Concerns over plans for new Pocomoke Library

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POCOMOKE CITY, Md. -- Market Street, where Pocomoke's library sits is now the site for a brand new library. After plans to put the facility near the old armory fell through, it sent this process back to square one. 

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Neighbors in Pocomoke Worried Over new Library Plans | Latest News | wboc.com

 Anonymous said...

So what is deficient about the current building? In this age of internet and email they are certainly lending out fewer books and the population being served has not increased significantly. Maybe this is a case of a multi-million windfall being available and local politicians certainly would not want that to go to waste, would they?

New safety protocols in Worcester public schools

 

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“We can’t choose our crisis, but we can choose how we handle a crisis,” Worcester County Public Schools’ Manager of School Safety, Shawn Goddard emphasized.

All staff and students across Worcester County Public Schools are using one system to respond to emergencies. “There’s 5 different response protocols, there’s hold, secure, lockdown, evacuate, and all of our staff has this on their lanyard, so they have it easily accessible,” Worcester County Public Schools’ Chief Safety and Academic Officer, Dr. Annette Wallace explains.

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School Safety: five ways WCPS is making schools safer - 47abc (wmdt.com)

 

 Drivers- stay alert for students!

(UPDATED) Source: Jackson Holliday to triple A Norfolk.

(Updated) Jackson made his debut with the Triple-A Norfolk Tides Tuesday night, going 1-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored..

(Updated) The Associated Press reported Tuesday (9/5) that Jackson Holliday has been promoted to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides.

Jackson Holliday this spring in Salisbury.

PHOENIX - Baseball's No. 1 prospect is moving on up. Again. Shortstop Jackson Holliday will play for his fourth team of the minor league season when he joins Triple-A Norfolk from Double-A Bowie this week, according to a source. 

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Source: Jackson Holliday is being promoted to Triple-A Norfolk - Blog (masnsports.com)

Time Machine: Labor day 1936, 1939, 1925, 1985 plus feature- Long ago but not far away.

 An archived edition of Pocomoke City's Worcester Democrat newspaper wasn't available for this week in 1923.  Our 'one-hundred years ago this week' feature will resume next week.

September, 1936

Worcester Democrat

September, 1939 (Labor Day)

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Worcester Democrat

Grimace alert: 

August, 1925

Worcester Democrat

September, 1985

Salisbury Daily Times

LONG AGO BUT NOT FAR AWAY- THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF OUR SOUTHERN PENINSULA 

From a 1951 feature article in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.  The author, Leonora W. Wood, (1892-1989) wrote articles of regional historic interest for Virginia newspapers and authored "Guide To Virginia's Eastern Shore" in 1952.  She was an inspiration for the novel "Christy" written by her daughter Catherine Marshall, a well-known author.  Mrs. Wood's husband was a minister who had served Holmes Presbyterian Church in Cheriton.

(This week: Article excerpt #5 of nine:)

The Life Experiences and Wisdom of Pocomoke City's Eben Hearne- Article 5

 

(Originally published May 16, 1941)

(This series continues next Saturday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.)

Key projects for Worcester County approved

 

    

Time Machine Preview

 This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

A look at local Labor Day news from 1936, 1939, 1925, 1985 plus another segment from the feature "Long Ago But Not Far Away."

                                                                                                                   

 

 

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Boost for restoring Worcester County Afterschool Programs

 

A grant is making possible the restoration of some After School Programs in Pocomoke and other Worcester County schools. 

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New system for holding Worcester students accountable

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WORCESTER COUNTY, Md. -- The Worcester County Sheriff's Office has a new operating procedure. It will involve handcuffing a student in extreme cases.

Students under the age of 10 will not be handcuffed. Students ages 10-12 could be arrested for violent crimes or possessing a firearm. Students ages 13-17 could be arrested for the previously mentioned violent crimes, or for serious misdemeanors like threats of mass violence, sexual offenses, threats of arson and violations of a protective order. 

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Snow Hill's scorned child still at home

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SNOW HILL, Md. -- Town leaders have been told they will need to restart the selling process for the Black Eyed Susan riverboat. It means the boat will remain in Snow Hill for at least the next two or three months. 

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Snow Hill Can't Seem to get rid of its Black Eye | Latest News | wboc.com

 Anonymous said...

"We found that so many of the things we've been doing over the last several years have been pretty 'lax' as far as adhering to proper processes and proper procedures," said Pollitt."

That about sums it up for the way Snow Hill has been governed for the last twenty years.