Showell News

SHOWELL -- An 80-acre plot of Worcester County farm and forest land is getting a make over.

The Lower Shore Land Trust and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program are excited to share with the public recently completed wetland habitat restoration work on a 79-acre conservation easement property along Middle Branch.

The Worcester County Health Department and County Animal Control concluded their fall 2009 rabies clinics this week at the Stockton and Showell fire departments, with large turnouts at each clinic.

BERLIN a ' A Berlin man was seriously injured in a house fire on Flower Street late last Friday and his condition remained uncertain as of late this week.

BERLIN -- Firefighters got a person out of a house on fire late Friday night while fighting a blaze reported to originate in the structure's kitchen.

BERLIN - Firefighters rescued a man from his burning house in Berlin on Friday night.

BERLIN -- Several fire companies responded to a barn fire that started when a vehicle inside it backfired Thursday.

On a sunlit autumn morning, workmen were at the blue-roofed Bishopville home of Carl and Kim Roberts, installing new windows.

SALISBURY -- The public is invited to obtain a free and confidential depression screening on Thursday, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., in Room 302 of the Student Center at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury.

BERLIN - Several fire companies responded to a barn fire that started when a vehicle inside it backfired Thursday.

FOODPLAY, an Emmy Award-winning nutrition theater show, is stopping in Worcester County as part of its national school tour.

On the first day of school Monday, hundreds of students took a step into the academic year in new shoes, with trendy book bags over their shoulders, showing off fresh haircuts.

SHOWELL -- While they may not be new faces, students will see some changes in administration at Showell Elementary School later this month as they begin the 2009-2010 school year.

OCEAN CITY -- Dr. AnneMarie Lange always checks to make sure her four-legged patients are up-to-date with rabies vaccinations at each visit.

" The long awaited exhibit featuring Ocean City's world-famous Boardwalk has opened at the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum after more than three years in the making.

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Two people were hospitalized after two trucks collided with each other on Route 113 and then struck a utility pole this morning, Maryland State Police said.

Construction is set to continue at Pocomoke High School, while plans for a Snow Hill High renovation will be finalized this year, according to the master facilities plan adopted by the Worcester County Board of Education.

The pomp and ceremony of Delmarva's class of 2009 is behind us, for the most part.

As residents peruse the new zoning districts proposed as part of Worcester County's comprehensive planning process, they should be keeping in mind that there is one district that has kept Worcester beautiful -- the agricultural zone.