OC Elementary November Students of the Month

Ocean City Elementary School honored the November Students of the Month with a luncheon and special cake sponsored by Bay Sails Motel. Honorees were, first grade, first row from left, Cory Briaca, Lily Castellanos-Avalos, Sarah Engle, Ryan Ethridge and Summer Vorsteg; second grade, second row, Meghan Cummings, Dori Krasner, Madeline McVicker, Skylar Moore, Wesley Powell;… Read more »

BIS Students Make Vocabulary Hats

Students in fifth grade at Berlin Intermediate recently showed off their extensive vocabulary by designing and wearing hats with vocabulary words displayed on them. Christian Beres shows off his “plethora” of decorations with Summer Vinson exhibiting her “’vigilant” hat.

Fatherhood Adventures

My son looks beautiful in a white dress.In my business, we call that a “hook lead,” which is simply a way to grab and retain the readers’ attention to encourage them to proceed to the second paragraph and beyond. Hopefully, it worked.My son’s dress was not really that. It was a christening gown my wife… Read more »

Things I Like

Things I Like

A big bowl of hot soup on a cold dayHearing funny parenting storiesA day when the stock market is upThe smells of breakfast on a weekend morningExercising before a Thanksgiving feastA warm scarf on a windy, cold dayWatching my son jump furiouslyPulling down the Christmas decorations Movies with good young actors A blowout Ravens win… Read more »

SDHS Connections Club Does Canned Food Drive

Stephen Decatur High School Connections Club members Olivia Turner and Erin McGuire recently organized a canned food drive for the Agape Project in Berlin. The two, who are also members of the 2009 Greene Turtle Girls Lacrosse Team, organized the food drive around the club’s annual “TurtleFest” tournament at Northside Park. The girls sent out… Read more »