SNOW HILL – A lawsuit filed last February by the co-owners of a house in Newark against the Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company seeking nearly $1 million for damage to their home and disruption of their lives allegedly caused by a train derailment along Route 113 nearly four years ago was dismissed last week when… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2008
BIS 5th graders show off volcano diagrams
Students in Mrs. Vit’s fifth grade at Berlin Intermediate School class show off their volcano diagrams. Students are learning about a variety of natural disasters in their “Nature’s Fury” reading unit. Here are Reed Watson, Sarah Bright and Cole Mumford.
Tidewater School Pre-K takes a Hayride
The Johnson’s Country Market Hayride was this pre-kindergarten group’s favorite part of the Tidewater School by the Sea’s field trip. Pictured riding around the farm were Elliott Rhoades, Matthew Corrigan and Ben Dietz.
Buckinham Elementary names September “students of the month”
Buckingham Elementary School’s “Students of the Month” for September are pictured. Above are fourth-grade honorees Keioura Price, Katlyn Timmons, Daniel Tyndall and Jenna Morlock.
A Week In Business
Contractor Makes AdditionSALISBURY – Gillis Gilkerson, Inc., General Contractors, Construction Management, in Salisbury, has announced the addition of Barbara J. Stack of Berlin to the firm for Business Development. Stack’s diverse 25 years of architectural and construction experience began as an architectural design apprentice for many years under G. Donald Bowen of Salisbury. 15 years… Read more »
My Thoughts
It seems like everyone is going to college these days. That’s all well and good, but Insider wonders when it became a requirement to be a so-called somebody or a success you had to have a college degree. When did going off to an over-priced school of alleged higher learning become required to be a… Read more »
Things I Like
That the presidential election is nearThe nip in the air on a fall morningAny kind of tax creditWatching my son roll overJack Hanna’s animalsThat the Phillies made the World SeriesLoading up on candy for HalloweenPeanut butter on an appleThose green and orange pumpkinsPants fresh from the dry cleanerThe Inlet when the ocean is rough
Fatherhood Adventures
If you take a little one enough places, you are bound to have some interesting experiences and encounters, many of which deal with how unique some people respond to babies. Some of these reactions, some funny, others genuine, deserve a little rehashing. It’s the kind of stuff you could not make up if you tried…. Read more »
What’s Your Sign?
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): The high standards you set for yourself don’t always translate into the behavior you expect of others. That relationship problem can be resolved if you’re more flexible and less judgmental.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Not enough party bids to satisfy the Bovine’s fun-loving side this week? Go ahead… Read more »
50/50 Raffle for Diakonia Inc at the Chesapeake Fraternal Congress
Diakonia Inc. was the recipient of a 50/50 raffle, and donated items during the Chesapeake Fraternal Congress convention at the Clarion Fontainebleau Resort Hotel in Ocean City. Pictured, above from left, are Mary Wolf Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Julia Glendenning CFC Director, Frank Kapitan, CFC President and Claudia Nagle, Diakonia Executive Director.