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Spotlight on Guinea
In late 2020, Marker Nine partnered with the Guinea Heritage Association to design and launch a special “Christmas in Guinea” fundraising t-shirt.
But why Guinea? Where is Guinea? What’s the connection?
Read on to learn more. Marker Nine co-founding families have a deep connection to the community and a love for all things Guinea (and Bena).
What and where is Guinea?
The area known as Guinea began to be defined by land patents in the 1600s.
According to the Guinea Heritage Association, "the Lower Gloucester land patent was granted in the 1650s, first...
Meet Dr. Pop Pop
Gene Silberhorn really knows water.
Gene (also called Pop Pop by those who know him best) is an accomplished professor of marine botany and prominent figure at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. He also happens to be the father of Marker Nine co-founder Mike Silberhorn (and a doppelgänger for Ernest Hemingway).
And while we can’t say for certain, we’re convinced that he has explored every single nook, creek, cranny and offshoot of the York River region.
In the truest sense, he is a man of the water and every bit of his love for nature comes through in his...
Flip-Flops, Fires and Four Strokes
Have you ever heard of the Proust Questionnaire? It traces its origins to a parlor game popularized by French essayist and novelist Marcel Proust. He believed that in answering a series of deep questions you could reveal the true nature of someone.
Well, here at Marker Nine, we believe that you can reveal someone's true love of the coastal life in the same way...with the Marker Nine Questionnaire.
Read on and find out if Marker Nine co-founder Rudy Heinatz is a true coastal lover.
What are your top three yacht rock songs that must be on your...
If You Know Dick McKee You Know Mike Silberhorn
Have you ever heard of the Proust Questionnaire? It traces its origins to a parlor game popularized by French essayist and novelist Marcel Proust. He believed that in answering a series of deep questions you could reveal the true nature of someone.
Well, here at Marker Nine, we believe that you can reveal someone's true love of the coastal life in the same way...with the Marker Nine Questionnaire.
And we’re kicking it off with a one on one interview and conversation with Mike Silberhorn, Marker Nine co-founder. You might know him better as Dick McKee (if you...
Gloucester’s Marker Nine “Eat Local” Line Raises $4,000 for Development of App to Benefit Middle Peninsula Watermen and Seafood Farmers
As part of its commitment to the community and its celebration of its fifth year in business out of Gloucester, Virginia, casual apparel company Marker Nine has donated $4,000 toward the development of a new mobile application that will connect Middle Peninsula watermen and aquaculture farmers directly to customers who want to purchase local seafood.
The donation went to the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority, which received a grant earlier this year from GO Virginia to develop Bay Direct, an app expected to launch by the end of 2020 that is an online marketplace to connect people...