(March 10, 2016) Sea Floor in Ocean Pines is the latest venture from industry veteran Don Robertson. If all goes well, it will also be his last. The shop, located at 11312 Manklin Creek Road in the Manklin Station Shopping Center, opened in mid-February. “I’ve been in the business for over 25 years,” Robertson said…. Read more »
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OC St. Patrick’s Day parade, Sat.
(March 10, 2016) Ocean City’s 35th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, which has grown to become the second largest in Maryland, will take place this Saturday. The Delmarva Irish-American Club sponsors the highly anticipated tradition, which will start at noon, March 12, on 57th Street and continue south along Coastal Highway to the 45th… Read more »
Repairing in place better option for OPA, Steen says
(March 10, 2016) In November, developer Marvin Steen got the ball rolling on the renovations of the bathrooms and changing area at the Ocean Pines Beach Club by presenting a cold pitch during a public meeting. That included a $464,000, 13-page packet signed by Berlin-based developers Sens Inc., which the directors used as the basis… Read more »
Berlin Parks Briefs
(March 10, 2016) The Berlin Parks Commission discussed the following items during a meeting at town hall on March 1: Summer Movie Nights The commission backed a proposal to spend $4,417.56 on the Summer Movie Nights program, which will show six films in and around downtown Berlin. The Berlin Arts and Entertainment Committee will provide… Read more »
Pillowcase Ministry sending homegrown aid internationally
(March 10, 2016) Started by Berlin resident Barbara Entwistle and a small group of local seamstresses, the aptly named Pillowcase Ministry has grown into an international effort benefiting thousands. Using new and “nearly new” pillowcases, the group has fashioned more than 2,000 dresses distributed to impoverished girls in Gambia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Israel, Mexico, East… Read more »
Berlin A&E Committee mural to be unveiled during art stroll
(March 10, 2016) Berlin residents will get their first look at a new community mural on Friday during a presentation tied to the town’s monthly art stroll. Berlin’s Arts & Entertainment Committee announced plans for the mural in October, and the Town Council and historic district commission both signed off on the project last year…. Read more »
With commission approval, survey moves to OP board
(March 10, 2016) A questionnaire that will go out to all 8,452 Ocean Pines homes and help inform the association’s comprehensive plan is nearly complete. On March 2, the comprehensive planning committee met in the administration building and approved roughly 40 questions for the survey. An early draft of the questionnaire, released last month, included… Read more »
Berlin optimistic POS funding level will return
(March 10, 2016) Restored funding for Program Open Space was among the promises Gov. Larry Hogan made Marylanders during his campaign. In Berlin, that funding source could help transform the former Tyson’s Chicken plant, now called Berlin Falls, expand the tot lot at Stephen Decatur Park, and develop a new neighborhood park named after a… Read more »
Berlin Falls to get help from pro-bono scientists at TEX
(March 10, 2016) When Berlin bought the former Tyson’s Chicken plant on old Ocean City Boulevard, now being called Berlin Falls, the town pledged that partnerships and unique, creative approaches – not just town tax dollars – would help transform the property into something of which the citizens could be. Looking for help with environmental… Read more »
Towns, Pines make pitch for county funding
(March 10, 2016) Three Worcester County municipalities, and Ocean Pines, presented fiscal year 2017 budget requests during a county commissioners meeting in Snow Hill last Tuesday, and proposals were, for the most part, in line with previous years. Berlin presented a largely unchanged request, for $1.79 million in county funds. During the last two years… Read more »