FENWICK, Del. — As they prepare to kick of their fourth season organizers for the Freeman Stage at Bayside announced that for the first time they were able to secure performances by two national acts for the summer season. Michelle Freeman, president and chair of the The Joshua M. Freeman Foundation, said she was pleased… Read more »

Wine Tasting The Atlantic General Hospital Junior Auxiliary Group is planning a wine tasting event 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 18 at Costa Ventosa Vineyard and Winery in Whaleyville. Local artist Kristin Mallery Hooks will be displaying her photograph collection “Hearts Happen,” most recently displayed at the Globe in Berlin.  This event is open to the… Read more »

OCEAN PINES – Kevin and Linda Powers are the opposite of snowbirds. For the last several years as the weather gets colder they move north for the chance to work out their husky team. The endgame has always been for Linda and the team to complete the 30 mile leg of the Can-Am Crown International… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The beneficiary of this year’s Mardi Gras are the PJ Aldridge Foundation and Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services. More information about the event and tickets are available at www.ocphc.com. The black tie optional event will be at the Carousel Hotel in Ocean City, 7 p.m. March 25. Come see Ocean City’s… Read more »

BERLIN – Join the Coastal Bays Program Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) Speaker Series and learn about native plants 5-6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, at The Globe in Berlin. Commercial Horticulture Maryland Extension Educator Ginny Rozenkranz will give a presentation on native plants, for both sunny and shaded areas. Rosenkranz has worked for the University… Read more »

FRUITLAND – Sometimes the things that capture our imagination have more to do with their image than with their essence as in the case of 16-year-old Eva Paxton and the inauguration of the Salisbury Roller Girls roller derby league. Four years ago, the now-20-year-old Paxton was watching “Miami Ink,” essentially a tattoo reality show and… Read more »

SALISBURY – As if playing in front of millions of fans as a Harlem Globetrotter over the last 12 years wasn’t enough, Herb “Flight Time” Lang has captured the attention and imagination of millions in other ways as well. The Globetrotter was featured on a past season of CBS Television’s “The Amazing Race” and was… Read more »

BERLIN – When Stephen Decatur High School student Jacqueline Saldana selected the poems that would eventually win both the local and countywide Poetry Out Loud contest, she hadn’t really counted on making it all the way through to the state competition. So when her name wasn’t called as a finalist in Baltimore last weekend, she… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Charlie Dorman, chairman of the Optimist Club’s Annual Seaside Boat Show, was having a busy day Friday even for the opening morning of the boat show. Some last minute position shifts had been required and as a result several new vendor spaces had opened up.  By the end of the weekend the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Over the last 28 years the Ocean City/Berlin Optimist Club has raised nearly $1.4 million at their annual Seaside Boat Show and returned that money directly to the community through grants scholarships and other kid-centered programs aimed at making young lives both better and a little more fulfilling. But the community benefits… Read more »