Aaron Reid, with United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore, accepts $350 from the UPS softball game from UPS employee Michelle Calderone. United Way’s partnership with UPS is instrumental in meeting the most critical needs in the Lower Shore community. UPS contributed more than $24,000 to the local United Way last year alone.
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Lower Shore Land Trust
Local landowner Jim Myers recently contributed $10,000 to the Lower Shore Land Trust, which holds a conservation easement on Myers’ property. Above, from left, are Bill Satterfield, board member of the Lower Shore Land Trust, Myers and Nancy Whitlock, Land Trust board member.
Coastal Delmarva Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors
Coastal Delmarva Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors® was presented the Silver Award for Chapter Excellence at the annual national Awards Banquet in Washington, D.C. This award was accepted by Imad Elali of Long and Foster, who is Past Local Chapter President and State Chapter President. Presenting him this award was the National WCR… Read more »
Tuesday, August 7 – Active Day For Anglers In White Marlin Open
OCEAN CITY – There was plenty of action on the first day of fishing in the 34th Annual White Marlin Open with at least official fish in each category including a 71.5-pound white marlin caught by veteran angler Craig Ziegler on the “Intrinsic” currently worth $1.4 million. Ziegler and the crew aboard the “Intrinsic” had… Read more »
Monday, August 6 – Boats Compete For $3M In Prize Money
OCEAN CITY – After registration closed yesterday for the 34th Annual White Marlin Open, it was announced 396 boats are competing in the annual event, which will hand out a little more than $3 million this year.Although the number of boats and payout is down from last year, the same old excitement surrounds the event.More… Read more »
New Charges Filed In Christy Freeman Case
OCEAN CITY – “Reasonable doubt” was an expression heard often this week as authorities sifted through the sordid details in the case involving an Ocean City woman charged with murder in the stillborn death of her child early last Thursday morning and the later discovery of three more fetuses stored in and around her house,… Read more »
A Timeline Of Events
OCEAN CITY – The following is a look at the sequence of events in the pending murder case against Ocean City resident and business owner Christy Freeman as they unfolded over the last week.– Around 1 a.m. last Thursday, Ocean City EMTs and police responded to a 911 call from Freeman’s Sunset Drive residence where… Read more »
Young Artists Looking To Make Mark On Industry
SNOW HILL – Amid the sea of cornfields and grain silos across rural southern Worcester County, a fledging comic book company with a decidedly urban edge is emerging, the product of a group of young artists from Snow Hill High School and later the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.With sales for their first publication picking up… Read more »
WOC Murderer To Learn Prison Term Next Week
SNOW HILL – Convicted West Ocean City murderer Gregory W. Stokes, 31, will learn his fate next week when he appears in Worcester County Circuit Court for a sentencing hearing which could put him behind bars for as many as 33 years. On June 4, Stokes pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated cruelty to… Read more »
Wahine Surf-Off Celebrates Growth Of Female Surfers
OCEAN CITY – Quiet Storm Surf Shops of Rehoboth Beach and Lewes, Del. hosted the 3rd Annual Quiet Storm Wahine Surf-Off for 100 competitors in 26 heats of surfing at North Side Indian River Inlet last weekend. Eighty-five women competitors from the age of 10 to 48 surfed for $4,500 in prizes in 10 different… Read more »