BERLIN- After the dust settled after another highly successful season, Worcester Prep last week announced its spring sports award recipients.For the boys’ varsity lacrosse team, which won the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) championship, Max Bisaha was named Most Valuable Player, while Patrick Petrera won the Coach’s Award and Cooper Richins was named Most… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 8th Annual Memorial Day Tournament last weekend was a big success with tuna taking center stage.The Marlin Club’s annual Memorial Day Tournament, a tribute to the men and women of the armed services who made the ultimate sacrifice, was held last weekend with two fishing days on Saturday… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The resort area will become ground zero of the youth lacrosse world next weekend with dozens of teams from all over the mid-Atlantic region descending on Ocean City and Berlin for a pair of simultaneous tournaments.The 2017 Brine Girls Lacrosse Festival will take place at Northside Park all weekend starting beginning next Friday…. Read more »
BERLIN – The town will kick off another season of free summer movies this month.On June 17, Berlin will begin its annual series of Outdoor Movie Nights with a showing of Tuck Everlasting on Jefferson Street. After that, movies will be shown every other Saturday until the end of August.“It’s a nice thing to offer… Read more »
Berlin Intermediate School’s fourth grade Terrapins of the Month of April are recognized for exemplifying the 3 R’s — Respect, Responsibility and Ready to Learn on a daily basis. Students pictured are Nick Zlotorynski, Darius Melon-Early, Addison Conley, Angelina Li, Emily Smith and Alyssa Monteverde.
The Worcester County Commissioners, joined by Superintendent of Schools Lou Taylor and Pocomoke High School (PHS) Principal Dr. Annette Wallace, presented a commendation to PHS senior LeAnn McDowall for her service as Worcester County’s Page to the 2017 Maryland General Assembly, for her dedication to academic excellence and for demonstrating leadership.
Christine Selzer, Resident Director, of the Merrill Lynch office in Ocean City, and Spencer Cropper, the firm’s summer intern, presented a $5,000 check last week from the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch foundation to Claudia Nagle, executive director of Diakonia.
FENWICK ISLAND – Town officials in Fenwick Island last week approved a $2 million-plus balanced budget for FY2018.In a meeting of the Fenwick Island Town Council last Friday, Town Manager Terry Tieman introduced a resolution to approve the operating and capital improvement budget for the upcoming fiscal year.This year’s operating budget stands at $2,040,702. A… Read more »
Georgia native Jodie “Joe” Thrasher, Sr. came to Ocean City in 1930 to run a baseball pitching machine game in the Pier building. He didn’t begin his French fry stand until 1939 when he began cooking his fries in frying pans using cottonseed oil.When cottonseed oil became unavailable during World War II, Thrasher switched to… Read more »
The Historic St. Martin’s Church Museum Foundation was presented with a DAR Historic Preservation Recognition award by the General Levin Winder Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) on Sunday, May 21. Historic Preservation Committee Chair Barbara May initiated the award, which recognizes and honors an individual or group that has done remarkable… Read more »