First round completed at Bainbridge Pond

Major project wraps at site with smaller scale repairs still looming in near future By Greg Ellison (July 8, 2021) With the initial round of drainage repairs at Bainbridge Pond completed, Ocean Pines ...

Tranzfusion mishap frees up July 4

By Greg Ellison (July 8, 2021) Musician Al Cook, who slaps bass for perennial lower shore rockers Tranzfusion, made a brief stop on the injured reserve list after falling and breaking his hand while s...

OP Board ethics resolution work continues

Following recent repeal of B-08 guidelines, potential revisions now under review By Greg Ellison (July 8, 2021) Time frames remain hazy to revise guidelines for ethics complaints against sitting direc...

Berlin Police report rates of traffic accidents increased

Total collisions during June higher than previous year By Greg Ellison (July 8, 2021) Berlin Police Chief Arnold Downing is sounding the alarm about the increased number of traffic collisions this sum...

Gazette Editorial

Board should protect itself in ethics cases The most critical aspect of any ethics requirement is not its standards or how well they are applied, but is the governing body’s handling of a case no m...

Pines amenities back on track after covid

Membership sales poured in at high rates during May as summer season begins By Greg Ellison (July 8, 2021) Ocean Pines appears to be springing back to life in the aftermath of covid-19 with amenity me...

Suplee offers recipe for chiliguaro drink

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Apparently, I left a nice tip at the Rum Bar on one of our first nights in Dominical, Costa Rica. Sometimes the conversion from US dollars to colones gets muddled, but I...

Berlin Bathtub Races, Second Friday married

By Greg Ellison (July 8, 2021) After hitting pause in 2020 because of covid-19, the Berlin Bathtub Races return for their 31st edition tomorrow and piggybacks on the Second Friday monthly celebration ...

Second election forum set July 13

Voters get another opportunity to ask candidates their thoughts on issues By Greg Ellison (July 8, 2021) The second installment of the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors election forum is sche...

Thousands watch fireworks

Ocean Pines holiday celebration breaks record for attendance By Greg Ellison (July 8, 2021) Following the sudden cancellation of Fourth of July firework displays in Ocean City on Sunday, corresponding...