Ridge News

The St. Marys County Governments Department of Public Works is collecting telephone books for recycling.

Karey Lucas recently completed the Holistic Aromatherapy continuing education class at Synergy Healing Arts Center and Massage School in Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.

St. Mary's College of Maryland freshman Andrew Surgent of Huntingtown washes the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department's boat Saturday as the new students split into groups and volunteered at several locations in St.

By Christy Goodman Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 10, 2008; Page SM03 Buzz's Marina in St.

Dept. of Land Use & Growth Management: 1. Introduction of a Proposed Zoning Text Amendment to Allow Small Wind Energy Systems for On-site Consumption 2. for the Board of Appeals to Render its Written Decision ...

Police and Charles County residents will take to the streets Tuesday for National Night Out, the annual event dedicated to crime prevention.

Chesapeake Bay crabber Paul Kellam has advice for the teenage boys who help tend his traps every summer: You better have a backup plan.

Randy Plummer, left, sorts crabs with Joey Garcia near Ridge, Md. Plummer, 19, hopes to work as a waterman, but is doubtful about the future of crabbing.

Chesapeake Bay crabber Paul Kellam has advice for the teenage boys who help tend his traps every summer: You better have a backup plan.

Crabs are measured to make sure they meet state standards before being culled into bushels by size or thrown back into the Chesapeake Bay near Ridge, Md.

Australian viticulturist Matthew Munzberg, left, and Richard Fuller, a member of the Port of Leonardtown Winery board of directors, check out grapes grown on the Woods' farm in Mechanicsville last week.

On Friday afternoons, a low rumble fills the halls of Parr's Ridge Elementary. The source: large gray trash bins, rolled by a squad of second-graders and parents at the Mount Airy school.

Smoke still rises from the remnants of a barn on property owned by F. Elliott Burch Jr.

Emergency officials have set up an emergency operations center at the Sharpsburg Volunteer Fire Co.

Master Gardener Program, MD Coop. Extension 9:10 a.m. 10:20 a.m. Executive Session, Property Acquisition; Article 24, Section 4-210 11 10:45 a.m. LUGM: Decision on Nelson Property W& S Amendment 11:30 a.m. ...

State pressure on Spring Ridge Middle School is expected to ease thanks in part to improved scores on standardized tests and the replacement of more than one-third of the staff in the last two years.

The Kiwanis K-Kids Club at Lexington Park Elementary School held a canned food drive in March and collected approximately 225 pounds of food.

News Mon, May 19, 2008 3:02 pm more: headline news Source: Baynet.com SOUTHERN MARYLAND - 5/19/2008 At 9:28 a.m. May 11, a 17-year-old male, of Pomfret, was arrested for possession of Marijuana.

Adam Riphon of the Maryland State Highway Administration works to clear washed up sand from Piney Point Road on St. via The Enterprise

A motorist crashes into a curb-deep flooded section of a southbound lane on Route 205 Monday morning. via The Independent