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updated: Mon Jul 07, 2008 04:25 am

Somerset County News

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3 hrs ago | The Daily Times

Smith Island bakery opens

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 ...

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

The Daily Times

Right to Harvest gets support

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 ...

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Related Topix: Princess Anne, MD, Mount Vernon, MD, Agriculture, Science, Crisfield, MD

Thu Jul 03, 2008

The Daily Times

County landfill's gases will generate electric power

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 ...

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Related Topix: Snow Hill, MD, Newark, MD, Maryland

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Daily Times

Somerset Walk benefit planned Saturday

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. ...

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Related Topix: Princess Anne, MD, Crisfield, MD, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

WBOC-TV Salisbury

Bible Distribution Banned at Somerset County Public Schools

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 ...

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Related Topix: ACLU

The Daily Times

SOMERSET: Health dept. gets diabetes education grant

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.

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Related Topix: Salisbury, MD, Columbia, MD

Mon Jun 30, 2008

WMDT-TV Salisbury

Crisfield Man Faces Attempted Murder Charges

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

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Related Topix: Crisfield, MD

Sun Jun 29, 2008

WMDT-TV Salisbury

Convicted Murderer Back Inside Courtroom Thursday

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

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Historic Jail Gets Renovations

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

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Princess Anne, MD

WBAL-AM Baltimore

No More Bibles In Shore Schools

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

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Related Topix: ACLU

Wed Jun 25, 2008

The Daily Times

Aerial spraying will bring skeeter relief

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.

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Related Topix: Princess Anne, MD, Agriculture, Science, Entomology

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Daily Times

Back to school for summer

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

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Related Topix: Salisbury, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Education Etc., Worcester County, MD

Sat Jun 21, 2008

The Daily Times

Commissioners adopt $37.2M budget

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 ...

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Related Topix: Princess Anne, MD, Crisfield, MD

Thu Jun 19, 2008

The Daily Times

Developers OK with phased in water allocations

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 ...

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Related Topix: Princess Anne, MD

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Delaware Coast Press

SOMERSET: Princess Anne man charged with sex abuse

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

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Fri Jun 13, 2008

The Daily Times

125 Somerset properties up for auction

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.

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Related Topix: Princess Anne, MD

Wed Jun 11, 2008

The Daily Times

Officer's family gets a new badge

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 ...

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Related Topix: Ocean City, MD, Annapolis, MD, Worcester County, MD, Princess Anne, MD, Baltimore Metro

Mon Jun 09, 2008

The Daily Times

County adopts new fee schedule

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.

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Related Topix: Princess Anne, MD

Sat Jun 07, 2008

The Daily Times

Somerset County Board of Education

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

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Related Topix: Princess Anne, MD

Thu Jun 05, 2008

Cumberland Times-News

Black clouds bring uneasy feelings in Salisbury

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

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Related Topix: Salisbury, MD, Home Listing, Home

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