WORCESTER COUNTY–Assateague Coastal Trust will be sponsoring a series of environmental film screenings during the first two months of 2014. Kicking off on Thursday, Jan. 30, with a free film event at The Globe in Berlin, the series will continue on Friday, Feb. 21 with the third annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Seacrets’… Read more »
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Helping parents begin next phase of life
When the time comes to help your parents begin the next phase of their life, they may come to you in search of a little guidance. The truth is that elder financial planning is a lot more complicated than it should be. Still the realities are what they are so it’s important that your parents… Read more »
Inquiries flood FEMA
FEMA came to Worcester County last Thursday and received quite a reception. Almost 250 citizens showed up, many of them property owners, to review preliminary flood insurance maps. The session was held at Stephen Decatur Middle School. It was such a robust meeting, that it seemed to take the FEMA officials by surprise. FEMA officials… Read more »
Canned items are needed to benefit Md. Food Bank
WORCESTER COUNTY–Worcester County Volunteer Services and Liquor Control are hosting a canned food drive for the Maryland Food Bank, Jan. 27 through Feb. 7. All county employees and the public are invited to participate. Canned food items can be deposited in specially-marked Maryland Food Bank barrels at these participating locations: •Worcester County Jail in Snow… Read more »
Winter Arts Lecture series scheduled to begin Feb. 3
BERLIN–The Worcester County Arts Council is presenting a Winter Art Lecture series during February by local artist and art instructor, Dr. Marina Borovok. Lectures will take place at the Worcester County Arts Council each Monday: Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 5:30-7 p.m. Registration cost is $12 per participant per lecture. Advanced registration is required…. Read more »
County Health Dept. to sponsor fitness programs
BERLIN–Get fit, lose weight, and improve your health with a free 16-week program offered Mondays and Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m., beginning Monday, Feb. 3 at the Berlin Health Center, 9730 Healthway Drive in Berlin. The Lifestyle Balance Program is proven to be effective in reducing the risk for Type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases, assisting… Read more »
Former OPA director offers tales of voyage as he sets sail
OCEAN PINES–Former Ocean Pines Association Director Dan Stachurski provided a brief travel log of what would qualify as a bucket list item he is in the process of checking off this year: On Dec. 6, I departed from Crisfield, Maryland’s Somers Cove Marina to cross the Chesapeake Bay and overnight in Deltaville, Va. Bad weather… Read more »
Tech students redesign AGH’s waiting area
BERLIN–Students at Worcester Technical High School took science and engineering from the classroom to the real world last Friday when they presented their design for a new waiting room for Atlantic General Hospital to a crowd of hospital leaders, teachers and members of the media. Their project already won first place in the state in… Read more »
Outten sees Berlin as ‘Antiques Capital of the Eastern Shore’
BERLIN—Bill Outten is a man with a mission: to help make Berlin the “Antiques Capital of the Eastern Shore” and he is well on his way to accomplishing that goal. Outten launched a soft opening for his new venue “Uptown Antiques” on Jan. 15. The official grand opening is scheduled for Feb. 1, which is… Read more »
Stachurski to leave OPA Board of Directors post
OCEAN PINES—After Dan Stachurski decided to give up his post on the Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors to pursue his life-long dream of sailing the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and points south, the board, on Jan. 16, voted in a special closed meeting to appoint G. Jeffrey Knepper to fill the vacancy. According… Read more »