Worcester Prep senior Saqib Khan was part of a group of students from Colleen McGuire’s programming class who served as guides for Lower School children in order to help them develop the thinking skills needed for coding. Above, kindergartners Lynden Prosser, left, and Lena Parker show intense concentration as they work out the coding game… Read more »
BERLIN — There was some movement this month in the ongoing $8 million civil suit filed against the Berlin Fire Company alleging malfeasance from leadership over a former employee’s perceived sexual orientation, including the winnowing of the list of individual defendants from four to two and a demand for a jury trial. In August, former… Read more »
The Tanger Outlet Center in Ocean City raised and donated $6,396.07 for the battle against breast cancer. Tanger made its local donation to the Eunice Q. Sorin Women’s Diagnostic Center at Atlantic General Hospital. Tanger’s 2013 PinkStyle Campaign ran Sept. 12-Oct. 25 with funds being raised through the sale of the popular TangerStyle Pink Card…. Read more »
The Ground Observer Corps was made up of civilian volunteers in the early years of World War II. Part of the “Aircraft Warning Service,” spotters used visual aids such as silhouettes and spotter cards to identify potential enemy aircraft along the coastline in 1942 and 1943. No enemy aircraft were ever spotted off the Maryland… Read more »
Showell second graders, Abby West, Joshua Blume and Maddie Shirk select books under the guidance of Book Swap volunteers Sanji Ramnarain and Constance Boyd. Students brought in good condition, age-appropriate, slightly used, reading books from home and other students took these slightly loved books home.
SALISBURY — The battle over a “questionable” business in Salisbury intensified again last week when city officials vowed to start fining an adult store in Salisbury to the tune of $500 per day in January if the establishment does not come into compliance with the city code. On Dec. 11, the city of Salisbury conducted… Read more »
At its annual holiday luncheon, the Coastal Delmarva Women’s Council of Realtors Business Resource Group collected donations for the Worcester County Habitat for Humanity totaling $563. Pictured, from left, are Andrea Bowland, executive director fo the Habitat chapter; Bernie Flax, Women’s Council of Realtors chairperson and representative of Prudential PenFed; and Lauren Bunting, secretary of Habitat… Read more »
SALISBURY – Salisbury City Council President Jake Day reflected this week on a busy 2013, when he was not only elected but became a part of what his campaign was mostly about — bringing life to downtown. Day said his highlight in 2013 was being elected to the council in April immediately followed by being… Read more »
BERLIN- The first significant event of the local running circuit in the new year, the Running for a Brighter Future 10K and 5K walk/run, is set for tomorrow, January 4, in and around the Newark area for the benefit of the Worcester County Developmental Center (WCDC). The Running for a Brighter Future 10K will begin… Read more »
Any sort of look back at 2013 would be incomplete without touching on the fact this year was arguably the most shockingly tragic on the local front in recent history. Of course, this is largely subjective and depends on the person or group recapping the year, but we believe this year certainly goes down as… Read more »