The Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645 Ladies Auxiliary presented a check for $1,000 to the CRICKET Center, which is dedicated to investigating and prosecuting cases of child abuse. Pictured, from left, are Sue Clower, vice president; Patti Halsey, president; Geri Cooke, corresponding secretary; Rose Liester, treasurer; Linda Foster, chairperson for community outreach; and Wendy Myers, executive… Read more »
Monthly Market RecapBERLIN – Local housing market activity was unhindered by last month’s considerable mortgage rate increase, according to the latest numbers from the Coastal Association of REALTORS® (Coastal).Residential settlements in October 2018 were up by 12.3 percent overall compared to the same time last year in Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties. Individually, settlements were… Read more »
BERLIN — Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity basketball team is starting the season with a new, highly-credentialed coach at the helm.John Moeser is the new varsity basketball coach at Worcester. He comes to Worcester Prep from Calvert Hall where he spent 23 years as a teacher and coach. At Calvert Hall, Moeser was the junior varsity… Read more »
Nadia Smith and Avery Weber, fourth graders from Dr. Melanie Biscoe’s class at Ocean City Elementary School, recently traveled to Furnace Town. They participated in STEM activites while there. They were given materials to make a water wheel like was once used to power the water wheel at Furnace Town.
BERLIN — A remarkable season for Worcester Prep field hockey standout Hailee Arrington culminated last week with her signing a national letter of intent to continue her education and play Division I field hockey at American University.Arrington last week committed officially to American University in Washington, D.C. and will continue her athletic and academic careers… Read more »
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 »
BERLIN – An ordinance introduced at last week’s town council meeting will allow group homes as a conditional use in Berlin.The Nov. 13 meeting of the Berlin Town Council included the first reading of two ordinances, one that will define group homes and another that will allow group homes as a conditional use in the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The Town of Ocean City Department of Tourism recently teamed up with six Eastern Shore county tourism officials for a “Crab Tank on the Choptank” competition held live during the 38th Annual Maryland Tourism & Travel Summit in Cambridge last week.The ultimate pitch competition, loosely based on the hit television show “Shark… Read more »
BERLIN — The Ocean Pines Golf and Country Club will be the celebratory host for the 21st Annual Santa’s Open Charity Golf Tournament next Saturday, Dec. 1, to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake for the Eastern Shore.The tournament’s cost per person is $75 plus one new unwrapped gift for a child… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The changing landscape in West Ocean City with several new hotels and businesses being developed could change the dynamics of the park-and-ride facility and its impacts on the municipal bus system.During a Transportation Committee meeting last week, the subject of the park-and-ride facility in West Ocean City and its connection to the… Read more »