Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper; 1932, 1832, 2012.

 

(Note- Referenced in the editorial below, Chautauqua was an adult education movement which visited rural areas of the United States from the late 1800's util 1931, bringing entertainment and culture by way of speakers, musicians, and entertainers.)

                                                         

May, 1932

Baltimore Sun

June, 1832

Boston Post

July, 2025

OCEAN CITY, MD - The Henry Hotel Foundation is asking the public to help connect them with people who have previously stayed at the Henry Hotel. The hotel was built in the early 1900s and was a place where people of color, who worked in ocean city, stayed.

WBOC

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The Henry Hotel Foundation Trying to Connect with Past Guests | Latest News | wboc.com

*October, 2012

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Salisbury Daily Times

tkforppe@yahoo.com

A page from 1916's Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore

 

(Continues next Saturday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.)

Rachel Pierce- formerly with WBOC.

 
Rachel Pierce, who departed WBOC recently, is working in news at WPXI television.. NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh.  As reported in previous posts, WBOC's Kirstyn Clark and Lauren Miller have also moved on to other stations.  Kirstyn is back in her hometown Raleigh, NC and Lauren is in Greenville-Spartanburg, SC.  

Somerset County Fair Royalty-

 

Introducing our 2025 Somerset Fair Royalty! 

Little Miss, Brynlee Harman

Little Mister, Chase Murray

Junior Miss, Madison Heavenridge

Miss Somerset Fair Queen, Trinity Sterling  

Congratulations, and thank you to the contestants who participated, you all did an amazing job!

Article recaps Rocket Lab's launch status at Wallops-

(yahoo/finance)

    Neutron production complex

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Rocket Lab’s first hurdle to flying its new rocket is getting it to the pad

Kudos to church youth group!

 (Shore Daily News)

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Atlantic Baptist Church Youth Group builds handicapped ramps in hot conditions - Shore Daily News

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper; 1900, 1953, 2009.

 

December, 1900

Baltimore American

June, 1953

Salisbury Times

*August, 2009

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Salisbury Daily Times

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A page from 1916's Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore

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(Democratic Messenger- May, 1911)

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(UPDATED) More good news for Wallops.. MAYBE-

 

(Eastern Shore Post)

Proposed federal budget cuts for NASA that would impact the Wallops Flight Facility were beaten back by a U.S. House of Representatives appropriations panel on Tuesday, July 15, but the process of retaining funding for Wallops is just beginning.

(View news story on page 4 of Eastern Shore Post:)

20250718_post_up.pdf

(Earlier posting)

(Shore Daily News)

Congresswoman Jen Kiggans confirmed that NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will not face budget cuts in the upcoming fiscal year, following bipartisan efforts in Congress to restore funding levels originally targeted for reduction.

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Wallops spared cuts by Congressional Appropriations Committee - Shore Daily News

Lookout- "they're everywhere"-

 

Be on the lookout for email and phone scams, because they’re everywhere. As old ones continue to make the rounds, new ones are popping up as well, and most of them are extremely well-disguised attempts to get into the data of your devices and your wallet.

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Email, text scams spreading around county | Premium Content | octodaydispatch.com

Thumbs up news for Wallops!

 (Shore Daily News)

Northrop Grumman is investing $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to speed their joint production of the Antares 330 rocket and the newly named Eclipse medium launch vehicle that will be launched from Wallops Island, “as early as 2026.”

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Northrup Grumman investing $50 million in Firefly Aerospace to accelerate development of Eclipse Rocket at Wallops - Shore Daily News