Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
Rules outlined, forums arranged, process begins for voting to start in June By Greg Ellison (June 10, 2021) With four candidates vying for two open seats in the Ocean Pines Board of Directors election, the Election Committee set the ballot order and laid out the rules last Friday for this year’s contest. Election Committee Chairman… Read more »
OP supports fire victims Editor, Last week a tragic fire hit one of our Worcester County families in Ocean Pines. Within moments of posting needs for the family, the community came once again in full force to help “thy neighbor.” Clothing, food, tablets, toys, furniture, prayers…the outpouring of love this community gives in times of… Read more »
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 We catered a wedding last weekend at a private residence. The happy couple happens to be family friends, and they own my great-grandfather’s mansion in Cumberland. George Truog, my great-grandfather, was an eccentric Italian-Swiss artist who owned one of the largest glass companies on the East Coast at the… Read more »
Stephen Decatur graduates aided Editor, For the past few weeks, Stephen Decatur High School has been extremely fortunate to host live events and celebrate the accomplishments of the graduating class of 2021. Members of the class of 2021 did not have the easiest of senior years. In the prime of their high school experience, the… Read more »
Cartoon by Jim Adcock
Separate budgets not route to compromise The Town of Berlin’s tale of two budgets and the conflict between the two should never have happened, and wouldn’t have if the mayor and council had been working on the same spreadsheet from the beginning. But no, Mayor Zack Tyndall dropped his version on the council as a… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (June 3, 2021) Although the Ocean Pines general manager position remains filled until at least next June, the Board of Directors last week approved succession-planning documents that outlined a lengthy list of qualifications. Director Frank Daly, who chaired the workgroup that developed the list of qualifications, said the planning criteria would prove… Read more »
By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Yes indeed, it is a wonderful morning as I look out my office window. The pool is getting prepared for opening, my body aches from head to toe from the work I did on the front gardens yesterday and I can smell summer in the air. I am lagging… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (June 3, 2021) Connecting recreational boaters with short-term mooring rentals is the intent of Dockshare, an online platform developed last year by Ocean Pines residents Nate and Gina Young. “Last Memorial Day was our soft launch, but this feels more like a true launch,” Nate Young said. Despite the covid-19 pandemic largely… Read more »
By Greg Ellison (June 3, 2021) The following topics were discussed during the Ocean Pines Environmental & Natural Assets Committee meeting on May 26: Route 90 pond Committee Chairman Ken Wolf said members are consulting with Maryland Coastal Bays Program officials to find ways to enhance a scarcely used pond tucked away in the woods… Read more »