Four Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Chapters on the Eastern Shore recently honored their respective members serving as officers of the Maryland State Society DAR at the Poplar Hill Mansion in Salisbury. Pictured from left to right are General Perry Benson Chapter Regent Jerry Seiler, State Treasurer Libby Hinson, State Registrar Sue Brenchley, Great… Read more »

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City is a service club of volunteers doing good things in their community.  The club recognized Jim Maratea as “Kiwanian of the Month” for March 2022.Tim Lund, president of the club, is pictured presenting the appreciation award to Maratea at the club’s April 13 meeting.

Rina Thaler, executive director of the Art League of Ocean City, welcomed Amanda Morell of Maryland Citizens for the Arts, a grassroots advocacy organization working to increase public funding for the arts in Maryland, to the Ocean City Center for the Arts on First Friday.

Nancy Howard and J.D Quillin III received certificates recognizing their status as emerita and emeritus board members of the Ocean City Museum Society. Howard joined the board in 2010 and was elected president in 2013. Quillin was one of the founding members of the Ocean City Museum Society and has served on the board since… Read more »

Ocean City Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1091 members Bob Gilmore, left, and Chuck Porter presented  a check for $1,000 to William Kozma to help finance his Eagle Scout project, building a gazebo at Most Blessed Sacrament School for the students and teachers to use. The gazebo will be dedicated in memory of Mark Record,… Read more »

Ocean City Lioness Lions Club President Bev Topfer presented a check for $5,000 to Ocean City Lion and 22B Past District Governor Norm Cathell for a new roof on the Lions Den on Airport Road which was badly damaged in a recent storm.  It was a gesture of appreciation for the support that the original… Read more »

Susan Koster and Brandon Martin are exhibiting their fine art photographs at the Coffee Beanery on 94th St. and Coastal Highway through June 2022. The coffee shop is a satellite gallery of the Art League of Ocean City.

The Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club welcomed three new members at its dinner meeting on April 7. Pictured from left to right are Optimist Club President Bill Hickey, new members Chris Short, Chris Thomas, Angela Short, and membership chairman Roger Pacella.

At the April meeting of the Ocean City Lioness Lions Club, President Bev Topfer and Vice President Donna Greenwood presented their guest speaker Nicolas Cranford, executive director of Worcester County GOLD—Giving Other Lives Dignity—with a donation.  The organization, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, serves vulnerable children and adults in the community who find… Read more »

Local seamstresses from Dress Ministry (formerly Pillowcase Ministry) recently met at Snow Hill Library with Tom and Beverly Brumbley, seated at the left, of Evangelistic World Outreach (EWO) for an update on their Haitian ministry. EWO has served the people of Haiti since 1972. Dress Ministry supplies dresses, shirts, sleep mats, shower kits, dignity bags,… Read more »