OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645 Hometown Heroes Military Banner Program kicked off its 2015 season with a celebration of family and friends on the Boardwalk last month.Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645 held a ceremony last Friday at the Firefighters Memorial on the Boardwalk at North Division Street celebrating the 2015 Ocean… Read more »
At the Annual Spring Music & Art Festival Worcester Preparatory School, Lower School Music Teacher Alana Parker led students in an exciting venue of music and dance selections in a program called, “Musical Mallards Take Flight.” The music and dances presented reflected the diverse cultures represented by the students in Worcester’s Lower School. Lower School Art… Read more »
BERLIN — Rackliffe House, a beautifully restored 1740s merchant-planter’s Georgian home overlooking Assateague Island and Sinepuxent Bay, outside of Berlin, opens for the season on Monday, May 18, International Museums Day, with free admission.This season, a new visitor experience includes an eight-minute introductory film about the Rackliffe family, the history of the house, and those… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Police Commission is forwarding a favorable recommendation to the Mayor and City Council to change the management of town funding for feral cat veterinarian services from local cat coalitions to Animal Control.During Monday’s Police Commission meeting, the discussion of adopting an animal control ordinance in regard to feral cats and the… Read more »
BERLIN – Local officials and community members celebrated the completion of a countdown crosswalk at the intersection of Route 113 and Bay Street with a ribbon cutting last week.The crosswalk, long advocated for by area residents, is near the place where Berlin teenager Tymeir Dennis died after being struck by a vehicle while trying to… Read more »
Stephen Decatur High School Kids Against Animal Abuse and Testing members Lilli Franklin, Alexis Nguyen, Grace Timcik and Olivia Moran provided treats and water to dogs at the Boardwalkin’ for Pets event. The group also donated $275 to the Worcester County Humane Society.
SoDel Concepts, a Rehoboth Beach, Del.-based hospitality group, recently presented a check for $5,005 to Meals on Wheels Lewes-Rehoboth. The funds were raised during a series of truffle-themed dinners, known as “Let There Be Truffles,” at Bluecoast Seafood Grill in Bethany Beach, Lupo Italian Kitchen in Rehoboth Beach and Fish On in Lewes. Since last… Read more »
Students in Lauren Mumford’s first grade class at Ocean City Elementary School became “bubbleologists” to investigate the properties of bubbles. Pictured are Mya Johnson-Guerrero and Addison Davis.
The Richard A. Henson Foundation recently provided a $5,000 grant in support of United Way’s Imagination Library Program. The grant will provide over 2,300 books to nearly 200 children on the Lower Eastern Shore. Pictured, from left, are Steve Farrow, Greg Olinde, Tom Evans, Vic Laws, Tom Trice of the Richard A. Henson Foundation and… Read more »
BERLIN – The town’s board of appeals denied approval to a Dollar General proposed for a busy Berlin intersection in a special hearing this week.The Berlin Board of Appeals voted 3-1 to uphold the decision of the town’s planning director to deny a zoning certificate for a Dollar General store proposed near the intersection of… Read more »