BERLIN — While nearly 200 supporters of Donald Trump turned out by the thousands to Stephen Decatur High School Wednesday night, a much smaller group gathered across Seahawk Road to protest the candidate and the rally.The old Harley Davidson lot became home to a small island of dissenters, who gathered to peacefully demonstrate against Trump’s… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2016
First Of Three Foals Expected This Year Born Last Weekend
ASSATEAGUE — Fittingly during National Park Week, the newest addition to the wild horse population on Assateague was birthed last Saturday, the first of which will likely be a veritable baby boom on the barrier island this spring.The new foal, with its rather sterile early moniker N2BHS-O, was birthed last Saturday on the barrier island… Read more »
Wildfowl Takes Center Stage In Resort This Weekend
OCEAN CITY — The 46th Annual Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition and Art Festival returns to the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City April 22-24. Hours of the event are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.The World Championship is an international event where carvers, collectors and visitors convene at the end of each April in Ocean… Read more »
Kiwanis Members And Distinguished Guests Attend Annual SD High School Key Club Breakfast
Nearly 100 Kiwanis members and other distinguished guests attended the annual Stephen Decatur High School Key Club breakfast on April 13. Pictured, from left, are Key Club Officers Dakota Maykrantz, Zainab Mirza and President Olivia Kurtz and Kiwanis school liaison Roy Foreman, who was thanked for his service.
Berlin Intermediate School Students Raise $1,500 For Worcester County Humane Society
Students from the Berlin Intermediate School’s sixth grade Leopard Shark and Tiger Shark teams competed in a penny race to support their community service learning partner. In nine days, students raised $1,500 to donate to the Worcester County Humane Society. Submitted Photos
Trump Delivers Promises Before 3,000 Inside Decatur
OCEAN CITY – On Wednesday, the circus came to Berlin: the Trump circus.According to Fire Marshal officials, approximately 3,000 people crammed into Stephen Decatur High School’s gymnasium and cafeteria to catch a glimpse of Donald Trump, the real estate mogul turned GOP presidential frontrunner. Outside, the line of thousands who didn’t get in to the… Read more »
Jesse Klump Suicide Awareness & Prevention Program Distributes Information At “Success For The Best” Fair
The Jesse Klump Suicide Awareness & Prevention Program distributed youth suicide prevention, First Aid information and mental health care information at the first Wicomico High School “Success for the Best” fair, in Salisbury on April 16. Pictured are Kathy Bassett, the Jesse Klump Memorial Fund’s Volunteer Coordinator, and Fund President Kim Klump.
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
This week was a memorable one around these parts and I can’t help but chime in with some additional thoughts on the spectacle that was candidate Donald Trump’s visit to Stephen Decatur High School.•I had two favorite parts of the night.One was seeing two local students featured on stage. Worcester Preparatory School student Molly Pugh… Read more »
OC’s $122M Budget Approved With Slight Tax Rate Cut
OCEAN CITY — After two weeks of lengthy and often tedious work sessions, Ocean City officials on Friday approved the fiscal year 2017 budget at around $122 million for all funds along with a modest tax cut for resort property owners.The Mayor and Council wrapped up the fiscal year 2017 budget process on Friday morning… Read more »
Patient, Organized Virtues Being Put To The Test Daily
I got some heat on the home front for attending and working the Trump rally Wednesday.Since there is no reason to ever talk politics around our young kids, I have no idea how Beckett formed his opinions of “Thump,” as he called him mistakenly this week. Apparently, some friends have been talking about him in… Read more »