University of Maryland Eastern Shore News

SALISBURY -- Loney Brown Stewart Jr., 66, of Salisbury, and formerly of Mount Holly, N.J., died Friday, Nov.

High school juniors and seniors from as far away as New York are expected to show up at today's Tri-County College Fair hosted by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

"Uncle Sam wants you!" In years past, that was the call to action to protect the United States from aggression by foreign nations.

Kaye Camille Byrd joined a group of about 20 people Friday to learn more about raising sheep and goats -- something that's missing from the 25 acres outside Berlin where she and her husband practice organic gardening and have a flock of 30 chickens.

SALISBURY ---- Salisbury University President Janet Dudley-Eshbach will serve as the keynote speaker for University System of Maryland's 18th annual Women's Forum conference on Friday.

PRINCESS ANNE - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore's eighth annual Tri-County College Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov.

PRINCESS ANNE - A Bull and Oyster Roast fundraiser for the Princess Anne Main Street Partnership is Tuesday between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Peaky's Restaurant.

PRINCESS ANNE -- The 10th annual Inter-Collegiate Music Association and Friends Choral Festival will be held Sunday, Nov.

Diana Bisengo's mother and aunt. Editors' note: This is the first installment in a two-part series about the Rwandan genocide and the experiences of one of its victims.

PRINCESS ANNE - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore baseball Alumni Game, scheduled for Saturday, Oct.

Laura Louise Zanrucha, a 2005 graduate of Susquehanna Valley High School was recently appointed Head Coach for Binghamton Patriot Bowling.

CAMBRIDGE -- Katherine H. Hopkins, 90, formerly of Nutley, N.J., passed away Thursday, Oct.

Furnace Town will host a presentation on the haunted history of the Pocomoke Swamp on Saturday and Sunday.

SALISBURY -- Monzona Whaley may not know how to use a sewing machine, but the 18-year-old senior doesn't let that stop him from creating high-fashion clothing for two high school fundraisers.

Delmarva Poultry Industry, the nonprofit trade association for the broiler chicken industry, whose members include farm families that grow chickens, four chicken companies, hundreds of poultry company employees and hundreds of suppliers of products and services to the chicken industry, has announced the recipients in its 2009 College Scholarship ...

University of Maryland Eastern Shore students received awards for academic excellence during the 56th annual Honors Convocation held in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts on the campus.

PRINCESS ANNE -- The Somerset County Historical Society kicks off the 52nd annual Old Princess Anne Days Friday.

SALISBURY -- It didn't take long for Armonte Layfield, 19, to make an impression at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

PRINCESS ANNE -- The University of Maryland Extension will offer two educational programs for poultry growers this fall.

FREDERICK MARVIN BARNES SR., 71, of Exmore died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Maranatha Baptist Church in Exmore.