BERLIN – Rita Margaret Bosse, age 70, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Stamford, Conn., she was the daughter of the late Walter Heagney and Theresa Speh Heagney. She is survived by her husband Robert Bosse. Mrs. Bosse had worked for many years as a dietary supervisor… Read more »
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Jeffery Lynn Straight
OCEAN PINES – Jeffery Lynn Straight, 50, died on Feb. 26, 2011. He was born Dec. 24, 1960 in Fairmont, W.Va., to the late Eugene and Betty Sesse Straight. Jeff graduated from West Fairmont High School and worked at H.A. Dodge Jewelry in Fairmont. He then worked for Liljenqist and Beckstead Jewelers for 20 years…. Read more »
Lynda Diane Glacken
BISHOPVILLE – Lynda Diane Glacken, 63, died Feb. 23, 2011 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She was born in Baltimore to the late Charles and Dorothy Kepper Smith. Lynda moved to the Eastern Shore in 1977 and devoted her life to taking care of children as a foster mother and daycare provider. She… Read more »
Doris C. Borowski
BERLIN – Doris Caroline Borowski, age 81, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 at Atlantic General Hospital. Born in Shamokin, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Elmer Roland Brown and Katherine Greager Brown. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Frank Borowski in 2004. She is survived by her daughters, Ramona Frances… Read more »
Vera LePage
OCEAN PINES – Vera LePage, age 81, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at the Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Frackville, Pa., she was the daughter of the late John Hollowaty and Mae Dutka Hollowaty. She was preceded in death by her husband John Albert LePage in 2008. Mrs. LePage is survived by her… Read more »
Jeannette V. Miracle
SALISBURY – Jeannette Veronica Miracle, age 88, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 at Atria Assisted Living in Salisbury. Born in Brentwood, she was the daughter of the late John and Magdelyn Ivey Ehrmantraut. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Herbert Benson Miracle. Also preceding her in death was a daughter, Barbara Jean… Read more »
Patricia Mary Messick
NEWARK – Patricia Mary Messick, age 77, died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at her home in Newark. Born in Salisbury she was the daughter of the late William Tawes and Irene Causey Tawes. She is survived by her husband Arthur A. Messick. Patricia was a member of Kingdom Hall in Berlin where she had special… Read more »
AAA Mid-Atlantic: Will gas prices peak to $5 per gallon?
TOWSON – The national average price for a gallon of gas shot up four cents overnight, while Maryland’s average rose three cents, raising fears that pump prices will continue to escalate in the wake of the ongoing turmoil in Libya. Political unrest in the region is unnerving traders in future markets across the globe. Current… Read more »
Sports Core pool has re-opened
OCEAN PINES – Working nonstop with the Public Works Department, the aquatics staff has completed repairs to three ladders, an underwater light, acid- washed the pool and refilled it with 161,000 gallons of fresh water in less than 48 hours. Sports Core indoor pool is open daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m. for open swim. There is… Read more »
Wind Energy Touted
BERLIN – State Sen. Jim Mathias’ appointment to the Senate Finance Committee didn’t take long to begin paying area dividends as the committee prepares to consider a bill that would make the area off the Ocean City coast the lynchpin of the state’s move toward energy independence. Mathias is a co-sponsor of the bill that… Read more »