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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
LATEST STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA SHOWS WORCESTER COUNTY LEADING MARYLAND
Worcester County Public Schools
AUG 22, 2023
Newark, MD, August 22, 2023– Today, the Maryland State Department of Education released statewide performance data with Worcester County Public Schools outperforming the majority of school systems in the State across content areas.
(View the full Worcester Boad of Ed statement:)
Monday, August 21, 2023
No panic but keeping an eye on Covid-19 Variants
Levels of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for now remain far below previous peaks seen during past summer and winter waves of the virus, but have been climbing steadily for several weeks.
Public health officials have said that they're well-equipped for the latest seasonal uptick in the virus, with COVID-19 tests and forthcoming vaccines expected to work for the variants on the rise around the country.
But the appearance of a new "highly mutated" variant has raised questions among virus trackers about what the coming months could hold.
(View CBS news story:)
New COVID variants EG.5, FL.1.5.1 and BA.2.86 are spreading. Here's what to know. - CBS News
Sunday, August 20, 2023
2nd Sidney Hughes
3rd Danny Haddaway
Medium Boats
1st Jake Jacobs
2nd Thomas Eskridge
3rd Kenny Heath
Large Boats
1st John Ashton
2nd Johnathon Callahan
3rd Donnie Porter
Teams
Small Boat
1st Jake Jacobs
2nd Sidney Hughes
3rd Jamie Marshall
Large Boat
1st Kenny Heath
2nd Jonathon Callahan
3rd Danny Haddaway
Scholarship Run Winner
John Ashton
Thanks to everyone who attended and supported our event. We could have not asked for a better day. See you in Aug 2024.
Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper; 2004, 1984, 1913, plus feature - Long Ago But Not Far Away.
May, 2004
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Saturday, August 19, 2023
The Life Experiences and Wisdom of Pocomoke City's Eben Hearne- Article 3
(Originally published April 18, 1941)
(This series continues next Saturday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.)
Friday, August 18, 2023
Charges against defendant in hit and run trial dismissed on legal technicality
(WBOC)
UPDATE: Unexpected Legal Twist in Gavin Knupp Trial
Time Machine Preview
This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:
PLUS
2004 ..
1984 ..
New from English's-
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Commissioners approve overnight dispatch assistance for Pocomoke Police
SNOW HILL– The county will assist Pocomoke with overnight emergency dispatch following a decision by officials this week.
(View news story:)
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
UPDATE: Thursday launch from Wallops
View 8/17 news story:
RockOn sounding rocket successfully launches from Wallops - Shore Daily News
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Pocomoke Boat Docking Challenge, Pocomoke City, Maryland
This is the 2023 Pocomoke Boat Docking shirt featuring last year's scholarship Run winner Jamie Marshall. They will be on sale on Saturday at the event. Med to XL for $20 and 2XL & 3XL for $25.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
UPDATED: Two Wallops Launches set for Wednesday morning
(Shore Daily News)
Wednesday, 8/15/23:
The first rocket went off as scheduled on time, but the second was scrubbed due to what NASA called “an anomaly” this morning at the Wallops Flight Facility.
According to NASA, the anomaly occurred with the RockSat-X sounding rocket launch, the first rocket which shot off at 6:21 AM. NASA Range, safety and Sounding Rocket experts are investigating the cause of the anomaly.
Backup launch days are Aug. 16 through 18. No new launch date for the second launch has been set.
The rockets carried experiments developed by more than 30 university and community college teams as part of NASA’s RockOn Workshop and RockSat programs. Fifty percent of the RockOn teams are from minority serving institutions.
(Shore Daily News)