A Good News Story In Pocomoke City Tuesday!

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https://www.wmdt.com/2020/04/a-special-surprise-for-a-beloved-pocomoke-city-resident/

Coronavirus Era Brings Scams

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Scams Targeting Your SSN

The Social Security Administration is warning Social Security benefits recipients of scams during the COVID-19 crisis. Scammers may pose as the U.S. Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and other government agencies through phone calls, emails, text messages, or other communications to collect your personal information and Social Security number. Disregard any requests for personal financial information, an advance fee, or charges of any kind, including the purchase of gift cards.

Beware of nine coronavirus scams targeting your identity, including your personal, financial, and medical information:

1. Threats to suspend benefits
2. Calls to verify Medicare numbers
3. Offers for COVID-19 related grants or economic impact payments
4. Fake investment and charitable organizations
5. Imposter family members
6. Phony home inspectors from the CDC
7. Sham sellers of coronavirus testing kits, protection, and vaccines
8. Bogus offers for hard to obtain household supplies
9. Offering to help run errands

Social Security Scams Lead to Identity Theft

When criminals get their hands on your Personally Identifiable Information (PII), they can use your sensitive data to commit credit card fraud and tax fraud. With tax deadlines extended until July 15, 2020, scammers now have more time to file tax forms using stolen information to collect tax returns. The identity theft may also escalate to medical identity theft, where a fraudster uses your sensitive information to receive free medical care, goods, or prescription drugs. 

In these days of COVID-19 concerns, scammers can be particularly compelling, and it’s more important than ever to check in with your elderly friends and neighbors by phone or video chat, to warn them of these coronavirus scams.

Tips to Protect Your Social Security Number

1. Never share personal information through unsolicited phone calls. Remind your loved ones that they should never give personal, financial, or medical information over the phone.
2. Don’t believe your caller ID. Scammers can spoof phone numbers to show up on your phone, disguising who they really are. Don’t make any decision to share information with a caller based on what the caller ID says.
3. Keep important documents stored safely. Store documents containing your Social Security number and other personal and medical information in a safe, locked place.
4. Report Social Security scams. If you think you are the victim of a scam, file a report with the SSA Inspector General online at oig.ssa.gov.
5. If you are worried about Tax Identity Theft, you can request an Identity Protection PIN from the IRS, as well as file an Identity Theft Affidavit if your return is rejected as a duplicate filing. .

Coronavirus And Our Pets

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CORONAVIRUS: SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT OUR DOGS AND CATS?

The coronavirus 2019 (or COVID-19) disease, caused by the 

SARS-CoV-2 virus, is now on the lips of all news readers 

around the world. The epidemic which started in Wuhan, 

China, is now raging across the planet and was therefore 

declared a pandemic on March 11 by the director of the World 

Health Organization.

Perhaps you have followed the news and know that a tiger from the New York zoo tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on April 5? In fact, several zoo cats have shown symptoms of respiratory illness following the probable contact with an employee infected with COVID-19.

As this kind of test requires a general anesthesia on such exotic animals, and since these animals had a high anesthetic risk due to their symptoms, it was agreed to test only one tiger for COVID-19, for their safety. It is therefore assumed that these other zoo felines may also have been affected by this coronavirus.

  

• So, what does this mean for our dear pets?

Until now, we thought they were safe from this highly contagious virus. Is this still the case?

Do we need to take extra precautions to protect our dogs and cats from COVID-19?

Certainly, the large family of coronaviruses includes around 40 different viruses and some can actually infect cats and dogs. But what about the dreaded COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)?

The rest of this article will answer your questions.

CAN HUMANS TRANSMIT COVID-19 TO ANIMALS?

Now that coronavirus is much more common in society, it has been reported that there is a possibility of infection in animals who are in close contact with humans infected with COVID-19.

As there had been no study on the subject and no case had been reported until recently in animals, the scientific community assumed that the risk of transmission of COVID-19 from a human to an animal was minimal, or even non-existent. However, the recent case of the tiger in New York, the first animal that tested positive for the virus in the United States, has changed this theory.

In addition, a certain number of cases of COVID-19 in dogs and cats have also been reported worldwide.

That said, although it’s possible, the risk of pets being infected with this disease still seems very low. The cases that exist to date are very isolated.

Studies are underway to better understand the transmission of COVID-19 in animals, but for the moment, no scientific study officially confirms the risk of transmission of the virus to our pets.

As of March 25 2020, tests have been done on 17 dogs and 8 cats living in families affected by COVID-19, and only two dogs have tested positive for the virus. However, it is not prudent to draw conclusions from such an experiment, given the low number of subjects tested.

Gang Member Arrest

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U.S. Marshals capture wanted 

Eastern Shore Gang Member in Pocomoke City

April 27, 2020 

 Taylor Lumpkin

NORFOLK, Va.  – A Bloods gang member on the run from attempted murder charges in Accomack County since March 25 was captured on Thursday, April 23, in Pocomoke City.

View article:

https://www.wmdt.com/2020/04/u-s-marshals-capture-wanted-eastern-shore-gang-member-in-pocomoke-city/

Time Machine: 2010(x2), 1930, 1954, 1886.

February, 2010

 

Daily Times (Salisbury)

BarryB said...

Must have been an interesting election since Bob and Harvey 

lived across the street from each other.

Anonymous said...

10 years later and people running for office are still trying

 to do the same thing. Has anyone really accomplished

anything? Has anything changed? Is there any movement on

these campaign ideas? This makes me sad.  

Anonymous said...

No one has accomplished anything. Nothing has changed.

The only movement regarding campaigns is the Mayor and 

Council have discovered they don't have to hold elections if

they don't want to. That is what makes me sad.

April, 2010

                                                                              Daily Times (Salisbury)

June, 1930

                                                                        Evening Sun (Baltimore)

January, 1954                                                                                          

                                                                                The Denton Journal

October, 1886

                                                                                 Peninsula Enterprise

1960  ..  

 Anonymous said...

WDMV was originally licensed as WDVM and went on the air 1n 1955 and was 

housed in a tiny cinder block building on Stockton Road, just behind where Choppy 

Layton lives now. The main DJ was Eddie Matherly who was known as "Mama's 

Country Youngin". The call sign was changed to WDMV somewhere around 1959 or 

1960 to represent "Wonderful Delmarva".

  tk for ppe said...
When Cuban dictator Batista was overthrown WDVM listeners got the news from 

Eddie Matherly in these words: "Batista high-tailed it out of Cuba this morning."

Matherly and his "Hoedowners" performed around the lower Eastern Shore. His 

"Hillbilly Haven" promoted country music shows on the Eastern Shore of Virginia at 

Red Hill near Horntown.  He left the Eastern Shore in 1960.  In 1964 Matherly was 

stricken with a fatal heart attack after he mc'd a country music show at the 

Washington Coliseum. It was a month before his 37th birthday.  At the time he was 

general manager of a Warrenton, Va. radio station.  

1977  ..

The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

2010  ..  Four vie for two Pocomoke City Council seats; one incumbent and one newcomer win.

1930  ..  A new ferry service connecting Kent Island and Annapolis is opening.

1954  ..  Dr. Myron Smith is opening an optometry practice in Pocomoke.

1886  ..  A new steamer service from Chincoteague to Ocean City is being eyed with the aim of getting oysters to market sooner. 

Museum Collecting Info On Pandemic Effects

The Calvin B. Taylor House Museum in Berlin is asking residents to send copies of diary entries, newspaper clippings, photos, journal entries and other articles documenting the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.  For more information, or to submit your voice memos or other stories about covid-19, email the Calvin B Taylor House Museum at

taylorhousemuseum@verizon.net .

View full article:

https://baysideoc.com/calvin-b-taylor-museum-asks-residents-for-covid-collection/

 Anonymous said...

It is a little known fact that when Mr. Calvin B. Taylor died in 1932 he was the first victim of a new disease, COVID #1. This disease had 18 subsequent mutations and is now known as COVID-19.

4:29:00 PM

 

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MAYOR & COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION

The Closed Session of the Pocomoke City Mayor & City Council is to be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 and Thursday, April 23, 2020.  The meeting will be called to order at 5:00 PM. 

Pocomoke Mayor & City Council has determined to be necessary and voted to hold a closed session under the provisions of the General Provisions Annotated Code of Maryland, Sec. 3-305 (b), (1) The appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, discipline, demotion, compensation, removal, resignation, or performance evaluation of an appointee, employee, or official over whom it has jurisdiction or any other personnel matter that affects one or more specific individuals;

(2) protect the privacy or reputation of an individual with respect to a matter that is not related to public business.

Time Machine: 1910, 1991, 1887, 1960, 1955.

August, 1910

Baltimore Sun

March, 1991

Daily Times (Salisbury)

October, 1887

The Morning News (Wilmington)

January, 1960

Pocomoke Firemen

  Pocomoke Fire Company photo

ACROSS THE USA

March, 1955

Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Ill.)

1959  .. Average Cost of new house $12,400.00

                Average Yearly Wages $5,010.00

                Cost of a gallon of Gas 25 cents

                Average Cost of a new car $2,200.00

                Movie Ticket$1.00

                Loaf of Bread 20 cents

                Kodak Movie camera $67.50

                Ladies Stockings $1.00

1971  ..                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Daily Times  

      (Pocomoke Elementary, formerly the high school)                                                                        

The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.

Public Schools in Maryland will remain closed until at least May 15th.

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1910  ..  It's the first Thursday in August and that means a big day for Worcester County farmers and their families at Public Landing.

1991  ..  The Pocomoke City Council salutes achievements of Pocomoke High's boys basketball team and the math team.

1887  ..  There are Pocomoke City business changes and improvements to report on.

1960  ..  (Picture) Seven Pocomoke firemen are pictured.

ACROSS THE USA
1955  ..  

Gov. Hogan issues executive order requiring face masks in public.

(WMDT)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Governor Larry Hogan held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to provide updates on the coronavirus pandemic in the state.

An executive order issued by the governor will require face masks or face coverings to be worn inside retail establishments or when riding any form of public transportation in the state. This also requires staff to wear face coverings and requires those businesses to put appropriate social distancing measures in place. In order to give retailers time to make these adjustments, this order will go into effect at 7 a.m. Saturday, April 18th.

Latest Coronavirus updates from Johns Hopkins

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Pocomoke City Election

PUBLIC NOTICE OF APRIL 7, 2020 MUNICIPAL ELECTION, POSTED 4/1/2020, UPDATED 4/13/2020

Update: The Board of Election Supervisors in Pocomoke City: It is the decision and interpretation of the Board of Elections that all absentee ballots cast in the April 7, 2020 election will be declared null and void and will not be considered in any re-scheduled election.

The Pocomoke City Municipal election scheduled for April 7, 2020 will be postponed until further notice. More information will be forthcoming as Pocomoke City works to stay within the confines of the current State of Emergency conditions while keeping our citizen's health and safety the most important concern. 

Attachment: 

Election Postponement.pdf

The Hogan Administration’s COVID-19 A-to-Z Resource Guide

https://governor.maryland.gov/marylandunites/