Davidsonville News

House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell wrote Maryland Republican leaders last week asking them to rein in state GOP Chairman James Pelura III, who has criticized lawmakers for failing to follow his party line.

Eleven people ranging from a former state legislator and school board members to political novices have signed up to fill a vacant County Council seat.

Maryland's second-highest court has ordered a trial to decide what, if anything, a Davidsonville couple can recover for their son's suffering when he drowned in the Crofton Country Club swimming pool in 2006.

Jessie Grow fishes through a box full of what looks to be junk, pulling out a 2-inch fragment of clay pipe.

Saturday night I was driving on Central Avenue in Davidsonville toward Edgewater.

Wednesday night I was standing in Davidsonville as cars were traveling down Davidsonville Road.

Wow, are the lilies around here beautiful! Here's a close-up shot of one at Union Memorial United Methodist Church in Davidsonville.

BREAKIN' THE LAW, BREAKIN' THE LAW: Three Baltimoreans check out Maryland's not-so-thriving nude beach scene.

This is concerning the 14-year-old boy who was beaten to death in Crofton . It's time for us Americans to arm ourselves.

Rosie Crowe has a pretty good idea of what she'll be wearing on July 11. Nothing. That's not unusual for the 68-year-old Davidsonville resident, who lives full-time in a nudist community in Anne Arundel County.

For a few days, I have been meaning to stop and take photographs of these flowers on West Central Avenue in Davidsonville.

Mourners console one another outside Riva Trace Baptist Church in Davidsonville after the service for Christopher Jones, 14, who was slain Saturday while riding his bike.

Opponents of a liquefied natural gas terminal in eastern Baltimore County stepped up their attacks Tuesday, hosting an appearance by a former CIA officer who said the $400 million project lacks critical safeguards and raises the specter of terrorism and piracy.

Saturday I checked out Tropic Bay Water Gardens in Davidsonville for the first time.

One of my favorite local places to shoot photos is Davidsonville. This farm is across the street from Union Memorial United Methodist Church.

Last year I wrote a story about the Hopkins family, owners of Mount Airy U-Pick Farm in Davidsonville.

The Maryland Food Bank and state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick will recognize students at a Kids Helping Kids awards ceremony Thursday for collecting food and raising money for the hungry.

Communities have been critical of Baltimore Gas and Electric's operation of cutting down trees for years, but a recent incident in Anne Arundel County has BGE defending its policies.

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If Fort Meade is your next duty station, you're probably looking at a map of the huge D.C. Baltimore area and feeling a bit confused.