Somerset, MD

Somerset County, Md. — The Maryland State Education Association (MSEA), Maryland Association of School Librarians (MASL), and the ACLU of Maryland filed a joint appeal to the Maryland State Education Board Wednesday asking the board to strike down controversial Somerset County Board of Education (SCBOE) Media Policy 500-19. In a press release the groups called the media policy, which would...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – The Somerset County Health Department (SCHD) has announced that a rabid bat was found in Carver Hall on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus.   On Wednesday afternoon, the department says the bat was discovered and submitted for testing on Tuesday, Aug. 25. This follows the finding of a rabid racoon in Princess Anne on Monday,...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – The Somerset County Health Department (SCHD) has announced that a raccoon in the county has tested positive for rabies. On Tuesday afternoon, the department said the rabid raccoon was found in the area of the 32000 block of West Post Office Road. The raccoon was sent to the Maryland State Laboratory for testing on Aug. 24...

SOMERSET COUNTY, Md. – The Somerset County Board of Education (BOE) is responding after the Maryland State Superintendent issued a 60-day enforcement stay on their controversial new media policy passed earlier this week. Policy 500-19 restricts access to Young Adult (YA) books in schools for students under the age of 18, and brings new disciplinary standards for school employees found...

WESTOVER, Md. — The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office resumed around the clock patrols throughout the county Thursday, ending a nearly four-month period where the agency did not have any patrols during the weekend. The office announced that starting April 30, they would be pausing patrols from 7 a.m. Saturdays to 7 a.m. Mondays due to staffing issues. On August 7,...

SOMERSET, Md., — The Somerset County Board of Education approved controversial Media Policy 500-19 as amended in a 3-1-1 vote Tuesday night. The policy would potentially restrict access to some books in schools for minors and bring new disciplinary standards for school employees if violations are found. The Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) sent a letter to the board earlier...

WESTOVER, Md. – The garden at Eastern Correctional Institution has yielded almost 10,000 lbs. of produce this year alone. While the fresh fruits and vegetables help fight food insecurity in Somerset County, the program is also planting important seeds in the lives of the incarcerated gardeners, like Edward Gaines. “It’s taught me more than just gardening.” Said Gaines. “You know,...

SOMERSET COUNTY, Md. – The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) has announced plans to return to 24 hour, seven-day-a-week patrol coverage, effective Aug. 20. The announcement comes after the department first modified its schedule at the end of April due to ongoing staffing shortages. In the months since then, SCSO has maintained limited on-call response personnel for critical public safety...