By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) The August election in Ocean Pines seated three new board members, and gave appointed Director Ted Moroney his first elected term on the seven-member panel. Last Sunday, all seven directors took part in a daylong orientation meeting that began with an extended briefing on bylaws and legal responsibilities…. Read more »
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Wor. County Superintendent receives award
By Morgan Pilz, Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2018) Worcester County Public Schools Superintendent Louis H. Taylor was presented with the School Safety Superintendent of the Year Award from the Maryland Center for School Safety during its annual summer conference on Aug. 13 in Annapolis. “I was very surprised,” Taylor said. “I was very humbled and very… Read more »
Assateague Island lowers speeds for safety of wildlife
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2018) Speed limits were reduced last week on the Assateague Island National Seashore, after park officials brought concerns about traffic flow endangering wildlife to the Maryland State Highway Administration. Liz Davis, public information officer at Assateague, said new speed-limit zones have been established on the Highway 611 approach to… Read more »
Gazette Editorial: Rightful place in history granted to Briddletown
What’s in a name? Some pronounce it Briddle, while others favor Brid-dell´, but no matter how a name might be said, its significance lies in what it is and what it represents. For Briddletown, which was officially recognized this week by Worcester County, this neighborhood that encompasses part of Berlin and beyond is as much… Read more »
Tucker briefs new OPA Board on how bylaws impact policy
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) Ocean Pines Association attorney Jeremy Tucker on Friday briefed the new board of directors of several items of public interest, from the complicated issue of drainage, to how the Fair Housing and the community’s nonprofit status played into the Oasis pool controversy last year. The directors, during the… Read more »
Slew of events coming up at OPA Yacht Club
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) Event planners at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club hope to keep things interesting during the coming shoulder season, with some special events already scheduled and others in the works. On Oct. 20, the club will host an Ovation Dinner Theatre presentation of “Joey & Gina’s Italian Comedy Wedding.”… Read more »
Police chief says quarters cramped
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) Ocean Pines Police Chief David Massey on Friday took the occasion of a meet-and-greet with the new board of directors to ask them to fulfill an old promise – the expansion of police headquarters, a project that was green lit more than a year ago. Plans to enlarge… Read more »
Pines budget started off year in red
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) In bringing new and returning board members up to speed on the Ocean Pines Association’s financials, Treasurer John Viola on Friday gave a briefing of the first three months of fiscal 2019, which missed budget projections by $69,000. Some areas beat estimates, including the yacht club (profitable by… Read more »
Berlin elected officials’ disclosures approved
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Aug. 30, 2018) Members of the Berlin Ethics Commission on Monday said they were mostly pleased with financial disclosures submitted by Berlin elected officials for the period of Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2017. According to copies of the disclosures obtained by the Gazette on Tuesday, Mayor Gee Williams disclosed ownership… Read more »
Comptroller agents bust up cigarette stash
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Aug. 30, 2018) State Comptroller field agents conducting a surveillance operation last week intercepted a vehicle with New Jersey tags traveling out of Virginia on Route 13 in Pocomoke and containing more than 2,800 packs of contraband cigarettes valued at more than $18,000. Nasser Manssour, 55, of Brooklyn, New York was… Read more »