Chesapeake Beach News

In a shift from last year's debate over school construction priorities, Prince George's County school and government officials are in almost perfect agreement on their current funding request from the state.

Loading... 1 of 3 Becky McLaughlin and her sister Sarah Houck climb the stairs off Chic's Beach Wednesday evening, Nov.

Calvert County Board of County Commissioners President Wilson Parran, left, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer watch a presentation by Sheriff Mike Evans during the unveiling of a new Mobile Command Vehicle on Monday.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Calvert County in southern Maryland until 10:30pm Thursday night.

At right, From left, Sally Donaldson, Sheila Poole and Edith Seipp, all of North Beach, dress up stuffed bears Saturday at the North Beach Senior Center for the Calvert Hospice Share-A-Bear program.

The Rev. Lillie Gray talks with District Court Judge E. Gregory Wells at the Calvert County NAACP's annual fall luncheon Saturday at the Rod 'N' Reel Restaurant in Chesapeake Beach.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael E. Busch on Friday defended Maryland's fiscal footing in the floundering national economy, saying Gov.

Longtime Calvert County educator and historian Russell Costley spoke about his time in the public school system when Calvert County schools were integrated in 1966.

The Calvert County Sheriff's Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Keith Robert Lewis, 49, a white male with the birth date of July 20, 1960.

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. said last week that he plans to introduce legislation in 2010 that would clarify last session's changes to the state's death penalty statute.

For his Eagle Scout project, Life Scout Alex Dugone of Troop 789 in Dunkirk is collecting donations to send overseas to Maryland soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Calvert County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will celebrate 75 years of service to Calvert County with a fall luncheon at noon Nov.

Almost every hour of the day, people can be seen in tanning salons. And every hour of the day, one American dies from melanoma.

In Maryland's political hemisphere, autumn is marked not by colorful foliage and chillier temperatures, but by its unofficial designation as peak fundraising season.

Public school leaders in Maryland said they were not surprised by Gov. Martin O'Malley's comments this week about superintendents needing to dig deeper to find savings next fiscal year.

Manager Sharon Jones, left, second chefs Kathy Bryant and Bonita Mackall and executive chef Ron Frawley hold a selection of items at Traders in Chesapeake Beach.

Despite the bids for the D Street sewer rehabilitation project being half of what the town budgeted - $1.5 million - the Chesapeake Beach Town Council questioned the expenditure and reviewed spreadsheets before voting to approve funding at its meeting last Thursday.

A St. Mary's judge has ordered that a teenage boy be placed in a short-term behavioral counseling facility for recklessly endangering a man in a stabbing incident last August at a Budds Creek sports facility.

North Beach volunteer firefighters Dave Devere, John Gott Jr., Eric Peterson, Kevin Lawton, Sara Devere and John Gott Sr.

An opinion from the Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board recently found that the Chesapeake Beach Town Council "violated the Open Meetings Act by failing to produce minutes following its budget work session on May 7, 2009, in a timely fashion." The council met at least twice between the May 7 meeting and the production of the minutes, the ...