(July 23, 2015) People planning a trip to the beach or preparing to take part in water sports in the area can check the water quality, if they so desire, with a new app offered by the Assateague Coastal Trust. Created by the Lake Ontario Waterkeepers, the “Swim Guide” app offers current information – from… Read more »
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Blessing of the Combines next Saturday in SH
(July 23, 2015) Combines are a familiar sight on the Eastern Shore, moving purposefully and efficiently through fields of grain, corn and soy beans, offloading their harvest into waiting trucks. But seeing a combine from afar is very different from being close enough to touch one. Snow Hill is the Home of the Blessing of… Read more »
Assortment of activities planned at Pocomoke Fair
(July 23, 2015) The Great Pocomoke Fair returns next weekend with harness racing, tractor pulls, livestock exhibits, pageants, classic Eastern Shore food and free admission at the southern end of Worcester County. The fun begins next Thursday, July 30, at the festival grounds at 2003 Broad Street in Pocomoke City, and continues Friday and Saturday,… Read more »
Annual Pines Boat Club parade sets sail Saturday
(July 23, 2015) The annual Ocean Pines Boat Club parade returns to the community Saturday, July 25. The event, formerly a staple of the Pines, took a seven-year hiatus before returning last year. “It went great,” organizer Steven Stein said. “It was at a different location, on the north side, but everyone seemed to have… Read more »
New Berlin practice ‘dream’ for twin sisters Erin and Anne
(July 23, 2015) Twin sisters Erin and Anne Spillane are living out a dream, opening their own practice together, Tidewater Dermatology, in Berlin. The pair grew up in the suburbs of Forest County, Pa. Erin is the older of the two, by one minute. “She’ll never let me forget that,” Anne said. Both earned medical… Read more »
Community Briefs
Hansen recognized Commander Sarge Garlitz of Synepuxent Post #166 American Legion announced Ed Hansen has been awarded the 2014 American Legion Member of the Year Award. He was the service officer of the Post and maintained an excellent program for the veterans. He worked hand-in-hand with the local VA offices to make veterans’ needs… Read more »
Heritage Foundation seeks peach pie bakers for contest
(July 23, 2015) The Berlin Heritage Foundation is looking for bakers to enter the peach pie-baking contest during its seventh annual Berlin Peach Festival on Saturday, Aug. 1, on the grounds of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum, 208 North Main Street. Prizes will be awarded by a panel of three judges, including Shawnee… Read more »
Berlin Peach Festival returns Aug. 1 at Taylor House Museum
(July 23, 2015) The seventh annual Berlin Peach Festival will be held Saturday, Aug. 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the grounds of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum, 208 North Main Street. Admission is free. Rain date for the festival will be Sunday, Aug. 2, at the same time. Off-site parking… Read more »
Hal Holbrook to perform in Ocean City, July 30
(July 23, 2015) Legendary star of stage, screen and television, Hal Holbrook, will bring his award-winning one-man play to the Performing Arts Center at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center on 40th Street, Thursday, July 30. The show was originally slated for June 6, but in a joint statement released by the artist and… Read more »
Annual Berlin Bathtub Races return Friday
(July 16, 2015) Eighty-four-year-old Jesse Turner knows a thing or two about racing bathtubs. The owner of The Shoebox on Main Street in downtown Berlin first realized he possessed this unusual skill more than two decades ago, when he first took part in the sport. Turner had just become chairman of the Berlin Chamber of… Read more »