OCTOBER 30, 2025
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BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
OP leaf collection
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HOUSING CEREMONY The Berlin Fire Company hosted an open house last weekend to showcase the department’s new engine, which is pictured being ceremoniously pushed into place inside the fire headquarters by members of the BFC.
OP has cell tower deal Board’s contract with Virginia co. will lead to structure disguised as tree near Ocean Pines Golf Course By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (Oct. 30, 2025) Improved phone service is headed to Ocean Pines, as last week the community’s governing board authorized the signing of a site lease agreement with a company to construct a cell phone tower to remedy poor, unreliable reception. At an Ocean Pines Association’s Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, Oct. 25, the board
agreed unanimously to take the next step in enhancing the spotty cell phone reception in Ocean Pines, an issue that has plagued the wooded community for years. OPA will enter into a contract with the Virginia-based company Milestone Towers to build the 143-foot structure resembling a tree behind the maintenance facility at the Ocean Pines Golf Course. Officials said that this site was selected due to its central location. “I have confirmed that it is going to look like a tree and it is going to blend in, trying to keep that beauty that we’ve come to know here in Ocean Pines,” said Tim Robinson, Ocean Pines’ See OPA Page 4
The Ocean Pines Public Works Department will collect bagged leaves from Nov. 24 through Dec. 31. Bagged leaves will be picked up on days opposite Republic Services’ regularly scheduled collection days: Residents whose trash is collected on Mondays and Thursdays will have bagged leaves picked up on Tuesdays and Fridays. Those whose trash is collected on Tuesdays and Fridays, can have bagged leaves picked up on Mondays and Thursdays. In addition, Republic Services will offer six curbside leaf collection days during November and December. The schedule is, Northside: Nov. 8 & 22, Dec. 12. Southside: Nov. 15, Dec. 6 & 20. Leaves must be placed in paper bags only – no plastic bags.Thirty-gallon paper bags can be purchased at the Public Works Building in bundles of 5 for $10 plus tax. The Public Works Yard will be open for yard waste Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., from Nov. 24 through Jan. 3. The yard will be closed Nov. 27-29, Dec. 24-26, and Jan. 1.
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