The Pocomoke Public Eye

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Atlantic General's online system woes

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Worcester County student performance was tops in Maryland

LATEST DATA RELEASE PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON WORCESTER COUNTY STUDENT PERFORMANCE

Newark, MD, January 26, 2023– The Maryland State Department of Education recently released statewide performance data with Worcester County Public Schools outperforming the majority of school systems in the State across content areas.

During the State Board of Education meeting on January 24, 2023, State Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury and staff provided an update on student performance on state assessments administered in spring 2022 in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. These results reflect the new assessment and standard setting that the state has completed over the past year.

Statewide, student performance in ELA demonstrated a return to pre-pandemic performance. In Worcester County, student performance on the spring ELA assessments in grades 3-8 topped all other school systems in Maryland with 64 percent of students scoring as proficient or higher, 20 percentage points above the state average. (See figure below.) A particular highlight in the early grades is Ocean City Elementary School, at which 94 percent of third graders scored proficient or higher, a whopping 74.8 percentage points above the state average, and 87.6 percent of fourth graders reached proficiency, nearly 79 percentage points above the state average.

Honors for Pocomoke students from City Hall

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Food products recall

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More than 400 food products sold under dozens of brand names were recalled due to possible Listeria contamination - Shore Daily News

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Fresh Ideation Food Group LLC Recalls Sandwiches and Other Products Because of Possible Health Risk | FDA

Calendar reminder

Monday, February 6, 2023

Pocomoke Walmart incident Sunday

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The Pocomoke City Walmart was closed for a while Sunday afternoon after Pocomoke police were called to the scene to respond to an incident of an undisclosed nature.

(Shore Daily News report: Shoppers were told to evacuate the Pocomoke City Walmart Sunday afternoon. They were also told to clear the area and leave their cars in the parking lot. The Pocomoke City Police responded to the call at approximately 2pm.)

After arriving on the scene a statement issued by the Pocomoke City Police Department stated that the incident "IS NOT an active shooter threat. Officers are on scene and are securing the area. We are urging our citizens to stay away from the area until an all clear is given for everyone's safety. The Pocomoke City Police Department thanks our citizens for their patience."

Pocomoke police said in a later statement Sunday: "The incident at Walmart has been cleared and the police department would like to extend the "all clear" order to the citizens of Pocomoke. Within approximately the next hour, the Pocomoke City Walmart will re-open for business and citizens may continue to shop in safety and peace.

We thank our citizens for their patience and understanding during this incident."

Senator Carozza Reports

Sunday, February 5, 2023

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper, 1937, 1966, 2007, 1917.

April, 1937

The Daily Times-News (Burlington, S.C.)

January, 1966

Cumberland Evening Times (Cumberland, Md.)

(Pocomoke Public Eye reader comment:)

Anonymous said...

In 1966 Will Hockersmith resigned as state's attorney because of "the pressure of his law practice and other business."

Yeah, right. Whatever you say, Will. Did you learn from Phillip Ancell or did he learn from you?

(Pocomoke Public Eye footnote:)

Phillip Ancell was the City Manager in Pocomoke who was released from his duties in 1967. Ancell had his defenders in the community but the city fathers maintained (Salisbury Daily Times article) "..he had not kept the mayor and council advised of city affairs, and that he had ignored their request on city business, and had refused to carry out assignments in the past on city business."

Anonymous said...

Footnote to your footnote:

It was proven at a public hearing held at Pocomoke High School that Phillip Ancell received payments from Neptune Water Meter Company in return for steering business their way. I was there, along with Paul Cunningham who testified at the hearing.