OCEAN CITY—By the end of the day on Friday, there could be a winner in the city’s search for a new advertising agency.What started with ten, but dwindled to eight prior to this week’s closed session presentations (Stick and Move of Pennsylvania and Aloysius, Butler, and Clark of Delaware pulled out of contention), is allegedly… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Friday, Oct 23–Route 113 Dualization Phase Nearing Completion
SNOW HILL- The Route 113 dualization reaches another milestone this week with the expected completion of the latest section of the project, to be followed almost immediately by the start of work on the next portion, but the following three phases are on hold indefinitely until the state of Maryland has funding.Phase 2A of the… Read more »
Massive Barge Inches Through Draw Span
OCEAN CITY—For about twenty minutes on Wednesday, hundreds of onlookers stood awestruck by the sheer size of a 200-foot long barge that was inching it’s way through the drawbridge of the Harry Kelley Memorial Bridge on it’s way to help fix the damaged and closed Route 90 bridge.Yet, there were some in attendance who weren’t… Read more »
Faces in Places
A spotlight on the local and regional bar and restaurant scene
Worcester Boys Wrap Perfect Season
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s men’s varsity soccer team wrapped up a perfect regular season last Friday, beating Gunston Day at home, 6-2, to finish with an unblemished record.The Mallards were dominant all year, finishing a perfect 13-0 in a regular season during which they outscored their opponents by a gaudy 74-11. Worcester is now attempting to… Read more »
Seahawks Thrash Easton, End Skid
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity football team, mired in a four-game losing streak going into last week’s game against Easton, enjoyed some home cooking, thrashing the Warriors, 48-0, behind a strong offensive performance led by Delonte Tate.Decatur had dropped four in a row going into last Thursday’s game against Easton, including a couple of near misses…. Read more »
Worcester Prep Girls Finish Season Strong With Win
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity soccer team finished it regular season in impressive fashion this week, beating Saints Peter and Paul, 3-1, on Monday to capture the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) title.In the win over the Sabres on Monday, Worcester got balanced scoring with goals by Laura Breslau, Kaitlin Talbert and Mary Clare… Read more »
Decatur Earns Sportsmanship Award
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s sports program hung a banner of a different sort last week after being honored with the Bayside South Conference Sportsmanship Award for the second straight year.The Bayside South, comprised of all of the public school sports programs in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset Counties, each year hands out a Sportsmanship Award to the… Read more »
Decatur Blanks Mardela, 6-0
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s men’s varsity soccer team clobbered visiting Mardela, 6-0, on Tuesday to improve to 6-4-1 on the season.For Decatur, the win over Mardela was the second straight in a season during which the Seahawks seemed to win one, lose one almost every week. Last Tuesday, the Seahawks beat Parkside, 1-0, to start the… Read more »
Berlin Dolphins Win One, Lose One
BERLIN- The Berlin Dolphins Salvation Army Youth Football League teams split a pair of games last week with the Juniors routing Snow Hill, 34-0, and the Cadets falling to the Eagles, 14-6.The Junior Dolphins, ages 11-3, evened their record at 2-2 with the big win over county rival Snow Hill. The Juniors wasted no time… Read more »