We spent our first night away from our little man last weekend, and it appeared to be much harder on the parents than the child.Back in early summer, we purchased tickets to a show at the Hippodrome in Baltimore, figuring by the time our baby was five months old we would be comfortable spending a… Read more »
Author Archives: Steven Green
About The Author: Steven Green
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
Over the last decade, the local lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police has become a player in Ocean City elections. The lodge started playing a role when it launched its eventually successful bid for collective bargaining with binding arbitration and its active role has continued in recent years with candidate endorsements and high-profile visibility… Read more »
Our Endorsements
Our EndorsementsVoters in the town of Berlin will head to the polls next week to elect a mayor and a new council member. Registered voters living in Districts 1 and 2 will vote at Buckingham Presbyterian Church on Main Street and those calling District 3 and 4 home should head to the Flower Street multipurpose… Read more »
Things I Like
Family photos on an office deskMelted brie cheese on a crackerAn old photo album with a broken creasePizza on a thin crustWorking on cloudy, rainy daysA quick weekend road tripVideotaping my son’s anticsThe show, “Amazing Race”When my dogs come when calledCooking on the grill when it’s cold outPlayoff baseball games
Fatherhood Adventures
My five-month-old has a girlfriend.It seems a love affair, albeit one-sided, has developed between our Beckett and Dora the Explorer. We are not exactly sure how to take it at such a young age, but it seems harmless at this point. He is equally fascinated with Dora’s cousin, Diego, who has his own cartoon “Go… Read more »
Things I Like
Reaching the bottom of a pile of billsHolding my little boy after a bathThe new marlin display on the boardsChecking out the Inlet during a stormCatching and releasing an undersized fishPhotos of the Assateague poniesA steak and asparagus for dinnerBeing able to take the dogs back to the beachWhen computers work as they are supposed… Read more »
Fatherhood Adventures
I read a column recently that got me looking ahead to 18 years from now.In his column in The Baltimore Sun on Aug. 26, columnist Dan Rodricks wrote a column my wife brought to my attention because it made her cry. Later in the day, I had a similar reaction to the piece, which dealt… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk
It must be campaign season if local media outlets are receiving unsigned, poison pen emails and letters about candidates running for office. While we carry a general disdain for these types of unsubstantiated communications, there was one presented this week that an investigation determined to at least have some merit.Two knowledgeable sources, speaking on the… Read more »
Bike-Only Lane A Must For New Road
The majority of the resort’s City Council was wrong when it voted last month to not include a designated bike lane on the multi-million-dollar redesign of St. Louis Avenue. The good news is that poor decision can now be excused, at least somewhat, because the council has approved a plan tweaking the design’s dimensions, allowing… Read more »
Ashley Devoted To Conservative Ideals In Council Run
OCEAN CITY – City Council candidate Brent Ashley is seeking to become a fixture at City Hall because he thinks the elected body needs “a conservative voice for the people.”Ashley, currently the chairman of the town’s Noise Board, of which he has been a member for 20 years, last ran for the council in 1988…. Read more »