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• Delmar November Joint Council Meeting - 2009

  The November Delmar Delaware and Delmar Maryland Joint Council meeting was held tonight. All members from both councils were present except Commissioner Williams and the late arrival of Councilman Thompson. My usual disclaimer is; I am not part of the council and what I write is my personal views, not [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:21pm EST
  

• The November Delmar Utility Meeting - 2009

  The Delmar Utility Commission held it's monthly meeting tonight. All members except Councilman Thompson were present. Among the items discussed were;
  
  Hopkins construction was given the contract to replace the media in the three filters at the water treatment plant at a cost of $43,294.34.
  
  A new [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:31pm EST
  

• Double Mills Newsletter is Out

  The latest edition of the Double Mills Newsletter "The Mockingbird" is out on their web site. Double Mills is the gristmill located between Delmar and Mardela Springs. The newsletters are always interesting, this edition looks at prohibition, one room school houses, Indian corn and a number of other grist [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:00pm EST
  

• Norfolk Southern Air Polluter

  
  Those of us who live in the old section of Delmar were given a Norfolk Southern treat this morning (still going on) when engine 3363 decided to warm-up for a half hour plus and send exhaust fumes around town. I had to give up trying [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:43am EST
  

• School Band To Give Concert Thursday

  The Delmar Middle School Band Concert will be held Thursday, December 3rd at 7pm in the school auditorium. [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 5:56am EST
  

• DELMAR CHRISTMAS PARADE - 2009

  The Delmar Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Greater Delmar Chamber of Commerce, will take place Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.
  
  Applications available by calling the Chamber of Commerce at 302-846-3336 or you can pick one up at Town [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:28am EST
  

• Joint Council Meeting Tomorrow

  There will be a joint council meeting tomorrow night at 7 PM at Town hall. Among the items on the agenda are; The oath of office will be given to the newly elected Delmar Maryland officials, Delmar Police Dept.and their Proposed Delaware Collective Bargaining, Dr. Chandra- Preliminary Approval Proposed Strip [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:14am EST
  

• Burka Barbie

  
  Barbie is back in the news again. The most misunderstood doll of all time has had a designer make a burka for her for her 50th anniversary this year at a charity auction in connection with Sotheby's for Save The Children. Please note the company (Mattel)isn’t [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 7:36am EST
  

• 24Th Annual Open House Railroad Club

  The 24th annual open house of the Del Mar Va Model Railroad Club opened today.
  
  Free admission - free parking
  
  Today it is open from 11 AM to 5 PM, Tomorrow on Sunday it is open 12 PM to 5 PM
  [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 3:41pm EST
  

• Black Friday and Football

  Well my wife and two daughters left last night about 10 PM for the Tanger outlets in Rehoboth Beach. They came back home this morning about 10 AM. Twelve hours of shopping just dazzles my male mind and to think they asked if I wanted to go with them before [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 5:08pm EST
  

• Thanksgiving Day Morning

  
  Ah Yes Thanksgiving Morning at Howard's. Both daughters made it home yesterday.
  
  Baking and cooking started last night and this morning it continues.
  
  All this mother-daughter bonding in the kitchen
  
  
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:11am EST
  

• Green Beans and The Green Bean Casserole

  A tip of the hat to Fallston Almanac of American History for directing me to the Slate post on green beans at Thanksgiving Time and that mushroom-soup-green-beans-French-onions de rigeur of Thanksgiving meals - the green bean casserole.
  
  
  Our ancestors started eating green beans on [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 6:40am EST
  

• Joe Muir - Baseball player and Md. State Police Officer

  
  Joseph Allen Muir Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was born on Nov. 26, 1922, in Oriole, Md. At 29 he quit baseball and joined the Maryland State Police. Apparently the state police would not accept new recruits over the age of 30, so [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 6:11am EST
  

• What's For Thanksgiving?

  
  Break the mold people - don't do the traditional turkey - go for something that is a challenge - like spam
  
  Not only cheaper but sized so you will not have a lot of leftovers.
  
  Beats plucking a' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:08pm EST
  

• All The Ships At Sea

  Well maybe not all the ships at sea but at least a few. Over at Live Ship Map of Marine Traffic.com you can pull up a map of the port you want or the section of ocean you want and it will display the ships in that area. Different [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:58pm EST
  

• Proper Upbring - 1850

  From the November 1850 issue of Godey's Lady's Book
  
  
  DIARIES. - Every young lady who aspires to the dignity of having a well-cultivated mind should keep a diary; say from the time she is fifteen till she reaches the regulated age of twenty-five. An earlier attempt would not [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:57am EST
  

• Red Top Liquors for sale

  I was looking at commercial property for sale this morning and I see Red Top Liquors is for sale at $325,000. The sale includes business and real estate. I had made mention of the place back in August. [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:21am EST
  

• What's For Thanksgiving?

  
  Suicide Bridge Restaurant - 2009
  
  
  Peaky's - 2009' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:18am EST
  

• USDA Seeks Applicants for the USDA/1890 Scholarships

  The USDA is reminding High School Seniors and college sophomores and juniors who desire to follow a career in agriculture and public service to apply for their 1890 program . I see where Kimble Brown, Jr, of Delmar Maryland, was selected as a USDA/1890 National Scholar in 2009. USDA [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:35pm EST
  

• KFC Witness Protection Program

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:03pm EST
  

• Food Rut - Food Rut

  One of the few disadvantages of being retired is, by guilt or general bitching, I end up doing the cooking for the two of us. Combined with some attempt to diet (a four letter word) I have gotten into a food rut of bland, humdrum meals. It seems like I [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:11pm EST
  

• What's For Thanksgiving?

  
  1966 - You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant
  
  
  Alice's Restaurant
  By Arlo Guthrie
  
  This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the
  restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant,
  that's just the [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:39am EST
  

• Hog-Killing 1937

  HOG KILLING TIME NOW STARTING IN SUSSEX
  
  From The Milford Chronicle November 26, 1937
  
  Lower Delaware farmers, with few exceptions, know not the pangs of hunger because they always are able, with any seasonable weather conditions in the spring and summer to produce enough to supply their family [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:18pm EST
  

• Tipping In Pennsylvania

  Over at the blog Table Hopping there is an article about people who were arrested for not tipping. It seems a half dozen students ate at the Lehigh Pub in Bethlehem where the restaurant charged an automatic 18% tip to the tab because they were a "group". They received [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:24am EST
  

• What's For Thanksgiving?

  
  English Grills - 1957 [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:46am EST
  

• Lipstick On A Pig

  
  Well Rick Pollitt is back at it again. Once again attacking the Revenue cap the voters of Wicomico County put in place in 2000. He is throwing up the same crap they tried to put out nine years ago with questions like;
  
  Do you want [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:56pm EST
  

• What's For Thanksgiving?

  
  Jake's Hamburgers in Dover this month is having a Turkey Burger with stuffin, mayo, and Cranberry sauce, eat in or take out, all in a paper bag. [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:25am EST
  

• Whitesville 1856

  Picked up from "This Day in Delaware History":
  
  Nov 21, 1856 Joseph G. White began the village of Whitesville on the Maryland line near Delmar with the opening of his store.
  
  Today's facts were compiled by historian Roger Martin and brought to you by the Delaware Public Archives.[...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:22am EST
  

• Delaware City Refinery Closing

  DNREC PRESS RELEASE
  Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control responds to news of refinery closing
  
  DOVER - At the direction of Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin P. O’Mara has assembled a team of environmental scientists and engineers to oversee the [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:31pm EST
  

• Big Girls Don't Cry

  Today in 1962 the song ""Big Girls Don't Cry" was released by The Four Seasons.
  
  
  
  When they started they were just the Four Seasons but later became Frankie Valli and the Four seasons. They had a unique sound sung mostly in falsetto.'" [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:38am EST
  

• What's For Thankgiving?

  
  1930 Menu from the US Naval Air Station in Lakehurst NJ
  click photo to enlarge [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:38am EST
  

• Survivor: Samoa

  Okay as people who know me are aware I am a Survivor TV fan. It is one of the few reality shows I enjoy. This season the character Russel Hantz has amazed me finding two hidden immunity idols with no clues and a third one found tonight with a [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  

• Delmar P & Z Meeting in November 2009

  
  The Planning and Zoning commission held it's November meeting tonight. Among the missing members were; Ed Ferro, William Boyan and Joy Slabaugh.
  
  
  Parker and Associates and Dr. Kota L. Chandrasekhara came to discuss a ten unit commercial development on Rt13 [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:49pm EST
  

• The Delmar Library Pickle Festival

  
  All Day or until the pickled items are gone.
  
  The Delmar Library celebrates National Pickle day
  
  Two of my favorite words describe this 'Free' and 'Food'. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:17pm EST
  

• Fighting Fire With Fire

  
  Dr. Batty's Asthma Cigarettes [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:15pm EST
  

• Sussex County Mobility Consorturium Need Volunteers

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:14pm EST
  

• Delmar Library Theft

  I was reading in the Laurel Star today about a robbery at the Delmar Library. The Delmar library has a display of a Railroad saving bank it uses to hold donations slated for a "Teddy Bear Picnic"' usually held in February. Last Tuesday (Nov 17th) someone stole the money, about' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:20am EST
  

• Two Chicks Old Barn has a Christmas Sale

  Two Chicks Country Christmas Customer Appreciation Day
  
  ONE DAY ONLY…DON’T MISS IT!
  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009…
  8 AM TO 6 PM
  
  Christmas in the olde barn…antiques…primitives…furniture…country decor…seasonal items…unique treasures…fantastic finds…the smell of Christmas trees…the taste of mulled cider…the sights of the season! Our barn sale is just [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:53am EST
  

• Favors Liquor Store Does a Favor for Society

  A Wilmington Liquor store Clerk shot and killed 20-year-old Kendel Miller of the 500 block of W. 39th St. in Wilmington while he attempted to rob the liquor store. This is an unfortunate incident for all parties involved, particularly for Kendel Miller, but I applaud the liquor store clerk [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:48am EST
  

• Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Waterfowl Weekend

  The Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge will have their Waterfowl weekend next week between Nov 26 to 29th. The opened service road which was a highlight of the trip there will be closed this time due to flooding.
  
  From the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refugee press release;
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:26am EST
  

• Planning and Zoning Meeting Tonight

  Tonight at 7 PM in Town hall will be the Planning and Zoning meeting for November. Topics on the agenda at present are; Parker & Associates - c/o Dr. Chandrasekhara (comp. development plan 10 unit strip mall); Alan Perry- redo- Landscaping of Ponds Edge; and Michael Harpool- 11 Spruce Street- [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:17am EST
  

• The Taste Of Sam's

  Sam's Club is having their Holiday Taste of Sam's over the next couple of days starting tomorrow. I think in the flyer they have put out there is a free day pass to get in if you are not already a member. The Sam's Demo department will be out in [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:39am EST
  

• Norman Rockwell's "Freedom From Want"

  
  Norman Rockwell's "Freedom From Want"' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:35am EST
  

• Fading Ad Blog

  An interesting blog is Fading Ad Blog By Frank H. Jump. The blog is photos of ads painted on building or just retro ads in general or as he describes it; vintage mural ads & other signage- a cross-curricular collaboration.
  . [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:21am EST
  

• 1962 George "Cop" Hearn

  From the Bi-State Weekly Nov 2, 1962
  
  George "Cop" Hearn succumbs at 87
  
  George Ernest "Cop" Hearn, 87, died Monday in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, following a long illness.
  
  Mr. Hearn, always known as "cop" here, was a retired policeman and former constable of Sussex County. He was [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:54am EST
  

• Delmar Elementary Honor Society

  National Elementary Honor Society Induction
  Delmar Elementary will hold its FIRST National Elementary Honor Society Induction at 9:00 AM on Thursday, November 19. Dr. John Fredericksen, Superintendent of Wicomico County Public Schools, will be the keynote speaker. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:17am EST
  

• Results of the Delmar Maryland Election - 2009

  
  Doug Niblett, incumbent Mayor, received 104 votes. Photo by Wayne Barrall
  
  Tom Mcguire, candidate for mayor, received 70 votes. Photo by Wayne Barrall
  
  Carl Anderton (143 votes), and Carrie Williams (133 votes), the two incumbent commissioners, ran unopposed and [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  

• Quote For Today

  "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
  Margaret Thatcher' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:10pm EST
  

• DHSS Press Release H1N1 School Vaccination Schedule

  H1N1 VACCINATIONS SCHEDULE � WEEK OF NOV. 16-20
  
  The Delaware Division of Public Health and the Delaware Department of Education announce the following schedule for the third week of the H1N1 School Vaccination Program.
  
  Students in grades K-5 receive nasal spray vaccine. Students in grades 6-12 receive [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:23pm EST
  

• Tax Exempt Organizations In Delaware

  I was looking at some of the tax exempt organizations in Delaware at Tax Exempt World. Now I don't know how up to date this site is but they say Delaware has 6,395 tax exempt organizations. I guess these will be the ones most likely to use the Delmar' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:09am EST