to setting… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 17, 2022) Ocean Pines Racquet Sports Committee members discussed pending increases for guest rates, winter maintenance, pickleball court expansions and upcoming spring clinics during its meeting on Feb. 10. Committee Chairman Rhett Parsons said the possibility of raising daily fees was examined during the group’s last meeting. “We understood if they… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Feb. 10. 2022) Artists Betty Latourney, Lisa Mitchell and Isabel Morris will be displaying their oil and acrylic paintings beginning this week at the Ocean Pines Library. Latourney, who has shown there before, said the 30-odd canvases would be on display and available to purchase through April. “We would have hung last… Read more »
Citizen comment not allowed in workshop By Greg Ellison (Feb. 10, 2022) Berlin Mayor Zack Tyndall and the Town Council will launch the months long FY2023 budget process during a work session on Monday at 5 p.m. Topics covered during the Valentine’s Day session, the first of eight meetings slated through May, will include general… Read more »
(Feb. 10, 2022) After agreeing to delay stepping down until the fall while a replacement candidate was being recruited, Ocean Pines General Manager John Viola changed course on Wednesday and tendered his resignation at end of this month. In a statement issued on Wednesday morning, Association President Colette Horn said Viola “informed me that his… Read more »
Daly compromises on his proposals to gain approval of rest of board of directors By Greg Ellison (Feb. 10, 2022) The Ocean Pines Board of Directors approved 31 proposed bylaw revisions, while Director Frank Daly withdrew a number of motions tied to candidate qualifications, during a five-hour special meeting on Monday morning. Daly offered a… Read more »
Current and past OP Board members question reasons for candidate rule updates By Greg Ellison (Feb. 10, 2022) “Vindictive” and “egregious” were a few of the frequent adjectives included in the criticisms leveled on Monday morning during a special meeting of the Ocean Pines Board of Directors to review more than 30 proposed bylaws changes being… Read more »