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Lions show grit; Vikings off to fast start
Queen Anne’s County High isn’t the fastest or strongest football team in the Bayside Conference. But four games into the season, the Lions are playing with a longtime program staple — grit. “They’re gritty,” head coach Brian Mooney said after Queen Anne’s — playing its first home game of the season — evened its record last Friday night with a 20-15 victory over James M. Bennett. “There’s no quit on...
Jousting championship held at Tuckahoe
QUEEN ANNE — The announcer called into the microphone, “charge fair maiden” as John Philip Sousa’s rousing military march “Stars and Stripes Forever” echoes across the track. Maidens and knights charged on their steeds at Eastern Shore Jousting Association’s 55th Annual Championship Tournament on Sept. 29. The competition took place at the the Tuckahoe Equestrian Center. The event began with the American Flag waving above a rider’s head as she...
Busload of Books to visit Garnet
CHESTERTOWN — Children’s author/illustrator team Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are bringing the second phase of their national literacy access and awareness initiative Busload of Books to H.H. Garnet Elementary School, the first step of an ongoing partnership with Kent County Public Schools in which the duo will visit each of the district’s three elementary schools twice over the next six years. Swanson and Behr will be at Garnet Thursday, Oct. 3. There will be two in-school assemblies for students and a parent night from...
Biz Beat: Scott's Landscaping growing strong, Mushroom House Automotive celebrates 30
Happening this week in and around Cecil County: Robert Scott started Scott’s Landscaping & Construction so he could spend more time with his family. Formerly a career firefighter for the US Government, he said that schedule made it hard to be a dad. “I was working two days on and two days off,” Scott said...
Guide to trunk-or-treats in Delaware in 2024
There is no replacing trick-or-treating on Halloween. Kids and parents in costume greeting their neighbors and getting their favorite candy creates memories that can last a lifetime. If you want an earlier start on the Halloween fun, there are some trunk-or-treats around the First State that can get everyone warmed up for holiday...
Faith community sending aid to hurricane ravaged areas
ELKTON — Cecil County’s faith-based community is joining other local individuals and organizations in sending aid to areas of the Southern U.S. ravaged by Hurricane Helene. The Rev. Tim Beardsley, pastor of Ebenezer Global Methodist Church in Rising Sun, Wesley Church of Elkton and St. John’s in Lewisville said the GMC churches are answering the call for assistance. That includes Leeds, Union Community ad Wesley Church of Elkton. Leeds Church,...
Cecil Cares will begin Saturday, end next Friday
ELKTON — Cecil Cares begins Saturday and Krista Gilmore, spokeswoman for the organizers, said some of the 16 projects will be done that day, while four others will be completed Oct. 11. “We gave people the option,” Gilmore said, adding there are still spaces on most projects for people to volunteer. Head to volunteercecil.org and look for the Cecil Cares page. Gilmore said the page is easy to find and...
North East's early score lets defense take control of game in win over Elkton
ELKTON — Through the first half of the season, getting early momentum has been paramount to North East’s success. For first-year head coach Brandon Teixidor, an early advantage allows his defense to take control of the game. North East did that in Wednesday evening’s matchup against Elkton, using a goal from Liam Ivarsson just eight minutes in to take a 1-0 lead. Ivarsson’s score at the 32:11-mark of the first half gave the Indians an advantage and allowed them to keep it throughout. ...
Bennett blanks Queen Anne's
CENTREVILLE — Mike Kern tried stopping them before they started. “Don’t hang your heads,” Queen Anne’s County High’s girls head soccer coach instructed his players after Monday night’s 3-0 loss to James M. Bennett. Though the defending Bayside Conference-champion Clippers had ended the Lions’ five-game winning streak, Kern was encouraged by what he saw. “It’s...
Washington College Electric Boat Team visits Radcliffe Creek School
CHESTERTOWN — Radcliffe Creek School students were treated to a special presentation by the Washington College Electric Boat Team Sept. 20. Team members shared their inspiring story, detailing the design failures they overcame in the process of building their electric boats, which eventually led to the team’s success, winning first place in multiple races against other teams from universities with large engineering programs. Electric Boat Team President Douglas Hewes, a member of Radcliffe’s Class of 2018, spoke, along with Washington College students Mac Sansbury, Tiyaba...
Christina School District celebrates renovations to the Brennen School
The Christina School District on Tuesday celebrated the completion of a renovation project that improved conditions for the Brennen School's youngest students. “This is a brighter, more inviting environment for our littlest ones,” Principal Heather Calkins said. Located behind Kirk Middle School off Chestnut Hill Road, Brennen houses the Delaware Autism Program and serves approximately 100 students from around New Castle County who are on the severe end of the...
It's October! Fall and Halloween events scheduled throughout the month
CECIL COUNTY — October is here and brings a month full of fall and Halloween fun. Here’s a look at what’s coming this month: Let the fun begin! The weekend starts with a bowl of hot homemade soup to benefit Wayfarer’s House for women and children. Art Space on Main in Elkton has spent the past year making ceramic bowls for the Empty Bowls fundraiser. Some 600 bowls will be...
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