Hollywood News

The St. Mary's County commissioners took their first look Tuesday at updating the land use comprehensive plan, which could result in rezoning in several areas.

Charles Johnson's garage door, depicting a train coming out of a tunnel, was painted by a friend.

Department stores have Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving when stores are jammed with holiday shoppers.

Bruce Barnes and Josh Mast assist their horse King as he helps to hoist a 33-foot-tall wind turbine in Swan Point in March.

A Virginia man locked up in St. Mary's jail and put before a closed-circuit TV camera for a bond hearing last week found himself caught up in a courtroom conversation about lawyers, guns and money.

Robert Hesse, celebrity chef from the TV show "Hell's Kitchen," will be the new chef at Catamaran's Restaurant on Solomons Island.

Constance Walker, a retired Navy captain and president of the Southern Maryland chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, opens Tuesday night's discussion of mental health issues and returning veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Every year, between 40 and 45 artists and craftsmen from the region are selected through a jury system to participate in the annual Unique Boutique, a fine art and craft show featuring local artists.

HOLLYWOOD, Md. - At least once a week, something - the lingering stiffness in his left arm, a door slam or even the dark - triggers a memory of the night seven years ago that Paul LaRuffa somehow survived.

Arthur Shepherd joins other spectators at last month's oyster shucking contest at the St.

State funds won for new library The Maryland Capital Grant program awarded St. Mary's County $765,000 to support the design costs for the new Leonardtown library for fiscal 2011.

Peter Ross, facility manager for L-3 Communications' new engineering and fabrication laboratory in Hollywood, holds up a freshly ground metal bracket, carved by the computer-controlled lathe in the background.

The St. Mary's County Community Health Fair will be held Friday, Oct. 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department.

Growth continues in Leonardtown and so will traffic, as plans move forward for new neighborhoods, a new library and new schools.

MetCom meeting scheduled at Greenwell State Park The St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission is meeting on Thursday, Oct.

The arrest of a North Carolina couple last year on drug charges in St. Mary's took a new turn this month as a Hollywood man was indicted in a probe by police alleging he planted cocaine in the visitors' truck.

A benefit 5K run/walk will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point.

The health department is offering flu vaccinations at Leonardtown High School on Tuesday, Oct.

Paul LaRuffa remembers the day he was shot in front of the car in which he was attacked, a 1999 Chrysler 300M, at his home in Hollywood, Md.

Dan Morris filed Monday as a Republican candidate for St. Mary's County commissioner to represent the Leonardtown/Hollywood district, where incumbent Thomas A. Mattingly Sr.