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A Day Late… But Maybe Not a Dollar Short

Today’s (really yesterday’s) Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware What I’m Watching: Season 4 of Yellowstone What I’m Reading: Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown Find me on LinkedIn or Twitter @AnnMTownshend Immediately after Kirsten Wyatt made a point to reassess all of our interest in continuing to write … Continued

In 2022 I Will Be a Coffee Bean

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ann Marie Townshend, AICP, ICMA-CM, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware. Connect with Ann Marie on LinkedIn or Twitter. What I’m Reading: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett What I’m Listening To: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard As I write this, I am feeling exhausted, both physically and emotionally. … Continued

Love the Haters – A Lesson in Public Service

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware. What I’m Watching: The Irregulars on Netfix What I’m Listening to: NPR Public service often means taking the hits and keeping the smile on your face; keeping your comments to yourself and helping the angry customer; or owning up to a failure without deflecting … Continued

Giving Thanks in Difficult Times

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware What I’m Watching: Hallmark Christmas movies and finishing up the fourth season of The Crown What I’m Doing: Quarantining and looking forward to being outside and seeing people, even if from a distance Normally I look forward to writing … Continued

Thank You Ruth Bader Ginsburg – We Will Continue to Shine Your Light

Today’s #MorningBuzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware – “The First Town in the First State”. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Doing:  Thanks to Nick Smith, I am learning Spanish What I’m Listening To:  My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams What I’m Watching: The … Continued

Addressing Poor Performance: Every Manager’s Challenge

This morning’s buzz is written by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware, as small coastal town of about 3,000 residents.  What I Am Reading: The Bible (the Gospels specifically) What I Am Listing To: The Lines Between Us by Lawrence Lanahan While we struggle to deal with the effects of COVID and strive to achieve racial … Continued

Finding Sanity During an Insane Time

Today’s Morning Buzz comes to you from Ann Marie Townshend, the City Manager of Lewes, Delaware. What I’m Reading: The Carpenter by Jon Gordon What I’m Doing: Preparing to open our public beaches for Memorial Day Weekend The other night, as I lie in bed trying to fall asleep, I am feeling a bit short of … Continued

Big Time Changes in a Small Town – How COVID-19 Pushed Us to Embrace Technology

  Today’s Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager for Lewes, Delaware What I’m Watching:  The Americans What I’m Reading:  Information about the Coronavirus What I’m Doing: Working almost constantly I am not sure where to begin. I had a Morning Buzz ready to go about dealing with performance issues. Somehow that doesn’t seem … Continued

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