Pomfret News

Charles County Dive Rescue Company 13 Chief Skeeter Porter leans on Dive Boat 13 as he is interviewed in the apparatus bay at the company's new facility in Pomfret.

Shirley Blocker, seated left, Debbie Ward and Susan Winborne, Clare Murtha, middle left, Alma Hardin, Donna Schaeffer, Earlene Russell, Eileen Fogarty Irma Hartman, standing left, Roberta Kieliger, Barbara Knuckles, Helen Payne, Sophia Schaeffer, Pam Nelson and Betty Smith with some toys to be sent to Christmas Connection.

The Tri-County Animal Shelter will host a number of special events during November.

Maurice J. McDonough High School's drama department will present William McNulty's "Dracula," an adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel, at 7 p.m. Nov.

Charles County NAACP members march to the Charles County Courthouse in La Plata, where a sit-in was held.

Jackie Gray of Pomfret asks a question during "Start Right for Success," a seminar put on by the Southern Maryland region of the Maryland Small Business Development Center at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata Aug.

The Maryland Board of Public Works is awarding Charles County $173,900 in Program Open Space funding, including $160,500 to purchase a little less than an acre on Cobb Island Drive on Cobb Island to preserve as a park, according to a Maryland Department of Natural Resources press release.

For more information about rabies, go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web site at www.cdc.org. To report a suspected rabid animal call the Charles County Department of Health at 301-609-6900 or the Charles County Sheriff's Office in La Plata at 301-932-2222. Though it has been a relatively slow year for positive rabies tests, ...

Kasey Jennings,left, 16, and Caitlyn Lowell, 16, compete in the bungee race at the National Night Out celebration at the Bannister Neighborhood Association in Waldorf on Tuesday.

Kasey Jennings,left, 16, and Caitlyn Lowell, 16, compete in the bungee race at the National Night Out celebration at the Bannister Neighborhood Association in Waldorf on Tuesday.

Summer is in full swing in Charles County. The birds are chirping, the temperatures are rising - and many local waterways are polluted with fecal bacteria.

Jennings Hamilton, right, of Pomfret buys some vegetables from Howard Bowling of Faulkner at the La Plata Farmers Market earlier this year.

Scout.com talked with 2010 WR Devante Stamps from Mcdonough High School in Pomfret, MD.

The teen charged with stabbing a fellow student at Maurice J. McDonough High School was in a "pretty psychotic state" driven by untreated depression before the alleged assault, a defense expert testified at a circuit court hearing on Wednesday.

Marin Cushen, 5, left, Erika Maynard, 5, and Emebet Donnelly, 4, were orphans in Ethiopia before getting adopted by three Charles County families.

Anthony Becker, 10, watches as Noah White, 9, puts his arms and head in a photo stand during Cobb Island Day Saturday.