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Counting all ballots smart thing to do
The Ocean Pines Board of Directors has a choice, as ballot counting begins. It can direct election officials to record every vote cast, or order it to restrict the count to candidates the board has recognized as legitimate and wait to see if the Worcester County Circuit Court agrees. That’s about the sum of Judge… Read more »
Letter to the Editor
Law enforcement not enemy of state Law enforcement is not the enemy of the people. Yet more and more the service and sacrifice of law enforcement professionals is being undermined by a small but increasingly vocal contingent bent on devaluing their importance to our communities. It’s difficult enough for police officers to stay safe… Read more »
Pork dish best prepared over open flame
(Reprint from Sept. 7, 2017 ) By Paul Suplee,MBA, CEC, PC-3 St. Augustine of Hippo wrote quite some time ago – paraphrased – that people can’t help “but to watch a man crushed under a cart’s wheel, knowing the outcome, but not able to stare away nonetheless.” I remember having a senior honors class on… Read more »
Taylor welcomes back WCPS teaching staff ‘with a bang’
By Mallory Panuska (Sept. 2, 2021) Worcester County Public Schools teachers are going back with a bang — literally. With Nelly’s “Hot in Herre” playing and fireworks blasting into the sky, Superintendent Lou Taylor made a beeline Tuesday morning for his elderly mother to give her a hug commemorating his “first day of school” at… Read more »
Man injured after being hit by car on Bay St. in Berlin
(Sept. 2, 2021) Berlin Police reported a 74-year-old man was injured after being struck by a vehicle in the 500 block of Bay Street last Wednesday around 7:40 a.m. In a press release, Berlin Police Chief Arnold Downing said Berlin Emergency Medical Services were summoned on Aug. 25 to transport a pedestrian involved in the… Read more »
Maple Avenue development concerns
By Greg Ellison (Sept. 2, 2021) Longtime residents on Maple Avenue in Berlin are concerned about the ramifications of current and future development on the small street dotted with single-family homes. Wallace Purnell, 89, said several rounds of heavy rains in recent weeks wreaked havoc on his home at the end of Maple Avenue. “Water… Read more »
Judge to rule Sept. 27 in Farr case
Says ballot-counting can proceed, while he weighs testimony, legal arguments By Greg Ellison (Sept. 2, 2021) The property ownership status of Ocean Pines Board of Directors candidate Rick Farr remains undecided after a Worcester Circuit Court judge on Monday agreed to let the ballot counting proceed, while he decides whether Farr should be declared eligible… Read more »
Strategic Planning forming survey
By Greg Ellison (Sept. 2, 2021) While some adjustments remain, the property owners’ survey being developed by the Ocean Pines Strategic Planning Committee is closer to being finalized, with a date of distribution still undecided. “We’re kind of in this holding pattern with the survey,” Co-Chairman Bernie McGorry said of the online poll. Last conducted in… Read more »
OP Environment Committee looks at golf course effluent spray
By Greg Ellison (Sept. 2, 2021) After hosting an expert speaker to review the possibility of spraying wastewater effluent on the Ocean Pines Golf Course, the OPA’s Environment and Natural Assets Committee discussed other projects during its meeting last Wednesday. Speaking to the committee about using highly treated wastewater effluent to irrigate golf courses was… Read more »