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A Utah mother said her "heart exploded with gratitude" after seeing how teachers and classmates surprised her son at Roy Junior High School last week.

By Carl Hamilton cahamilton@cecilwhig.com Jul 12, 2021 cahamilton / CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY SCOTT SERIO  With police and other emergency vehicles lining Marysville Road near North East on Sunday, officers can be seen in the street after a Cecil County Sheriff’s Office deputy suffered a gunshot wound to his arm and a man was fatally shot during a fight-in-progress incident in the 100 block of Chesapeake Ridge Lane, a short distance away. cahamilton / CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY SCOT SE...

FAIR HILL — The next time Bradford Luff teaches his beginning beekeeper class for Cecil Land Trust hes going to let his students in on a few secrets in advance. "Dont wear black. The only natural enemy of the honeybee is the bear," Luff, vice president of the Susquehanna Beekeepers Association, said to his five students Saturday morning. He added that wearing red is also not a good idea because the bees see it as black. As each student donned the protective gear -- a long sleeved jacket...

Cecil County Farm Museum and Regional Agricultural Center is poised to open its doors to the public next month. There was a sneak preview Wednesday for officials of Cecil County and Maryland as well as Cecil County Public Schools. The center is located on Appleton Road in Elk Mills and shares the campus of the Cecil County School of Technology. Jeffrey Lawson, superintendent of the schools, said he sees the center becoming part of the curriculum. “I think it’s a great idea to bring so...

News from the fields, farms and beyond… If you are interested in learning more about the benefits of bees, or would like to get into beekeeping Cecil Land Trust and Susquehanna Beekeepers Association want to help. Whether a novice, beginner or advanced, SBA is ready to help the second Saturday of each month starting May 8 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. with a free beekeeping class. There’s a limit of 8 people to a class so pre-registration is required. The Patsy DuPont Farm, 719 Blake Ro...