Hispanic families in the Salisbury area in need of Easter Seals children’s therapy services have better access due to grants received from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. The grants, totaling $12,500, were used to hire a translator for therapists. Pictured, from left, are Doug Wilson, President, Community… Read more »
The Ocean City Lions Club recently awarded $2,500 scholarships to Stephen Decatur High School graduates Shikerra Collick and Tomeya Tingle. Collick will be attending Towson University with plans to major in Political Science. Tingle will be a Nursing major, this fall, at Salisbury University. Pictured, from left, are King Lion Sean Williams, Collick and her… Read more »
George F. Hamel BERLIN — George F. Hamel, a retired Army Colonel and public affairs specialist who later was an administrator with the Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools, died Feb. 26, 2013 at age 93. Col. Hamel lived in Arlington and McLean, Va. for more than 35 years before retiring to Ocean City in 2001… Read more »
The Germantown School Community Heritage Center is hosting a banquet honoring alumni and sole surviving teacher Josephine Anderson, on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the Berlin Intermediate School. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased by calling 410-641-0638. Reservations are available until Sept. 7. Above, at the ribbon cutting ceremony in May are… Read more »
The Ocean City/Berlin Optimist Youth Foundation announced the winners of their fourth annual Scholarship Golf Outing. The team of Lou Taylor, Dan Parker, Ron Richards and Nick Price won the tournament. Second place was captured by Joe Jankowski, Ron Frew, Tom Herrick and Robert Ricks. Charles Smith, golf chairman, announced over $10,500 was raised to… Read more »
Alane Capen, President of Coastal Hospice & Palliative Care, met with Senator Barbara Mikulski as well the president of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization at the Hospice Action Network Intensive in Washington DC on July 29. Above, Capen also met with Chris Meekins, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at for Congressman Andy… Read more »
At the Aug. 14, weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City, the guest speaker was Mary Yenney, Emergency Outreach Coordinator for the Community Church’s Emergency Outreach Program. Also pictured is speaker chair Graham Caldwell.
The flea market at the Shepherd’s Nook Thrift Shop at Community Church at Ocean Pines is under construction and is temporarily closed until the work is completed. The main shopping area of the Shepherd’s Nook remains open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Above, Denny Kalinowski, Ernie Stiles, Ron Smith and Jim Kinhart are pictured… Read more »
Kiwanian Tim Collins, who is the liaison to the Cub Pack #480, and his son, TJ, recently talked to the the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines Ocean City about their experiences at the National Jamboree held in July at the new Bechtel Summit Reserve in West Virginia. The club sponsors the pack.
The Red Hat Chapter the Bizy Be’s recently toured the Sussex County Emergency Operations Center. Pictured are Ruth deRoberts, Donna Brooks, Patty Gorman, Cathi Wagner and BJ Young.