The Ocean City-Berlin Rotary Club recently used a district grant to buy blankets and hygiene kits for people at Diakonia and The Cricket Center.
Ocean City-Berlin Rotary Club uses grant to help local nonprofits
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Officials brief council on legislative session
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Dec. 14, 2023) State Senator Mary Beth Carozza and Delegates Charles Otto and Wayne Hartman came before the Berlin Council and Mayor Zack Tyndall Monday night to share their views on the upcoming session of the Maryland General Assembly. Carozza said that one of her main priorities in the next session… Read more »
Honoring DJ Batman at Veterans Memorial
Friends of Night Time Mayor of OC will recognize Beatty for military service Nov. 22 By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 16, 2023) A ceremony honoring the late DJ Mike “Batman” Beatty will be held at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial in Ocean Pines on Wednesday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. During the ceremony, a paver… Read more »
Dress Ministry provides needy children with clothes, funding and more
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 9, 2023) The Dress Ministry, a local effort that has made and delivered 6,800 dresses to girls in Guatemala and other needy communities since 2011, is inviting volunteers to join them this Saturday at the Berlin Library to learn more about its efforts and make dresses. The coordinator and founder… Read more »
Letters from Santa spreads joy to children during holiday season
Phillips to collect toys for Diakonia this season at Yacht Club event Dec. 16 By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Nov. 9, 2023) Everyone knows Santa has a magical workshop in the North Pole, but most people don’t know there is another workshop here in Ocean Pines headed by Colby Phillips, a special Santa Helper. Phillips and… Read more »
Council majority rejects Gillis purchase
Opts to proceed separately with demolition of former poultry plant buildings By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Aug 31, 2023) The verdict is in on the short-term future of Heron Park, or at least parcel 57, where the old Tyson’s building still stands. The town council on Monday voted three to two to walk away from a… Read more »
Pres. Doug Parks shares board highlights
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Aug. 31, 2023) The golf club meeting room was packed, with people sitting all the way out to the bar and restaurant area for the annual meeting of the Ocean Pines Association on Saturday. A quorum of members/voters was met with 135 people attending the meeting, both in person and virtually. At… Read more »
OP residents to elect three new board members on Thursday
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Aug. 24, 2023) Residents of Ocean Pines can watch Election Trust count the ballots for the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors elections at 5 p.m. Thursday. The count will be broadcast via zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/84672869696?pwd=bDdIZHVNdDRwQW5oMGhPR1V0QzB2Zz09&from=addon Tom Piatti, the chair of the Election Committee collected 58 ballots from the drop box… Read more »
Ocean Pines welcomes new chief of police, Tim Robinson
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Aug. 10, 2023) Tim Robinson started on Aug. 1 as Ocean Pines new chief of police and was introduced to residents that evening at the local law enforcement’s First Night Out event in White Horse Park. “I believe in being present and responsive to the citizens of this incredible community,”… Read more »
Campaigns signs sprout up across Ocean Pines lawns
By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (July 6, 2023) The Ocean Pines Board elections are in full swing, and with that come election signs. Ocean Pines has specific guidance developed by the Architectural Review Committee on signs in the community. Signs cannot be displayed on any developed or vacant lot without the approval of the property… Read more »