Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Service Projects Director Tom Bickerstaff delivered 120 dictionaries for third grade students at Showell Elementary School. Students Jack Rosenberg, Isabella Yeager, and Rachel Haskill, along with Vice Principal Aaron Dale, accepted the generous literacy gift. The Rotarian gift allows each student to have a dictionary in their backpack to complete homework assignments.

Worcester County Garden Club has announced Addison Cook from Berlin Intermediate School was the first place winner in the Central Atlantic Region Poetry Award. She is pictured with Club Past President Marion Novack and President Mary Lou Scott.

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City heard from Wayne Littleton, director of the Believe in Tomorrow Children’s Foundation, at its March meeting. Littleton, left, is pictured with Club President Dan Peletier. Since 1986, Believe In Tomorrow has provided over 300,000 overnight accommodations, helping families stay together in the midst of a medical crisis.

The United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore recently presented Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services (WYFCS) with $39,500 to support the agency’s Lower Shore programs. WYFCS offers professional counseling services, emergency and crisis assistance to families in need, programs for at-risk children, as well as the CASA program which advocates for children who have… Read more »

A group of retired nurses recently celebrated their second year of volunteer service to Atlantic General. Pictured, from left, are Mary Stevens, retired nurse; Marie Buley, retired nurse; Chuck Gizara, director of clinical operations; Michaelann Frate, director of employee health and infection control; Colleen Wareing, vice president of patient care; Joyce Brittan, coordinator of the… Read more »

The Republican Women of Worcester held a General Membership meeting on Feb. 25 at Lighthouse Sound Restaurant. Pictured, back from left, are Merilee Horvat, Walt Stein and Marjorie Hagood; and, front, Mary Burgess, Carol Frazier and Sharyn O’Hare.

Children’s Specialist Susan Todd, right, of the Ocean City Library, is pictured with children’s book author, Laura Vaccaro Seeger at the Ocean Pines Library last week.

Shore artist Deborah Rolig judged the February abstract art exhibit at the Art League of Ocean City. She is pictured here with Berit Brewington, who took first place for her mixed media painting.

With Hello! Dolly director Dan Freed are cast members Michael Dayton-Jones, as Rudolph Reisenweber, and Ashley Foreman, as Ermengarde. This year’s musical was shown to hundreds last weekend.

The associates of Atlantic General Hospital and Health System recently donated $22,399 to the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore as part of the agency’s annual fund drive. Pictured, from left, are Michael Franklin, president and CEO of Atlantic General Hospital; Terri Mohr and Billy Booth, captains of the United Way Campaign at Atlantic… Read more »