More than 100 Buckingham Elementary School students attended a fundraising event hosted by the school’s PTA at Frontier Town on Oct. 21. Students were able to tie dye shirts and enjoyed pizza and ice cream with their families, classmates and teachers. Above, Jamani Mitchell, Maleah Dennis and Madalyn Evans enjoy pizza. Below Hannah Chen and… Read more »
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BIS 6th Grade Build Halloween Town Using Circuits & Switches
Berlin Intermediate School sixth grade students in Kelly Powell’s Enrichment class extended their knowledge of circuits and switches to build a spooky Halloween Town. Pictured are Trent Macrides, Katherine Conway, Ellie Leffew, Samantha Smith, Skylar Miller, Thea Macrides, Aidan Cooper, Izaiah Carven, Dawid Pawlowski, Ka’Ren Duffy, Madelyn Pennington and Elizabeth Lovell.
Worcester Prep 8th Graders Oragnize Halloween Dance
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
Assateague Coastal Trust Visit 6th Grade Science Class
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 »
Mallards Win Seventh Straight Championship
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 »
Members Of Berlin Electric Dept. Recognized
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 »
“Knifty Knitters” Donate Hand-Crocheted Items To Grace Center
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 »
Greenwoods Collect & Donate Glasses To OC Lions
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.
Kiwanis Welcomes Pines Chamber Of Commerce Director To Speak
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.
MCBP Presents Certificate Of Appreciation To Berlin
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 »