Bob Yesbek April 23, 2021
I know it s a little blurry, but sometimes history can be that way. Local Realtor and auctioneer Butch Emmert s grandma opened the iconic Dinner Bell Inn in her living room at the corner of Christian Street and Philadelphia Avenue. It eventually grew into a 500-seat complex with gardens and live entertainment. Entree prices hovered around $2.95 to about $7.95. Talk about history!
You never know when you’re going to hit a nerve. I’m still getting responses to last week’s article about the late Chef Leo Medisch and the Back Porch Café. It’s soothing to know that somebody’s on the other end of this keyboard wire.
WITH the approval of the Queen, Isle of Wight Lord Lieutenant Susie Sheldon has appointed a new Vice Lord-Lieutenant. Brigadier Maurice Sheen CBE QVRM TD DL will succeed Lieutenant Colonel Sir Guy Acland Bt. LVO DL when he retires on March 24 this year. Maurice was born, educated and grew up in Carisbrooke, and gained two degrees before joining the teaching profession. For 39 years he served full and part time in the British Army in the UK, Germany, the Gulf region and the Balkans. In particular, working closely with the officer corps of fledgling armies, he led British military teams that re-established the Iraqi Military Academy in 2005 and established the Afghan National Army Officers’ Academy in 2013.
Not-so-hidden gems in the fourth block
If Lupo Italian Kitchen s breakfasts are anything like their longtime favorite entrees (the lobster bucatini is pictured), then guests at Hotel Rehoboth are in for a morning treat. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Bob Yesbek March 5, 2021
It all started when Keith Martin’s grandfather opened a taxi service on the first block of Rehoboth Avenue where Snyder’s Candy is now. As the go-to chauffer for visiting notables and glitterati from Washington, D.C. and New York City, he quickly discovered that he needed a spot where he could work on his vehicles. So he opened a little gas station at the corner of Rehoboth and Lake avenues. Back in the day, that was one of five gas stations that graced downtown Rehoboth Beach.
The Susquehanna River flows from Lake Otsego, New York, to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Near Sunbury, it is joined by the west branch; near Pittston, it is joined by the Lackawanna; north, it forms a triangle at Tioga and is joined by the Chemung. The earliest settlers in the region, known as Wyomink, had been living here for thousands of years, as evidenced by artifacts on display at the Luzerne County Historical Society. For unknown reasons, by 1575, this people disappeared from the area. It is unclear how or why. It wasnât until about the 1650s that the area was populated again. A band of Native Americans from the northeast claimed sovereignty over the area. They were the Iroquois Confederacy, the name given to the confederation or league of five nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayga and Seneca. When English settlers began arriving around the 1660s, they decided they wanted this land.