(Oct. 27, 2016) Twenty-nine Stephen Decatur High School Advanced Placement students earned special College Board distinctions following the 2015-2016 school year including one student who earned national recognition. The College Board AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through AP courses and exams. The four distinctions include: AP Scholar (granted… Read more »
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Women Supporting Women walk in Pocomoke
(Oct. 27, 2016) About seven years ago Josh Nordstrom of Midway Automotive Group was shopping around for a charity to support and to organize an event around in Pocomoke City. “We didn’t do stuff like that before I got here. I was at a business after hours when I met the Women Supporting Women team,”… Read more »
Events and activities for Halloween planned
(Oct. 27, 2016) An abundance of Halloween activities are planned this weekend throughout the area. Berlin: – Watch “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and help raise money for the American Cancer Society at The Globe on Saturday, Oct. 29. Relay For Life team Memories in Motion will host the event from 8 p.m. to midnight…. Read more »
Owners, customers lament closing
(Oct. 27, 2016) “It’s the ‘Cheers’ of coffee houses – everybody knows your name,” Mike Wiley said of the Berlin Coffee House on 17 Jefferson Street, which is closing at the end of this year. Wiley, a prolific volunteer who helps run the Church Mouse Thrift Shop with his wife, Helen, said his favorite brew… Read more »
Getting out in front of it
No one would think that Pocomoke and Ocean Pines have much in common, separated as they are by a fair amount of distance, demographics and form of government. But it turns out this week that these two otherwise disparate communities share one thing: they both have had to confront legal problems over unmet financial obligations…. Read more »
Decatur Middle student honored by Johns Hopkins
(Oct. 27, 2016) Benjamin Forbes, a student from Berlin, was honored recently as one of the brightest middle school students in the world during an international awards ceremony sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY). The Center honored Forbes, a student at Stephen Decatur Middle School, for his exceptional performance on… Read more »
Blue Dog Café features bit of ol’ Broadway
(Oct. 27, 2016) About 20 years ago, when Salisbury native Gary Weber walked into Snow Hill, he brought with him his love for theater, his knowledge of restaurants and a steady flow of income during the early century’s real estate boom to bring the culture of one of the world’s biggest cities to one of… Read more »
Mary Kathryn Merritt
Berlin Mary Kathryn Merritt, ”Kitty,” age 75, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Born in Slab Fork, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Wesley and Ruth Cook Linthicum. She is survived by her children, Tammy Delaney, Terri Westcott, Mark Delaney and Tracy Delaney. She… Read more »
Robert Kendall Wilkins
Berlin Robert Kendall Wilkins, age 74, died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 at his home in Libertytown near Berlin. Born in Salisbury, he was the son of the late Alvin Wilkins and Gladys Wilkins. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Minnie Tubbs Wilkins. He is also survived by his children, Robert Wilkins of… Read more »
Jean Gray Brittingham
Newark/Ocean View Jean Gray Brittingham, age 95, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 at her home. Born in Newark, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Neal and Elva Brittingham. She is survived by her nephews, Jim Sturgis, Samuel Sturgis and Bill Scott, and her beloved friend, Catharine “Kitty” McKee, of Ocean View,… Read more »