Pocomoke City News

OCEAN CITY -- Ocean City could realize more than $32,000 in savings if Worcester County's treasurer's office takes over property tax collection.

GREENBACKVILLE -- George R. McElwain Sr., 80, of Greenbackville, and formerly of Annapolis, died Monday, Feb.

BERLIN -- More than a century ago, when stagecoaches passed through Worcester County, passengers would have a view of the Sherwood Plantation as they traveled along the main north-south road.

SALISBURY -- After suffering a stroke damaging the left side of her body, 67-year-old Aline Wharton went to live at Hartley Hall Nursing Home.

SALISBURY -- After suffering a stroke damaging the left side of her body, 67-year-old Aline Wharton went to live at Hartley Hall Nursing Home.

POCOMOKE CITY -- In the musical 'Bye Bye Birdie,' singer Conrad Birdie plans to give a fan a 'good-bye kiss' on The Ed Sullivan Show.

On the same day a Worcester County woman reported seeing a fiery object in the sky, doctors at a small practice in Virginia got a big surprise when a tennis ball-sized meteorite punched a hole through their roof.

The wording of a recent Grapevine comment erroneously implied that the newly renovated Mar-Va Theater in Pocomoke City was little more than a weekend movie house.

There's more than one way to make an important contribution. While the collection of both money and supplies for victims of a devastating earthquake in Haiti has been on the top of people's minds for the past few days, let's not ignore an ongoing and critical need right here in our own community.

POCOMOKE CITY -- The Pocomoke mayor and council decided to call a meeting of major owners and the county to discuss what action to take to correct the flooding problem at the Cedar Pointe II subdivision.

Delmarva Power reports that 58 customers in Salisbury have lost power this morning, along with 76 customers in Pocomoke City.

Snow Hill Elementary School will hold "Donuts for Dad" in the school's cafeteria today and Friday at 8:30 a.m. Sponsored by the school's Judy Center program, "Donuts for Dads" is an opportunity for family members to become involved in their child's education.

Incumbent Councilman Robert L. Hawkins became the first to file for Pocomoke City's 2010 municipal election, which is set for April 6. Having served on the city governing body for more than 20 years, Hawkins described the "smooth working relationship" of the council.

POCOMOKE CITY -- The Pocomoke mayor and council decided to call a meeting of property owners and the county to discuss what action to take to correct the flooding problem at the Cedar Pointe II subdivision.

SNOW HILL -- A 68-year-old New York man was sentenced in the rape of a Pocomoke City woman, a conviction made on the strength of DNA evidence that cracked an 18-year-old cold case.

SNOW HILL, Md. -- A Pocomoke City blogger entered an Alford plea in a wiretapping-related case in which he posted a recording of a conversation between himself, his wife and the town mayor on his Web site, pocomoketattler.com. William F. Burke entered the plea -- which does not admit guilt, but concedes that prosecutors have enough evidence for a ...

POCOMOKE CITY -- Tom McHugh the 'The Banjo Man,' hosted by the Delmarva Discovery Center will offer a free performance on Friday, Jan.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Solei Amir Watson of Princess Anne was born Aug. 26, 2000, and died Monday, Dec.

Emily Rantz remembers Saturday afternoons from her childhood, waiting outside the Mar-Va Theater for her parents to pick her up after a matinee.

POCOMOKE CITY -- When the youth of St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church and their friends from other churches in the Pocomoke area are assembled in the front of the church this Sunday, it will mark the 52nd anniversary of the church's annual Epiphany Pageant.