The latest completed utility box has been painted in downtown Ocean City by artists of the Art League of Ocean City (ALOC). This project, sponsored by The Dough Roller Restaurants, is located at S. 1st Street and S. Baltimore Avenue and displays a whimsical underwater theme. PPG Paints of 8th Street in Ocean City donated… Read more »
On May 23, the Delmarva Hand Dance Club donated $2,000 to Operation Seas The Day. This is a beach week event for soldiers and veterans who are recovering from injuries sustained while serving the country. During the week of Sept. 4-9, Bethany Beach hosts soldiers and their immediate families for a well-deserved week of rest… Read more »
At the May 4 Star Charities monthly first Friday meeting on May 4 in the Ocean Pines Library, new member Janet Ackerson was welcomed. Pictured, from left, enjoying DeNovo’s after the meeting were Secretary Sue Walters, Irmgarde Heinecke, DeNovo’s owner Bob Beck, Lee Tilghman, Ackerson and Sandy McAbee who celebrated her birthday.
Members of the OC Museum Society bid farewell and good wishes to OC Coast Guard Station Master Chief Timaree Sparks with lunch at BJ’s on the Water. During her Ocean City tour, Sparks has worked closely with the museum recognizing the unique opportunities it offers Ocean City. Pictured, back from left, are Gordon Katz, Sandy Hurley,… Read more »
John Alexander Webb, Sr.BERLIN — John Alexander Webb, Sr., age 77, died Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.Born in Bishopville, he was the son of the late Virgil James Webb and Catherine Loretta Mitchell Webb. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Ann Hudson Webb. Surviving are his… Read more »
Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore recently received a $4,000 grant through the Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation. Easterseals will use the grant will be used to purchase new equipment for their sensory gym, used in their Children’s Therapy program in Salisbury, Pictured, from left, are Alesia Griffith, Easterseals clinical coordinator; Janet O’Brien,… Read more »
The Berlin Heritage Foundation accepted a $1,000 donation from the Quillin Foundation. The Berlin Heritage Foundation operates the Calvin B. Taylor Museum located in downtown Berlin. The Quillin Foundation is a sponsor of the annual Berlin Peach Festival held each August on the museum grounds. Pictured, from left, are J.D. Quillin; Susan Taylor, museum curator;… Read more »
On May 22, Popeye’s Chicken in West Ocean City held a fund raising event to benefit Stephen Decatur High School’s Math Honor Society Mu Alpha Theta. Popeye’s owner Salah Hassanein along with his staff, presented a $550 check, from left, to Shea Griffin, treasurer; Laila Miraz, president; and Emily Hurley, vice president. Also pictured is… Read more »
At its regular meeting on May 3, the Berlin Lions Club donated $1,000 to the Berlin Fire Department and $500 to the Berlin EMS service. Pictured, from left, are are Scott Hudson, Berlin EMS secretary/treasurer; Berlin Lions President Joe Andrews; and David Fitzgerald. Berlin Fire Department president.
Fifty-five dental health care professionals attended the 1st Annual Mission of Mercy Friends All Day Continuing Education Fundraiser held at Lighthouse Sound in Bishopville. Mission of Mercy is a volunteer staffed, bi-annual, free adult dental clinic that serves the immediate dental needs of those without resources. Pictured, from left, are featured speaker Linda Blackiston, Julie… Read more »