2nd Annual Reindeer Run a Big Hit

BERLIN- The second annual Reindeer Run 5K through the streets of Berlin last weekend was a big hit with dozens of local runners filling out the top spots on the leaderboard.The 2nd Annual Reindeer Run 5K on December 11 started and finished at the Atlantic Hotel in the heart of the downtown area with the… Read more »

Decatur Wrestlers Trounce Meade

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity wrestling team picked up a big win last week, beating always tough Meade, 60-9, on the road.The Seahawks swept 11 of 14 individual matches to rout the Mustangs, 60-9. Of the three matches lost by Decatur, each came by decision by a total of seven points combined. At 103, Decatur’s Nate… Read more »

Seahawks to compete in inaugural Governor’s Challenge

BERLIN- After starting the season with a modest 2-2 record, Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team will hit the ground running next week when it competes in the inaugural Governor’s Challenge in Salisbury.Decatur will compete in the first-ever Governor’s Challenge at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury next Tuesday through Thursday. The inaugural… Read more »

Mallards Finish First Half at .500 Mark

BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity basketball team had an up-and-down first half of the season and take a .500 record in the holiday break with a lot more action scheduled in the second half.The Mallards finished up their first leg of the season with a 4-4 record and showed signs of promise at time despite… Read more »

Adoptive Family Of The Year

Adoptive Family Of The Year

The Worcester County Department of Social Services recently announced its Adoptive Family of the Year as Kimberly and Michael Strong of Pocomoke. The Strongs, who became foster parents in March 2008, are a Somerset County licensed foster/adoptive family. Above, Kim Strong with adoptive daughter Lily. E.Jim Flaig and members of the Ocean City Elks Golf… Read more »

Cropper’s Gift To SDHS

Cropper’s Gift To SDHS

Reese and Joanne Cropper of Ocean City have made a gift of $5,000 to the capital campaign to build a new athletic field house at Seahawk Stadium. The capital campaign is a project of the Stephen Decatur High School Alumni Association. Presenting the donation to SDHS Principal Lou Taylor is Reese F. Cropper III. For… Read more »

Marx Memorial Fund Awards Grant

Marx Memorial Fund Awards Grant

The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore’s Jeffrey Peter Marx Memorial Fund awarded a $2,000 grant to Worcester County G.O.L.D. to support efforts to provide emergency services to local families in need. Pictured, from left, are Jack Perry and Milly Marx; Eric Vinson, Treasurer, Peter Marx Memorial Fund; Darlene Onley, Executive Director, Worcester G.OL.D.; Kurt… Read more »

Collecting Books For Children

Collecting Books For Children

Members of the Ocean Pines Novelettes Book Club gathered recently at The Inn at the Ocean to collect new children’s books for Worcester G.O.LD. Pictured are, front from left, Dian Witt and Edie Brennan, and, second row, Ellie Sizemore, Pat Capezio, Jackie Todd, Jan Paige, Darel Carpenter and Em Hench. Not pictured are Irene Grimes, Joan Muschiatti,… Read more »

We Remember Those We Have Lost

We Remember Those We Have Lost

Helen Anna FerrellOCEAN CITY – Helen Anna Ferrell, a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend, passed away on Dec. 20, 2010, in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Debbie Smith and Franz Reinhardt, in Cockeysville, Md. She was 80.She was born to Anthony and Agatha Ena and spent her childhood in Highlandtown with… Read more »