American Legion Post #166 Commander Sarge Garlitz, back right, and other American Legion members joined Stephen Decatur High School club representatives during the third annual presentation of Packages for our Troops. Students and faculty collected various toiletries and other amenities. Submitted Photos
Summer of 1968Volume XIVEdition 7Issue HighlightsThose interested in the “historic churches” or “antique shoppes” could write to the Delmarva Antique Dealers Association for a free map to all forty of their shops.Surf and Sands Motel at 22nd street on the boardwalk advertised “background music in all rooms”The Twenty-Twenty Boardwalk becomes the first boardwalk high rise… Read more »
ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Don’t feel sheepish about looking to spend more time with that special person during the upcoming holidays. Do it because it’s the right thing to do.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): Never mind letting misunderstandings repair themselves. Consider speaking up while the healing process can be shorter and sweeter… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Jerry Nolte and his wife Diana own three businesses in the town of Snow Hill: the Snow Hill Business Center, Jerry’s Woodworking and Pocomoke River River Cruises.They often joke with one another that they need three businesses to break even.“It’s a beautiful town with practically no crime but Snow Hill has been… Read more »
FENWICK ISLAND – Residents will have a chance to share their thoughts on the proposed ordinance change that would allow the redevelopment of the Sands Motel with a public hearing next week.On Friday, Dec. 4 at 2:30 p.m., the Fenwick Island Town Council will host a public hearing to gather input on the commercial zoning… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A recent doctor’s visit for a local mother and her teenage daughter took what the mom felt was an inappropriate and explicit turn, raising questions about suitable communication between doctors and their young patients.Ocean Pines resident Amanda Lanier says she decided to visit a new doctor last week in order to get… Read more »
SNOW HILL – A local businessman shared his plans to bring a medical marijuana growing, processing and distribution facility to the little town of Snow Hill during a special work session this week.In a work session hosted by the mayor and town council Tuesday, Royal Plus founder Matt Odachowski told residents he had applied to… Read more »
SNOW HILL — The town of Snow Hill is at a crossroads. Not geographically, of course, but figuratively, as the once vibrant and quaint community has fallen on tough economic times and is trying desperately to reverse that downward trend.There are more vacant storefronts and buildings in the county seat than there have been in… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity volleyball team bowed out of the state regional championship tournament last week, falling to Atholton, 3-0, in the sectional title game.Decatur entered the 3A-East Section II tournament as the number-two seed and earned a first-round bye. It its opening game in the sectional tournament, the Seahawks faced familiar Bayside Conference… Read more »
BERLIN — Farmers across the Eastern Shore this month joined a growing coalition of farmers and developers in lobbying the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that allows the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to micromanage land-use decisions along the Chesapeake Bay.The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) last week added its name… Read more »