Parenting seems to be all about the juggle.Regarding balancing her work career with raising kids, best-selling author Nora Roberts once said, “It’s too damn hard to keep everything in the air, and that’s a pressure we don’t need to put on ourselves. And if you drop a plastic ball, it bounces, no harm done. If… Read more »
Author Archives: Steven Green
About The Author: Steven Green
Masks In Schools Not Complicated
Requiring students wear masks has nothing to do with politics, freedom or rights. It has everything to do with ensuring kids stay in school.Without masks, the fact is hundreds of kids will be quarantined every day in local schools. Right or wrong, and there is a lot to debate with the rules, the protocol states… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – September 17, 2021
Ocean City Mayor and Council members were right this week to ask Councilman Mark Paddack to take a leave of absence after he posted offensive remarks on a local woman’s Facebook story while on her honeymoon. The request was made by Council President Matt James and supported publicly at the meeting by Councilmen Tony DeLuca,… Read more »
Things I Like – September 17, 2021
Watching dogs at the beachThe cool mornings of SeptemberA Friday off with the kids in schoolThe first Sunday of the NFL seasonGoing under a bridge on a boatThe feeling after a good sneezeA rational approach to masksGrilled fish and a saladRubbing on an old, lazy dogPersonalized calendarsOld T-shirts that still fit
Commitment In Place For Broadband
It’s going to take a long time, but Worcester County’s broadband effort appears to finally be happening. Many steps are being taken that cumulatively make it seem like within a few years the connectivity dark spots will be addressed.It seems incomprehensible to many of us in today’s age for people to be without Internet connectivity… Read more »
The Adventures Of Fatherhood – September 10, 2021
I never take anything for granted. It’s a lesson learned from life in general but parenting specifically.A case in point would be the first day of school this week. In some ways, I have been dreading this day for Carson, 11. When his routine and schedule gets rocked, his anxiety runs high, resulting in severe… Read more »
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – September 10, 2021
For the second straight year, Fish Tales in Ocean City will be closing the weekend of the pop-up rally. It will be interesting to see if others follow the lead in the weeks ahead.On its Facebook page, Fish Tales wrote, “Our employees have been rock stars this summer and deserve a much needed break after… Read more »
Things I Like – September 10, 2021
The mixed feelings of a Labor DayIsland Creamery for dessert after eating out in BerlinLeaving school on the first day backPool daysSmoked fish dipStanding on the Inlet jettySquirrels chasing each other around a treeNo bills in the mailboxRocking chairs on a porchA storm to cap off a hot dayShort phone calls
Thoughts From The Publisher’s Desk – September 3, 2021
Despite the Maryland State Department of Education voting to require them, two Maryland school systems – Somerset and Carroll counties – decided this week to not mandate masks on students. The move is likely temporary and seemingly symbolic opposition to the statewide decision. Somerset students were in school this week with masks, while Carroll students… Read more »
The Adventures Of Fatherhood – September 3, 2021
The last couple weeks have confirmed for me it’s time for the kids to get back in school.When neither kid has the desire, energy or enthusiasm for the beach, pool, Boardwalk, amusement parks or water parks on a summer weekend day, I think the summer doldrums have set in. They need to get back in… Read more »
