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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Top 5 Stories: Unforgettable State Championship, New Business in Town

A look back at the biggest headlines of the week, from May 20-26.

No. 1—Suspicious Man Photographed Kids at Play, Parents Say The Davidsonville Athletic Association’s (DAA) Board of Directors emailed local parents last Friday after board members said a suspicious man was seen in a minivan allegedly taking photographs of children playing on playground equipment. According to the email, concerned parents approached the man in the van earlier last week, but he sped out of the parking lot. Parents described the van as  "silver" or "champagne-colored." The email stated the incident occurred May 16, between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on the playground at Davidsonville Park, according to local parent Daniel Waz. No. 2—Teens Go All Out for Prom Proposals Asking significant others to prom has always been an exciting …

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Teens Go All Out for Prom Proposals

With South River's prom just around the corner, Patch highlights some of the more impressive prom proposals by local teens.

While on a vacation in Daytona Beach, FL, in April, South River senior Tara Fleshman walked onto her hotel room balcony and saw a word many high school girls are thinking about this time of year. “Prom?” Etched in the sand was a huge “P-R-O-M-?” drawn by her boyfriend Chuckie Paige. It was his special way of asking the teen to South River’s prom this Saturday. “I woke up to no one at the hotel room including Chuckie. I looked all over the place for him and could not understand where he might have gone,” Fleshman told Patch. "His mother came in my room and told me to come outside on the balcony and look how pretty the water was that morning," she said. “[When I saw it] I ran down to the beach, gave him a huge hug and kiss and said ‘Yes!,’” …

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Jonathan Moynihan

10:27 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Hmm, that sounds very impressive. I'd love to see a photo of that!   more ›

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