BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity softball ran into a buzz saw on Monday, falling to visiting Pocomoke, 5-1, to drop to 1-3 early on in the season.After thrashing Wicomico, 8-2, in the season opener last week, the Seahawks have found runs hard to come by in their last two games, both defeats. Decatur lost to… Read more »
BERLIN- Decatur’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team rebounded from an early season setback to rival Parkside last Friday with a decisive 16-2 win over Bennett on Monday.After beating Cambridge-South Dorchester, 16-0, in the season opener last week, the Seahawks found themselves in a huge early season game against rival Parkside last Friday. The Seahawks fell to… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- In typical fashion, the resort community rallied for one of its own in a big way last weekend on behalf of a local father, coach, lacrosse player and all-around sports enthusiast seriously injured in a deer stand fall in December with thousands raised to help with his rehabilitation and recovery.Mark Flounlacker, a local… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity outdoor track teams cruised to victory in their season-opening meets last week with both the boys’ and girls’ teams finishing first in total team points.The Decatur boys finished with 276 total team points in the six-school meet, while Easton finished second with 99 points and Northampton was third with 92. The… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – About a month after general employees aired their grievances and announced plans to form a union, the Mayor and Council voted Tuesday to grant an additional holiday for this year, Random Acts Of Kindness Day.Last week, Mayor Rick Meehan presented Councilman Brent Ashley with a Proclamation designating April 6 as Random Acts… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity lacrosse team improved to 2-0 early in the season, beating Bayside South rival Parkside, 13-8, in front of the big home crowd.After cruising past Cambridge-South Dorchester, 11-1, in the season opener last Wednesday, the Seahawks had to regroup quickly for their early season matchup with perhaps their biggest rival, Parkside,… Read more »
BERLIN- The Beach Lacrosse program will receive an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) tomorrow morning for use at its home fields at the Northern Worcester County Athletic Complex in Berlin donated by the Matthew Krug Foundation.Last April, nine-year-old Sierra Hall, now a Worcester Prep fourth grader, went into cardiac arrest at the Worcester County athletic complex… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball team trounced visiting Pocomoke, 34-1, on a windswept field at home on Monday to improve to 3-0 on the season.The Seahawks dominated the Warriors from the start, building a huge early lead and adding to it through the middle innings. Decatur already led, 15-0, after two before a seemingly endless… Read more »
Getting sick — and I mean really sick — is something new to me.For most of my life, I was never one to be ill. Rarely did I ever miss school for sickness growing up and the only actual academic awards I ever had a sniff of were those spotlighting attendance.In my adult life, that… Read more »
Open Wed., Thurs. & Sat.: Shepherd’s Nook Thrift Shop9 a.m.-1 p.m., Community Church at Ocean Pines, Rte. 589 & Racetrack Rd., Berlin. Accepting donations of gently worn clothes and small household items.Open Wednesday-Friday: Stevenson United Methodist Thrift Shop5 Stevenson Lane, Berlin, across from the Laundromat. Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sale days every Friday,… Read more »