Barstow News

Calvert County residents lined up Saturday morning to get the 2,000 doses of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine the county health department administered at the Calvert County Fairgrounds in Barstow.

Marie Dougherty, 17 months, of Prince Frederick takes a look at the toy she picked out with her parents Cindy and Daniel Dougherty on Saturday at the Renegade Classics 5th Annual Santa Claus Toy Run at St.

All Meghan Music really wanted to do was help a girl she had never met before. By doing this, she will be helping many of the homeless in Calvert County.

Calvert Hospice has been providing services to the terminally ill and bereaved in Calvert County for 25 years, but Saturday will mark a dramatic expansion of its ability to provide palliative care.

Calvert County Commissioner candidate Kimberly Mackall, right, talks with friends and fellow churchgoers Stacey Jones, left, Paula Taylor and Koryn Parran, 9, Sunday after church at Greater Mount Zion Church in Barstow.

Liz Chambers opened the second annual End Hunger in Calvert County benefit concert Saturday with a couple of songs at the Calvert County Fairgrounds in Barstow.

Jessica Shoemaker, 8, left, and Brooke Railey of Huntingtown get a closer look at a female goat and her kid Saturday at the Calvert County Fair in Barstow.

Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department firefighter Mark Tyrell shakes hands with Barstow Elementary School kindergarteners Wednesday during a fire safety demonstration at the school.

St. Leonard Elementary School third graders Jordan Hanson, left, and Lizzie Latchaw look through the new dictionaries they received Wednesday from the Rotary Club of Prince Frederick.

James Trembly, 8, of Dunkirk pets a champion ram Saturday at the Calvert County Fair in Barstow.

Amber Watkins of Prince Frederick fills out a job application Wednesday at the Calvert County Job Fair.

Calvert Middle School Principal Bruce Hutchison greets students as they go to their first class Tuesday.

Despite how much their children may dislike it, some Calvert County parents will soon begin shopping for their little ones' school supplies.

Barstow Elementary School third-grade teacher Jill Floria and her two sons, fifth-grader Christopher, 10, background, and second-grader Michael, 7, both students at Barstow, shop for school supplies for Floria's classroom Wednesday at Educate & Celebrate in Prince Frederick.

The annual cruise hosted by the Calvert County Chamber of Commerce has sailed off into the sunset, perhaps for good, but this year, a beach party for landlubbers is taking its place.

Despite how much their children may dislike it, some Calvert County parents will soon begin shopping for their little ones' school supplies.

The event, held Thursday, July 9, at the Calvert County Fairgrounds in Barstow, gave attendees a chance to trade tips and contact information among more than three dozen participants.

A unique partnership between two Calvert youths who aren't even old enough to vote is bringing them all the way to the governor's mansion.

The Young Professionals Network is a program offered by the Calvert County Chamber of Commerce.

According to the Calvert County public school system Web site, parent volunteer James Carroll of Prince Frederick has advanced to become one of five semi-finalists for the Second Annual 2009 Comcast Parent Involvement Matters Award for which he was one of 24 finalists.