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What's being done to bring back needed habitat
Numerous projects in the coastal bays seek to restore habitat lost or damaged at the hands of man.
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Middle schoolers practice being firefighters
OCEAN PINES -- Students at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School got more than just an idea of what a firefighter's search and rescue was -- when they lived through one.
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Shore schools prepare for crisis events
Strapped to a C-4 pipe bomb, Brooks Dodson offered to release two hostages if granted $10 million and safe passage back to Iran in the next three minutes.
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Touching on a lost art
Teaming together with their individual talents, Chuck Willoughby and Angie Tingle of Delmar, Md., create masterpieces from scratched and/or damaged furniture.
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Students celebrate Fire Prevention Week
WORCESTER COUNTY -- In an effort to prevent at least some of the more than one million fires that occur in the United States each year, local fire departments are doing their best this week to teach Worcester ...
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Food for thought as county mulls land-use questions
Understandably, the Worcester County Commissioners have a difficult job in implementing the already-approved new county comprehensive plan.
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Community News
SALISBURY -- Shore Appliance Connection and Women Supporting Women are hosting a four-part nutrition series.
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Friday, August 15 - New Showell Homes' Water Quality Impact Debated
' New subdivisions in Showell could have a negative impact on local water quality, a local environmental activist warned at the August Worcester County Planning Commission meeting last week.
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Plans reviewed for Showell subdivision
SNOW HILL -- While the Worcester County Planning Commission meetings are not normally open to public comment, Kathy Phillips made sure she was given a chance to speak.
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Government Briefing: Somerset County Commissioners
RIGHT TO HARVEST SEAFOOD Action taken: Approved County Commissioners approved an ordinance that protects watermen and other members of Somerset County's seafood industry from nuisance complaints.
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Friday, July 11 - County Needs More Walking, Biking Opportunities
' Bicycle and pedestrian travel must become priorities for Worcester County, according to a draft of the North Worcester County Transportation Study presented to the Worcester County Planning Commission last ...
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Worcester County Commissioners
APPROVAL OF BID SPECIFICATIONS FOR SOFTBALL FIELD LIGHTING AT SHOWELL AND NEWTOWN PARKS Action Taken: Approved Worcester County Commissioners have approved a project for new lighting on softball fields in ...
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MD--Fired Jailers
Two Frederick County jailers who were fired for forcing a female inmate to have her hair extensions cut have sued the county government, claiming they were wrongly terminated.
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7,600 books distributed to elementary school students
SHOWELL -- After receiving his McGuffy book bag and four books on June 2, Showell Elementary School second-grader Trent Chetelat beamed with excitement.
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Kid Stuff
SNOW HILL -- The Worcester County Department of Recreation & Parks is hosting 'Flick and a Float' at the John Walter Smith Park in Snow Hill on Friday, June 13.
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Planning board approves Mapleton Farms sub division
"I just think that there should be some way to do this" Having a multitude of private septic systems and drinking water wells serve 126 homes that will be developed on farmland near Ocean Pines didn't sit well with members of the Worcester County Planning ... via Shore Progress
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Early detection key in living with autism
"Now, the average person can't pick him out" SHOWELL -- Diagnosed with Asperger's disorder at age 3, Mark Di Buo eventually saved his younger brother's life. via The Daily Times
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Community News
GEORGETOWN -- The Story Corps Airstream interview trailer will make a three-week stop at Delaware Technical & Community College April 17 to May 10 to record up to 135 interviews documenting the stories of 'real ... via The Daily Times
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