PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors approved by a 6-1 vote the fiscal 2020/2021 operating budget during a public hearing in late February 2020, with vice president Steve Tuttle abstaining.
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‘Roo Yoga
MORGAN PILZ/BAYSIDE GAZETTE Rachel Azejzak, the mobile crew manager for Barn Hill Preserve of Delaware, holds 8-month- old joey Mac during the Kangaroo Yoga session held at the Eastern Shore Healing Arts Center in Berlin on Jan. 25, which raised more than $1,700 for the Bushfire Wildlife Rescue and Support.
Bulkhead Repairs
PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Fisher Marine Construction crews inspect heavy equipment prior to undertaking bulk head repairs in February in Ocean Pines.
Showell Construction
PHOTO COURTESY WORCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS The Worcester County Board of Education authorized a $2.5 million requisition to continue construction at the replacement Showell Elementary School site on Showell School Road off Route 589 in Berlin during a meeting on Dec. 17. The project began on Sept. 29, 2018 and was expected to be complete… Read more »
New Showell Elementary
MORGAN PILZ/BAYSIDE GAZETTE Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the construction of the new Showell Elementary School off Route 589 in Berlin continued as scheduled according to a report by the county school system’s Chief Financial Officer Vince Tolbert during the Worcester County Public Schools Board of Education teleconference meeting held on May 19. Work was being… Read more »
Measure Twice
PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON During the first week of January 2020, workers with Federalsburg-based Accutrench Contracting kick off prep work as Comcast begins to run cables for individual homes along Ocean Parkway in northern Ocean Pines.
Enraptured
PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Ocean Pines resident Alexis Vickers enraptures Leah Ever- son, 6, and Declan Boyle, 4 with soap bubbles in White Horse Park as a multitude of children take advantage of mild weekend temperatures during mid-January in 2020.
Happy New Year
PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON In a scene missing from the start of 2021, throngs of people fill downtown Berlin as it pulsates with New Year’s Eve revelers cheering in the opening seconds of 2020 wholly unaware of the challenges in store.
School board recommends new roof at SDMS
By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Dec. 24, 2020) Stephen Decatur Middle School’s roof has been leaking since Tropical Storm Isaias passed by on Aug. 4 and damaged enough shingles that it’s going to cost $240,987 to fix it. That was the low bid the Worcester County Board of Education agreed to recommend to the county… Read more »
Ocean Pines amends employee HR policies
By Greg Ellison (Dec. 24, 2020) Ocean Pines updated its policies on use of vacation time and severance packages for association employees, while continuing to mull sick time limitations during the board of directors’ meeting on Saturday. OPA Vice President Dr. Colette Horn said the proposals would become effective on Jan. 1. Horn said one… Read more »