By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 12, 2018) A delay of the Ocean Pines election remains unlikely, but Ocean Pines officials are taking seriously the lawsuit by former director and interim general manager Brett Hill, who aimed to block the balloting. Board members last Friday adjourned to a closed session to discuss legal matters believed to… Read more »
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Fresh confections served up at Pines’ Hungry Donut shop
By Morgan Pilz, Staff Writer (July 13, 2018) Attention all donut lovers and sugar cravers, the Hungry Donut is open for business on Nicholas Lane in Ocean Pines. The shop officially opened Sunday, July 1, and has been serving piping hot cake donuts with dozens of icings, drizzles and toppings to choose from. “Everything’s hot and… Read more »
OPA geese on way to Maryland Food Bank, source says
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 12, 2018) The meat from Canada geese rounded up in Ocean Pines on June 29 is in the process of being donated to the Maryland Food Bank, according to a representative from the nonprofit reached for comment on Monday. Ocean Pines residents, upon hearing news reports last week about the… Read more »
Pick four: ballots sent out for OPA Board election
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 12, 2018) Ocean Pines voters will select four of seven board members this August for the first time since 2007. The unusually high number is because two directors resigned before their terms expired: Brett Hill last September and Pat Supik last month. Both were elected to three-year terms in 2016…. Read more »
Burrell known as calming presence
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 12, 2018) Dean Burrell, the second-longest serving member of the Berlin Town Council, is running for reelection in District 4. Originally from Somerset County, the 67-year-old moved to the area because his wife was from Berlin. He’s been living in the town for more than three decades. “I married a… Read more »
Removal of Pines BOD president?
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 5, 2018) The Ocean Pines Directors on Friday will consider removing Association President Doug Parks. Director Slobodan Trendic emailed board members last Friday to request a special meeting for that purpose. He said the reason for removal was related to Parks’ conduct and defamatory remarks made in his capacity as… Read more »
Ocean Pines still negotiating with Mediacom on new deal
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 5, 2018) For Ocean Pines residents wondering what’s going on with Mediacom, administration officials last week said negotiations on a new franchise agreement are currently going back and forth between attorneys. Association President Doug Parks, during a public board meeting on June 23, said discussions were also held with other… Read more »
Plane crashed on golf course shortly after taking off
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (July 5, 2018) A Beechcraft Debonair airplane piloted by Berlin resident Guerrino Mascelli apparently caught fire shortly after takeoff and crashed on the 8th hole of the Assateague Greens golf course on Friday, sending both pilot and passenger, Mary Mascelli, to the hospital but not injuring anyone else. State police responded… Read more »
Bathtub Races getting international spotlight
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 5, 2018) Berlin’s annual Bathtub Races went international this year as the subject of a two-minute TV spot on Voice of America. The network, begun in 1942 to combat Nazi propaganda, is a U.S. government-funded international broadcast service sent out in more than 40 different languages and with an estimated… Read more »
Ocean Pines Association Briefs
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (July 5, 2018) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors last Saturday discussed the following items during a public meeting at the community center: Agenda additions The directors added several new items not on the published agenda. Colette Horn asked to add a motion “related to the 401K plan” and discussion… Read more »