Somerset County News

EWELL -- If there is credence to the saying that 'a Smith Island cake isn't a Smith Island cake unless it's baked on Smith Island,' then consider the dessert in slim, multi-layers rising in Theresa Siejack's ...

PRINCESS ANNE -- A proposed ordinance that would protect watermen and other members of Somerset County's seafood industry from nuisance complaints got the backing of county residents at a public hearing ...

SNOW HILL -- A ceremonious snip of a ribbon next week at a methane power plant in Newark may call forth a future for electricity generation from greenhouse gas in Worcester County and other parts of Maryland's ...

CRISFIELD -- Somerset Walk 2008 -- a 5k walk sponsored by the Crisfield and Princess Anne Curves exercise facilities -- will be held on Saturday, June 28, in Crisfield at the Somers Cove Marina at 7:30 a.m. ...

Reported by Shelly Schwartz Bible Distribution Banned at Somerset County Public Schools 06/26/2008 11:31 PM ET SOMERSET COUNTY , Md.- Public schools in Somerset County will no longer allow a Christian ...

SALISBURY - The Somerset County Health Department has received a $25,000 grant for diabetes education for underserved and at-risk people on the Lower Shore.

A Crisfield man who's charged with five counts of attempted first degree murder was in court Thursday.

A convicted murderer was back inside a courtroom Thursday, this time on theft and burglary charges.

A 19th century jail in Somerset County is now home to the other side of the law.

Public schools in Somerset County will no longer allow a Christian organization on school grounds to distribute Bibles.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Somerset County mosquitoes are getting Naled. County residents might find themselves swatting fewer bugs and suffering less mosquito bites tonight if Mother Nature cooperates.

SALISBURY -- Starting this month, Clay Belgie will oversee more than 400 middle and high school students enrolled in Wicomico County's secondary summer school.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Somerset County Commissioners adopted a $37.2 million balanced budget for the 2009 fiscal year after a final revision last week that squeezed out an additional $103,000 for the county Board of ...

PRINCESS ANNE -- Developers waiting for water in Princess Anne said they are willing to accept allocations phased in over five years or more while the Somerset County Sanitary Commission works to solve a water ...

A Somerset County man was charged Thursday with sex abuse in connection with the alleged abuse of a 15-year-old girl.

PRINCESS ANNE -- Properties with past-due taxes or water and sewer bills will go on the auction block today at Somerset County's annual tax sale.

OCEAN CITY -- The family of a Maryland State Trooper remembered for an attempt to break up the last recorded lynching in the Worcester County received a copy of their father's lost badge in a rare and ...

PRINCESS ANNE -- Revisions to the fee schedule used by Somerset County's planning office are expected to make it easier for both staff members and the public to understand.

MEETING SCHEDULE Action taken: Approved Board of Education members approved a meeting schedule for the 2008-2009 school year.

Residents recall tornado's destruction a decade later Kirk Swauger Ten years later, the scars remain.