JUNE 26, 2025
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BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
PHOTO COURTESY BERLIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MAIN STREET HOOPERS About 75 kids of all ages took to Main Street for some hula hoop action during intermission of last week’s Berlin Bathtub Races, organized by the Berlin Chamber of Commerce. See page 16 for more photos from last Friday’s event.
Voters to get referendum refresher Public hearing will give Pines homeowners chance to hear about south fire station By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (June 26, 2025) Ocean Pines homeowners are invited to a public hearing on the upcoming referendum on the whether the Ocean Pines Association should help pay for a new South Station Firehouse. The ballot question will be put before voters in conjunction with the 2025 Ocean Pines Association’s Board of Directors election, which has four candidates vying for one of three open seats. The referendum question will ask voters whether the OPA should contribute to the Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department’s new South Station. The referendum reads, “Do you authorize the Ocean
Pines Association’s Board of Directors and Administration to proceed with the construction of a new South Fire Station at a target cost to OPA, Inc. of up to $3.4 million, with a possible cost variance of up to ten percent (10%)?” The meeting will be held Friday, June 27, at the current South Fire Station, located at 911 Ocean Parkway, beginning at 2 p.m. With approval from OPA, the fire department was directed to determine the layout, design, interior dimensions, color schemes, and furniture. Upon the completion of that rebuilding, the OPVFD will pay all property taxes and maintenance associated with the South Station space and its improvements. The agreement between the town and the fire department also states that the fire company will use “grant and bond funds previously secured toward the project’s conSee OPA Page 6
County gets $1 million from pot tax By Brian Shane Staff Writer
(June 27, 2025) State tax revenue from recreational cannabis sales has given Worcester County a $1 million kitty from which to distribute community-based impact grants. The Worcester County Reinvestment and Repair Grant Program will distribute money that’s been
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