Public Decency At IssueEditor:I read Editor Steve Green’s missive on the flag controversy and the First Amendment. Sometimes, we must cut through the nonsense and simply speak our intuitive truth.Some Supreme Court justices have done this.For example, said one referring to a totally unfettered First Amendment, “You cannot falsely yell ‘Fire!’ in a crowded movie… Read more »
Losing Faith In CountyEditor:Has the Fiscal Year 2025 budget allocation to the Worcester County Board of Education already been decided by the County Commissioners? By the article posted online this week and in the paper today, it would seem so.Chief Administrative Officer Weston Young shared in the article that Maintenance of Effort will likely be the funding formula for the… Read more »
Incidents Require ReportingEditor:I am no longer a resident of Worcester County, but I have family and friends on the shore and I am alarmed to learn there is so many incidents, up to and including violence in public schools.It appears the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and Office of the State’s Attorney are concerned about lack… Read more »
Support For SchoolEditor:To the leaders of Worcester County and the State of Maryland, I cannot convey how troubled I am about the recent news that the new Buckingham Elementary School project is in jeopardy. I have a son at Buckingham.I adamantly oppose the idea that Berlin students be bussed to neighboring town schools. I find it disturbing that state and local… Read more »
County Disappoints With Memorial HandlingEditor:In 2017 our family sought to correct multiple inaccuracies on the Vietnam Memorial at the Worcester County Courthouse in Snow Hill. Because our two brothers’ names were on that memorial, we had some skin in the game. That memorial was “dedicated to the memory of the men of Worcester County who gave… Read more »
Human Perspective On Route 113’s DivisionEditor:Over the past seven decades, Route 113 has divided our town geographically. In 1952, a network of interstates was developed across the nation, often intersecting low-income neighborhoods and splitting communities apart.Today, we find ourselves at a juncture where we can address the consequences of this geographical division. While one crosswalk was… Read more »
Request For HelpEditor:A few weeks ago, my friends I went out for drinks to the Caribbean, The Angler, MR Ducks and Shotti’s. Somewhere along the line I lost my backpack.It is a black Under Armor book bag with three pins and a Pit N Pub keychain on the outside. Inside was a daily planner, a… Read more »
Book Policy UnacceptableEditor:In rebuttal to Gwen Lehman’s letter to the editor response, “no,” banning public school books is not about misinterpreting Huck Finn. It is about XXX pornography lurking in our public school libraries. “All Boys Aren’t Blue” depicts graphic sexual rapes between school age, male cousins, one raping his younger cousin while both enjoy… Read more »
Developer Criticizes Process, CouncilmanEditor:Monday’s Berlin Town Council meeting resulted in yet another failed agreement after at least a couple previous failures. As everyone already knows we have been negotiating on the purchase of lots 57. 191 and 410 for over a year. This resulted in reducing the sale to include only lot 57 where the abandoned… Read more »
Parents, Stay Informed On Child’s EducationEditor:School is back in session, parents are completing all those forms, which apparently now are done online. Parents, be mindful of the consent you are giving the Board of Education about your child’s health and curriculum options.Hopefully in those forms, there will be an option to “opt-in” to choices about… Read more »