John Buckley Devenny OCEAN CITY — John Buckley Devenny, 50, of Ocean City, passed away suddenly Friday, Nov. 22 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. Born on June 8, 1963 in Chester, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Robert and Ruthe Devenny. John worked as a salesman for All American Roofing since 1998,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- On the eve of its latest bond sale, a $12.7 million sale of general obligation bonds to finance among other things the Performing Arts Center and the new Beach Patrol headquarters, the town of Ocean City got another dose of fiscal good news with the announcement of an upgrade in the resort’s bond… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — One week after the fatal fire at a historic downtown church, more details have emerged, including the death of the beloved pastor being ruled a homicide and the death of the perpetrator a suicide. Around 9:25 a.m. last Tuesday, Ocean City Communications received a call in reference to a fire at the… Read more »
BERLIN- The Ocean Pines Golf and Country Club will be the celebratory hosts for the 21st Annual Santa’s Open Charity Golf Tournament tomorow, December 7, to benefit future operations provided by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake for the Eastern Shore. The club hosts 18 holes of gently sloping terrain and magnificent pines,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- With golf becoming one of the fastest growing industries in the area and across the country, the demand for train professionals to run courses has grown in kind, but one of a handful of PGA-accredited golf course management programs in nation is right here on the Lower Shore. University of Maryland Eastern Shore… Read more »
Lara Coyman and her daughter, Emma, celebrate American Education Week at Showell Elementary. In her third grade classroom, Emma is creating a fish to explain adaptations.
New Resources Unveiled OCEAN CITY — Homeworks Carpet One Floor & Home recently released several tools to help consumers prepare for holiday entertaining. The first is their new fall issue of Beautiful Design Made Simple – a free digital magazine available for Apple iPads and Android tablets. The holiday entertaining issue features articles focused on… Read more »
BERLIN — A local church and its Spirit Kitchen hosted the Worcester County Homeless Committee’s Community Resource Day this week along with a number of local partner organizations. Stevenson United Methodist Church in Berlin and its Spirit Kitchen was running at full steam on Wednesday as it is each week, but this week it coincided… Read more »
BERLIN — Submissions are in and an artist has been selected for the new mural to be painted at Stephen Decatur Park. Judges for the contest have also been lined up and paint is tentatively expected to start flying early this spring. The deadline for design submissions for the park mural ended this week. The… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s 12th Annual War on the Shore wrestling tournament got underway today at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center for the first of two days for the event with some of the top high school wrestling programs in the mid-Atlantic converging on the area for the two-day event. The War on the Shore… Read more »