BERLIN — On the cusp of its centennial celebration, Stevenson United Methodist Church is asking members of the community to bring in photos of the building and its congregation throughout the last century as well as requesting attendance at a special 100th anniversary worship service on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.The worship service will… Read more »
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Pink Ribbon Classic Continues To Evolve With Same Goal
OCEAN CITY – The Pink Ribbon Classic is off to a good start toward meeting its goal — setting a new donation record while helping to educate and raise awareness on breast cancer.In 1996, Ocean City residents Nancy Dofflemyer and Judy Johnson Schoellkopf, along with members of the Executive Women’s Gold Association, created the Pink… Read more »
Murder Case Accomplices Sentenced After Guilty Pleas
SNOW HILL — Just over a year after a Texas man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Christine Sheddy, a Delaware woman reported missing in 2007 whose remains were later found buried under a Snow Hill bed-and-breakfast, the other shoe dropped on Thursday for a pair of Lower Shore residents who… Read more »
Boardwalk Business Owner Aims To Improve Representation
OCEAN CITY – The race to become a City Council member received a last-minute entry with the filing of Phillip Sayan, who is running to give the council a fresh perspective as well as represent and be the voice for Boardwalk business owners.Sayan was the last candidate to file for City Council for this year’s… Read more »
NEW FOR THURSDAY: Fire Company Denies Role In Berlin Mayor Write-In Effort
BERLIN — While a surprise write-in candidate for mayor shook up what was expected to be a quiet election in Berlin this week, the last-minute effort was not successful enough to change the composition of the council. After voters hit the polls Tuesday, Mayor Gee Williams, District II Councilmember Lisa Hall and District III Councilmember… Read more »
NEW FOR THURSDAY: Boardwalk Reconstruction Underway In Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — The second phase of a two-year Boardwalk reconstruction project got underway in earnest this week with a large section in the area of N. Division and First streets already torn up and the old surface underneath being excavated.Last year, the project’s first phase included a section from the north terminus at 27th… Read more »
County Wants Public Educated On Land-Use Bill
SNOW HILL — With a vote on an important land use bill pending, the Worcester County Planning Commission will be conducting a series of public information sessions in the hopes educating residents and receiving feedback.County Development Review and Permitting Director Ed Tudor first approached the Planning Commission during its September meeting with information on Senate… Read more »
Champions Show Highlights Resort Barbershop Event
OCEAN CITY — The Barbershop Harmony Society’s Mid-Atlantic District Quartet and Chorus Competition and the Show of Champions will be in Ocean City this weekend.Attendees to the event will be able to see and hear the region’s top 10 barbershop quartet finalists. In addition, a spectacular Show of Champions will be featured, including past and present quartet and… Read more »
Symphony Orchestra Launches New Season
BERLIN — The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra’s 2012-2013 Season Series, “Music…the Sounds of Life”, kicks off this week with performances in Easton, Ocean Pines, and Ocean View, Del.The symphony performed in Easton last night, Oct. 11, and follows the opening weekend with an Ocean View, Del. show at Mariner’s Bethel Church on Saturday, Oct. 13 at… Read more »
Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Boaters Out Of OC
OCEAN CITY — After searching a 20,000-plus square mile area of open ocean for nearly two days, the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday announced it had suspended the search for two missing boaters and their vessel, which left Ocean City early Saturday morning bound for Chincoteague and did not report to their destination as planned.Brothers… Read more »