Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette
PHOTO COURTESY STEVENSON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Thousands of pounds of food have been handed out to families in need during the Stevenson United Methodist Church Spirit Kitchen drive-through food pantry at 103 Flower St. in Berlin every other Wednesday. The Spirit Kitchen was established in Feb- ruary 2011 to offer a free lunch on Wednesdays… Read more »
MORGAN PILZ/BAYSIDE GAZETTE Berlin residents distribute grocery bags and brown bag lunches for Worcester County school-aged children on Flower Street in Berlin on March 20 after Gov. Larry Hogan closed Maryland public schools for two weeks – from March 16-27 – to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Pictured, from left, are Ali Terrill, 12,… Read more »
MORGAN PILZ/BAYSIDE GAZETTE Pastor Tim Robinson and his wife, Alana, display the array of food to be bagged and sent out to families in need inside SonRise Church in Berlin on April 7. The church, located at 10026 Main Street, opened the SonRise Storehouse on April 1, which offers nonperishable foods like pasta, rice, beans,… Read more »
PHOTO COURTESY WORCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS The Worcester County Public School Board of Education reviewed the progress of the construction of the new Showell Elementary School off Route 589 in Berlin during a conference call on March 17. This picture from March 10 shows the installation of bulkheads in the cafeteria above the stage.
PHOTO COURTESY JORDYN KUCZAK Matthew Record of Pocomoke Middle School, was named Maryland Middle School Principal of the Year by the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals. Record was surprised with the award by the Worcester County Board of Education, Superintendent Lou Taylor, Pocomoke Middle students and teachers, county commissioners on March 9. Record became… Read more »
MORGAN PILZ/BAYSIDE GAZETTE Berlin residents came together to create bagged lunches at Baked Dessert Café in Berlin on March 16. Pictured, in front, from left, are Kyleith Powell, 13, Olivia Donovan, 15, Abby Melito, 14, and Sarah Reid, 17, and in back, Baked Dessert owner Robin Tomaselli, Pino Tomasello, Karen Bush- Purnell and Melissa Reid…. Read more »
PHOTO COURTESY THOM GULYAS Crews work well into the early hours of the morning on Feb. 2 to replace an aging water valve that failed on the intersection of Broad and West streets in Berlin.
MORGAN PILZ/BAYSIDE GAZETTE Staff from various Berlin town departments work on Jan. 29 to clean up residual debris following the discovery last year of a caustic soda spill at Heron Park and prepare to reopen the property to the public. Chesapeake Environmental Services handled the bulk of the cleanup for $283,000. Other work was done… Read more »
MORGAN PILZ/ BAYSIDE GAZETTE Tom Sholtis was named the Volunteer of the Year during the annual Berlin Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet hosted by owner John Fager at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin on Feb. 12.
PHOTO BY GREG ELLISON Rehoboth Beach quad skaters, from left, Alyse Ritzler, Phalin Flynn, 9, and Delilah Curry school a mob of skateboarders at the Ocean Pines Skatepark in February.