Pres. Doug Parks shares board highlights

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Aug. 31, 2023) The golf club meeting room was packed, with people sitting all the way out to the bar and restaurant area for the annual meeting of the Ocean Pines Asso...

General Manager John Viola highlights successes during OPA annual meeting

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Aug. 31, 2023) Ocean Pines Association General Manager John Viola took residents back five years in his state of the association report at Saturday’s annual meeting. ...

Audit shows Pines beats budget again

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer Year ends with association $1M ahead of projections (Aug. 31, 2023) As predicted, the Ocean Pines Association had another good year financially, with more than $1 millio...

Brady, Latham, Heavner win in OP

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer New board of directors will assume control by tending to needs instead of wants (Aug. 31, 2023) With the validation of the 2023 election results Saturday, the Ocean Pine...

Berlin town council approves speed and phone contracts

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Aug. 31, 2023) The Berlin town council unanimously passed the following motions in its August 28 meeting. Motion 2023-34: Mayor Zack Tyndall’s moved to contract with...

Berlin moves forward with strategic planning process

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Aug. 31, 2023) The Berlin Town Council on Monday agreed to enter into a contract to develop a strategic plan for the town with Business, Economic and Community Outreac...

Council rejects Gillis in favor of Goldilocks

So much for the bird-in-the-hand approach to Heron Park in Berlin, following a Town Council majority’s rejection Monday of a proposal by developer Palmer Gillis to build a mixed-use project on a por...

Shaved fennel salad always stands out

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Sometimes we eat with our eyes as well as our stomachs, and I know that you know the feeling. When I commit the cardinal sin of going to the store hungry, I come home wi...

Raymond Joseph (Bud) Shanley

Raymond Joseph (Bud) Shanley Berlin Surrounded by his loving family and close friend Ron DeCarlo, Raymond Joseph (Bud) Shanley passed away peacefully at his home in Berlin, Maryland, on Aug. 17, 2023,...

Heron Park future site of Berlin skatepark

By Cindy Hoffman, Staff Writer (Aug. 24, 2023) Cheers erupted from the crowd as the Berlin Town Council voted Monday to designate Heron Park’s parcel 410 as the future location of the Berlin Skatep...