Mac & cheese: ‘comfort food at its finest’

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 It is the wee hours of the morning, and I am staring out the window at my backyard. I love my little chunk of paradise, the banana palms in full swing with a couple of t...

Happy Fourth of July We’re still here despite our past craziness

The Fourth of July is when we celebrate our freedom to pursue our lives and happiness however we choose and to disagree with the ruling authority. Right? It  doesn’t seem that way at times, as adhe...

Boaters now get access to five new gas pumps in OP  

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (June 22,2023) Ocean Pine’s new marina gas dock is now open and is fueling vessels with its five gas pump from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at the Yacht Club marina. All gas...

OPA board decisions made in June

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer Capital requests, policies, appointments and public comments during meeting (June 22, 2023) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors approved various capital reque...

OPA continues to beat budget projections

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer April numbers get boost from golf play, while year exceeds forecast by $1M (June 22, 2023) The Ocean Pines Association recorded another positive month financially, as Ge...

Ocean Pines General Manager June report 

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer OPA considers new racquet center club house, golf club irrigation and firehouse (June 22, 2023) General Manager John Viola reported on maintenance projects during the mo...

Verizon will update OPA on upgrades

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer Terrible cell phone service could improve … some day (June 22, 2023) During a board of directors meeting a few months ago, a resident challenged Ocean Pines Associ...

Berlin Planning Commission considers housing proposals

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (June 22, 2023) The dearth of affordable housing in the area is about to be addressed in Berlin, where developers are proposing a pair of projects that could add more th...

Letter to the Editor

Case for abolishing voter ID laws Editor, This letter is in response to Dennis Evans’ letter “Advocating for voter ID law in Maryland.” I do agree with Mr. Evans that without “fair and free vo...

Joanne (Souder) Heggan Massey

Joanne (Souder) Heggan Massey Berlin Joanne (Souder) Heggan Massey formerly of Glassboro, New Jersey, passed away at her home on June 10, 2023. She was born in Camden, New Jersey, and graduated from G...