Saturday might be your LUCKY DAY in Downtown Pocomoke!

(Weather peek)

Downtown Pocomoke Association

🍀✨ FIND LUCKY THE LEPRECHAUN! ✨☘️

📍 Downtown Pocomoke City

📅 Saturday, March 14th

⏰ 11AM – 4PM

Lucky is hiding… 👀🌈

Can you find him?

Start your hunt by visiting ONE of these businesses to grab your game card:

• Christmas Sweet

• Cypress Moon

• Enchanted Florist and Gifts

• Cypress Roots Brewing Company

• Wulfhause Productions

Pocomoke Trading Post

• Stacey’s Dirty Dawgs

• Delmarva Discovery Museum

After you have completed your game card, just turn it in at your last stop!

Search participating businesses to find Lucky the Leprechaun for your chance to WIN the 🌈✨ POT OF GOLD! ✨🌈

🎁 Filled with gift cards, coupons & gift items from:

• The Marva Theater

• Classic Collections at the Vault

• Christmas Sweet

• Cypress Moon Art

• Enchanted Florist and Gifts

• Simply Sublime

• Cypress Roots Brewing Company

• Wulfhause Productions

• Pocomoke Trading Post

• Launchpad Arcade

• Stacey’s Dirty Dawgs

• Delmarva Discovery Museum

👗🟢 Bring a friend & wear your BEST St. Patrick’s Day outfit!

🎥 Winner announced LIVE on Facebook at 4:30PM that afternoon!

Tag your lucky charm & make plans to join us! 🍀💚🌈

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

Pocomoke Samaritan Shelter Benefit-

 

WEATHER

(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

Worcester County Pre-K & Kindergarten registration-

 

Scheduled: Pocomoke business strategy session-

 

We asked (Rehoboth/Rehobeth)

 

Why was the spelling of Rehoboth in Somerset County changed to Rehobeth?

While no official record has been found detailing the specific reason for the spelling change, the most likely explanation is that the change from "Rehoboth" to "Rehobeth" in Somerset County, Maryland, was a gradual modification influenced by local dialect and long-standing colloquial pronunciation

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Factors in the name change

• Distinct from Delaware's Rehoboth: The spelling serves as a distinguishing feature from the more well-known Rehoboth Beach in neighboring Delaware, which retains the original biblical spelling. This helps prevent confusion between the two locations.
• Biblical origins: The name "Rehoboth" is of biblical origin, appearing in Genesis 26:22. For religious communities, including the churches in the Somerset County area, the pronunciation and spelling may have evolved over generations.
• Evolved pronunciation: The spelling "Rehobeth" reflects a specific pronunciation common to the region, where the final syllable may have been consistently pronounced with a short "e" sound instead of the longer "o" sound from the original Hebrew. This type of phonetic spelling is a common phenomenon in local geography.
• Historical records: The community, which includes the historic Coventry Parish, is recorded with the newer spelling in sources like the National Register of Historic Places, indicating that "Rehobeth" has been the accepted spelling for a significant period. 

In essence, the spelling change was not the result of a formal decree but rather a natural evolution of language and a desire to differentiate the Maryland community from its Delaware neighbor.

Pocomoke abandoned home fire-

 Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company

3/9/26 at 04:53 AM

Residential Structure Fire (Abandoned)

400 Block of Oxford St. 

This morning (Monday), the Pocomoke City Vol. Fire Co. and mutual-aid companies responded to an early morning structure fire on Oxford St. Pocomoke EMS arrived to find a 2-story dwelling with fire showing from the second floor and through the roof. First arriving fire crews quickly protected the neighboring structure and were able to suppress the bulk of the fire. Crews were on scene for just shy of 2 1/2 hours for extensive overhaul extinguishing stubborn hotspots. Fire Chief Denston had command. The Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the incident.

Assisting companies: Stockton Vol. Fire Company, Girdletree VFC, Greenbackville VFC, and Newark VFC.

Studying Chesapeake region's ↓sinking land↓-

 

(Chesapeake Bay Journal)

Scientists have known for years that water levels are rising faster in the Chesapeake Bay region than just about anywhere else in the world — because water is only part of the problem here. The land is also sinking.

(View article:)

Study offers best picture yet of sinking land in the Chesapeake Bay region - Maryland Matters

News highlights from Senator Carozza-

(last week)

3/8/26

(Additional information was mentioned by Senator Carozza in this press release. For the full release check with the senator's office via the contact info below.)

Time←← Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper; 1997.

(Editorial)

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*August 1997

Salisbury Daily Times

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