SNOW HILL–To celebrate Youth Art Month, the Art League of Ocean City displayed the works of middle and high school students from across the county in its Shirley Hall youth art show in March. Two seniors at Snow Hill High School, Kasey Jones and Bethany Belton, took home top awards for their drawings in the… Read more »
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Local organizations partner to meet needs of veterans
EASTERN SHORE–On the Lower Eastern Shore, and nationwide, more veterans are coming home to their families and communities. National research shows that more than two million veterans have come home so far from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. While this is positive news, local organizations supporting these men and women are challenged with how to… Read more »
Some to receive new voting cards
BERLIN–On March 10, the Berlin Mayor and Council passed Resolution 2014-01 which reconfigures the Town of Berlin municipal voting districts based on the 2010 census. Each district was affected in some way. Voters whose election district is now changed will receive new voter registration cards from the Worcester County Board of Elections sometime within the… Read more »
Program to help students chart academic goals
WORCESTER COUNTY – To help gear students toward college and careers, Worcester County Public Schools began using an interactive, online program this year. Naviance starts in the sixth grade and helps students identify goals for high school and beyond while tracking their progress toward specific colleges, majors and careers, said Donna Main, coordinator of instruction… Read more »
Berlin starts reign with block party set for Main Street
BERLIN—Get ready to don your red, white and blue, and party like you are in the coolest small town in America—and why not? You are. The little town with the big attitude will kick-off its year-long reign as Budget Travel’s “America’s Coolest Small Town” for 2014 with a “rain or shine” Main Street block party… Read more »
Ocean Pines’ difficult goose problem
Editor, I have been living in the Pines for over 15 years and continue to love the area, the people and the environment (recent cold notwithstanding). Seeing the local fauna – the squirrels, rabbits, deer, occasional fox, and the various birds – are part of this enjoyment. However, when the animals/birds become a problem to… Read more »
Board efforts get A+
Sometime earlier this winter, we started seeing news articles and hearing reports that the snow we’d been experiencing might threaten to extend the school year into the summer. That was in January. Spring started today, March 20. Yet last Sunday night into Monday, a snowstorm caused dangerous travel even along main thoroughfares in Worcester County,… Read more »
Worcester County offers free 8-week CERT training
NEWARK–Worcester County Emergency Services invites the public to participate in a free, eight-session Community Emergency Response Team course. The training takes place at the Fire Training Center, located on Central Site Lane in Newark, on Wednesdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m., April 9 through May 21, with CPR training to take place during class on April 23…. Read more »
Austin Miller’s ode to cool Berlin
BERLIN–Sixth-grade students at Berlin Intermediate School have been studying poetry. While learning about different styles of poetry, Austin Miller chose to write a limerick about Berlin, the “Coolest Small Town in America.” Coolest Small Town There is a small town called Berlin that entered a contest to win. The coolest small town of any around… Read more »
George Royce White
Willards–George Royce White, age 74, of Willards died Friday, March 14, 2014 at home. He was born in Willards and was the son of the late Olen Lee and Esther Mae (Wilkins) White. Royce’s career of 39-plus years at Perdue took him from the hatchery to feed mill superintendent to assistant general production manager where… Read more »