APRIL 24, 2025
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BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
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BONNETS OF ALL STYLES Last Saturday’s Berlin Spring Celebration kicked off with a bonnet parade featuring children of all ages and hats of all styles and creativity.
OPVFD sets Skate park planning continues bingo night Walk-through of site helps make project compatible with public works facility
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 24, 2025) Berlin’s skatepark project continues to advance as fundraising efforts continue and officials plan for its construction. This week, representatives from nonprofit We Heart Berlin and Berlin Public Works Director Jimmy Charles conducted a walkthrough at the future park’s site, Heron Park,
and noted the structure’s dimensions. Officials said the step is vital to ensure that the public works department, which is also in the process of designing a new building in Heron Park, does not overlap with the skate park area. The dimensions will be included in the plans for the new public works building, which will be across the parking lot from the skating hub. “We took the dimensions, a measuring wheel, and some orange spray paint and marked the bounds of the concrete that will become our skate park,” We Heart Berlin Executive Di-
rector Tony Weeg wrote on Facebook. “... This is a very proud moment for us because we actually have a place on the earth now, and it has become physical and it's not just a dream.” Weeg noted that he hopes to break ground in 2026 or 2027 and that the project is at the point where they are securing construction documents. “We’re at a good point to start doing some excavation and demolition,” Weeg added. “But, we want to gain some more cash before we do that.” Before construction can begin, the See GROUP Page 11
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fundraiser By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (April 24, 2025) The Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department is hosting a bingo night next week to help the department’s efforts to maintain a safe and protected community. The department is holding a cash bingo on Friday, May 2, at See BINGO Page 3
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