Every Friday: FORGE Youth And Family Meetings6:30-8:30 p.m. House of Mercy Sanctuary, behind House of Mercy Thrift Shop, Route 113, Selbyville. Small meal, music, games and life lessons. All are welcome. 443-513-1048.Every 1st Friday: Star Charities Volunteers Meet10 a.m., Ocean Pines Library. 410-641-7667.Every 2nd Friday: Food PantryNew Bethel United Methodist Church, 10203 Germantown Rd., Berlin…. Read more »
Salisbury University freshmen biology major Apeksha Ghumatkar of Salisbury and accounting major Jennifer Martin of Elkton were named the winners of the last school year’s SU New Student Reader essay contest. They are pictured with SU President Janet Dudley-Eshbach.
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week solidified its relationship with the Ocean City Reef Foundation with an approved memorandum of understanding to better define the different parties’ roles in the thriving partnership.The Ocean City Reef Foundation was established in 1997 by parties interested in supporting artificial reef development off Ocean City Maryland. The foundation’s… Read more »
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity soccer team beat Salisbury Christian, 3-0 last week to improve to 2-1 on the season.The Mallards blanked Salisbury Christian, 3-0, at home last Friday. It was the second shutout win of the season for the Worcester girls, who opened with a 1-0 win over Mardela in a non-conference game. Sandwiched… Read more »
This week’s Bank of Ocean City MVP for Stephen Decatur’s varsity football team is Tah’jeem Woodland, who rushed seven times for 215 yards and five touchdowns and ran back a punt for a touchdown. The bank will make a donation in the player’s name to the school. Pictured, from left, are Bank of Ocean City’s… Read more »
BERLIN – The Berlin Planning Commission approved changes to a fence at a local business after discussion of concerns regarding its installation.On Wednesday, the planning commission approved changes to the fence at Burley Oak Brewery. While the commission originally approved a four-foot fence to enclose the brewery’s beer garden, Burley Oak increased the height of… Read more »
SoDel Cares, the philanthropic arm of SoDel Concepts, recently donated $4,000 to Surfers Healing, which uses surfing to enrich the lives of people with autism. Pictured, from left, are Lindsey Barry, the controller for SoDel Concepts; Kris Medford, general manager of NorthEast Seafood Kitchen in Ocean View; and Dale and Kelly Loesner, owners of Quiet… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials are making progress on tracking online short-term vacation rentals to ensure they are paying taxes and properly licensed, but still face challenges with the growing problem.For well over a year, Ocean City officials have been monitoring the proliferation of short-term vacation rentals in the resort brokered by online platforms such… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Aside from the obvious steady roar of engines and traffic tie-ups at certain times, Delmarva Bike Week was relatively calm, although there were a handful of serious and even fatal accidents involving motorcycles away from the sanctioned events.Statistically speaking, the 2017 Delmarva Bike Week and OC Bikefest events held in and around… Read more »
Kiwanians Mike and Mary Evans, who are also volunteers with Star Charities, were not able to attend a recently awards banquet for the county’s top volunteers. Consequently, County Commissioners Jim Bunting and Chip Bertino and Kelly Brinkley, the Volunteer Services Manager of Worcester County, attended a weekly Kiwanis Club meeting to present the Volunteer Team… Read more »