Westover News

Lower Shore counties and municipalities already suffering from state budget cuts must take another shortfall into account when formulating next year's budget -- a record decline in property tax assessments.

Christmas Day has been set as the day for the regular shoot by the Princess Anne Gun Club.

Twenty families in Somerset County who were hand-picked by local pastors received Christmas dinners on Wednesday courtesy of a Christian men's group.

WESTOVER, Md. - Crediting a prison inmate for a night's sleep is less of a stretch for the student sprawled on their bed in a Salisbury University dorm.

Customers of most of the water and sewer systems operated by the Somerset County Sanitary Commission will see their annual front foot assessments decrease or remain the same in 2010.

WESTOVER -- A pilot program that introduced uniforms in two Somerset County elementary schools this year has proved so successful it will be expanded to three more schools next fall.

Dear Santa: I am a little boy five years old. I have tried very hard to be a good boy this year.

There will be a live recording of the Zionaires of Princess Anne, MD and Sons of Christ of Salisbury, MD at the St.

WESTOVER , Md.- The Maryland Department of the Environment is expected to approve a permit next week for a new ethanol plant in Somerset County, which could start construction next spring.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Thomas Burleigh Leatherbury, the oldest of six children, was born in Somerset County on Nov.

The following licenses were issued in Wicomico County Circuit Court the week of Nov.

WESTOVER -- Under gray skies and drizzling rain, golf pro Tim Brittingham set out early Tuesday morning to play 36 holes and help improve the Thanksgiving celebrations of 23 local families.

PRINCESS ANNE -- A citizens task force advocating the placement of African-Americans in professional jobs and on boards in county government wants Somerset County Commissioners to push for the exclusion of the nonvoting inmate population at Eastern Correctional Institution in a count that determines voting districts.

WESTOVER -- The Somerset County Health Department will hold a walk-in clinic for the seasonal flu and H1N1 flu today from 9 a.m.-noon at the Westover Building at 7920 Crisfield Highway.

WESTOVER - The Somerset County Health Department will hold a walk-in clinic for the season flu and H1N1 flu on Saturday at its Westover Building at 7920 Crisfield Highway from 9 a.m. to noon.

WESTOVER -- Branches of Somerset County government already are moving toward satisfying a newly adopted vision driven by local and state civil rights groups to correct a long history of racial disparities in county hiring practices.

WESTOVER -- Branches of Somerset County government are moving toward satisfying a newly adopted vision driven by local and state civil rights groups to correct a perceived history of racial disparities in county hiring practices.

The following is a list of all real residential property sales for Somerset County from Oct.

WESTOVER -- Police continue the investigation into the murder of an inmate at Eastern Correctional Institution, but it is uncertain how long it will take to complete.

One inmate was fatally stabbed and another was injured Sunday night at Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County, according to authorities.