Chris and Amanda Cropper are shown being presented with a certificate of appreciation by Chief Arnold Downing for assisting the Berlin Police Department with last month’s flooding in the Town of Berlin. Cropper utilized his Log Skidder to assist with several water rescues and allowed police to use a heavy duty tow truck to navigate… Read more »
On behalf of Ocean Point, Ltd., President Steve Kenny recently presented $1,600 to Steve Weimer, who played for Kirby’s Pub softball team this summer and spearheaded a grassroots fundraising campaign for the American Cancer Society (ACS). Weimer’s team went undefeated this summer, going 16-0, and Kenny had pledged prior to the season to donate $100… Read more »
Ronald Larry BrasherOCEAN CITY — Ronald Larry Brasher passed away on Aug. 29, 2012 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center with family by his side.He was born at Mendenhall Hospital in Johnstown, Pa. on Dec. 17, 1937, and raised in nearby Ferndale, the son of Pauline Hammond Brasher and Chester Wheeler Brasher.He is survived by his… Read more »
Eastern Correctional Institution officers who graduated in the 85th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are, front rom left, John B. Belleville, Barry G. Bruno, Shirl L. Carmine, Bruce M. Dashiell III, Brian K. Green, Aneetra L. Hankerson and Stacy A. Huffman; and, back from… Read more »
Wicomico and Worcester County jail and correctional officers who graduated in the 85th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown in the front row, from left, Heath A. Cowger, Garry A. Howell and Lynne P. Massey of the Worcester County Jail and Detention Center…. Read more »
Berlin Economic Development Director Michael Day and Mayor Gee Williams played bartenders for the evening at Sisters on N. Main Street in Berlin on Sept. 7. The Guest Bartending & Fundraising Event allows participants to choose a charity, and the funds they raised will go to the Berlin Main Street Program.
A planning meeting was held on Sept. 6 with the committee for Making Strides to End Breast Cancer Walk/Run that will be held on Oct. 20 on the Boardwalk in Ocean City. Visit www.stridesoceancity.org to register or email [email protected]. Attending the meeting, from left, were Susan Childs, Elaine Jacobs, Susan Braniecki, Chris Butler, Beverly Furst (Chairman),… Read more »
Taylor Bank and IMG Insurance have partnered to name a studio in the new Ocean City Center for the Arts under construction on 94th Street. They have pledged $5,000 to the “Building the Arts Fund” at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. Those interested in making a donation may make do so directly to the Community… Read more »
Thelma Jane ParksFORT MYERS, Fla. — Thelma Jane Parks, 54, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 at Lee County Memorial Hospital.Born in Annapolis on Sept. 17, 1957, she was the daughter of Thelma Helen Majors and the late Arlis L. Parks.She is survived by her three children, Sheba L. Giddens, James A. Giddens and Thelma Jeanet… Read more »
Jim Smith, left, of Delmarva Power, presented a check last month to Mike DiPaolo, executive director of The Lewes Historical Society, for $1,000 to support the society’s mission in education, preservation and research.