Indian Head News

A science experiment designed by a Charles County high school junior is part of the cargo aboard Dragon, the space capsule NASA and the SpaceX Corporation sent into orbit early Tuesday, and is on its way to the International Space Station as part of the historic flight, according to NASA.

Charles County staff had trouble finding enough chairs to seat the overflow crowd that came out to discuss local issues at commissioners' President Candice Quinn Kelly's town hall meeting Wednesday night at the county government building in La Plata.

Staff photo by EMILY BARNES Emergency responders use equipment from the hazmat unit vehicle as they work at the scene of an incident at Robert D. Stethem Educational Center in Pomfret on Friday morning.

Charles County Planning Commission members requested Monday that an expert in democratic procedure rules, called a parliamentarian, sit at planning commission meetings in order to assist in the commission's proceedings.

U.S. Navy photo by Andrew Revelos Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer touts the Homemade Explosives Detection Kit, a technology developed by a team of scientists with NSWC Indian Head Division as an example of the military value of Naval Support Facility Indian Head during a community-organized meeting focused on the potential for a new Base ... (more)