SEPTEMBER 25, 2025
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Board kills its advisory committees Three required by association remain after directors eliminate all others By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Sept. 25, 2025) The Ocean Pines Association’s advisory committees, who are charged with identifying needs and possible improvements in their assigned areas, are officially a thing of the past. The OPA Board of Directors on Saturday voted 5-1 to dissolve most of the association’s committees, effective immediately, despite passionate pleas from association members to spare them. The association’s bylaws require that the Budget and Finance Committee, the Elections Committee, and the Architectural Review Committee remain intact. Axed in the purge were the Aquatics Advisory Committee, the Golf Advisory Committee, the See OPA Page 6
OP eager to get new cell tower Board hears update from Verizon rep as it seeks end to on-and-off service
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PRIME SEATING Hundreds turned out for the opening night of the Berlin Fiddlers Convention last Friday in Berlin. Above, attendees are pictured enjoying the sounds of The String Buzzards before The Plate Scrapers took the stage. See more photos on page 20.
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By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Sept. 25, 2025) An update on the proposed cell phone tower for the Ocean Pines Association was provided this week, as community officials, carriers and the construction company hope to get the project underway soon. Ocean Pines Police Chief Tim Robinson, who is See CELL Page 4
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