OCEAN CITY – Elizabeth C. Grant, age 55, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 at Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Virginia she was the daughter of Louise Angle Grant and the late Earl B. Grant. She had worked in sales for United Airlines for many years. Along with her mother, she is survived by… Read more »
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Rosalee B. Jones
BERLIN – Rosalee B. Jones, age 79, passed away on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Wetipquin, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Anna Brown. She is survived by her beloved husband of 62 years, Edwin J. Jones. She had worked for many years at… Read more »
Brian Z. Rutter
OCEAN CITY – Brian Zane Rutter, age 70, passed away on Feb. 3, 2011 at Atlantic General Hospital. Born in Mount Union, Pa., he was the son of the late Earl and Gladys Lock Rutter. He is survived by his wife, Linda L. Rutter, son Mark Rutter and his wife Dawn of Baltimore County, and a… Read more »
County to Decide on Allowing Group to Bypass LCB
BERLIN – Earlier this month a collection of Worcester County businesses that hold liquor licenses petitioned the Worcester County Board of Commissioners to support proposed legislation that would allow them to opt out of making their liquor purchases from the Worcester County Liquor Control Board (LCB). The Worcester County Alliance for Fair Markets (WCAFM)… Read more »
State Police Warn Against Wearing Cheese
Maryland state troopers have important traffic safety advice for drivers this weekend which includes: -Do not wear large pieces of cheese on your head while driving; -Do not wave terrible towels while driving; and the most important of all advice which is- -DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. For those who fail to heed … Read more »
Coastal Association of Realtors Bleeds with Volunteers
OCEAN CITY – While nothing can be taken away from the hundreds of people expected to donate blood at next week’s 13th Annual Beach Blanket Blood Drive, in addition to the hundreds of people who will take time out of their busy schedules to make sure they participate, there are a group of people whose… Read more »
Tell Your Story and Be a Part of History
OCEAN PINES – With very few exceptions, much of history is a cobbled-together account of what important people thought about important events. There is little from the perspective of every day people about the every day events that better define an era than any broad overview. Humans have been studying history almost as long as… Read more »
County Revenue Projection Shows $200K Shortfall
SNOW HILL – Worcester County assistant finance officer Phil Thompson presented the Worcester County Board of Commissioners with his department’s revenue projection for the fiscal year 2012. While the assessable base will only decline about $1 million this year, for the 2013 fiscal year the assessable base may drop more than $1 billion, according to… Read more »
Helen Holland Vinyard
MILLSBORO, Del. – Helen Holland Vinyard, 89, of Millsboro, Del., and formerly of Baltimore, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. She was born in Abbeville, Ala., and was the daughter of the late Leslie and Irene (Solomon) Holland. She attended Holy Trinity Cathedral near Berlin and was a… Read more »
Decatur takes down Kent Island
BERLIN – From the look of the score, 50-10, Stephen Decatur blew out Kent Island on Monday night by registering six pins and losing only four matches, but that did not tell the whole story, according to SDHS coach Kevin Gilligan, who was fuming after the match. “Terrible. Absolutely terrible. Performance-wise, attitude-wise we were not… Read more »