By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 16, 2018) Ocean Pines homeowners present during the annual meeting Saturday overwhelmingly endorsed relocating a bulkhead staging ground, but only narrowly favored introducing a noise ordinance for dog barking and opposed increasing assessments to allow underprivileged children to use amenities. Homeowners introduced all three motions, said to be nonbinding, during… Read more »
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Sam Wilkenson volunteer award given to Monteverde
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 16, 2018) Ocean Pines resident Joe Monteverde on Saturday was presented the annual Sam Wilkinson Volunteer Award, recognizing outstanding volunteer service to the community through the Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department. Monteverde was born in central New Jersey and moved to Ocean Pines in 2012, according to Recreation and… Read more »
Tables OK’d for Berlin sidewalks
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 16, 2018) Berlin restaurants DiFebo’s and The Globe on Monday were granted approval for outdoor café tables by the Berlin Town Council. Globe owner Jennifer Dawicki asked for four high-top tables to be placed outside her restaurant on the Broad Street sidewalk. Previously, there were none and Dawicki also pointed… Read more »
Historic District Commission rejects Mariner porch request
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 16, 2018) Garrett Neeb and Reggie Mariner of Bay Four LLC were not warmly greeted by members of the Berlin Historic District Commission and its audience last Wednesday, and were denied approval for a freestanding porch at their property on 201 William Street. Mariner said the structure, described as a… Read more »
Registration open for 2018 Paint Berlin event
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 16, 2018) As of late last week, 15 of 50 slots remained for the 2018 Paint Berlin plein air event, the ninth annual competition presented by the Worcester County Arts Council. This year’s event is scheduled Sept. 19-22, and will culminate in a “wet paint” sale and exhibition on Saturday,… Read more »
OP anniversary time capsule apparently was lost in time
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 16, 2018) There was good news and bad news about a time capsule buried in Ocean Pines 30 years ago, according Jenny Cropper-Rines, chairwoman of the association’s 50th anniversary committee. “The good news is, we do know where all the power lines and utilities are in the area of the… Read more »
Election results validated during OPA annual meeting
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 16, 2018) Ocean Pines election results unveiled last Friday showed Steve Tuttle and Frank Daly had each earned three-year terms on the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors. Also elected were Ted Moroney and Esther Diller, each to one-year terms. Tuttle was the leading vote-getter, with 2,322, and Daly finished… Read more »
Tuttle, Daly, Moroney and Diller elected to Ocean Pines Board
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 10, 2018) Based on preliminary vote totals on Friday, Steve Tuttle and Frank Daly have each earned three-year terms on the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors. Tuttle was the leading vote getter, with 2,322, and Daly finished second with 2,048 votes. Director Ted Moroney, the lone incumbent in the… Read more »
Planning commission backs Gerardi’s ‘Berlin Gateway’ proposal
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 10, 2018) A proposed new gateway into Berlin took a crucial step forward Wednesday night, as the town planning commission voted 5-1 to recommend adding two parcels of land at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Old City Boulevard to growth area three of the Town of Berlin… Read more »
Deep discounts at Summer Sidewalk Sale
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 9, 2018) Berlin’s oldest event doesn’t have anything to do with peaches, bathtubs or fiddlers, but rather its’ the sidewalks themselves. The annual Berlin Summer Sidewalk Sale, according to organizer Steve Frene, turns 64 this year. “There aren’t many things older than me, but this is one of them!” Frene… Read more »