Three Worcester County Winners at 2008 Poetry Contest

The Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland sponsored the 2008 Poetry Contest for children from special education and children from kindergarten through ninth grade. The theme was “Nature’s Song”. Three of the winners are from Worcester County and were sponsored by the Worcester County Garden Club. Winners from Worcester Preparatory School were third grader Abby Bright and… Read more »

AGH Receives $15,000 Matching Grant

Atlantic General Hospital recently received a $15,000 matching grant from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation for the expansion and renovation of the Atlantic Health Center. Pictured, from left, are Atlantic General Hospital Foundation Chairman Todd Hershey, Foundation Vice Chair Laura Deeley Bren and Jim Leighton, Foundation member and Senior Vice President of Operations and Supply… Read more »

What’s Your Sign?

What’s Your Sign?

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Take time from your busy schedule to check out what’s going on around you. You might find that someone has been secretly trying to pull the wool over those beautiful Sheep’s eyes.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Once again, the Bovine’s boldness pays off in uncovering the source of… Read more »

Things I Like

Things I Like

Watching my son feed himself Any of the breakfast meats Leaving a doctor’s office Observing a bird building a nest Driving with the sunroof open Looking forward to the grass growing again Any cream-based soup with seafood A tree that keeps its leaves all year A year long ago etched into a sidewalk A clock… Read more »

Test Scores Show Local Achievement Gap Narrowing

NEWARK – While local African American students still lag behind white and Hispanic students in state testing scores, the achievement gap is narrowing steadily, Worcester County school officials said this week.The decreasing difference between black and white students shows in both reading and math scores on Maryland School Assessment (MSA) tests.In 2003, reading scores for… Read more »

OC Fire Chief Seeks Uniformity In Future

OCEAN CITY – Once money becomes available, Ocean City Fire Chief Chris Larmore hopes to extend the new look of the department to the equipment as well.During Tuesday’s monthly report to the Mayor and City Council, Larmore said that a commission of volunteer and career firefighters unanimously approved a new logo that would be placed… Read more »