Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 25, 2021) The Ocean Pines Environmental and Natural Assets Committee on Friday reviewed possible enhancements for the scarcely used Route 90 pond, which is hidden in woods behind the Ocean Pines Library. Committee Chairman Ken Wolf recently accompanied Maryland Coastal Bays Program Executive Director Kevin Smith on a tour of the… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 25, 2021) In addition to reviewing return rates for a property owners’ survey, the Ocean Pines Strategic Planning Committee examined financial trends for the past five years during its meeting last Thursday. Committee Co-Chair Bernie McGorry said the deadline to submit responses for the owners’ survey was last Monday. “The board… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 25, 2021) Ocean Pines Treasurer Doug Parks reported on the associations’ financial standing, investment rates of return and reserve balances during the board meeting on Saturday. Parks said the associations’ cash position dipped slightly to end September. “We had $16.4 million in cash compared to $16.8 million last month,” he said…. Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Editorializing concerns Editor, I am writing in reference to the first paragraph of the article by Mallory Panuska in the Nov. 11, 2021 edition of your paper, titled “WCPS mask mandate slated to remain until at least Dec.” That paragraph reads as follows: “Students and staff inside Worcester County Public Schools building will not be… Read more »
One might have asked this week, what do we have to be thankful for after the past year-and-a-half of exceptionally difficult circumstances? Well, as my 102-year-old great-aunt replied after being asked how she had been doing, “I’m still here, aren’t I?” And that’s the thing. Another year under the curse of covid-19, of physical suffering,… Read more »
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Oh, you thought I was going to write about turkey today, didn’t you? No, there is enough rubbish out there this month to feed a small army, or rather a massive one. You certainly do not need to read another thing about that magnificent bird and what is quite… Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 18, 2021) Closing arguments were delivered on Monday with no judgment delivered in the lawsuit filed by Ocean Pines Board of Directors candidate Rick Farr over his last-minute disqualification tied to property ownership questions. Farr was declared ineligible to run on July 27, even though now former Ocean Pines Board member… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (Nov. 18, 2021) After collecting a bumper crop of donations in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic, the annual “Be a Santa to a Senior” holiday outreach program coordinated by Home Instead Senior Care in Berlin is again soliciting gifts through Dec. 8. Home Care Consultant Crystal Heiser said “Be a Santa to… Read more »