By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer Several resolutions have been looked at and debated over the past two weeks by the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors following the years-long efforts of the Bylaws and Resolutions Committee to update the association’s governing documents. During the June 23 OPA board meeting, the docket included reviews of Resolutions… Read more »
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OP discusses upcoming protocol
By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer After some spirited debate, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors unanimously passed a revised Resolution M-06 and tabled Resolution B-03 pending further research on Monday. The board went through two readings of each resolution, beginning at its regular meeting on June 22. Elections Committee Chair Carol Ludwig sat in… Read more »
MDOT unveils Route 90 study in virtual talk
Several potential solutions to summertime traffic woes discussed with timetables By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer It’s still going to be a while before earth is moved, but possibilities for what a wider Route 90 might look like are becoming clearer. Officials from the Maryland Department of Transportation hosted a virtual Q&A with the public on… Read more »
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We must preserve our independence
As we celebrate Independence Day Monday, it’s evident that 246 years after the colonies declared their freedom from British rule, the only tyranny that continues to threaten us is our own. It has been that way since the country’s beginning, even though popular culture portrays the colonists as having greeted the Declaration of Independence with… Read more »
Donald Charles Nicoll
Donald Charles Nicoll Ocean City/Salisbury Donald Charles Nicoll, formally of Ocean City-Salisbury area, passed away from his long-time battle with diabetes and renal disease at the age of 80 on June 9, 2022 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was the son of the late Dr. Fredrick S. Nicoll M.D. and Virginia H. Nicoll R.N. formally of… Read more »
Maurice A. Wheeler
Maurice A. Wheeler Ocean Pines Maurice A. Wheeler, age 75, died peacefully with his family by his side at Coastal Hospice on the Lake on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of Arthur Wheeler and Frances Brinsfield. He is survived by his beautiful wife of 50 years, Madeline Wheeler;… Read more »
Boil includes clams, shrimp and lobster
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Reprinted from June 18, 2020 What is it about the Mid-Atlantic that is just so amazing? Well, the list is long and varied, but for starters we can be in the mountains in the morning and in the ocean in the afternoon. When I lived in Southern California, we… Read more »
Ricky Raiseem Whittington
Ricky Raiseem Whittington Woodbridge Ricky Raiseem Whittington, age 40, of Woodbridge, Virginia, died unexpectedly on Friday, June 10, 2022, from injuries sustained in a vehicle crash. Ricky was born in Salisbury, Maryland, and was the son of Karen Whittington-White and the late Ricky Lemont Whittington. Ricky was raised in Parsonsburg, Maryland, and graduated from Parkside… Read more »
Letter to the Editor
What is an abortion to the law? Editor, I pray that as American society moves forward after the recent ruling in regards to abortion, that peace and open dialogue can prevail. We need a civil open discourse, not hatred and violence. I am pro-life and support protecting the unborn. That said, before we start overreacting,… Read more »