Hospice named OPA nonprofit of year Editor, On Nov. 16 at the Ocean Pines Yacht Club, Coastal Hospice was proud to receive the Nonprofit of the Year Award from the Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce. Thank you to the members of the Chamber for bestowing this prestigious honor on us. Thank you, as well, to… Read more »
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Annual Christmas dinner moves to Holy Savior in OC
(Dec. 7, 2017) The N.O.E.L. (Nothing Other than Eating and Loving) Community will present its 20th annual Christmas Dinner on Dec. 25 at Holy Savior Catholic Church on 17th Street and Coastal Highway. It will take place at Holy Savior this year because of renovations at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, where the event is normally… Read more »
Christmas Concert in Ocean City
(Dec. 7, 2017) The Pine Tones Chorus will present a Christmas Concert at Atlantic United Methodist Church on Fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in Ocean City on Friday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The “A Christmas Wish” concert offers a variety of festive holiday music. Fans of TV and show tunes may recognize the songs… Read more »
Afterschool prog. starts in January
By Brian Gilliland, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) An effort to provide an afterschool program for at-risk youth in Pocomoke City is set to launch in January, after a suitable coordinator is found. Before Thanksgiving, the Worcester County Commissioners approved an idea proposed by Commissioner Merrill Lockfaw to fund a program at Pocomoke Middle School… Read more »
Inca Ruins ‘bling’ drive will benefit Church Mouse
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) For the third year in a row, Inca Ruins in Berlin is holding a holiday fundraiser to benefit one of its neighbors, the Church Mouse Thrift Shop. “Every year we do something with the Church Mouse and this year we are doing LED stuff,” owner Ken Briggs… Read more »
Berlin still seeking funds to renovate town tennis courts
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) The United States Tennis Association denied the Town of Berlin’s grant application for $20,000 to be used for the renovation of the tennis courts at Stephen Decatur Park. Administrative Services Director Mary Bohlen said the project, estimated to cost $320,000, including engineering work and lighting systems, would… Read more »
Flurry of resolution overhauls under OPA consideration
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) Four first readings of amendments to the resolutions governing the Ocean Pines Association were introduced at an Ocean Pines Board of Directors meeting last Thursday. Some were matters of housekeeping, while others involved substantial changes to association procedures. The alteration to Resolution B-04, for example, would change… Read more »
Loved ones memorialized with ornaments
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) For the sixth year, Bishop-Hastings Funeral Home in Selbyville is honoring loved one who passed away during the year with a series of memorial Christmas ornaments. The funeral home takes care of the operation entirely on its end and at no cost to its clients. “Every year,… Read more »
Volunteers feed hundreds in Berlin
By Josh Davis, Associate Editor (Dec. 7, 2017) More than 200 meals were provided to people in the Berlin area during the second annual “Artists Giving Back, a Holiday Meal for those in need,” presented last Tuesday by the Berlin Arts and Entertainment Committee. Organizer Robin Tomaselli said most of the meals were served at… Read more »
‘Giving Tuesday’ breaks fundraising records
By Greg Ellison, Staff Writer (Dec. 7, 2017) The third annual Shore Gives More Giving Tuesday online charitable donation campaign raised more than $164,000, nearly doubling the 2016 tally. The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore organizes the local Giving Tuesday undertaking, which began in 2012 as an international 24-hour online philanthropic movement on the… Read more »