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 »
Thirty-nine jail and correctional officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot and Queen Anne’s counties graduated in the 103rd entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury. Left, Wicomico officers pictured, front from left, are Donald E. Beideman II, Joseph A. Daly and Brianna M. Jones,… Read more »
Lower School students, from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 5, eagerly lined up earlier this month to visit with Santa and give gifts to those in need at Diakonia. Hundreds of gifts were donated to Diakonia’s two homeless shelters in West Ocean City, Maryland that provide emergency and transitional housing, food services and counseling for their guests. … Read more »
Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County (HFH) received $12,000 from First Shore Federal Savings this December. The funding from this generous donation will be restricted to the four projects included in Wicomico Habitat’s affordable home program with the next upcoming build to begin this spring. First Shore Federal utilized Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community… Read more »
To help make the holidays a little warmer for those less fortunate in the community, Worcester Prep’s Student Government Association and National Honor Society sponsored a “Pajama Drive” for the Pajama Program Eastern Shore Chapter. Upper School students collected more than 200 pairs of pajamas to be distributed in the tri-county area. Above right, Hannah… Read more »
Berlin Intermediate School students in After School Academy Random Acts of Kindness club put together blessing bags for the local homeless community, using funds and supplies donated through a casual day donation. Students added their own words of encouragement to each bag.
The over 180 members of the Coastal Association of REALTORS® (Coastal) who attended the association’s 2018 Holiday Party at Seacrets donated over 150 toys to Toys For Tots. Members also donated $330 that will benefit the Coastal REALTORS® Foundation, which is a fund administered by the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore that supports local… Read more »
Worcester Preparatory School’s Volunteers organization sponsored a gift drive to collect presents for Worcester County G.O.L.D. (Giving Other Lives Dignity), a non-profit organization that provides financial aid to families in crisis, vulnerable adults and children in foster care. Pictured, front from left, above left, are Maddy Warren, Sarah Butler, Carly Young, Arusa Islam, Lexi Willey… Read more »
November Market RecapBERLIN – As winter sets in across the Lower Shore, the local housing market is experiencing its annual dip in activity, according to the latest numbers from the Coastal Association of REALTORS® (Coastal).New residential settlements in November 2018 were down by 2.2 percent overall compared to the same time last year in Somerset,… Read more »
More than 500 Worcester Prep students collected canned goods, non-perishable food, and monetary donations to purchase meat products for the Annual Food Drive sponsored by the WPS Student Government Association. The goods were provided to seven distribution centers located in Maryland and Delaware that feed those in need during the holiday season. Pictured, from left,… Read more »