Santa Claus stopped by Worcester Prep’s Lower School earlier this month to collect gifts for needy families in the surrounding area. More than 300 wrapped gifts were given to Dena Holloway, president of Santa House, Inc., a non-profit charity organization in Worcester County that serves hundreds of families and thousands of children a year during… Read more »
At a gift exchange at Cub Scouts last weekend, Carson walked away with a Rubik’s cube.He spent the entire ride home trying to break into the plastic to get it out, most likely to see what exactly it did. By the time we got home, he had been successful, despite repeated requests from his mother… Read more »
Visitors to Ocean City were offered a unique display of public art when the “Beach Birds” arrived in the spring of 2003.Designed by local artists and sponsored by various Ocean City businesses, the five-foot tall fiberglass birds could be found all over town. In hotel lobbies, at City Hall and the airport, on the Boardwalk,… Read more »
On Friday, Dec. 4, Worcester Prep Upper School Music Director Christopher Buzby and his Select Choral Ensemble treated residents of three local retirement homes in Berlin, Snow Hill and Salisbury to singing performances. The Ensemble even pulled off a flash mob in The Centre At Salisbury in front of Macy’s following their lunch at the… Read more »
Hilarious Christmas cardsLunch on the beach this time of yearHow fast time flies at workA low-key New Year’s EveFamily-run businessesWatching my kids in a church Christmas programAssateague’s Life of the Marsh trailNaps on a hammockA bunch of appetizers for dinnerFree bulk pick-up days in BerlinTaking the train to NYC
Stephen Decatur High School Student Government Association members boxed over 2,500 pounds of canned goods collected from the student body during the annual food drive held the first week of December. SDHS donated all non-perishable goods to Diakonia in West Ocean City. Pictured, from left, are Diakonia representatives Ken Jones and Anna O’Neill and SGA members… Read more »
Enjoying painting in Golda Davis’ Art class at Seaside Christian Academy were Cami Moreland and Charley Davis.
Showell Elementary’s Adayna DuPont, a third grade student from Karin Lertora’s class, shows her excitement about working in her Writer’s Workshop journal.
During World War II, Ocean City’s nightclub scene was centered on 9th Street. Within a short block, Jackson’s Casino, the Blue Dahlia and the Beach Club provided music, dancing and a lively bar scene. Slot machines were everywhere and there was hardly a hotel, bar or restaurant that didn’t have several.Ocean City was still a… Read more »
Spending a weekend in NYCBeing read to by my sonSeeing a fox on my morning runTraveling by trainThe show, ‘Broadchurch’When an old dog gets adoptedOysters any styleHandmade ornaments from my kidsPacking for a warm vacationThe atmosphere and tradition of Berlin’s Christmas paradeWhen car accidents look worse than they are