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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Monday, May 30, 2022
Monday's Worcester County Veterans Memorial Attendees Pay Honor
(WMDT)
Praise and cheers were the sounds that swept the grounds of the Worcester County Veterans Memorial on Monday, as the annual Memorial Day service honored the brave U.S. Military personnel who gave their lives to their country.
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https://www.wmdt.com/2022/05/worcester-county-veterans-memorial-service-return
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Time Machine: 2005, 1939, 1898, 1973, 1906, and local history author's TV segment about circa 1900 beach travel.
July, 2005
Salisbury Daily Times
August, 1939
The Star Democrat (Easton)
December, 1898
The Trenton Times (Trenton, NJ)
June 1973
Worcester County Messenger
September, 1906
Democratic Messenger
Traveling To The Beach Circa 1900
Throwback Thursday With Jim Duffy - May 20, 2021 | Archive | wboc.com
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Our Worcester County schools
At a recent meeting of the Worcester County Board of Education a number of transfers and administrative appointments were announced effective July 1, 2022
Pocomoke Middle School Assistant Principal Joseph Stigler will transfer to Pocomoke High School, following the retirement of Bryan Perry.
Pocomoke Middle School’s Reading and Math Interventionist Danielle Jackson was appointed to be the school’s Assistant Principal.
View the other transfers and appointments:
Administrative Changes Headline Board Meeting - Worcester County Public Schools (worcesterk12.org)
Friday, May 27, 2022
Time Machine Preview
This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:
2005 ..
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Here they come
(WMDT)
MARYLAND- Traffic officials are calling on drivers to expect delays, drive less aggressively, and avoid peak travel times ahead of a Memorial day weekend forecasted to bring 330,000 travelers across the Chesapeake Bay and onto Delmarva.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Pocomoke animal cruelty conviction
(WMDT)
POCOMOKE CITY, Md. – Worcester County Commissioners are calling the conviction of a man who they say put animals in harm’s way a big win.
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Pocomoke City man convicted on animal cruelty charges, County calling it a win - 47abc (wmdt.com)
A current view, locally, on Covid-19
(WMDT)
SALISBURY,Md- As both Wicomico and Worcester Counties report high over 100 new covid cases a week, health officials say they don’t expect these surges to lead to the high levels of hospitalizations and deaths of previous covid waves.
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Monday, May 23, 2022
The 'Other' Chincoteague ponies get attention
(Eastern Shore Post)
The carousel ponies at the Chincoteague carnival grounds got a facelift recently when a group of friends that usually band together to place pony auction bids came together to voluntarily paint the carousel ponies. Above, Steffie Rau, of Bethlehem, Pa., starts to paint a horse from the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department carnival carousel.
Sunday's surprise "Welcome Home" in Pocomoke!
(City of Pocomoke Facebook)
Pocomoke City Emergency Medical Services
On Sunday, May 22nd, 2022. Members of the Pocomoke community organized a surprise "welcome home" parade for a young man that was injured in a motor vehicle accident a few weeks ago.
After multiple surgeries and faced with the probability that he may never walk again. This young man defied the odds and not only is walking but was discharged sooner than expected.
He is well on his way to recovery. The Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack, Worcester County Sheriff's Office Pocomoke City Police, Pocomoke Fire Department, and Pocomoke City Emergency Medical Services as well as numerous motorcycle clubs and citizens participated in the parade.
The young man was quoted as saying" This is the best day of my life"
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Time Machine: 1869, 1956, 2004, 1937, and a TV segment with local history author Jim Duffy.
January, 1869
(when Pocomoke City was still named Newtown; front page article)
Baltimore Sun
Spring, 1956
(Above reads- First row: Billy Bundick, Wayne Brittingham and Geedie Wimbrow. Second row: Dicky Bundick, Jim Payne, Tommy Wessels, Calvin Palmer, Gordon Harrison and Percy Maddox. Third row: Score-keeper Eddie McGee, manager Richard Mason, Bobby Hickman, William Farlow and coach Al Jewitt.)
(a submitted picture published in the Salisbury Daily Times in 2010)
May 18, 1937
Salisbury Times
Strawberries