July 4th!

 Anticipating the observance of our nation's 150th year of independence, the following editorial was published in Pocomoke City's Worcester Democrat and The Ledger Enterprise just prior to July 4th, 1926.

Summer heat: the latest-

Pocomoke City thermometer reading predictions:

  99 Saturday

  93 Sunday

  89 Monday

  86 Tuesday

  86 Wednesday

  90 Thursday

  93 Friday

(Link to forecast and advisories, lower E.S. Md:)

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.0722&lon=-75.5638

(Link to forecast and advisories, E.S. Va:) 

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7108&lon=-75.742

Plans moving forward: Pocomoke cannabis outlet to locate at former Bonanza-

(Update to article below) After hearing from opponents and proponents the Pocomoke City Board of Zoning Appeals voted 3 to 1 this week approving proposed plans to locate a cannabis business at the former Bonanza location south of Pocomoke. 

Heat risks-

(Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company)

Extreme heat can become dangerous in minutes. Know the signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke—it could save a life. Stay cool, stay hydrated, and check on those most vulnerable.

Time Machine Preview-

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye: 

Wonder what was in

 Pocomoke City's newspaper

 90 years-ago this week?

PLUS

1954  ..

1960  ..

News scoop?

 Just saying...

Some people actually pay to get "news" like this?

(7/3/26 Delmarva Now top story)

July 4th Celebrations!

(Compiled by WBOC news. Click link below)

Fourth of July festivities planned around Delmarva | Latest News | wboc.com 

Major acquisition for a staple at Wallops-

 (Shore Daily News)

Rocket Lab, which already has a major launch presence on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, has announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $8 billion.

(View news story)

Rocket Lab to acquire Iridium in major space industry deal - Shore Daily News

It's carnival time on Chincoteague!

 (WBOC)

CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND, Va.– The Chincoteague Volunteer Fireman's Carnival gets underway July 2, leading up to the 101st annual Pony Swim July 29. 

(View news story)

 Chincoteague Volunteer Fireman's Carnival kicks off | Latest News | wboc.com

Marion Station man identified as crash victim-

 

(View news story)

UPDATE: One killed in Route 13 crash near MD-VA border | Latest News | wboc.com

COOLING CENTERS info-

 

(WMDT)

Cooling Centers Open on Delmarva Amid Soaring Temperatures - 47abc

Heat-Related Illnesses- What to do-

 (Worcester County Health Department)

Saving Tangier-

 

Tangier Island: rising waters, eroding shores, dwindling time

Saving the island means preserving the area’s history and culture while also protecting wildlife habitats critical for the Chesapeake Bay.

(View the article:)

Tangier Island: rising waters, eroding shores, dwindling time - Maryland Matters

Anonymous said...

The water isn't rising.

Your friend,
Slim

Note: Another view is that wave action and sinking land has taken its toll on the island's land mass.  

♪♪Singing The News♪♪

                            

 Just saying-

Have you ever noticed the sing-song delivery in the news presentations of anchors Heidi Kristine of WMDT and David Scott of WBOC, i.e. frequent upward inflections of words especially at the end of sentences?  Contrast this to the conversational delivery of WBOC's veteran anchor Steve Hammond and the pros on networks and in larger TV markets.

Well, I never felt more like singin' the news

'Cause I never thought I'd ever lose

Your viewin' just for singin' the news.

Time←←Machine: 100 years ago this week iin Pocomoke City's newspaper; 1938.

 

(According to AI, Tangier Beach was a segregated beach on Tangier Sound at Dames Quarter and closed in the 1920's. The derelict 16-acre property was sold to Dames Quarter native Loraine Henry and her husband George for $2,500 in 1951. They reopened the area as Henry's Beach in 1952, one of the first integrated beaches on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  The site, in an area of severe coastal erosion, was sold in 1991 and is currently private property.)

  

(Wonder how 40-cents a ticket could finance a show like this?)

                                                                         

*September 1938

(The Peninsula Building was located at the northeast corner of Market and Front Streets, across from what is now the Delmarva Discovery Museum.)

Worcester Democrat

tkforppe@yahoo.com