OP budget hikes assessments $10

By Greg Ellison (Feb. 25, 2021) With several last-second cost reductions cutting assessment fee increases from $35 to $10, the Ocean Pines Board voted 6-1, with Director Tom Janasek opposed, to approv...

Berlin Mayor and Council Briefs

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Feb. 25, 2021) The following took place during the Berlin mayor and Town Council meeting on Monday: Covid-19 update If the covid-19 positivity rate remains below 5 percen...

Viola updates budget favorability

By Greg Ellison (Feb. 25, 2021) With one quarter remaining in the current budget year, the Ocean Pines Association continues to chart operating favorability while also completing offseason facility up...

OP Treasurer Parks reviews financial status to end January

By Greg Ellison (Feb. 25, 2021) Ocean Pines Treasurer Doug Parks reviewed the associations’ financial standing and updated assessment fee collections during the Board of Directors meeting on Saturda...

OP to hold referendum on spending

By Greg Ellison Trendic suit settlement will allow community to decide  limits of board authority (Feb. 25, 2021) After reaching a recent settlement with former Director Slobodan Trendic on a previou...

Gazette Editorial

Time to clear the air Transparency is an overused word to describe an underused concept. That’s how it has seemed ever since governing officials and their constituents began to demand more of it in ...

Ocean Pines Official Resigns Amid ‘Unfortunate Situation For All Involved’

OCEAN PINES – The handling of a complaint against the Ocean Pines Association’s board president was called into question late last week following the resignation of a prominent department...

Special Events Plan Leads To Talk Of Possible Drone Shows, Weekend Destination Brand

OCEAN CITY – Among the takeaways from Tuesday’s lengthy discussion about planned special events this summer was a possible shift in the strategy to embrace the town’s weekend destin...

Berlin Eyes Sunday Street Closures For Farmers Market; State Highway Needs To Approve Weekly Move

BERLIN – Town officials are hoping to close a section of Main Street on Sundays this year to allow for an expansion of the Berlin Farmers Market.The Berlin Town Council voted unanimously Monday...

OC Will Replace Convention Center AV System

OCEAN CITY — Resort officials last week approved a roughly $676,000 replacement of the audiovisual system in the older section of the Roland E. Powell Convention Center.City Engineer Terry McGea...