Every Monday: TOPS Meeting 5:30-6:30 p.m. Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin. Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a support group promoting weight loss and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.410-641-0157.Second Monday Of Month: Ocean Pines Camera Club 7 p.m. Ocean Pines branch library. Monthly get-together to share photos, tips, programs. Group goes on a photo shoot the Saturday following… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- A total of 11 universities from all over the region competed last weekend in the 7th annual Ocean City Tennis on Campus Invitational with Villanova University edging the Naval Academy in a tight contest that went down to the final mixed doubles match.Villanova won the championship flight with a narrow 26-23 win over… Read more »
SALISBURY – Wicomico County’s annual Good Beer Festival is back – with a twist.This year, the festival will be held on a Friday night and a Saturday during the day at Pemberton Park.Dates for the ninth annual event are Friday-Saturday, Oct. 12-13, and hours are 5-10 p.m. that Friday and 12:30-5:30 p.m. that Saturday.There will… Read more »
Choice Words For CopsOCEAN CITY — A Silver Spring, Md. man was arrested on intoxicated endangerment and resisting arrest charges last weekend after allegedly blocking traffic and shouting expletives at police before falling into a large crowd.Around 9 p.m. last Saturday, an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer on patrol in the area of 41st… Read more »
Ocean City Aquatics Swim Director Lori Ciminelli presented sixth grader Paige Barnhart the Bronze President’s Volunteer Service Award for completing 50 volunteer hours assisting with swim lessons and teaching water safety at Ocean City Aquatics this summer. Submitted Photo
Students in Danielle Marshall’s first grade class at Ocean City Elementary School supported the Heavenly Hats Foundation by making a $1 donation to wear their favorite hat to school for the day. Heavenly Hats helps cancer patients in need of headwear. Pictured, back from left, Misael Rodriguez-Guerrero, Dylan Ward and Ja’Kye Irving; and front, Jackson… Read more »
This week’s Bank of Ocean City MVP for Stephen Decatur’s varsity football team was Connor Carpenter. The bank will make a donation in the player’s name to the school. Pictured, from left, are Coach Bob Knox, Carpenter and Bank of Ocean City’s Caleb Miller. Carpenter played every offensive and defensive snap and led the defense… Read more »
SNOW HILL — The 29th Annual Chesapeake Celtic Festival will be held at Furnace Town Oct. 6-7 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. both days.The festival will open with an original musical show based on “Marshall Muskrat and the Chesapeake Pirates” by Jeanne du Nord. The show opens with an overture, has six songs, and a happy… Read more »
Jacqueline Louise WeitzellBERLIN — On Sept. 23, 2018, Jacqueline Louise (Hood) Weitzell passed away peacefully with her family by her side.She is survived by her beloved husband, Joseph (Ed) Weitzell; her son George Weitzell (Becky); daughters Julia Saffran (Matthew) and Kelly Kfoury (Abe); and five grandchildren, Michelle, Kimberly, Danielle, Sarah and Dominic.Jacqueline was born and… Read more »
SALISBURY – Officials in Wicomico County are reconsidering a land donation that was brought before the county council late last year.In December, the Wicomico County Council voted to reject a 235-acre land donation from Connelly Mill Ltd. Partnership after an environmental study revealed potential pollution issues. The property, located next to the Henry S. Parker… Read more »