(Oct. 27, 2016) The Ocean Pines Association Budget and Finance Committee discussed the following items during a meeting in the administration building on Oct. 19: Budget review Viola confirmed that the committee would meet publically to discuss the next fiscal year budget on Jan. 11 and Jan. 12 at 9 a.m. The location has yet… Read more »

(Oct. 27, 2016) September was another good financial month, according to Ocean Pines Association Controller Art Carmine, who briefed the budget and finance committee on that month’s financial report last Wednesday. Overall, he said the association was about $30,000 lower than budget, bringing the year-to-date variance to about $12,000 off estimates. “Variances have been relatively… Read more »

(Oct. 27, 2016) Updates on numerous projects were reviewed by Ocean Pines Association interim General Manager Brett Hill at the board of directors meeting last Saturday. Yacht Club Furniture on the first floor of the Ocean Pines Yacht Club has been rearranged, Hill said, allowing for the addition of seating space at the bar. Also… Read more »

(Oct. 27, 2016) While there are no models or tests that can be run on the Pocomoke City water and sewer systems that might determine the cause of foul-smelling and sediment-laden tap water, particularly in the Pocomoke Heights area, the data collection phase of the project is almost complete. The mayor and City Council heard… Read more »

(Oct. 27, 2016) It was a night of department overviews and updates on projects but mostly it was a night to welcome Zachary Tyndall to the Town Council and to renew the oaths of Mayor Gee Williams and Councilman Elroy Brittingham. In front of a full house at Town Hall this past Monday night, Williams… Read more »

(Oct. 27, 2016) The Virginia-based contractor ExPlus, hired to build the Wally Gordon River Otter exhibit that opened to the public in July, has filed suit in Worcester County Circuit Court against the Delmarva Discovery Center, alleging nonpayment of the more than $178,000 in construction costs. Documents related to the case, and the signed contract… Read more »

 (Oct. 27, 2016) The Town of Berlin’s residential fall bulk trash pickup is scheduled for Nov. 16 and 30. The bulk pick up dates are based on residential garbage service. “If your normal trash day is a Tuesday or a Wednesday, your bulk pick up day is Wednesday, Nov. 16th. If your normal trash day… Read more »

(Oct. 27, 2016) Berlin helped kick off Community Development Week last Thursday, welcoming representatives from the Community Development Network of Maryland (CDNM) and touring several businesses that had recently used façade grants to improve their storefronts. CDNM Executive Director Odette Ramos, speaking outside the Berlin Visitor’s Center, described her group as “a statewide nonprofit organization… Read more »

(Oct. 27, 2016) The failure of state and local officials to attend a reconciliation meeting after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined reasonable cause existed that those officials engaged in unlawful employment practices resulted in an amended complaint by the plaintiffs Kelvin Sewell, Lynell Green and Franklin Savage alleging Title VII violations, which ultimately attracted… Read more »

(Oct. 27, 2016) The most recent evidence of the effectiveness of the vacant building ordinance the Town of Snow Hill passed in July, can be seen in the identification of at least 63 structures, some of which have been registered or are awaiting response from their owners, according to Town Manager Kelly Pruitt. Letters were… Read more »