Mid-Winter Surprise On Assateague!

(The Dispatch)

ASSATEAGUE — In a mid-winter surprise, a new foal was born to the herd of wild horses on Assateague Island last week.

(Full article)
https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2019/01/16/surprise-winter-foal-born-on-assateague/

Think WARM! We may need it.

(Washington Post weather blog)
"The polar vortex has fractured, and the eastern U.S. faces a punishing stretch of winter weather"

(Click below for the chilling prediction)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/01/15/polar-vortex-has-fractured-eastern-us-faces-punishing-stretch-winter-weather-just-underway/?utm_term=.bb199a9aadc7&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1

Mallards Has Closed

(Salisbury Daily Times)

Pocomoke City's Mallards on the River closed its doors permanently over the weekend. 

Owner John "Johnny Mo" Morrison announced the closure on the restaurant's Facebook page Sunday, Jan. 13. The eatery opened in 2017 after taking over the $1 million restaurant building in downtown. Previously the building housed Riverside Grill. 

"​It is with extreme regret that I am announcing that we will be permanently closing our newest location, Mallards on the River on Sunday January 13, 2019," Morrison wrote in the Facebook post. "After a 13 month run it has proven to be unsuccessful. It is an accumulation of too many reasons to list, one of them being the long commute from Melfa, VA."

PPE FOOTNOTE:

Long before the time of the Riverside Grill and Mallards On The River a retired ferry boat, The Emerson C. Harrington, was brought to the north side of the river at Pocomoke City in 1938 and used as a hotel and restaurant.

TIME MACHINE: 2001, 1987, 1907, 1925.

December, 2001

The Daily Times (Salisbury)

January, 1987

The Marylander And Herald

November, 1907

Baltimore Sun

October, 1925
(referencing Pocomoke City)

Worcester Democrat

The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.