(Oct. 15, 2015) Worcester Preparatory School (WPS) students in the Class of 2016 and alumni from the Class of 2015 received 43 Advanced Placement Honors from the College Board. Students commended as AP Scholars with Distinction, who achieved scores of at least 3.5 on all AP tests taken and scores of 3 or higher… Read more »
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Worcester County Veterans Memorial golf event, Oct. 28
(Oct. 15, 2015) The Worcester County Veterans Memorial Foundation will host its 9th annual Golf Tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the Ocean Pines Golf & Country Club. Proceeds will benefit the foundation’s educational outreach program. The tournament format will be “captain’s choice scramble” and will begin with a shotgun start at noon. Entrance fees… Read more »
Ocean Pines to host Halloween events
(Oct. 15, 2015) The Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department will host several Halloween activities this month, including annual favorites and a new spooky offering. Area residents can put their artistic skills to use on Friday, Oct. 16 for Family Fun Night Pumpkin Painting. Attendees may bring their own pumpkins to this annual event,… Read more »
Hope & Healing comes to Kindred Spirit Farm, Oct. 24
(Oct. 15, 2015) Coastal Hospice invites children who have lost a loved one to attend Hope & Healing with Horses, a free bereavement camp, on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Kindred Spirit Farm in Salisbury. This event is designed for children ages 6-14 who have experienced the death of a… Read more »
VOLT small biz loan session scheduled for Fri. at OP library
(Oct. 15, 2015) The Video Lottery Terminal (VOLT) small business loan information session has been rescheduled to take place at the Ocean Pines Branch Library on Friday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to noon. Worcester County Economic Development (WCED), in partnership with the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation and Maryland Capital Enterprises, invites business owners… Read more »
Erté exhibition coming to Art in the Fields gallery, Fri.
(Oct. 15, 2015) Nearly two months after the first official exhibition bowed at the Art in the Fields gallery on 9 South Main Street in Berlin, its second exhibition, featuring Erté, will open Friday. The Russian-born French artist, also known as Romain de Tirtoff, is considered one of the progenitors of the art deco movement…. Read more »
Travelers raise $7,000 for Coastal Hospice
(Oct. 15, 2015) Many local groups and organizations raise money for causes, but not many of them do it by taking people on vacation. Almost every year for the past six years, Jan Patterson, an owner of the CraZy LadyZ clothing stores in Ocean City and Ocean View, Del., has organized a trip and picked… Read more »
Making Strides 5K run/walk, Oct. 18
(Oct. 15, 2015) More than 1,000 people participated in Ocean City’s American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K run and walk last year and about the same number or more are expected to take part in the fifth annual resort event this Sunday. “Every year, more and more people come out,” said Beverly… Read more »
Town, BFC should settle
Although the sorry tale of the Berlin Fire Company, Zack Tyndall and the Town of Berlin has long since vanished from the headlines, it now appears to be a case closed forever. With a settlement reached in Tyndall’s harassment suit against the company and others, that aspect of this unfortunate situation has been concluded, but… Read more »
Stalled car in 1980 brought two D.C. ‘Cruisers’ to Berlin
(Oct. 15, 2015) Spurred on by last week’s Fall Cruisers event in Berlin, resident Sharon Shelton recalled the incident that led to her and husband Frank’s desire to move to the small town from the Washington, D.C. suburbs many years ago. It was several years ago that the couple began to bring their 1974 Chevrolet… Read more »