(Dec. 10, 2015) The Ocean Pines Budget and Finance Committee discussed the following actions during a public meeting in the administration building last Thursday. Resolution C-03 Committee Chairwoman Pat Supik led a discussion on an overhaul of Resolution C-03, governing the function of the committee. For the most part, Supik said the committee was looking… Read more »

(Dec. 10, 2015) Despite its exclusion from the budget guidance document recently approved by the OPA Board of Directors, the notion of a financial rollover mechanism refuses to, well, roll over. The issue was brought up again last Thursday during a budget and finance committee meeting in the administration building. The advisory group originally floated… Read more »

(Dec. 10, 2015) Looking to institute safeguards regarding future investments, the Ocean Pines Association’s Budget and Finance Committee met last Thursday to discuss an overhaul of community investment guidelines, also known as Resolution F-01. Adjunct committee member Tom Beery, who drafted a proposed set of guidelines, said the existing document was only about three paragraphs… Read more »

(Dec. 10, 2015) In 2014, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that 17.4 million of U.S. households were food insecure at some point during that year. In an effort to fight hunger in the communities it serves this holiday season,TCC, the largest Verizon Premium Wireless Retailer in the U.S., announced that 550 of… Read more »

(Dec. 10, 2015) While Michael Day gets a good deal of credit for the resurgence of Berlin – along with Mayor Gee Williams, County Tourism Director Lisa Challenger and a handful of others – he now faces a similar challenge as Snow Hill’s economic development director. This is not, as is obvious, Day’s first time… Read more »

(Dec. 10, 2015) Those who work closely with Berlin Economic and Community Development Director Ivy Wells gave her high marks during her first year on the job. Mayor Gee Williams admitted Wells had big shoes to fill, replacing Michael Day in the role. “We definitely had high expectations for this position based on the job… Read more »

(Dec. 10, 2015) A year ago, Ivy Wells was the new kid on the block, stepping into the shoes of the immensely popular Michael Day in a town that had just completed its decades-long transformation from ugly duckling to bona fide swan. Today, Wells, the economic and community development director of Berlin, insists that, despite… Read more »

(Dec. 10, 2015) The Ocean Pines Association released a seven-page report via email on Monday that painstakingly details a Nov. 5 meeting between three representatives from the board of directors and golf management company Landscapes Unlimited. According to the report, Directors Tom Terry, Bill Cordwell and Pat Renaud, the board president, met with Landscapes President… Read more »

(Dec. 10, 2015) Two and half hours before Berlin’s 45th annual Christmas parade started last Thursday, dozens of town workers and volunteers gathered in the council chambers at town hall for an impromptu pizza party. The room, buzzing with nervous energy and filled with a half dozen department heads in casual clothes, hardly resembled the… Read more »

(Dec. 3, 2015) Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake will host the 23rd annual Santa’s Open Charity Golf Tournament, sponsored by RAMS, LLC., on Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club. Since 1992, Santa’s Open has provided funds to benefit low-income children and families on Maryland’s Eastern Shore who… Read more »