Apr 3, 2013 | The Daily Times
Don't compromise native people's history
It is widely understood and validated by a search of available records that the towns and trading centers along the Annemessex, Manokin and Pocomoke rivers and their tributaries were exclusively inhabited by the bands of the Pocomoke Nation.
Woman suffrage was insured voting strength on the Progressive Party National Committee last Thursday when four women were officially elected to membership.
They accuse the Manokin Packing Company with attempting to seize what they term the "natural rocks" in the Manokin River.
Prison proves to be a good neighbor in the county
When the first 50 inmates arrived at 3 p.m. on Aug. 12, 1987, it seemed all eyes were on the state's newest prison which had been fraught with controversy and had divided Somerset County over the two preceding years.
Correctional officers watch inmates as they walk the yard at the Eastern Correctional Institution.
When the first 50 inmates arrived at 3 p.m. on Aug. 12, 1987, it seemed that all eyes were on the state's newest prison, which had been fraught with controversy and divided Somerset County during the two preceding years.