BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball team got out to a fast start in their first game in the state 3A-East region tournament on Tuesday, withstood a big run by visiting Hammond in the middle and eventually wore down the Bears, 53-37, to advance.The Seahawks entered the 3A-East Section II tournament as the top seed… Read more »
Showell Elementary’s K-Kids Club, led by Evelyn Collins, collected supplies for the Worcester County Humane Society. Above, Assistant Principal Joshua Hamborsky hands a check to Humane Society volunteer Tina Walas, from the school’s 100th Day Penny Drive. The students collected more than $300 for the Humane Society. Submitted Photos
For now, there is harmony on the street performer front, but rest assured it won’t last for long.There are bound to be complaints about the system approved this week once the summer rolls around and, like all matters related to street performers, it will be driven by the dollar.While they may hide behind constitutional issues… Read more »
Summer of 1968Volume XIVEdition 5• Kathleen Harman of the Ocean Mecca motel was praised with the “Prettiest Lobby Award” in the Salt Spray column. Ocean Mecca’s lobby boasted Tiffany lamps, Indian flair, and air conditioning.• Sandyhill Motel owners Owen and Frances Mumford celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary during that summer.• Ship N’ Store TV Rentals… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – It took more than 13 years of planning and litigation to demolish the Royalton Hotel on the Ocean City Boardwalk, but now its owners are hopeful that rebuilding one of the resort’s mainstay oceanfront hotels will only take 13 months.The 38-unit hotel on 11th street and the Boardwalk was torn down on… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The federal Army Corps of Engineers is expected Friday to begin an emergency dredging of the Ocean City Inlet that shoaled in even further during winter storms, although a long-term solution has not yet been reached.An already challenging shoaling problem in the Inlet was exacerbated during Winter Storm Jonas in January and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — March is designated Women’s History Month to encourage citizens to take this occasion to learn more about the history and accomplishments of women in America.The Worcester County Commission for Women will be celebrating Women’s History Month at a luncheon to be held on Wednesday, March 16, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the… Read more »
Fast forwarding through the nonsense of the Academy AwardsWhen a goal is reachedMy new appreciation of good ‘solar days’Kid movies with adult appealA black Lab with gray hairs on his faceThat ‘Spotlight’ won the Best Picture OscarBeing able to walk to church with my familyWatching my son learn a new sportHolding on to souvenir glassesAnything… Read more »
Perdue Farms associates presented a check for $321,015.43 to representatives of the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore. Pictured, from left, are Perdue associates Amy Wingate, campaign co-chair, Gus Lebois, United Way Board member, and Jennifer Cannon, campaign coordinator, and United Way representatives Amy Luppens, assistant director, Connie Strott, Wicomico County campaign chair, and… Read more »
SNOW HILL – Ocean Pines is home to 23 percent of the county’s residents, provides a local police force and offers recreation programs to anyone who is interested.That, leaders of the Ocean Pines Association (OPA) say, is why the homeowners association is asking for an increase in funding from Worcester County.“You are the umbrella that… Read more »