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PRINCESS ANNE — A lawsuit filed by the Somerset County Sanitary Commission against the state Department of the Environment in an attempt to get well permits will be heard Thursday in Circuit Court. The suit — filed in October — seeks the permits for two wells in the Patapsco aquifer on Revells Neck Road, which […]

PRINCESS ANNE — The Patapsco aquifer — already an aggravation for local and state leaders attempting to resolve a water shortage in Somerset County — has become a curiosity, preoccupation and perhaps even a case study for environmental officials wondering where ammonia and phosphorus came from. “We’ve discovered there’s ammonia and phosphorus in the aquifer […]

PRINCESS ANNE — Town, county, university and state officials met jointly for the first time with a governor-appointed facilitator Monday to work toward a resolution to a water shortage that has spurred a lawsuit, threatened county growth and drawn a wedge between Princess Anne, Somerset County or Maryland environmental decision-makers over how to solve the […]

PRINCESS ANNE –After a four-year wait for approval on two wells in Westover, the Somerset County Sanitary Commission filed a lawsuit against the state Department of the Environment in an attempt to get the necessary permits. he lawsuit — filed Thursday morning in Somerset County Circuit Court — seeks the permits for the wells in […]

PRINCESS ANNE — Members of the Somerset County Sanitary Commission agreed on Thursday to take part in talks to resolve water supply issues in Princess Anne, but expressed their frustration with state officials who have denied well permits for the past two years. There have been six meetings with the Maryland Department of the Environment […]

PRINCESS ANNE — A facilitator appointed to help resolve a stalemate over water supply issues is schedued to meet Thursday with the Somerset County Sanitary Commission. David Nemazie, an associate vice president at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in Cambridge, will meet individually with several county boards and state agencies to hear […]

PRINCESS ANNE– Somerset County officials are scheduled to meet this evening in Baltimore with Gov. Martin O’Malley and Secretary of the Environment Shari Wilson to address ongoing issues with the local water supply. The meeting is likely to be a roundtable discussion — first proposed by Wilson several weeks ago — on how to resolve […]

PRINCESS ANNE — The town has authority to take control of the water and sewer system that serves Somerset County, according to a legal opinion that positions Princess Anne to move forward with a plan to seize the systems that serve 4,000 customers, including 1,400 in the municipal limits. Now, the question is whether town […]

PRINCESS ANNE — State officials have proposed a roundtable meeting with the Somerset County Sanitary Commission, the County Commissioners and others in an effort to resolve ongoing water supply issues.

The state health department received a $1.2 million grant to develop oral health prevention plans and surveillance systems. Maryland was one of 16 states to receive the five-year grant awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state officials said Thursday. The money will help the department improve access to dental care for Maryland […]