BERLIN – The town honored the legacy of Jesse Turner with this year’s Memorial Day parade.Amid the red, white and blue of the American flag, reminders of Turner, the Berlin Shoe Box owner who passed away in March, were present throughout the parade down Flower Street Monday.“We are doing this to honor one of the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A household name in the coastal real estate industry passed away peacefully on Monday.Broker Mark Fritschle, 69, spent more than 40 years working in the real estate industry in and around Ocean City. He achieved tremendous success throughout his real estate career and holds practically every designation a Realtor and broker can… Read more »
WALLOPS — Early risers on Wednesday could be treated to a rare scene in the skies over the resort area and across the Lower Shore as a rocket launched from the Wallops Flight Facility will create luminescent multi-colored clouds.NASA is scheduled to launch a two-stage Terrier-Improved Malamute rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility on the… Read more »
BERLIN – A local organization will host Narcan training sessions for those in the hotel, motel and real estate rental industries early next month.Growing Hope, an organization with a goal to educate the community on the heroin and opioid epidemic, will offer three training sessions on Narcan, an antidote that reverses the effects of an… Read more »
BERLIN- Both Worcester Prep’s varsity lacrosse team’s players were recognized for winning the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) championships with several earning All-Conference honors and Tucker Brown being named ESIAC Player of the Year.The Worcester boys’ team won its third straight ESIAC championship this month, beating Gunston, 12-8, in the title game. The Worcester… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — AAA Mid-Atlantic projects nearly 834,0000 Marylanders will travel this Memorial Day holiday weekend, a 2.3 percent increase compared to 2016, and the highest figure for the holiday since 2005, mirroring the nationwide trend for Memorial Day travel. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 25 to Monday, May… Read more »
The Maryland History Day Contest 2017 was recently held at UMBC. Across Maryland, over 27,000 students competed in local History Day competitions and 700 students were selected for the state competition, including 19 students from Stephen Decatur Middle School. Eighth graders Lily Timmons, left, and PJ Venizia-Westphal, center, were awarded the Special Prize in Women’s… Read more »
Wanda C. ConleyBERLIN — Wanda C. Conley, age 77, died Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at her home in Berlin.Born in Roxanna, Del., she was the daughter of the late Eli Collins Sr. and Agnes McCabe Collins. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward “Ted” Conley in 2005. She is survived by her children,… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity track teams turned in solid team and individual performances last week at the state 3A-East region meet including a regional championship in the 400 for sprinter Tahjeem Woodland.Woodland, who racked up first-place finishes all season in the short distance sprints, was strong again in the regional meet, finishing first in the… Read more »
BERLIN — The Berlin Heritage Foundation will hold the second annual “Afternoon on the Lawn” on Sunday, June 4, from 3-6 p.m. at the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum on Main Street.You don’t have to be an Anglophile or an aristocrat and you don’t have to attend in period costume (although the dress is garden… Read more »