Berlin resident Helen Wiley this month marked 16 years of volunteering at the Church Mouse, the thrift shop on Main Street in Berlin. The store, operated by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, uses its proceeds to support a variety of local charitable causes, including Samaritan Ministries in Pocomoke and the Cricket Center, among numerous others.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Berlin would like to thank the community for participation in the church’s annual Shred-It event. The well attended event  was an opportunity for people to shred sensitive documents as well as collect food items for The Spirit Kitchen at Stevenson United Methodist Church.

Around the world every year on Nov. 10,  active duty Marines and members of Marine Corps veteran associations gather to celebrate the birthday of the founding of the Marine Corps. That tradition was upheld by the First State Detachment of the Marine Corps League when it held its celebration at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club. … Read more »

The James M. Bennett High School class of 1973 recently held its 50th reunion, during which class members donated to raise funds for a one-time scholarship. The one-time award of $1,060 will go to a Wor-Wic Community College student who graduated from JMB and is enrolled in a nursing or emergency medical services program. From… Read more »

Participants in Buckingham Elementary School’s Girls on the Run program recently completed their first 5k. The 10-week program, designed for third and fourth graders, includes lessons to help the girls gain self-confidence, while learning how to be a friend and have friends, while creating a fun, safe, positive environment for them. The team, which in… Read more »

Members of Girl Scout Troop 365 of Berlin recently visited TidalHealth Peninsula Regional to donate to Brooke’s Toy Closet, a program that provides new toys to children in the emergency department and pediatric units. The girls used proceeds from their cookie sales to buy toys to fill the closet in an effort to brighten the… Read more »

Members of the Ocean Pines Garden Club gathered in late November to create numerous swags and wreaths to decorate neighborhood entrances throughout Ocean Pines.

Germantown School Community Heritage Center hosted its second “Veteran Voices” talk with Korean War veteran Wallace Purnell on Nov. 25. Pictured at the event, which was well attended, are Gabe Purnell (left) and Wallace Purnell.

The Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club recently donated coats to Berlin Intermediate School. Bill Hickey, chairman of the coat donation program for the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club, is pictured delivering the coats to Principal Amy Gallagher, middle, and school counselor Michelle Bankert.

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City received enormous support for its annual coat and toy drive. Coat drive co-chairs, Kitty Wrench and Sue Wineke collected over 300 coats while toy drive chair, Dave Landis, collected 3 full SUV loads of toys. All toys sewer delivered to Worcester G.O.L.D. in Snow Hill for distribution.