Worcester Preparatory School’s eighth grade, pictured above minus a few students not in attendance, organized a middle school Halloween dance last Thursday. The dance was held on the tennis courts and attended by students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Photo by Chris Parypa
Verena Chase with Assateague Coastal Trust’s Coast Kids program visited Lindsey MacWha’s sixth grade science class last month to present “What’s in the Water.” During the program, students learned about point and non-point sources of water pollution, and how to perform basic water quality measurements. Sixth graders pictured with Chase and MacWha, from left, are… Read more »
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity soccer team beat Gunston, 3-0, in the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) title game to claim their seventh straight conference championship.The Mallards reached the ESIAC title game by beating Holly Grove, 3-0, in the semifinals last week. Against Gunston in the final at home last Thursday, the game was… Read more »
Officials presented a trio of recognitions to members of the Berlin Electric Department at a recent council meeting. The department received a resolution from American Municipal Power (AMP) for providing assistance to Dover, Del., during Hurricane Isaias in 2020. In addition, the electric department was presented with a safety award from AMP while Second Class… Read more »
Several members of the “Knifty Knitters” group from the Ateaze Senior Center in Baltimore recently made a road trip to the Grace Center for Maternal and Women’s Health in Berlin. They delivered a new batch of hand-crocheted items for the Baby Boutique at the center. Above, Knifty Knitters’ Ronnie Schuman, Gerrie Smith, Janet Kivett and… Read more »
The Greenwood family students collected and donated 444 pairs of glasses from Stephen Decatur High School for community service to the Ocean City Lions Club. Pictured, from left, are Past District Governor Norm Cathell, Abby (senior), Charlie (sophomore), Jack (junior) and Gail Greenwood and OC Lion Past President John Topfer.
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City recently welcomed Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kerrie Bunting as its guest speaker. Kiwanis Club President Tim Lund is pictured with Bunting, who informed the group the chamber has relocated recently to 111047 Racetrack Road with a new visitor center.
The Town of Berlin received a certificate of appreciation from the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) for its submerged gravel wetland on Graham Avenue. Working with MCBP and EA Engineering, the town converted an old electrical transfer station to a sand-gravel wetland that collects and filters stormwater to improve water quality in the coastal bays…. Read more »
American Legion Post 166 has continued its program of supporting the local community with a contribution of $5,000 to the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Department in October. The donation represented a portion of the $21,000 disbursed to nine charitable civic and veterans organizations. Above, Post Treasurer George Barstis and Post Legionnaire of the Year Bob… Read more »
Real Estate Market UpdateBERLIN — The weather may be cooling off, but the housing market is not following suit. September gave us a historic high for home sale prices in the lower three counties reaching $310,000. There was also a slight increase in inventory and days on the market which are all good trends to… Read more »