Parks reviews financials in treasurer report

By Greg Ellison (Sept. 17, 2020) Recently ensconced OPA Treasurer Doug Parks reviewed short-term investments, annual assessment payments and replacement reserve fund balances during the Board of Direc...

OP drainage project scope revisions outlined

By Greg Ellison (Sept. 17, 2020) The Ocean Pines Board reviewed proposed revisions for drainage upgrade plans around Bainbridge Park and improvements in other community areas, while also holding a cer...

OPA financials trend positively

By Greg Ellison (Sept. 17, 2020) OPA General Manager John Viola, in addition to reporting overall positive budget numbers, highlighted several proposed amenities upgrades during the board of directors...

Directors suspend Clubs Committee for now

By Greg Ellison (Sept. 17, 2020) Based on perceived lack of need, the Ocean Pines Board of Directors last Wednesday  voted to suspend the clubs committee, while leaving the door open to revive the ad...

Pair of Pines Golf Committee members quit over inaction

By Greg Ellison (Sept. 17, 2020) Recently resigned OPA Golf Committee charter member Olga Novy clarified this week that her decision to step down was not because of ground conditions at the Ocean Pine...

OP creating succession standards

By Greg Ellison When time comes to hire new GM, directors will have guidelines and procedures (Sept. 17, 2020) When the time comes to make changes in the Ocean Pines Association’s top layers of admi...

Berlin Planning Commission approves office building plan

(Sept. 17, 2020) The Berlin Planning Commission last Wednesday approved a site plan with conditions to construct a two-story office building on the south side of Old Ocean City Boulevard directly acro...

Berlin parade, other events killed by covid

Inability to social distance causes schedule changes By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Sept. 17, 2020) The covid-19 Grinch might not steal Christmas this year, but it has caused the cancellation of one of...

Raccoon gets wires crossed, outage follows

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Sept. 17, 2020) The raccoon did it. That would be the culprit responsible for a power outage in Berlin last Wednesday, after one of nature’s masked marauders apparently...

Candidate list certified for Berlin election set for Oct. 6

By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer (Sept. 17, 2020) The Berlin Board of Supervisors of Elections last Tuesday certified the remaining candidates for inclusion on the ballot for the municipal election on Oct...