Somerset County News

PRINCESS ANNE -- A blog chatting about the fiscal year 2011 budget for public education went online last week in Somerset County.

PRINCESS ANNE - The Little Soup Kitchen on the county's northern end, and Marion Baptist Church to the south, are familiar Somerset County institutions to whom the community turns for food during the Thanksgiving season.

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.

SALISBURY -- Thousands of residents throughout Delmarva were without power while the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida ravaged the penninsula with gale force winds and sheets of rain.

The first significant jail term, and, more importantly, the first direct hit in area law enforcementa s renewed battle to rid Berlina s neighborhoods of open-air drug dealing, was scored last week when a local man was found guilty of distribution of cocaine and was sentenced to 25 years without the possibility of parole.

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.

Thousands of residents throughout Delmarva were without power while the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida ravaged the peninsula with gale force winds and sheets of rain.

Vicki B. Miller, director of finance and management for Somerset County schools, follows a set of guidelines when using stimulus money through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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

DEAL ISLAND -- One month into this year's oyster season, watermen working in Tangier Sound are finding a healthy and plentiful harvest.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Town police have arrested two Princess Anne teens in connection with the Oct.

SALISBURY - George Kaloroumakis, a former assistant warden at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Somerset County, has been named the interim director at the Wicomico County Department of Corrections.

WESTOVER - The Somerset County Health Department will be holding three vaccination clinics for the H1N1 flu for the following specific populations, by appointment only: Pregnant women People who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel Persons between the ages of 6 months ...

CRISFIELD -- City officials plan to use federal funds set aside in 2005 for a ferry landing to rebuild the City Dock at the end of Main Street into a multi-use pier that could include car ferry accessibility.

Allegany College of Maryland has posted a third consecutive year of record enrollment with a 3 percent gain that puts the number of credit students above 4,000 for the first time.

The Somerset County Historical Society hosts an early November Harvest Season Evening at the Bordeleau Vineyards & Winery, a society fundraiser offering a sampling of local foods and a personalized tour of the Lower Eastern Shore winery in rural Eden on Noble Farm Road.

SALISBURY -- State employees are nearing the end of the first month of a ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving a state vehicle, and now Maryland highway officials are calling on county governments that haven't done so already to implement their own.

Although it's controversial, there is a bright spot amid all the bad budget news.