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Demolition plans moving forward for old park bldgs.
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 28, 2019) Plans to demolish several of the smaller industrial buildings at Berlin Falls park continue to take shape, based on discussions during last Thursday’s parks advisory committee meeting. The 64-acre former chicken processing property is slowly being redeveloped as both a passive and active-use public park, with a current… Read more »
Water Resources, PW Director puts in for retirement
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 28, 2019) Longtime Berlin Public Works and Water Resources Director Jane Kreiter is turning in her retirement papers. Human Resources Director Jeff Fleetwood shared the news, which he said was bittersweet, during a Town Council meeting on Monday night. According to Fleetwood, Kreiter was hired in September 1991 and her… Read more »
Trendic again votes in opposition
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 28, 2019) Ocean Pines Director Slobodan Trendic on Saturday said he was not yet ready to vote for the fiscal 2020 budget. He made good on that promise, marking the third time in three years he voted against budget finalization. “The issue I have basically goes to how we, as… Read more »
Some people can be real jerks. Food, too.
By Paul Suplee Years ago, we took the kids to Great Wolf Lodge in the Pocono Mountains. It was a multiple-family trip, and one of the fathers made it plainly obvious that he would have rather been at a professional development day at work than on this trip with a commune’s share of wild-eyed children…. Read more »
Trendic takes clubs cmte. to task
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 28, 2019) The Ocean Pines Board of Directors “has a serious concern” with how the clubs advisory committee has been operating, according to Director Slobodan Trendic. Trendic, during a committee meeting last Thursday, called out the committee for involving itself directly with the previous general manager and the Matt Ortt… Read more »
Gazette Editorial: For Berlin, tax increase may be the only answer
It had to happen sooner or later in Berlin — a significant tax increase that is, as years of municipal reinvestment in the community to aid its economic resurgence had to be repaid at some point. The costs of maintaining and delivering services, after all, are tied to a town’s desirability and attractiveness, both of… Read more »
First ‘Art of the Party’ serves up food, fun for scholarships
By Rachel Ravina, Staff Writer (Feb. 28, 2019) Nearly 100 guests sampled culinary creations last Friday during the inaugural Art of the pARTy event, presented by the Worcester County Arts Council and the Delmarva Chefs and Cooks Association at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin. Robert Gresehover, of Ocean Pines, was one of those in attendance and… Read more »
BCIA to transfer multipurpose building site
Town will take over, begin process of planning new Berlin community center By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 28, 2019) After several months of public discussion and debate, the Berlin Community Improvement Association has reached a tentative agreement with the Town of Berlin to transfer its 130 Flower Street property, which encompasses the multipurpose building and… Read more »
Pines approves budget, $986 assessment
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Feb. 28, 2019) The Ocean Pines Board of Directors finalized a $12.8 million fiscal year 2020 budget on Saturday, and set the basic annual assessment at $986 per homeowner. Assessments fluctuated wildly throughout the budget process, from a low of $951 with the proposed budget released on Jan. 4, to a… Read more »