During the Berlin Little League Baseball Annual Parade and Opening Ceremonies, Coach Ron Bireley was inducted into the Berlin Wall of Fame for his ongoing 34 years of volunteer active service to the Berlin Little League Baseball. Bireley is pictured with Mayor Gee Williams and League President “Nornie” Bunting.
Category: Community
OC/Berlin Rotary Club Members Open Their Homes for Italian Exchange Student
Rotary International Group Study Exchange Program members from Italy were recently entertained by Ocean City/Berlin Rotary Club members at the home of Debbie and Ken Bates in West Ocean City. Pictured, from left, are Katia Mastroianni, Gianluca Carnevale, Club President Margo Jones, Rotary International Group Team Leader Giancarlo Moretti, Silvia Maroni, Rotary Club District Governor… Read more »
Local Mailcarrier Honored as Home Town Hero
On Friday, April 16, the Berlin Chamber of Commerce along with Mike Wiley of The Church Mouse Thrift Shop acknowledged James Tingle, Berlin’s mail carrier, as Berlin’s first “Home Town Hero”. The award recognizes individuals that go out of their way to make Berlin a better place to visit, work and live. If would like… Read more »
Girl Scout Cookies Presented to Worcester G.O.L.D
Worcester County’s Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay present cookies to Darlene Onley, director of Worcester G.O.L.D. Pictured are Cadette Tori Shriner, Junior Anna Tribuno, Onley, Junior Paige Getchell, Brownie Bella Yeager, Brownie Ashley Barton, Cadette Katelyn Norman, Senior Misty Norman and Junior Sara Truitt.
Earth Day Coastal Bays Cleanup Program
Volunteers from the Ocean City Power Squadron participated in the Coastal Bays clean-up program as part of Ocean City’s Earth Day on Saturday, April 17. Pictured are Bert Strait, Executive Officer Tony Curro, Ira Zaretsky, Marilyn Strait, Cdr Fred Stiehl and wife Jean. Other members participating but not pictured are Bill and Joleen Killinger, who… Read more »
Kiwanis Welcome Guest Speaker
Pictured, from left, are Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City President-elect, Roy Foreman, Worcester County Program Director for Commission on Aging Debbie Ritter and Kiwanis Meals on Wheels Program Chairman Jerry Powell. Ritter was the guest speaker at the Kiwanis weekly meeting at the Ocean Pines Community Center where she spoke to the membership… Read more »
Community Church of Ocean Pines Takes Home “Beautiful” Award
The Community Church of Ocean Pines, under the direction of Rev. Dr. Tom McKelvey, won one of Worcester County’s “Maryland’s Most Beautiful People” awards for its volunteerism. In addition, the Community Church was one of two organizations from Worcester County selected for the prestigious Governor’s Award. Pictured with McKelvey are Commissioners Bud Church and Judy Boggs.
We Remember Those We Have Lost
Lorraine Hope NeilOCEAN PINES – Lorraine Hope Neil, age 78, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Flora Thacker Meeds. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph E. Neil, Sr. in 2003 and by her daughter Bunny Dunion… Read more »
We Remember Those We Have Lost
John Lawton MartinBERLIN – John Lawton Martin, 74, succumbed to a long battle with lung cancer on Sunday, April 11, 2010.Born in Baltimore he was the son of the late James B. Martin and Ruth C. Martin. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Geraldine Rolfes Martin.Martin was a veteran of the US… Read more »
OC Lions Club Donates Thousands to Barrett Scholarship Fund
Each year the Ocean City Lions Club donates $7,500 to the Atlantic General Hospital James Barrett Scholarship Fund. This money is designated to go toward the tuition expenses of three AGH nursing students planning to remain in the area and serve the community after graduation. Pictured, from left, are Kirsten Northway, AGH Director of Human… Read more »