Time Machine: This Week In Pocomoke 100 years ago, 1925, 1974, 2012, 1865, and local history author's TV segment about the adventures of young Thomas Savage.

 

Footnote: If you noticed, the newspaper's publication date was Saturday, September 23 and the article headline says "Tomorrow, Sept. 23." It may have been an oversight or because, we believe, the newspaper's weekly circulation was in some readers hands starting on Fridays.  

November, 1925

The Evening Journal (Wilmington)

Footnote:

St. Mary's is on Third Street in Pocomoke City. View more about the church's history and its present day service to congregants: 

https://www.stmaryspocomoke.org/who-we-are

October, 1974

                                                                    Salisbury Daily Times

Footnote: In earlier years Cunningham was editor of Pocomoke City's Worcester Democrat.

October, 2012

                                     

Chincoteague Beacon

October, 1865

The Union (Georgetown, De.)

 

The adventures of young Thomas Savage

Throwback Thursday w/ Jim Duffy - Thomas Savage | Archive | wboc.com

In motion- Rocket Lab at Wallops

 (Eastern Shore Post)

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye: 

~New weekly feature~

This week one hundred years ago in Pocomoke- 

1925  ..  

1974  ..                 

  

2012  ..  Train derailment at New Church-

1865  ..  

                     Plus local history author Jim Duffy's TV segment about the adventures of young Thomas Savage.

Last 4th Friday of the season

 

                          

Annual Demolition Derby Saturday at Pocomoke City Fairgrounds

 (Pocomoke City Facebook) 

An Eastern Shore first at Atlantic General

 (WMDT)

"Atlantic General Hospital became the first hospital on the Eastern Shore to offer Mako SmartRobotics™ to patients undergoing joint replacement, an advancement in joint replacement surgery that is transforming the way total knee and hip replacements are performed."

(View news story:)

Atlantic General introduces new robotic technology for joint replacement surgery - 47abc (wmdt.com)

 

               

Pocomoke PD helps with car seat safety

 

Does your car seat have a snug fit? Do the “inch test” to find out. A properly installed car seat shouldn’t move more than one inch front to back or side to side when pulled at the seat belt path. Get more tips and resources in the Ultimate Car Seat Guide: http://www.ultimatecarseatguide.org

If you have questions about harnessing your child or installing your car seats, call the Pocomoke City Police Department at (410)957-1600 to set up an appointment with Ptl. Northam, a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician, to get your child's car seat checked for FREE!

Time Machine: 1939, 1995, 1911, 1992, 1885, plus Eastern Shore history author's TV segment on local players who made it big in Football.

 

July, 1939

Worcester Democrat

*February, 1995

(See the larger font article that follows)

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Salisbury Daily Times

April, 1911

Democratic Messenger

January, 1992

Somerset Herald

March, 1885

The Norfolk Landmark

Local players who made it big in Football.

Throwback Thursday w/ Jim Duffy - Football | DelmarvaLife | wboc.com

Bay Bridge automated lane closure is coming

 

(WTOP Radio)

Maryland has been working for years to make getting across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge faster and more efficient. Highway officials say the next step in the process is going to be implemented soon.

The Maryland Transportation Authority said it expects that a new automated lane closure system will be activated “in the fall.” They aren’t sure exactly when.

Between long-term construction and maintenance on the bridge, as well as the added eastbound lane every afternoon rush hour, lanes are closed multiple times per day. Currently, a crew has to rush out and set up barrels and cones. It can take 30 to 45 minutes to get everything in place on both sides of the bridge.

But the new system will be able to trigger the activation of gates that swing across lanes automatically, closing lanes much faster.

“It’s going to have three scenarios — either a green X, yellow X, or red X,” said William Pines, executive director of the Maryland Transportation Authority. “When motorists see that yellow X, they should be getting out of the lane, because when the red X is in place they should be out of the lane.”

It’s estimated that the transition from an open lane to a closed lane will take about 15 minutes.

“After the red X is deployed, then the horizontal swing gates will be deployed into place and we have to wait for all the traffic that’s still in the lane to actually clear the lane,” said Pines. “Just like if you come up to a red light, you know that you can’t go through an intersection. In the exact same way, when they see that red X, they need to be out of the lane and moving into a lane that is open.”

Besides being faster and more efficient, the new system also makes the bridge safer for drivers and the workers who have to drive out and put the cones out manually.

“Unfortunately in our history we have lost an employee” who was setting up cones and barrels, said Pines. “It is a dangerous operation working next to live traffic.”

Overhead signs will also be in place warning drivers of problems ahead about 2 ½ miles away from the eastbound span and 1 ½ miles away from the westbound bridge. The gates will be stored on the median.

Much of the infrastructure and construction is already finished, and you can see the gates in place.

The MDTA is working on software integration and testing before it rolls out the new system.

The system is part of a $58 million reconstruction of the former toll plaza. The state tore down toll booths and reconfigured the lanes approaching and leaving the bridge on the western shore, and installed the electronic tolling on the Kent Island side.