The Sinepuxent Lodge #193 AF and AM contributed $22,338 to establish the Billie R. Laws Masonic Scholarship. This scholarship will benefit graduates from Snow Hill and Pocomoke High schools. Pictured, from left, are Tom Davidson, Fund Representative; Jacqueline Cassidy, CFES Board member; Doug Wilson, CFES President; and Charlie McWilliams, fund representative. The Masonic Lodge in… Read more »
The Worcester County Commission for Women distributed summer reading materials and colorful book bags to approximately 1,500 students in first through third grades at seven elementary schools on May 28. Above, coordinators Allyson Church and Tracy Tilghman, standing, are pictured with volunteers at Ocean City Elementary School. Submitted Photos
Timothy P. Hofman OCEAN CITY — Timothy Patrick Hofman, age 52, died on May 29, 2013 at his home.Born the seventh of nine children, he was raised on the colonial Gittings Ha Ha estate in Brookeville, Md. He was the son of Gloria Ann Haverty Hofman and the late Leo Charles Hofman, and is survived… Read more »
NARFE Chapter 2274 had its annual picnic at White Horse Park with members of the Pine Steppers square dance group as entertainment. Pictured are Ed and Mary Jolly, Bruce and Peggy Barrett, Phil and Louise Lassiter, Square Dance Caller/Instructor Ed Shaffer, Allen and Martha Todd, Don and Sandy Clark and Joe and Marylou McNerney.
At the Republican Women of Worcester County luncheon meeting on May 23, Dick Jacobs spoke of his assignments in Russia and of his work in trying to locate missing American serviceman. Also, Mary Beth Carozza showed a slide presentation of her trip to the opening of the George W. Bush library in Dallas, Texas. Pictured,… Read more »
Senator Jim Mathias, lifetime member of Ravens Roost #44, and Tom Maly, president of Ravens Roost #44, are pictured preparing to walk in the Council of Baltimore Ravens Roost annual parade in Ocean City on June 1.
The Appalachia Service Project is a Christian ministry that strives to help people in Appalachia who are unable to make home repairs. The youth mission trip leaves Ocean Pines on June 22 for a week in Evarts, Ky. Thirty youth and 13 adult advisors will make the trip. The trip is jointly sponsored by Community Church… Read more »
The Ocean City Lions Club recently honored outgoing Stephen Decatur High School Senior Julia Shockley for her outstanding leadership as the 2012/2013 Leo Club president. She plans to study nursing at Towson University. The Leo Club is a youth-based group sponsored by the Ocean City Lions Club and is based at Stephen Decatur High School…. Read more »
The NAACP held its monthly meeting at the Multipurpose Building in Berlin. Guest speaker Judy Davis discussed “Maryland Women and Politics”. Above, Davis is pictured with Dr. Roxie Dennis, NAACP President.
The Coastal Delmarva Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors® recently presented a check for $2,650 to the Coastal Hospice at the Ocean as a result of its successful Basket Bingo Fundraiser. Pictured are Coastal Hospice’s Maureen McNeil and WCR representative Cam Bunting.