Mount Vernon News

PRINCESS ANNE -- Lease holders of more than 5,000 acres of shellfish beds in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are being required to come up with a plan to replant oysters or risk losing their leases under the state's proposed oyster restoration and aquaculture development plan.

All Walks of Life Outreach Ministry Laurel Sunday at noon there will be a Christmas outreach community dinner.

A Princess Anne boy has won the third prize of $50 in 'The Evening Sun's' Sketch Contest, according to an announcement in that newspaper this week.

PRINCESS ANNE -- A chickenhouse on Loretta Road in Princess Anne sustained $25,000 in damage in a fire.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Green Gate Farm, which has offered equine-assisted growth and learning programs for the past seven years, will close Dec.

SALISBURY -- A 19-year-old city man was arrested and charged with the June rape of a female victim who told authorities she also was held against her will at the residence where the alleged assault occurred, according to the Salisbury Police Department on Friday.

All Walks of Life Outreach Ministry Laurel Youth Sunday will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. with a Thanksgiving program followed by a Thanksgiving fellowship dinner.

It began on a small scale 14 years ago, and now it's grown into one of Charm City's biggest events of the fall.

Share + Sep 17, 2009 11:18 pm US/Eastern Reporting Kelly McPherson MT. VERNON, Md.

Current was turned on the Mt. Vernon line of the Somerset Electric Company here on Friday of this week, and the people of the Village of Mt.

Hundreds of eager spectators, visitors from distances ranging from a few miles up to more than two hundred miles, thronged the streets of Princess Anne, Wednesday night, and witnessed the first parade of Firemen ever held in this city.

During the past week the petitions, signed by over one thousand taxpayers, have been gathered in, and an official committee representing the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Town Commissioners, the business men of Princess Anne and the business interests and people of Mt.

PRINCESS ANNE , Md.- The Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating an early Friday morning fire that heavily damaged a Princess Anne home.

Abbott's Express, a new motor truck line for the handling of freight between Salisbury and intervening points to Deals Island, operating under Public Service Commission permit No.

Residents of Mount Vernon will have to take the long way home starting Tuesday when the State Highway Administration begins replacing an aging bridge over Monie Creek.

PRINCESS ANNE -- U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., pledged to intervene with the Army Corps of Engineers to help speed up three Somerset County dredging projects that have been on hold for lack of funds.

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.