Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School held its first Storybook Pumpkin Contest as a part of its arts integration program within the library sciences curriculum. Children were asked to create storybook characters out of pumpkins and the winners were chosen by the faculty and staff of MBS. Over 100 pumpkins were entered from grades PreK3-7th grade…. Read more »
The Charles R. Jenkins Chapter of the National Honor Society at Worcester Preparatory School has inducted 48 new members. Pictured, front from left, are Macayla Costleigh, Karlie Southcomb, Olivia Bescak, Leigh Lingo, Madison Bescak, Lauren Gosnear, Clare Riley, Alexandra Van Orden, Lily Zechiel and Carter Hill; second row, Chandler Dennis, Eva Parks, Stormy McGuiness, Julie… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Resort officials this week opened bids for upcoming street paving and canal dredging projects, but not before defending the bidding process.During Tuesday’s work session, the Mayor and Council fielded a question from the audience seeking an answer to why the elected officials almost always accept the lowest bids for various projects. Mayor… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Picture a mountain biker precariously balanced on the spine of a cliff in the Scottish Highlands. A kayaker careening down a spectral lit waterfall in the dead of night. Two intrepid climbers scaling all of California’s highest peaks without ropes. These and many more dazzling, dizzying and dramatic images will come to… Read more »
BERLIN – With plans for an apartment complex on Seahawk Road, the sale of two large properties at the edge of town and a development proposal for the Bay Club, it’s easy to wonder just how large Berlin can grow.In 1990, the town’s population was 2,600. By 2010, that number had nearly doubled, with just… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City is well on its way to gaining Maryland Sustainable Community certification, but there are no plans to stop now and rest on laurels.The resort is currently working on getting its Sustainable Ocean City certification, an award of sorts issued by the state of Maryland to recognize a jurisdiction’s attempt to… Read more »
BERLIN – The apartment complex proposed for Seahawk Road will proceed as originally planned with the town’s approval of legislation associated with the project.Ocean’s East, the apartment complex planned by developer Blair Rinnier for Seahawk Road, is now moving ahead with the Berlin Town Council’s approval of a text amendment that will allow the buildings… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City officials agree the continued proliferation of electric-powered cars could be the wave of the future for the resort, but continue to struggle with exactly where to put potential charging stations.More and more electric-powered and hybrid vehicles are visiting the resort, finding places to charge them continue to be a challenge…. Read more »
Anna AndersonOCEAN PINES — Anna Anderson, age 71, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at her home.Born in Germany of Ukranian descent, she was the daughter of the late Wasyl and Anastasia Caryk Oleksiuk.She is survived by her husband, Thomas E. Hunter, Jr., and children, Eric J. Anderson and his wife Kitty, Christopher Anderson… Read more »
Karin Lertora’s third grade students Gavin Buchheit and Sarah Cooke demonstrate equal groups with candy corn to model multiplication at Showell Elementary School.