Dunkirk News

Children work with Silver Spring puppeteer Daniel Barash to perform a shadow puppet show Wednesday at the Calvert Library in Prince Frederick during the Shadow Puppet Workshop he put on at the library's Summer Fun program.

A man used a gun to rob the Dunkirk 7-Eleven store Sunday around 1:30 a.m., and police are asking the public for assistance in tracking down the armed robber.

Mural artist Mary Beth Harry, left, poses in front of her creation with outgoing Mount Harmony Elementary School Principal Tony Navarro and incoming Principal Elizabeth Gebelein.

A Calvert County man died Monday after he was ejected from his car in a single-vehicle accident in southern Anne Arundel County, according to police.

Calvert High School graduate Thomas Grochowski plays the National Anthem on his guitar at the school's commencement ceremony last Wednesday.

Posted Wednesday at 1:21 p.m. An 81-year-old Dunkirk man died as the result of a single-vehicle crash on Monday in Anne Arundel County after his car went off the road and ejected him from his vehicle, according to the county's police department.

A Calvert County man was killed after he was involved in a car accident in Anne Arundel County.

Northern High School graduate Nick Lindner of Chesapeake Beach gets a hug from classmate Catie Heim of Dunkirk before the school's commencement ceremony Wednesday evening.

Eric Franklin, CEO of Erimax Inc. in Dunkirk, was awarded the 2009 Maryland Minority Small Business Champion of the Year by the Small Business Administration.

A former Dunkirk cemetery owner and operator, accused of cheating plot owners out of nearly $1 million, is now suspected of staging his own death.

The county's "controlled growth" policies may require changes in Calvert's transportation priorities, calling into question some projects that have long been considered necessary, county staff told the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, May 19.

Group seeks presidential pardons for ex-mids ANNAPOLIS a ' A group of Naval Academy graduates is seeking presidential pardons for two former Navy football players court-martialed on unrelated sexual assault charges.

A former state legislator from Calvert County says he is seriously considering challenging Maryland Gov.

A woman pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of a 27-count indictment that included robbery, theft and false credit card use.

A dog was put on the Calvert County dangerous dog list recently after it jumped up and bit an oil delivery man on the face when he was trying to give a customer a receipt.

Bicycle riders from as far away as Maine participated in a fundraiser to benefit End Hunger in Calvert County on Saturday.

Glenn and Lynn Mortoro of Pawcatuck are thrilled to announce the engagement of their daughter, Andrea Lynn Mortoro, to Evan Andrew Paprocki, son of Norma Ketay and Thomas Paprocki of Dunkirk, Md.

A North Beach Volunteer firefighter was critically burned early Wednesday morning in a suspicious house fire in the Largo area while he was working as a firefighter for the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department.

Chesapeake Beach playground, the Tot Lot, will be getting new surfaces and six new pieces of equipment, and field repairs to Kellams field's baseball diamond have already begun.

Overflowing garbage cans tend to be an all too frequent sighting at the typical grade school and the Mount Harmony Elementary "Green Team" decided to do something about it.