Several Worcester Prep art students placed in the 2018 Eastern Shore Classic Dog Show Art Contest, which connects student and canine through artistic expression. Students in lower school art teacher Rebecca Tittermary’s and middle/upper school art teacher George Zaiser’s classes placed in all but two categories, capturing five first place ribbons and four top honors including… Read more »
Sixth grade students STEM students Dylan Cannon and Evan Frye demonstrate the cardboard pinball game they built as their second term project at Berlin Intermediate School. The students researched various arcade games and recreated their own using cardboard as their basic building component. Some students chose to recreate DIY games for which they found patterns on… Read more »
Mondays after a Ravens winWatching my kids in a church Christmas programHelping othersMy wife’s Buckeye creationsAnonymous donationsAcapella groupsHow light flatscreen TVs are these daysClear blue sky daysLeaving work on FridaysFinding an old gift card with a balanceNativity scenes
According to U.S. District Court Judge James Bredar’s ruling, Ocean City officials have a better read on public sensibilities around these parts about topless women than a professor from the University of Indiana.“The court does not find Dr. Herbenick’s opinion persuasive. More important, it is not strictly relevant to the issue at hand. Instead of… Read more »
The Dispatch newspaper and Ravens Roost 58 each donated $500 worth of gifts and gift cards to help one local family in need have a special Christmas this year. The donation was made to Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services, which through its CASA program works directly with the family. Pictured, from left, are Nina… Read more »
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City donates to Diakonia each year and helps to sort the food at Diakonia’s Food Pantry, which helps those in need of shelter and assistance. Pictured volunteering are, from left, Shelley Cohen, Barb Peletier, Dan Peletier, Diakonia Food Pantry Manager Jeremy Goetzinger, Carolyn Dryzga and Kiwanis Club President… Read more »
When Stephen Decatur High School senior Samantha Stephan, pictured above, watched her 3-year-old cousin battle childhood leukemia, she knew that she wanted to do something to help the thousands of families who visit St. Jude’s Research Hospital every year. That calling came in the form of a toy drive for children, from infancy to age… Read more »
New Trustees WelcomedBERLIN – At its annual retreat, Atlantic General Hospital’s Board of Trustees welcomed as members Jay Knerr, owner of The Kite Loft; Tom Mears, market executive for Shore United Bank; and Chris Woodley, partner at the law firm Williams, Moore, Shockley & Harrison, LLP.For Knerr, owner of The Kite Loft, giving back to… Read more »
Five-Year Sentence In Resort Armed RobberyOCEAN CITY — A Gaithersburg man, arrested in May on armed robbery, first-degree assault and other charges after robbing three men of thousands of dollars in cash at gunpoint, was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison with all but five years suspended.Isaac Koroma, 19, of Gaithersburg, was sentenced… Read more »
Jane Rollins, Priscilla Zythowicz and Carol Manley are shown with some of the donations provided at the November Democratic Women’s Club meeting, including toys for needy children, blankets for the Coastal Hospice’s Meals On Wheels program and food and check donations to Shepherd’s Crook.