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WINTER SPECTACULAR This magical sunset view over Isle of Wight Bay was, thankfully, captured before this week’s warmer temperatures made the snow cover rapidly disappear.
No plans to build cell tower Board declares rumor completely unfounded, ‘patently false’ info By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Jan. 30, 2025) Ocean Pines officials say there is no plan to construct a cellphone tower on neighborhood property at this time. Instead, the police department’s chief has simply looked into ways to improve unreliable cellphone reception. At a meeting last week, Ocean Pines Association Board of Direc-
tors President Stuart Lakernick maintained that an initiative to build a cellphone tower within the community is not underway. During the public comments portion of the OPA gathering, resident Dave Tanner criticized the potential construction, inciting strong clarification from community leaders that there is no plan in place for a cell site. “There is no plan to construct a cellphone tower at this time,” Lakernick said. “There is no planned construction; there is no planned site. The only thing our chief decided to look into was the safety
issue of getting through to 911. If you can’t call 911 without service, it is a safety issue. But at this time, there is absolutely no planned construction, no site, no contractor. I don’t know where [Tanner] got this information, but it is absolutely patently false … [the police chief] is looking into ways to increase cellphone reception. There was never talk of a new tower.” Tanner’s remarks were in reference to previous OPA Board of Directors meetings in which Ocean Pines Police Department Chief See BOARD Page 10
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Berlin getting radio station from ‘We Heart’ By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Jan. 30, 2025) A new radio station is on its way to Berlin, bringing live and recorded music, educational programming, local history stories, roundtable discussions and emergency alert capabilities. The radio station, Radio Free Berlin, will operate at 94.1 FM and be managed by the nonprofit organization We Heart Berlin. We Heart Berlin President Jeff Smith See RADIO Page 10
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