Feb. 17: Town Cats “Make And Take” Pottery Night Fundraiser6-8 p.m. Ocean City Art League. Participants will make a pottery birdhouse for $40 per person. Refreshments for sale; bring your own wine. Sign up at the Ocean City Art League at 410-524-9433 or register online at www.art-leagueofoceancity.org, click on events.Feb. 17: South Of The Border… Read more »
BERLIN — The following represents a collection of announcements received at this paper for local student achievements.•Stephen Decatur High School seniors David Mitchell, Jackson Pielstick, and Ian Waggoner have been named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. National Merit Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.6 million… Read more »
Germantown School Community Heritage Center representatives Gabe Purnell, front row from left, Tom Pitts, and Barbara Purnell accepted a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month from Worcester County Commissioner Vice President Diana Purnell and President Jim Bunting. Also pictured are, back from left, Commissioners Chip Bertino, Ted Elder, Joe Mitrecic and Bud Church
Proposed Cuts Merit OppositionEditor:Thank you for your article regarding Growing Hope’s efforts to bring Michael DeLeon to the resort to speak about the epidemic of substance abuse and addictions in this country. I applaud their efforts. However, what people really need to know, and to be paying attention to, is that the current administration in… Read more »
James Robert PondBERLIN — Jim Pond, born in 1939, died Dec. 2, 2016.He was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Falls Church, Va. He graduated from George Mason High School. He bought Mister Softee in 1976 and operated it until 1984. He spent several years in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands onboard his… Read more »
Shoplifting Leads To DrugsOCEAN CITY — A Frankford, Del. man was arrested last week on theft and drug charges after an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer allegedly observed him swiping cheese sticks from a north-end convenience store.Around 1:40 a.m. last Thursday, an OCPD officer on uniformed patrol inside the Wawa store at 120th Street… Read more »
Some members of the Worcester Prep (WPS) Lower and Middle School Chess Club, run by Head of Lower School Celeste Bunting, traveled to Salisbury this month for the Wicomico County Recreation, Parks & Tourism Annual Youth Chess Tournament. Third grader, Ansh Batra won first place in his ages 8-9 division. Ten students from WPS competed,… Read more »
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City sponsors the Stephen Decatur Middle School Builders Club each year. Pictured at the first meeting of the year are the new officers of the SDMS Builders Club with teacher-adviser Mindy Ouelette.
In January, Ocean City Elementary School students in grades 1-4 participated in its annual Jump Rope for Heart Event, raising over $2,400 for the American Heart Association. The 225 jump participants collected the donations and showed their caring hearts and outstanding sportsmanship by helping others. Pictured with Ocean City Elementary physical education teacher Mark Engle are… Read more »
Worcester County NAACP officers were installed at their January meeting at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Berlin. Pictured, from left, are 3rd Vice President Cyril Acholonu, President Roxie Dennis Acholonu, Secretary Linda Purnell, Mayor Gee Williams, Treasurer Christine Clark and 2nd Vice President Ivory Smith. Not pictured were 1st Vice President Gabriel Purnell and Executive Board… Read more »