OCEAN CITY – With his team off to a 3-0 start and heading into an early AFC showdown on the road against the New England Patriots on Sunday, Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti is at or near the top of the football world right now, but one might never know it judging by his quiet,… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Friday, Oct 2–Planning Report Gives Way To Renewed Demoflush Debate
OCEAN CITY — Councilman Joe Hall thinks the numbers are way off, and it seems he’s keen on hammering that point home.A seemingly normal presentation about future community planning and preparedness in Ocean City by Planning and Development Director Jesse Houston and Planner Bob Nelson got a bit heated on Tuesday as Hall decided to… Read more »
Friday, Oct 2–New Bids Eyed For Tourism Guide
OCEAN CITY— The City Council might have been unhappy with the quality, but it appears they wanted a bit more quantity as well.The old adage, “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” took literal meaning this week as the council voted to re-bid the task of designing the town’s Sea For Yourself Guide… Read more »
Friday, Oct 2–Local Couple Becomes Lighthouse Keepers For A Summer
BERLIN – Bill and Brenda Simmons traded the gentle shoreline of Worcester County for the rockier shores of Maine this summer in their tenure as volunteer lighthouse keepers on Seguin Island.“We were interested in doing something different. We have a motto of ‘live life.’ We want to go out and do different things,” said Bill,… Read more »
Friday, Oct 2–Atlantic General Partners With Pharmacy For Walk-In Clinics
BERLIN – The new culture of health care in the United States has prompted Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) to partner with local pharmacy Rite Aid to bring health clinics to the community on site at three participating pharmacies.AGH plans to open health clinics in the Ocean Pines Rite Aid, at Manklin Creek Rd. and Route… Read more »
Route 90 Span Closure Near
OCEAN CITY — If you drive anything bigger than a pick-up truck, you will not be allowed to drive on the Route 90 bridge until further notice.On Wednesday, the Maryland State Highway Administration informed the town of Ocean City that an annual inspection of the Route 90 Bridge revealed a substantial structural flaw on an… Read more »
Fatherhood Adventures
by Steven Green
Thus far, we have a poor opinion of childproof locks, most of which fail miserably at keeping our child out of areas he should not be in.We see evidence of this fact every day, as Beckett routinely snaps the childproof locks off our kitchen cabinets and throws them on the floor. If he’s not in… Read more »
OC Elementary Honors September Students of the Month
Ocean City Elementary School honored the September Students of the Month with a luncheon sponsored by the Ocean City/Berlin OptiMs. First row, from left, are first graders Samantha Cummings, Houston Phillips, Noah Selt, Melis Unal and Claire Williams; second row, second graders Cory Briaca, Ryan Ethridge, Kaitlyn Ewing, Kayla Janek and Natalie Piltoyan; third row, third graders… Read more »
Worcester Prep Kindergarteners Give Cheer for Reading
Some members of Tracey Berry’s afternoon kindergarten class at Worcester Prep give a cheer for readings. “We love books,” the children say. They are front, from left, Jordan Willey, Ben Tinkler, J.R. Hamer, and Aiden Hammond; and second row, Brice Richins, Abby Miller, Hannah Brasure, Cyia Quillin, Hugh Thomas Cropper, Kate Conaway, Grace Baeurle, Mary… Read more »
Scenes from Carmella’s Kids Learning Center
Student Deliah Holland, 3, of Berlin, explores the Mobile Science Museum at Carmella’s Kids Learning Center in Berlin.