John Henglein is pictured accepting the Governor’s Service Award at a ceremony in Annapolis for volunteer work at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines. Henglein represented his fellow volunteers Chairman John Henglein, US Navy; Al Bridgman, United States Coast Guard; Jim Coyne, US Air Force (recently replaced by William Bowers); Bill Lee, US Army; and… Read more »
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We Remember Those We Have Lost
Lucille Ann ClaylandBERLIN – Lucille Ann Clayland, age 78, of Taneytown, Maryland, died on Monday, April 20, 2009 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House in Westminster.Born Feb. 28, 1931 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Salvator P. and Theresa C. Brocato. She was the wife of 58 years to Samuel R. Clayland.Surviving… Read more »
OC/Berlin Optimist Oratorical Contest Winners
Fifty-five contestants took part in this year’s OC-Berlin Optimist Oratorical Contest, representing the eighth grade at Stephen Decatur Middle School, the seventh grade at Snow Hill Middle, the ninthth grade at Stephen Decatur High School and the elementary and middle schools at Worcester Prep. The female winners were Claire Dorey, first place and a cash… Read more »
Alpha Nu Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Inducts New Members
Students from Worcester County recently inducted into the Alpha Nu Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Wor-Wic Community College are, front from left, Michelle Davenport, Julie Seager and Adam Walker of Berlin; back, from left, Morgan Iacona of Bishopville, Victoria Overholt and Tiffany Sterling of Pocomoke City and Elizabeth Moyer of Snow Hill. Not… Read more »
Ocean Pines Golf Community Donates to Skate Park
Skate Park Fund Raising Committee Treasurer Barbara Kissel is pictured accepting a $250 donation from the Ocean Pines Golf Community and the Board of Golf Governor’s representative Ralph Menton to help fund the skate park project.
OC/Berlin Leo Club Delivers Daffodils to Berlin Nursing Residents
The Ocean City-Berlin Leo Club has spread some spring “sunshine” to the Berlin Nursing Home with its first Daffodil Delivery. The club, based out of Stephen Decatur High School, is a youth-based group sponsored by the Ocean City Lions Club. Pictured, from left, are Cate DeCicco, Alex Clagett, Leo President Lindsey Bankert and Peter Andes.
Kiwanis Club of OP and OC Welcomes Guest Speaker
Rick Baldwin, manager of the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at Wallops Island, Va. is pictured with Kiwanis Club of Greater Ocean Pines-Ocean City President Corky Widerman after he spoke to the club at their weekly meeting at the Ocean Pines Country Club.
We Remember Those Who We Have Lost
Paul Bancroft CliffordOCEAN CITY – Paul Bancroft Clifford, age 78, died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at his home in Ocean City. Born in Boston, Mass., he was the son of the late Dr. Stewart H. Clifford and Ellinor Burnett Clifford.He had been an insurance executive with Monumental Life Insurance Company in Baltimore, which his late… Read more »
SDHS Teacher Receives Appreciation Letter From OC/Berlin Optimist Club
Stephen Decatur High School teacher Mary Candeloro receives a letter of appreciation and a Fager’s Island gift card from Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Youth Foundation Lottery Coordinator George Balunis. Candelero, a former youth foundation scholarship winner and a 2002 graduate of Deactur, assisted the foundation in picking the winning $100,000 ticket for the Optimist Youth Foundation… Read more »
Lower Shore Child Care Resource Center Awarded Community Needs Grant
The Lower Shore Child Care Resource Center at Salisbury University has been awarded a $5,842 Community Needs Program grant from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES) to help support the center’s Mobile Science Museum. Pictured accepting the grant are Dr. Ed Robeck, Salisbury University faculty member, left, and Karen Goldman-Karten, Center Director, center,… Read more »