Berlin Economic Development Director Michael Day and Mayor Gee Williams played bartenders for the evening at Sisters on N. Main Street in Berlin on Sept. 7. The Guest Bartending & Fundraising Event allows participants to choose a charity, and the funds they raised will go to the Berlin Main Street Program.
A planning meeting was held on Sept. 6 with the committee for Making Strides to End Breast Cancer Walk/Run that will be held on Oct. 20 on the Boardwalk in Ocean City. Visit www.stridesoceancity.org to register or email [email protected]. Attending the meeting, from left, were Susan Childs, Elaine Jacobs, Susan Braniecki, Chris Butler, Beverly Furst (Chairman),… Read more »
Taylor Bank and IMG Insurance have partnered to name a studio in the new Ocean City Center for the Arts under construction on 94th Street. They have pledged $5,000 to the “Building the Arts Fund” at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. Those interested in making a donation may make do so directly to the Community… Read more »
Jim Smith, left, of Delmarva Power, presented a check last month to Mike DiPaolo, executive director of The Lewes Historical Society, for $1,000 to support the society’s mission in education, preservation and research.
The Inaugural End of Summer Festival put on by the Ocean Pines Parks and Recreation Department featured two bands and was held Sept. 1 in White Horse Park. The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City sold hot dogs and cookies at the event to raise funds for its scholarship fund. Pictured are Bev Pugh, Pat Winkelmayer, Stella Hartington,… Read more »
Maryland Recreation and Parks Association recently presented the Bi-Annual Award to Kate Gaddis for her outstanding service and commitment to the ideals of the association. The award gives credit and recognition to an MRPA member who contributed to the improvement of the association through their involvement and accomplishments. She is pictured with Recreation and parks… Read more »
Putting the final touches on a Memorial Service for Gertrude “Gerty” Apple are, from left, Donald Klein, Veronica Kahn and Grayce Cohen. Apple passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 21. Her funeral service and burial were in Olney, Md. A special Memorial Service will be held at Temple Bat Yam on Worcester Highway in Berlin on… Read more »
Eastern Shore Mission of Mercy (MOM) has announced the receipt of a $5,000 grant from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation. The money will support the operational needs of the Eastern Shore’s first MOM dental clinic scheduled to be held on March 15-16, at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury. Pictured, from left, are… Read more »
Christian Payne, a 2008 graduate of Worcester Preparatory School, joined the WBOC team in July 2012 as a photographer/editor after graduating cum laude from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Payne served as a news/sports intern at WBOC last summer. Above, Payne is pictured with Managing Editor Steve Hammond.
The Tuesday Night Bridge Ladies and friends recently gathered at the home of Kay and John Hannigan to say goodbye to Phyllis and Herb Steinberg, who are relocating to Lancaster, Pa.