Rare would be the business that could say its operations suffered a million-dollar loss against budget the year before, but would reduce that by half in the current year and post a profit in the next. Rarer still would be the organization that foundered in a $1.3 million sea of red ink and 12 months… Read more »
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The old microwaved steak bit, huh?
By Paul Suplee I wake up starving. by stomach is grumbling as I stir in this comfortable bed in Atlantic City. Here for a food show, I think about the money I won on the blackjack table last night and then immediately my mind goes to dinner. Oh, dinner. Oh, you comedy of errors. For… Read more »
Editorial Cartoon: Slobodan Trendic
Latest forecast shows Pines making profit
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) While earlier forecasts predicted a loss for fiscal 2019, Ocean Pines is now projecting a $60,000 profit against the budget, according to interim General Manager John Viola. Viola, in giving a monthly treasurer’s report on Saturday, said the association was ahead by $184,000 during the first 10 months… Read more »
Toy Town trial put on inactive docket, as talks continue
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) Nothing was resolved Friday in the matter of State of Maryland vs. Richard Seaton Jr., as the case was put on the stet (inactive) docket as the Town of Snow Hill and the Toy Town business continue to talk. At odds is Seaton’s lack of an occupancy permit… Read more »
Youth basketball league coming to Berlin
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) A youth basketball summer league is coming to Dr. William Henry Park in Berlin on Saturdays from June 8 until July 27. For eight weeks, play will run from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the park on 123 Flower Street. The league is part of a growing… Read more »
Historic District approves new signs for Toy Town, Dusty Lamb
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) The Berlin Historic District Commission made short work of two sign requests for recently opened businesses last Wednesday. First up was the new location for Toy Town Antiques, a business familiar to many in Berlin. Toy Town had been based on Berlin’s Main Street and then in 2016… Read more »
‘We are saying, we do not approve’
Tax objections continue at Town Council mtg. By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) For the last several months, Berlin officials have fought criticism of proposed tax and fee increases by advancing the notion they didn’t know public opposition was so strong because so few people attended council meetings. On Monday night, the latest in a… Read more »
Pines to build new golf club, cart barn, expand PD station
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) The Ocean Pines Board of Directors on Saturday approved spending $3.185 million for three major projects: expanding the police and administration building, rebuilding the country club, and building a new golf cart barn. Discussions on each of the projects had dragged on for several years. Reports of mold… Read more »
Phillips named operations director
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (April 11, 2019) Colby Phillips has been named the new director of operations for the Ocean Pines Association. The position was created at the Saturday board meeting and on Monday Phillips was appointed to the role by interim General Manager John Viola. According to a motion by Association President Doug Parks,… Read more »