Crisfield News

One of two Friday morning Pittsville home fires is seen. The cause is under investigation for this fire on East Line Road, which caused about $280,000 in structural damage and about $90,000 in damage to its contents.

Both towns in Somerset County seeking exemptions from a new state ethics law will get to plead their cases before the Maryland State Ethics Commission on the same day.

Somerset County's two high schools will remain in tact, at least for one more year, after Board of Education members on Thursday night approved a restructuring plan that would be put in place at both.

Princess Anne Elementary School students, from left, Dixie Merritt, Eliana Pedrick and Lee Beauchamp check on the contents of their oyster cage as part of an oyster gardening project they are doing at Janes Island State Park in Crisfield.

PRINCESS ANNE , Md.- The Somerset County Board of Education has decided to hold off at least another year on acting on a proposal to merge Crisfield and Washington high schools.

Warner Sumpter, the School Board Chair says, "We're looking at some critical budget short falls within the county.

CRISFIELD, Md., - There are fewer domestic violence cases in Crisfield. From 2009 to 2011, the numbers dropped more than 50 percent.

Kids LOL and OMG each other all the livelong day, but ask them to decipher the XLVI of... Crisfield at Stephen Decatur, 4 p.m. Mardela at Snow Hill, 4 p.m. Washington at Wicomico, 5 p.m. Parkside at James M. Bennett, 6:30 p.m. Mardela at Snow Hill, 5:30 p.m. Stephen Decatur at Crisfield, 6:30 p.m. James M. Bennett at Parkside, 6:30 p.m. Wicomico at ... (more)

Princess Anne Elementary School students are raising oysters this winter to help restore the Chesapeake Bay, and maybe win a trip to Disney World.

Readers were ready with advice last week for how to get the most from a can of chipotle chiles in... PRINCESS ANNE -- Somerset County Commissioners plan to let Lower Shore legislators know they oppose a plan to consolidate Crisfield and Washington high schools, which partly depends on getting school construction funds from the state.

Princess Anne Elementary School students, from left, Dixie Merritt, Eliana Pedrick and Lee Beauchamp count the number of spats on the shells inside their oyster cage as part of a project they are doing on oysters at Janes Island State Park in Crisfield.

The superintendent tells WMDT, Crisfield High hasn't made the adequate yearly progress in 4 years because of low graduation numbers.

Kathy Wilmoth, a Humane Society of Somerset County volunteer, tends to one of the more than 30 cats that were recently surrendered to the group's care.

Wow, why is it that some years in Januaryyou put on your snow boots and mittens and dash outside to... Crisfield High student Brad Mason gives results of his polling of students on their thoughts about consolidating the two county high schools.

Mark Smith , 19, of Salisbury, and William Melrice Ward , also known as "Bill," 20, of Crisfield, are each charged with five counts of first-degree assault, six counts of second-degree assault, six counts of reckless endangerment, handgun on a person and deadly weapon with the intent to injure.

A proposal to consolidate Somerset County's two high schools -- Crisfield High and Washington High -- has received the backing of the local NAACP membership, which considers it a "bold initiative." "It's about giving kids a fighting chance," Kirkland Hall, the chapter's president, said during this week's Board of Education meeting.

A proposal to consolidate Somerset County's two high schools as a way to improve academic scores is meeting with opposition from local elected officials, some of whom said they plan to attend next week's Board of Education meeting.

A woman hired to care for an elderly man has been charged with theft after the man's family members reported that money and property had been disappearing from his residence over a 3-year period.

City Council members -- who adopted a new ethics ordinance in September -- now plan to seek an exemption from new state requirements, saying the disclosure of certain personal financial information is too intrusive and will limit the number of people willing to seek public office.

"As I approached the 100-year mark, a lot of people said, 'You've got to make it,... Parkside at Pocomoke, 4 p.m. Snow Hill at Crisfield, 5 p.m. James M. Bennett at Stephen Decatur, 5:30 p.m. Polytech at Laurel, 6 p.m. Lake Forest at Indian River, 6 p.m. Seaford at Woodbridge, 6 p.m. Laurel at Polytech, 5:15 p.m. Crisfield at Snow Hill, 5:30 p.m.