BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team rebounded from its first loss of the season last week with an 18-1 rout of North Caroline at home on Monday.Something had to give last week when the unbeaten Seahawks faced unbeaten Queen Anne’s on the road in a battle of Bayside Conference powerhouses. Queen Anne’s jumped out… Read more »
Deborah Lynn ReillyBETHANY BEACH, Del. — Deborah Lynn Reilly of Delray Beach, Fla. and Bethany Beach, Del. passed away Tuesday, April 9 in Delray Beach due to complications caused by pancreatic cancer.She was born to Robert W. and the late Carol K. Reilly on Nov. 16, 1965 in Annapolis, Md. Debbie graduated from Severn School in Severna… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A beloved local resident with “a heart filled with pure gold” was both mourned and celebrated by hundreds of friends and family members this morning with a solemn, but light, ceremony on the beach.Carolyn Joy Cordial, 41, died peacefully at her home last Saturday after a courageous battle with cancer. Cordial was… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – The Mayor and City Council approved this week the Surfing Beach Committee’s recommendation to expand the two rotating surfing beaches during times of good surf and have the Inlet open to surfers on a conditional basis on the weekends during the slower times of the summer.The Surfing Beach Committee first met on… Read more »
Members of the Community Church at Ocean Pines prepared a hot lunch for needy families in Salisbury. The Community Church participates on a rotating basis in the God’s Kitchen Program sponsored by Salisbury Urban Ministries. Each week a different church prepares a free, hot meal for area residents. Above, students from Salisbury University are pictured volunteering.
Lily Rakow, a seventh grader at Stephen Decatur Middle School, feels strongly about her past experiences and wanted to share her thoughts and advice with other girls. She submitted an article to Discovery Girls magazine online. After a few months of editing and corresponding with the magazine, her article is featured in the April/May issue.
Students from Most Blessed Sacrament School recently took part in the Elks Drug Awareness Essay Contest with a theme of “The Choice for Me is Drug Free”. The winners, from left, were Jessie Hoover, second place, sixth grade; Chloe Sass, second place, seventh grade; Jimmy Neely, first place, eighth grade; and Mariead McAllister, second place,… Read more »
Students at Ocean City Elementary School utilize the school’s Literature Resource Room and read books to earn points for the Accelerated Reader program. Pictured above are second grade students Sandra Aldana-Almaguer and Eveline Meza Rodriguez.
The Berlin Intermediate School sixth grade Festival Orchestra attended the Eastern Shore Orchestra Director’s Association District 5 Festival in Salisbury last month. The orchestra performed three prepared songs as well as performing a never seen before piece in front of a sight reading judge. The group, under the direction of Lisa Adams, received a superior rating for their… Read more »
Stephen Decatur High School Lifesavers donated $300 to the American Red Cross International Measles Initiative, which is a program to help eradicate Measles around the world. Each dollar raised by the Jr. Red Cross Club, pays for a child’s vaccination and can potentially save the life of that child. Pictured, front from left, are Zach Kaiser,… Read more »