Head of Worcester Prep’s Lower School Celeste Bunting presents a Certificate of Achievement and National Geographic Bee Medal to fifth grader Jarrett Daffern, who was the school winner in the 2011 Geography Bee for grades 4 through 8.
Monthly Archives: February 2011
MCC Visits SES
Third grade students at Showell Elementary School learn about the ecosystem with the Maryland Conservation Corps from Assateague Island. Pictured are Jaya Tyre, Eric Gwin, Ella Peters, Zehra Mirza, Brian Atkins and Blair Gray.
Red Ribbon Week Winners
Ocean City Elementary School recently announced the winners of the Red Ribbon Week Drug and Alcohol Poster Contest winners. The winners will compete in the Worcester County contest. Pictured, front, are Maddox Bunting, second place in the K-3 category, and Leslie Zamora-Espinoza, third place in the K-3 category; back, Michaela Vinogradov, third place in the… Read more »
SoMIRAC
Stephen Decatur High School students placed in the 6th Annual State of Maryland International Reading Association Council (SoMIRAC) High School Young Authors contest. Above, from left, are sophomore Jess Maddy, first; senior Holly Thiel, second; Creative Writing teacher Kim Patrick; senior Alexis Adelsberger, third; and sophomore Jonathan Phippin, second. The contest required a submission of an original story,… Read more »
Things I Like
by Steven Green
Close Super Bowl gamesHaving a short drive to workWatching my son kick a soccer ballHitting the couch after a long dayThe movie, “Billy Elliott”Thinking flip-flop weatherFinishing a long runShowering first thingWalking on the beachFeeling sore after a workoutChocolate milk
What’s Your Sign
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): St. Valentine’s Day magic rules the entire week for romantic Rams and Ewes. Music, which is the food of love, is also strong. The weekend offers news both unexpected and anticipated.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Your aspects favor the arts — which the Divine Bovine loves, loves, loves…. Read more »
Between The Lines
by Steven Green
Ocean City’s online Boardwalk poll surpassed the 10,500 vote mark this week (10,590 as of Thursday at 3 p.m. to be exact), and it appears the all-wood surface is now the preferred option by a slim margin.Ocean City is planning to renovate a large portion of its Boardwalk this fall as a result of substructure… Read more »
Please To See Bike Week Event Is Off
Editor:Let’s not be too disappointed that the massive noise pollution that results from Bike Week may be dampened a bit this year.Instead of spending all this time and effort courting these folks, why not concentrate on luring a quieter type of visitor, like doctors for medical meetings, educators for their organizations, nurses, politicians, businesspeople, golfers, cyclists… Read more »
Adventures In Fatherhood
The changes with my boys are coming in a fast and furious manner and admittedly all too quick for this dad.After weeks of contemplating the big move from a crib to a toddler bed, Pam made the decision for the both of us last weekend, and that’s fine by me. If it was my call… Read more »
Council Seeks Pension Answers
OCEAN CITY – The proposed ordinance to change newly hired town employee pension plans remains pending as the Mayor and City Council look to review more plan design options.The current pension plan for current town employees is a defined benefit plan. The proposed ordinance transitions newly hired town employees over to a defined contribution plan,… Read more »