Mrs. Juliana Kolasa’s kindergarten students at Showell Elementary School presented their writing about community helpers while dressing the part. Pictured above are Caroline Cathell and Daniel Shanahan.
OCEAN CITY- With a few minor tweaks and changes, the Mayor and Council this week approved the Ocean City Surf Club’s “Adopt Your Beach” program.In January, the Coastal Resources Legislative Committee, or “Green Team,” began cursory discussions about an initiative aimed at keeping the resort’s beaches clean. The “Adopt Your Beach” program is being explored… Read more »
SALISBURY- Three finalists with local ties to Wicomico County are vying to become its next Superintendent of Public Schools.Wicomico County Public Schools should have a new Superintendent by early April, as its nine-month search for Dr. John Frederickson’s replacement is coming to an end.More than a dozen candidates applied to take over the Superintendent’s position… Read more »
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team came so close to a coveted state championship last weekend with the score tied against C.M. Wright in overtime and the possession of the ball in the right hands in Torrey Brittingham, but it slipped away in the final seconds with the clock running down.Last Thursday, the Seahawks… Read more »
Every 1st Friday:Star Charities Volunteers Meet10 a.m., Ocean Pines Library. 410-641-7667.Every Friday: FORGE Youth Ministries6:30-8 p.m., The Odyssey Church, 2 Discovery Lane, Selbyville. Fellowship, fun and a rewarding learning experience for children. Visit www.theodysseychurch.com or call 302-519-3867.Every Saturday: Weekly Farmers Market8 a.m.-1 p.m., White Horse Park, 239 Ocean Parkway, Ocean Pines. Year-round featuring locally grown… Read more »
Stephen Decatur High School student leaders initiated the Nickels for Nichols campaign to support the Nichols family, who suffered a devastating house fire earlier in the winter. At the end of the day, students came within $50 of the $1000 goal they had set and then an anonymous donor contributed the remainder to meet the… Read more »
The Long and Short View of Chesapeake’s IslandsSMITH ISLAND- A few autumns ago, I took the students in my Chesapeake Bay class at Salisbury University to Smith Island to discuss how rising seas, accelerated by a warming climate, will threaten such low-lying communities before the end of this century. I didn’t have to teach much… Read more »
ANNAPOLIS- In this week’s legislative digest, Maryland Democrats pushed one of their gun control measures through the House, Governor Larry Hogan continued his public partisan sparring with legislators and was called out to define his feelings on his party’s presidential frontrunner, and we’ll explore how an excused absence for a legislator could have inadvertently derailed… Read more »
Worcester County government employees recently presented a check to the United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore for $20,788 to benefit Eastern Shore residents in need. A long-time partner with the local United Way, county government employees have raised over $280,000 for the local non-profit organization over the last 16 years.
OCEAN CITY- An Ocean City man faces first-degree assault and other serious charges this week after allegedly threatening his visiting nephew with a knife on a downtown Ocean City street after a day of apparent St. Patrick’s Day revelry last Saturday.Around 11:15 p.m. last Saturday, an OCPD officer on patrol in the area of Washington… Read more »