Stephen Decatur High School senior Jake Gaddis spent two weeks in Annapolis working in the Maryland General Assembly while it was in session as the only Page from Worcester County. In addition to working at the State House, updating Bill books, and attending committee meetings, Gaddis had the opportunity to work with Delegates Mary Beth… Read more »
Ryan Murphy, a junior at Worcester Preparatory School, has been selected as a 2015 Carson Scholar. The Carson Scholars program was created by Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Carson to reward gifted students who excel in the academics and community service. An awards banquet will be held in Baltimore on April 19 to honor recipients. Upon… Read more »
After receiving over 150 submissions, the Coastal Association of REALTORS® (CAR) Community Involvement Committee has chosen three winners – one from each of the three Lower Shore counties – of its 2016 Fair Housing Poster Contest. First place went to Deal Island Elementary fifth grader Morgan Ann Brenner, who is pictured with Sarah Rayne of… Read more »
A seven-day family trip to Disney World merits some more reflections, so here’s a few more from last month’s adventure.The most common phrase expressed on the trip by Pam and me was, “get your feet up.”As ridiculous as this may sound, it was true that every day, multiple times an hour, we had to remind… Read more »
Stephen Decatur High School junior Reagan Dunham attended the National Civics and Law Academy last month in Washington D.C. where she participated in learning sessions in foreign affairs, cyber security and Supreme Court law. Dunham also met Senator Ben Cardin and participated in a mock trial activity at American University. After high school, Dunham plans… Read more »
Eighty-four students were inducted into the Stephen Decatur High School chapter of the National Honor Society on March 24. To be inducted, students had to satisfy character, scholarship, leadership and service requirements. Among those inducted were juniors Reagan Dunham, Alea Aul, Emily Cook and Alison Alvarado. Submitted Photos
Ocean City Elementary kindergarten students in Christine Lieb’s class are at work constructing cubes from toothpicks and gummy candies as part of a unit on geometric solids. Pictured are Kaden Ortt and Ethan Peled.
Learning more about community helpers, students from Darlene Collins’ kindergarten class at Seaside Christian Academy were visited by nurses from Surgical Services at Atlantic General Hospital. Pictured are nurse Denise Esham, Collins and nurse Laura Small with the students.
Summer of 1956Volume IIEdition 9Issue Highlights• The New George Washington Hotel was under the “Personal Supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Hastings, Owners.” The phone number was 270 as well as 271.• Fifty dollars down and $10 a month “buys a homesite in beautiful Cape Isle of Wight,” according to a local real estate… Read more »
This 1912 photo shows pound fishermen on the beach in Ocean City. The horse helped pull the boat up on the beach and took baskets of fish netted offshore to the railroad spur that ran south from S. Division Street.A rough and dangerous job, pound fishing required the men to row through the surf as… Read more »