Sunday, October 16, 2022

Time Machine: This week in Pocomoke 100 years ago; 1994, 1951, 1937, 1907, and local history author's TV segment about The Ice Cream Heist of 1908.

(rebuilding, coal, Chincoteague)

October, 1994

Salisbury Daily Times

*March, 1951

Democratic Messenger

March, 1937

Baltimore Sun

September, 1907

Peninsula Enterprise

The Ice Cream Heist of 1908

wboc-Thu_Jun_09_17_00 - selection | DelmarvaLife | wboc.com

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Phone scam

View news story:

Worcester Co. Sheriff's Office warning public of phone scam - 47abc (wmdt.com)

Friday, October 14, 2022

Student charged in Pocomoke school threat

(WGMD, 10/13/22)

Worcester County Sheriff’s officers have charged a Pocomoke Middle School student in connection with a threat to the school on September 29th. Investigation revealed the threat was not credible and that the social media post was created by a student. No firearm was ever brought to the school. Charges for the student have been referred to the Department of Juvenile Services –

disruption of school operations
threat of mass violence
false statement to an officer
causing a false statement to an officer

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Time Machine Preview:

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

1994 ..

1951 ..

1937 .. Stockton-

1907 .. (Ad) Helping the Pocomoke housewife-

Plus local history author Jim Duffy's TV segment about The Ice Cream Heist of 1908.

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Electron rocket arrives at Wallops Rocket Lab facility

Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle arrives at the Company's Integration and Control Facility in Virginia ahead of the inaugural mission from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (Photo: Business Wire)

“We are looking forward to seeing Electron take to Virginia skies for the first time very soon”

(View news story:)

Electron Rocket Arrives at Launch Complex 2 for Rocket Lab’s Inaugural Mission from Virginia | Business Wire

CALLING ALL ARTS AND CRAFTS VENDORS!!!

The Pocomoke Area Chamber of Commerce is now seeking handmade arts and crafts for their annual Christmas festival taking place on November 12, 2022 in Pocomoke City at the Pocomoke Community Center.

Interested vendors can visit the chamber website at Our Christmas Arts & Crafts Festival (pocomokechamber.com) for more information about the festival and a vendor application.

Applications are honored on a first come, first served basis and must include payment in full.

For questions or concerns, please call the Chamber of Commerce at 410-957-1919.

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Pocomoke burglary/arson

(WBOC)

Burglary in Pocomoke Turns Arson

POCOMOKE CITY, Md. - Worcester County authorities say a Pocomoke City home was burglarized and set ablaze early Monday morning.

The Worcester County Fire Marshal's Office said the Pocomoke City Police Department were investigating a burglary that occurred at around 4:45 a.m. at a home at 601 Young St. Upon arrival, the officers saw the rear of the single-story home on fire, and spreading fast.

The Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company, along with firefighters from Stockton, Snow Hill and New Church, Va., worked together to quickly extinguish the flames. Fire investigators from the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office determined the fire was intentionally set.

Anyone with information relating to the fire is asked to contact the Fire Marshal’s office at 410-632-5666 or the Maryland Arson Hotline at 800-492-7529. Anyone with information relating to the burglary is asked to contact the Pocomoke Police Department at 410-957-1600. You can remain anonymous.

View full schedule of festival activities:

Apple Scrapple Festival - Bridgeville, Delaware

Small earthquake on Western Shore

(WTOP)

Small earthquake rumbles parts of Central Maryland

A small earthquake shook parts of Maryland late Tuesday evening.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 2.0 earthquake occurred near Sykesville, in Central Maryland, at around 11:49 p.m. Tuesday with a depth of around 3.1 miles.

According to the agency’s Did You Feel It site — which gathers user-submitted reports of earthquake intensity — more than 200 people felt the earthquake, with most reporting weak to light shaking.

The quake was most widely felt in Carroll, Howard and Anne Arundel counties, but reports of weak shaking were received from as far away as Frederick, Gaithersburg and Silver Spring.

A spokesperson for the Howard County Police Department told WTOP that 911 operators received a few calls from residents who had “heard a boom or felt a rumble.”

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office and the Maryland State Police’s Westminster barrack had not received any reports of injuries or damage in their area as of Wednesday morning.

Last year, a small 2.1-magnitude earthquake shook parts of Clarksville.