Contrary to most folks, the old guy likes it when it rains all day. That’s because Insider gets a free pass to do exactly what he wants – nothing. That’s why on Monday, his deadline for this column, Insider just sat and watched the rain and listened to the radio. There was to be no… Read more »
Why do we have to feel so connected with everything?Have we really become so touchy-feely?If there was a category of words and/or phrases from the English language that makes me want to throw myself in front of oncoming traffic, I’m pretty sure that “making a strong connection” would be up there with “great for entertaining”,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Longtime downtown fixture The Kitchen Restaurant will be operating under new ownership this summer, promising the same great breakfast with the addition of a new lunch and dinner menu that will offer a little something for everyone.Owner Patrick Jarrell took over the downtown restaurant earlier this month, bringing with him years of… Read more »
Worcester Prep winners in the Young Authors Competition for the Eastern Shore were, front from left, Devin Hammond, Berlin; Josh Michnick, Ocean City; Jordan Welch, Ocean Pines; Michelle Wangel, Berlin; Kendall Holmes, Bishopville; Gina LaBarck, Berlin; Skylar Wilson, Rehoboth Beach; Parker McIntosh, Berlin; middle, Casey Knerr, Berlin; Taylor Hawkins, Berlin; Claire Stickler, Lewes; Emma Richardson,… Read more »
The Youth Group at Temple Bat Yam in Berlin recently presented The Holocaust Survivor Cookbook to the Worcester Preparatory School Library. The book, dedicated to the six million Jews who did not survive the Holocaust, is more than a cookbook, for it is a treasure of memories of those who endured the Holocaust and lived… Read more »
Morgan Soulsman, Robbie Duke, and Jack Lanier, third graders at Ocean City Elementary School, work on writing spring tanka poems, which are similar to haiku poems but tanka poems have more syllables. Tanka poems are written about nature, seasons, or strong emotions using similes, metaphors, and personification.
Josh Layfield and Patra Turner, students from Mrs. Marowski’s Kindergarten at Buckingham Elementary School, celebrated the end of the farm theme by wearing farm clothes and making ice cream. First they read the story “Ice Cream from Cows to Kids,” and then they mixed milk, sugar, and vanilla, shook it in a bag surrounded by… Read more »
Lynde Pepper, second from right, Lewes, an eighth grade student at Worcester Prep, was honored in Annapolis for her award-winning poster on Fair Housing. Her poster will be published in the Maryland Association of Realtors 2009 calendar. With Pepper are, from left, George Zaiser, Worcester Prep Middle and Upper School art teacher; Joanne Stapleton; Lisa… Read more »
Earlier this month Stephen Decatur High School’s Theatre Production class performed “9 Seconds (and pop goes the culture),” a satire on modern technology and its effect on society, written by Gwendolyn Lehman. Above the students are pictured in the performance. The next big production will be the 13th Annual Shakespheare Under the Stars, “A Winters… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY – A West Ocean City man was being held behind bars without bond yesterday after being charged with first-degree murder and assault charges in the death of a woman discovered deceased on the floor of her home in the Mystic Harbour neighborhood on Monday afternoon.Robert Antonio Murillo, 28, of Berlin, was taken… Read more »