APRIL 4, 2024
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BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
Mold claim false Board says resident hoped to get new racquet building using unfounded assertion
CHARLENE SHARPE/BAYSIDE GAZETTE
TARA FISCHER/BAYSIDE GAZETTE
SPRING FUN Berlin and Ocean Pines each held their own Easter activities last weekend. (Top) One of the highlights of last Saturday’s Berlin Spring Celebration was the annual bonnet parade on Main Street that attracted about 20 participants. (Above) attendees to the Ocean Pines Spring Celebration check out the festivities offered at White Horse Park.
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 4, 2024) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors late last week revealed that an inspection of the racquet center building showed it was free of mold and mildew, despite assertions to the contrary made by a Racquet Sports Advisory Committee member. At a March 23 OPA Board of Directors meeting, RSAC member Suzanne Russell said the center’s building contained mold and had sickened some employees and members. On March 24, the board and OPA General Manager John Viola decided to close the facility until the charge could be investigated. The courts remained open for players throughout the inspection. A statement released by the association’s governing body last Friday said an analysis of the property found no evidence of mold or mildew. “OPA management took immediate action to close and proactively inspect the facility, which involved destructive investigation behind walls and under carpeting, inspection by qualified outside professionals, and testing the air inside the building for ambient mold conditions,” the board’s statement reads. “… Although a few very small areas of discoloration of indeterminate type were observed on the interior side of See OPA Page 6
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