(March 5, 2015) Berlin resident Lori Heinz-Giampa said staying positive has been her secret weapon during her 21-year battle with multiple sclerosis. A fixture of the Berlin Visitor’s Center, Heinz-Giampa was diagnosed with the disease in February 1994. “It was scary initially,” she said. “I was falling. I was dropping things. I was getting the… Read more »

License Ciara Johnson has received her Property & Casualty Insurance License. She assists the Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley personal lines’ customer service agents with new business policies. Johnson has two years of insurance experience. Headquartered in Willards, Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley is an independent insurance agency specializing in employer benefits, business and personal insurances.  … Read more »

(March 12, 2015) Longtime Ocean Pines resident and prolific nonprofit wrangler Anna Foultz is speaking out after a recent board of directors meeting failed answer two questions: how do you define a nonprofit, and what should they pay to use community facilities? On Saturday, Feb. 28, Vice President Marty Clarke called on the board to… Read more »

(Feb. 26, 2015) After months of speculation, public debate and untold hundreds of trees sacrificed for print media coverage, the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors voted last Friday to oust Billy Casper Golf and hire Landscapes Unlimited of Lincoln, Neb. to manage the community golf course. The measure passed 4-3 during a closed session… Read more »

(Feb. 26, 2015) Ocean Pines appears to be changing more than management companies at the community golf course after selecting Landscapes Unlimited to replace Billy Casper Golf. Previously, Casper provided monthly financial and operational reports to the general manager. Under the new agreement with Landscape Unlimited, that will apparently change, as management could report directly… Read more »

(Feb. 26, 2015) Forgoing, for now, a commercial component that would have been constructed on the north side of Route 50 and Seahawk Lane and instead focusing on the 90-plus acres on the south side, the Worcester County Commissioners last Thursday approved the Town of Berlin’s annexation plan that will bring about the eventual construction… Read more »

(Feb. 26, 2015) Ocean Pines Association General Manager Bob Thompson presented the latest draft of the proposed fiscal year 2016 budget during a public meeting on Saturday, Feb. 21. The $12.8 million draft includes an operating budget of $10.6 million, as well as $2.1 million in capital funding from reserves. Thompson said the goal of… Read more »

(Feb. 26, 2015) With the fourth and final meeting Saturday, Feb. 21, Berlin wrapped the public input phase of strategic planning sessions intended to map out town projects for the next three-to-five years. Next, the process moves to town hall for a pair of meetings on Wednesday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,… Read more »

(Feb. 26, 2015) In a well-attended event at the Ocean Pines branch of the Worcester Library last Saturday, new County Commissioner A. Chip Bertino was joined by Commissioner President M. Jim Bunting, Delegate Mary Beth Carozza and County Volunteer Service Coordinator Kelly Brinkley to provide information and answer constituents’ questions. Bertino is the primary representative… Read more »

(Feb. 26, 2015) Worcester County Developmental Center Executive Director Jack Ferry traveled to Annapolis last Friday to speak with the Eastern Shore Delegation about the affect pending federal regulations could have on the center’s operation.  The Newark center is fighting possible regulations that could compromise its ability and that of similar centers statewide, to assist… Read more »