I love watching my kids do things together.Whether it’s walking down the beach hunting for shells, playing in the backyard on the trampoline, watching a movie or putting Legos together, it does the mind and soul good to see them as little partners in anything. When it happens, it’s embraced because there are times when… Read more »
Category: Beach Living
Showell Elementary First Graders Welcome The Start Of The Baseball Season
Lori Sullivan’s first graders at Showell Elementary welcomed the start of the baseball season with their volunteer, Nathan Hyde, who read them a book about Jackie Robinson, and then revealed that he wrote a letter to one of Robinson’s teammates, Carl Erskine, about their class. Erskine wrote Mrs. Sullivan’s class a letter back and surprised… Read more »
Berlin Intermediate School Sixth Grade Dolphins Team Invites Everyone To Join Their “Boardwalkin’ For Pets” Team
Members of the Berlin Intermediate School sixth grade Dolphins team invites everyone to join their team to help raise money during the “Boardwalkin’ for Pets” event on Saturday, April 25 in Ocean City. To join “Team Dolphins” just go to ww.worcestercountyhumanesociety.org and click on Board Walkin’ for Pets and register. Students pictured with teacher Wendy… Read more »
Things I Like
Long weekend days spent outsideMy son’s love for finding seashellsStowing the snow shovels for the seasonA day with no mail at homeSunday mornings at homeA smooth transition with a big changeWhen Berlin closes Main StreetRunning as the sun is risingBreakfast on the BoardwalkTickling my kidsHome renovation projects
SD High School Economics Students Place Second In The Maryland Economics Challenge
Stephen Decatur High School Economics teacher Kurt Marx and his students Gary Frick, Austin Hickey, Graham Hall and Sean Velazquez-Alvino placed second in their division of the Maryland Economics Challenge. This two-division competition is designed to enhance awareness and build a sense of teamwork in students through an intense competition that tests their knowledge in… Read more »
Worcester Prep Inducts Students Into The Societe´ Honoraire de Francais, Chapitre Bastille
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann
This historic picture depicts the birth of the current Inlet in August of 1933.The railroad tracks are visible as are the fish camps where the pound fishermen lived and worked prior to the Aug. 23 hurricane, which occurred prior to storms being named.Although the town suffered some serious property damage, there were no fatalities and… Read more »
Berlin Intermediate School Peer Mediators Sponsor Kindness Matters Day
The Berlin Intermediate School Peer Mediators last month sponsored a Kindness Matters Day throughout the school by asking all students and staff to wear pastel colors and to donate toiletries for Sarah’s Pantry located at the Ocean Pines Community Church. The Peer Mediators and their school counselors, Aaron Call and Michelle Bankert, are pictured with the donations.
Adventures Of Fatherhood
The absurdity surrounding Easter makes me laugh each year.There we were on Sunday morning with all too much Easter grass strewn about and way too many eggs across the table. All the while we were reminding the kids as they dug their baskets they could only have a couple pieces of candy before church. As… Read more »
SD High School Acts Of Kindness Group Donates $1,776.99 To The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
After a month-long, school-wide campaign called “Pennies for Patients,” which included several activities such as the annual faculty-student basketball game, the Stephen Decatur High School Acts of Kindness group was able to donate $1776.99 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) on April 2.Pictured, back row from left, are Stephen Decatur High School Principal Tom… Read more »