(March 17, 2016) The deteriorating appearance of the North and South Gate entrances to Ocean Pines came up repeatedly during General Manager Bob Thompson’s town hall meeting, last Tuesday. During the hour-plus public comment portion of the meeting, one homeowner said she moved to Ocean Pines 24 years ago, when it was a “beautiful place.”… Read more »
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Two Copy Central owners raise colon cancer awareness
(March 17, 2016) Gina Barnes was 37 years old when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She battled the disease for almost two years before passing in 2014, and her parents want to help other families during Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Linda and Michael Dearing, owners of Copy Central on Cathell Road in Ocean Pines,… Read more »
SonRise rezoning could open doors
(March 17, 2016) Opening the door to what could be a flurry of development at the northern end of Main Street in Berlin, the town’s planning commission approved a rezoning and text amendment request by SonRise Church during a public meeting at Town Hall last Wednesday. SonRise has a conditional agreement to buy the 22-acre… Read more »
Berlin Briefs
(March 17, 2016) The Berlin Mayor and Council discussed the following items during a meeting at town hall on Monday, March 14: Utility recognized Electric Utilities Director Tim Lawrence, first lineman Claude Littleton and line superintendent August Wienhold accepted a Certificate of Excellence in Reliability, from the American Public Power Association, on behalf of their… Read more »
Big crowd greets Sandpiper Energy during Pines meeting
(March 17, 2016) Thirty minutes before the town hall meeting with Sandpiper Energy began last Thursday night in the Ocean Pines Community Center, the room was largely vacant, save for about a dozen uniformly dressed Sandpiper representatives. Personnel from the Chesapeake Utilities subsidy were on hand with their matching blue shirts to address concerns about… Read more »
Thompson breezes through town hall … mostly
(March 17, 2016) General Manager Bob Thompson had a relatively routine town hall meeting last week, breezing through an overview of current projects in about 45 minutes. Public comments, however, lasted more than an hour and included one fiery exchange with a homeowner over the performance of the community’s yacht club. Thompson started things off… Read more »
Ocean Pines to host family tennis play day, March 20
(March 17, 2016) The Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department and Delmarva Beach Tennis will offer a family tennis play day on Sunday, March 20 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Manklin Meadows Racquet Sports Complex, located at 11443 Manklin Creek Road in Ocean Pines. Designed for all ages and open to the… Read more »
Confusion, delays could stall Pines comp. plan survey
(March 17, 2016) In addition to Monday’s confusion over a survey produced by Ocean Pines’ comprehensive planning committee, the circulation of that questionnaire could be delayed, according to OPA Board President Pat Renaud. The directors had met to finalize the language of the survey, which was intended to collect data that would then be put… Read more »
Directors say lack of quorum at committee mtg. not issue
(March 17, 2016) Of the five people attending a meeting of the Ocean Pines Association Comprehensive Planning Committee on March 2 at the administration building, only two were committee members, a circumstance that has led the question of whether a quorum was present and even if having a quorum is required. The five at the… Read more »
BEACON director no-show leads to short-lived meeting
(March 17, 2016) The OPA Board of Directors met with members of its comprehensive planning committee on Monday to finalize questions for a study that is to be the basis of a long-term comprehensive plan. That meeting was short lived, however, as BEACON Director Dr. Memo Diriker did not show up for the session. Last… Read more »