Each year Worcester Prep hosts a Spelling Bee for Grade 3 students. The words in the competition include all the words students have studied throughout the school year, plus additional words such as etiquette, mathematics, arithmetic and environment. Teachers Julie Roughton, Selbyville, and Kristin Robel, Ocean Pines, directed the competition. The 2008 winners were, from… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Showell Elementary Students Enjoy Their New Books
Ashley Barton, a Showell Elementary School first grader in JoAnne Donovan’s class, loves dinosaurs and shows the beautiful illustrations in her new book, which she received as part of the Worcester County Commission for Women’s McGuffey Book Distribution program.
Stephen Decatur Middle Performs “The Wizard of the Mall”
Drama students from Stephen Decatur Middle School performed a musical “The Wizard of the Mall,” on June 10 under the direction of teachers Shelley Phillips, Bob Connelly, Andrea Drewes and Brenna Shevlin. Shown in photograph are Jenna Abbaticchio as Auntie Em and Ashley Trice as Dorothy. Set was designed by art teacher Janice Gault and… Read more »
My Thoughts
The old guy is not an antiques nut. Actually he thinks most of the stuff in antique stores these days is junk people peddle as valuable so they can get the crap out of their homes and clean up. Years ago, Insider did have the antique bug and enjoyed playing around with certain aspects of… Read more »
Wednesday, June 18 – Gateway Grand Nearing Completion
OCEAN CITY – The Gateway Grand Condominiums can move forward with its certificate of occupancy despite the absence of a tenant in the restaurant portion of the project, ruled the City Council this week.The Gateway Grand Condominium project, located between 47th and 48th streets on the oceanblock of Coastal Highway, is near completion and preparing… Read more »
A Week In Business
Erdie Heads CBRB Team Selling Bay Point PlantationBERLIN – Associate Broker Greg Erdie and Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are pleased to announce the new community of Bay Point Plantation.This premiere waterfront neighborhood boasts 33 homesites and was meticulously developed by Worcester County’s own local developers, The Burbage Companies. With over 180 acres, 142 acres in… Read more »
Diving Into The Area’s Cultural Activities
An inside look at the regional arts scene through photographs.
Tuesday, June 17 – OC To Begin Beach Repair Work
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Public Works crews will being repair work this evening on areas of the beach impacted by a May storm. The storm created tidal ditches that run north/south parallel to the ocean. These ditches have created a situation in which the town’s normal beach cleaning procedure is not feasible and therefore… Read more »
Ocean City Lioness Club
The new officers for 2008-2009 of the Ocean City Lioness Club were recently installed at their June meeting. They were President Faye Cathell, Vice President Diane Powell, Treasurer Tina Austin, Recording Secretary Bonnie Robertson, Corresponding Secretary Joan Grimes and Directors Joan Strang, Linda Schissler and Jackie Sheppard.
The Shepherd’s Nook At The Community Church
Volunteers at the Shepherd’s Nook at the Community Church sorted and packed over 70 bags of clothing for the people in Appalachia. The clothing will be taken to Kentucky by the youth mission team of Community Church and distributed by the resource centers at schools in the Magoffin County area. Pictured are LouAnn Trummel, Joleen… Read more »