Deal Island News

PRINCESS ANNE -- Jack Willing Jr., chairman of the Somerset County Board of Education and the county's planning director, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Maryland State Police.

Saturday night, July 27th, will witness the institution of a Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose in Princess Anne, when the charter members of the local lodge will banquet at the Washington Hotel.

WENONA -- Fans of the 1960s documentary film 'Watermen' featuring the Daniels family of Wenona can now buy it on DVD, and may eventually get to see a sequel due to be shot this summer.

mrdealisland said in the Deal Island Forum:

As I sit here on a Sunday Morning before going to church...I think of a great attorney, public servant and dedicated county employee. These things happen in life. Pray for the family, they are great people who love Jesus. Before you make any negative comments think of the family

DEAL ISLAND -- Carroll Walters Jr., 78, of Deal Island died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at his home.

The following communities and areas will receive aerial spraying services beginning this evening, weather permitting: Champ, Chance, Dames Quarter, Deal Island, Oriole, St.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Parents challenging a proposed school uniform policy at Washington High School call the measure an underhanded push by the school administration and a few parents and students who favor a change in the dress code.

The following communities and areas will receive aerial spraying services beginning this evening, weather permitting: Champ, Chance, Dames Quarter, Deal Island, Oriole, St.

PRINCESS ANNE - The National Weather Service indicates a strong thunderstorm 20 miles west of Princess Anne, 18 miles northwest of Crisfield, is moving east at 20 mph.

Residents of Princess Anne and vicinity, who desire to help the 'Fresh Air Kiddies' of New York, and yet feel unable to take one or more of them into their home for the two weeks they will be in Princess Anne, will be glad to learn that they may still contribute to the cause.

WENONA -- Mildred Collier Hitch, 89, of Wenona passed away Friday, June 5, 2009, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.

Shipments of soft-shell crabs from Crisfield last week will break all previous records, according to reports.

WESTOVER -- Students at two Somerset County elementary schools will begin wearing uniforms to school as part of a one-year pilot program that got final approval from the Board of Education.

Little by little, school uniform requirements are creeping out of the private school domain and into public schools.

WESTOVER -- Students at two Somerset County elementary schools could begin wearing uniforms as part of a pilot program that will be pitched to the Board of Education this week.

WENONA-- Local residents who tune in this week to watch a documentary film from the late 1960s shot mostly in Wenona will be able to see many familiar faces.

WENONA -- A documentary film shot in the 1960s that chronicles the life and work of the Daniels family -- and rarely seen in the past 40 years -- will resurface next week on Maryland Public Television in time for the station's Chesapeake Bay Week.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Somerset County officials will have to wait two more weeks to make their pitch for state funds to buy land surrounding Wenona Harbor.

DEAL ISLAND -- When Robert Archibald heard that Maryland offers free septic system upgrades, his gut response was one of, well, skepticism.

SALISBURY -- As a collaboration between Comcast and the Maryland State Department of Education, the Comcast Parent Involvement Matters Awards is the nation's first statewide initiative that recognizes parents and legal guardians for making a significant, positive impact in their communities.