OP book sale big success Editor, Last weekend was the largest event that is held at Ocean Pines Library every year. The volunteer organization “Friends of the Ocean Pines Library” prepares a book sale that encompasses over 20,000 books, DVDs, audio books and music CDs divided into approximately 25 categories. They are sold for 50 cents to… Read more »
Opinion
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Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Gazette Editorial
Farr, Lakernick appear best board candidates This year’s Ocean Pines election has no bad choices among the four candidates seeking seats on the board of directors, but we are recommending Stuart Lakernick and Rick Farr as our top picks. Our main concern with current board member candidate Frank Daly is his dogged decision to push… Read more »
Letter to the Editor
NAACP hosts Berlin forum Editor, On July 19, the Worcester County Branch of the NAACP hosted a “Race Relations Forum,” which was held at the Duncan Showell American Legion Post 231 in Berlin. This was a very informative meeting and an important step in the ongoing process of understanding the importance of building good community… Read more »
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Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Gazette Editorial
Elections Committee victim of semantics Suggestions that the Ocean Pines’ Election Committee might be biased in this summer’s contest is another case of the political community’s tendency to see molehills as mountains in the making. More likely than not, this minor flap had more to do with semantics than anything else, as committee Chairman Steve… Read more »
Gazette Editorial
Good times roll again in downtown Berlin Like the Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney films of the late 1930s and ’40s and their inevitable line, “Hey, gang, let’s put on a show,” the Town of Berlin is at its best when it takes to the streets to present entertainment. Whether that would be in the… Read more »
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Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Gazette Editorial
Board should protect itself in ethics cases The most critical aspect of any ethics requirement is not its standards or how well they are applied, but is the governing body’s handling of a case no matter who it involves and whatever risk that might pose to friendships, associations and alliances. It’s a highly uncomfortable circumstance when… Read more »
Gazette Editorial
Democracy is messy, in OP and everywhere The Ocean Pines Association’s Strategic Planning Committee is overlooking one of the basic elements of the electoral process as its members wonder how to reduce the turmoil inherent in board of directors turnover. Ranking this turnover and occasional election campaign nastiness as one of the association’s greatest weaknesses,… Read more »