Solomons News

Asbury residents Alice Behre, left, and Phyllis Reed sample some of the Asian dishes at the buffet of the Japanese Lantern Festival at Asbury-Solomons. Asbury-Solomons Housekeeper Ryumi Moser loaned her wedding photograph as part of the display at the retirement community's Japanese Lantern Festival last Friday.

Tommy Zinn, president of the Calvert County Watermen's Association, points to one of 60 displays set up Tuesday at the Solomons rescue squad as part of the Department of Natural Resources open house on the state's proposed oyster restoration plan.

Tom Wisner was awarded the John Denver Award in 2003 by the World Folk Music Association and also earned a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 from the Chesapeake Music Institute.

How passionate can one person become about preserving and protecting the home shores from neglect and deterioration? Most of us stand out of bounds and watch.

Bride-to-be Shannon Easter, center, of Solomons reacts as she receives her prints from a photo booth as her mother, Linda, and vendor Schrader Grady II look on Saturday during the Southern Maryland Bridal Show at the J.T. Daugherty Conference Center in Lexington Park.

From left David Kincaid on bass, Greg Davis and Ben Williams on guitar play and sing along to Robert Burns's "Auld Lang Syne," which translated to English means "days of long ago." More than 100 laddies and wee bonny lasses, many decked in kilts, stockings and sporrans, gathered last Saturday to toast the Bard of Ayrshire over some Celtic tunes, a ...

Firefighters from Solomons Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad gave seniors fire safety advice, discussed the importance of having a fire plan and answered questions last week at the Southern Pines Senior Center.

Just in time for Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Annmarie Garden in Solomons will have not one, but two exhibits celebrating Black History Month and King.

Students in kindergarten through eighth at Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Solomons gathered items to donate to a variety of charities and families during the holiday season.

Greg Bowen, director of Calvert County's Department of Planning and Zoning, led a workshop on linking local farmers directly with local restaurants at the Calvert Library in Prince Frederick on Tuesday.

Two St. Mary's County men were reportedly stabbed and taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown following an incident shortly after midnight Friday morning.

President Barack Obama said his thoughts and prayers were with the people of Haiti, where a powerful earthquake hit on Tuesday, and that the U.S. stood ready to help the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Two St. Mary's County men were reportedly stabbed and taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown following an incident shortly after midnight Friday.

A next-door neighbor of a well-known Solomons Island tiki bar will have another opportunity to make his case to the local zoning authorities against the development of a a oeTiki Village.a The Court of Special Appeals opinion in favor of Ronald J. Ross, a doctor litigating his case without a lawyer, is one step in what ... If you would like to ...

Christmastime may bring an increasing overload each year of secular commercialism, but it's no match for the enduring memories that longtime Southern Maryland residents have of simpler times.

A New Year's Eve celebration will be held from 7:30 p.m.-1 a.m. at Rod 'N' Reel, part of Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa, 4160 Mears Avenue, Chesapeake Beach.

It was a weekend as bleak as the weather for Southern Maryland retailers on what was supposed to be the biggest shopping time of the year.

Some of the staff of Vincenzo's at Calvert Marina pose with the owner Friday night.

The eighth annual Solomons Tubachristmas event is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec.

Optimist Club of Calvert's Barbara Brown makes wreaths from fresh cut fir tree boughs and Pearl Miller decorates them.