La Plata News

The Charles County Redistricting Board will hold public hearings in each of the four proposed county commissioner resident districts to consider a proposed redistricting plan as a result of the 2010 census.

Ten years ago, on a muggy Sunday evening, one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded on the East Coast tore through lower southern Maryland.

The Mark Twain Lecture Series on American Humor and Culture presents David Rakoff, whose New York Times bestsellers, 'Fraud' and 'Don't Get Too Comfortable,' have caused him to be hailed by critics as one of today's funniest, most insightful writers.

Charles County Board of Education will hold a work session on core curriculum and superintendent search 6 p.m. April 30 at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, 5980 Radio Station Road, La Plata.

Staff photo by JEFF NEWMAN Waldorf resident Ivan Sherard takes notes while speaking to Alan Crawley, a veterans employment representative at the Waldorf office of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, at the veterans outreach event Saturday at the American Legion post in La Plata.