SALISBURY- The 34th Annual Governor’s Challenge holiday basketball tournament gets underway on Saturday with early first-round games featuring local teams.The Governor’s Challenge, long a staple on the holiday basketball tournament scene, has steadily grown to become the largest high school tournament in Maryland and perhaps the largest on the east coast. Starting Saturday and running… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2015
Google Honors Ocean City’s Online Efforts
OCEAN CITY — When it comes to reaching out to potential guests and consumers online, Ocean City does it better than any other city in Maryland.Google named the resort the 2015 eCity of Maryland award winner. Google, the omnipresent Internet search engine, this week announced Ocean City businesses do a better job than any other… Read more »
Q&A With Rick Meehan, Mayor On City’s Successes, Acting Manager Role, 2016
OCEAN CITY — There are few people with more good things to say about Ocean City than Mayor Rick Meehan. Of course, it’s part of the job description for Meehan to get people fired up about Maryland’s favorite vacation destination, but he has always quietly balanced his not so quiet optimism for and promotion of… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann
Legendary developer James B. Caine built his summer home — known as “Crystal House” directly on the beach just north of the Carousel Hotel in 1968. The cottage featured a living room with a fountain in the middle, three bedrooms and three bathrooms with sunken tubs and square toilets. Built on pilings, the Crystal House… Read more »
Worcester Prep Kindergarten Students Practice Coding And Mastering Sight Words During National Science Education Week
To practice coding and mastering sight words during National Science Education Week, Worcester Prep Kindergarten students Keerat Brar and Kinzie Bunting program directional commands in BeeBot Robots to search for words.
Who’s Playing When And Where
28th Street Pit and Pub410-289-202028th St. & Coastal Hwy.Thursday, Dec. 31:NYE Party with DJ Harvey SincoAdolfo’s410-289-400113th St. & The Boardwalk,In The Beach Plaza HotelThursday, Dec. 31:Dale Britt & Rhonda AppleAtlantic Hotel410-641-35892 North Main St., BerlinThursday Dec. 31:New Year’s Eve PartyAnd Ball DropEvery Monday:Earl BeardsleyEvery Tuesday:Bob Miller On The PianoBuxy’s Salty Dog410-289-097328th St. & Coastal Hwy.Thursday,… Read more »
Pocomoke Tops Decatur In Early Season Clash
POCOMOKE- In a highly anticipated early season match-up, it was the Pocomoke boys’ varsity basketball team making a big statement with a resounding 72-59 win over county rival Stephen Decatur at home on Monday.From the time the 2015-2016 schedule was announced, the game between Pocomoke and Decatur in December was circled by many as a… Read more »
Holidays Can Be Lonely Time For Some In Community
BERLIN — Eighty-five-year-old Gerta Stover got her holiday shopping done early this year, and she didn’t even have to leave her apartment.“I do all my shopping, and everything else online,” said the Gull Creek Senior Living Facility resident in her wonderfully thick German accent. “Why would I want to go to the stores and deal… Read more »
Kiwanians Prepare Holiday Gifts For Meals On Wheels Recipients
Kiwanians J. Graham Caldwell, Dave Landis, Barb Peletier and President Mark Joseph are pictured with the holiday gifts prepared by Peletier for Meals On Wheels recipients in Worcester County.
Worcester Girls Finish With Momentum
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity basketball team beat Delmarva Christian, 45-35, last week to head into the holiday break with an impressive 6-2 record.The Mallards started the season with a win one, lose one pattern, but started to gain some momentum in the final stretches of the first half of the season with three straight… Read more »