Mechanicsville News

Support for a limit on liquor store licenses in St. Mary's was mixed Tuesday at a meeting of the county commissioners and Southern Maryland legislators.

At right, Doug Davis drives a hayride wagon through the woods around Trinity Baptist Church as part of its Fall Festival event Saturday.

Crofton resident Mindy McConville said she will probably never ride the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad again and the same is likely true of her extended family who traveled from various parts of Maryland on Sunday and experienced what she describes as a tourist's nightmare.

Jacquelene Kielpinski of Lexington Park, one of the organizers of Saturday's Thrill the World event, dances like a zombie to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at Leonardtown High School's gym.

A quartet of "thieves run amok," as a prosecutor described them, all eventually wound up in jail after an investigation by St.

Matt Bell, personal finance writer and speaker, will be featured in a workshop,"Money Strategies for All Times," at Good Samaritan Lutheran Church in Lexington Park on Saturday, Oct.

Nine-year animal warden veteran John Miedzinski of the St. Mary's County Animal Control unit greets a furry friend at a farm in Mechanicsville earlier this month.

A Hughesville man was jailed Friday on robbery charges from a holdup last month at a convenience store, and a Mechanicsville man is accused in charging papers of driving the gunman to and from the scene.

Randy Guy of Clements filed this week as a candidate for president of the St. Mary's County commissioners in next year's election.

Volunteer firefighters from around Southern Maryland work together to stabilize a loaded cement truck that has rolled onto a passenger sedan.

Evelyn Bancroft of Prince Frederick holds pajama pants up to herself after sewing the legs together during a sewing class at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata on Oct.

The Town Hall Alliance slate of candidates for next year's St. Mary's County commissioner election so far includes Commissioner Larry Jarboe, Richard Johnson of Valley Lee and Dan Morris of Mechanicsville and Randy Guy of Clements, all Republicans.

The Maryland Dove tied up at a pier at Clements Island during the Blessing of the Fleet, an annual event sponsored by the Seventh District Optimist Club.

St. Mary's College of Maryland students David Gainey of Mechanicsville and Ashley Lord of Washington, D.C., pick up steamed crabs supplied by waterman Brian Hite of Hollywood at the campus dining hall.

At right, 19-month-old Trent Vallandingham of Mechanicsville tames miniature mules Sarah and Rosie as he rides around the fairgrounds Sunday with his grandfather, Don Burroughs, on the final day of the St.

On Wednesday, the benches of Courtroom 1 at the Charles County Courthouse were filled near capacity with family members, witnesses, sheriff's officers and Fraternal Order of Police members waiting to hear the verdict in a trial a year in the making.

Katherine Robeson, school nurse at Dynard Elementary, checks the temperature of third-grader Hailee Kosack in the school's health room last Wednesday.

Four-year-old Carly Rae Eastburn rejoices in her turn on the swing as she enjoys an afternoon around the playground at her home in Mechanicsville.

U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein, right, addresses reporters at a press conference Wednesday.

Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department volunteers Kiersten Shea, left, Curt Collison and Sherwood Jones Jr., all of Lusby, stand in front of one of the company's fire trucks.