(Nov. 17, 2016) The Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department invites area residents and visitors to enjoy a cup of hot cocoa and kick off the holiday season with the community’s sixth annual “A Hometown Christmas” and tree-lighting ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 6:30 p.m. in White Horse Park. Trees decorated by Ocean Pines… Read more »
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Letters to the Editor
Hospice hosts successful event Editor, We at Coastal Hospice are grateful for – and proud of – the young leaders in our community. They are taking the local tradition of generosity and making it their own. Last week a team of young professionals, led by Cole Taustin, who manages Embers and Blu Crabhouse and Kellie… Read more »
In doubt? Seek council
Things are happening in Ocean Pines and, as is the case with everything else these days, no one can know with whether these things are fixes or follies until they play out over the next several months, maybe longer. On the surface, the proposals tendered by interim General Manager Brett Hill make sense financially. Reconfiguring… Read more »
OPA looking to fill voids for GM, finance, PR roles
(Nov. 17, 2016) Whether it’s related to the installation of the new Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors in August or just coincidence, a rash of vacancies at various leadership positions has occurred. At present, OPA must fill the general manager slot, created this summer by the termination of Bob Thompson, find replacements for retiring… Read more »
Bay Club to convert to campsites?
(Nov. 17, 2016) Back in August, attorney Hugh Cropper, representing the Carl M. Freeman Companies, sent a letter to Berlin Mayor Gee Williams promising the town that it would be the first to know when the company firmed its redevelopment plans for the Bay Club. In a letter dated Monday, Aug. 22, Cropper said “I… Read more »
Worm infestation dampens hope of bulkhead rebate
(Nov. 17, 2016) A notion that assessments related to bulkhead replacement could be lowered in Ocean Pines began to fade Monday, when interim General Manager Brett Hill reported that an apparent “time bomb” had been discovered near Wood Duck Drive – a worm infestation. During an otherwise routine budget meeting, Director Slobodan Trendic wondered whether… Read more »
Berlin Briefs
(Nov. 17, 2016) The Berlin mayor and council, with Councilman Elroy Brittingham absent, discussed the following items during the Nov. 14 meeting at Town Hall: New concert John Fager, who operates the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin and owns Fager’s Island in Ocean City, proposed hosting a “Small Town Throw Down,” a country concert next fall… Read more »
Berlin, county and PD officials gather for groundbreaking
(Nov. 17, 2016) Government officials, members of the police department and town employees gathered last Wednesday at the site of the new Berlin Police station for a groundbreaking that, according to Mayor Gee Williams, has been generations overdue. The town used mostly casino revenue to buy the property at the corner of Flower Street and… Read more »
Pair of Pines proposals push major renovations
(Nov. 17, 2016) Interim General Manager Brett Hill’s fiscal year 2018 budget guidance to the Ocean Pines Board more or less consisted of a pair of renovations designed to target a multitude of problems. During a special meeting on Monday, Hill recommended extensive remodeling of the administration building on Ocean Parkway and giving up the… Read more »
ETS to bring technology jobs, e-wallet to Worcester County
(Nov. 17, 2016) Live, work, code and sell at the beach. That’s the mantra of tech company Electronic Transaction Systems (ETS), which will open an office soon inside the former South Moon Under building on Franklin Avenue in Berlin. The Virginia-based mobile commerce company, run by Ed Vaughan, will be overseen locally by New Jersey… Read more »