Chesapeake Beach News

Children work with Silver Spring puppeteer Daniel Barash to perform a shadow puppet show Wednesday at the Calvert Library in Prince Frederick during the Shadow Puppet Workshop he put on at the library's Summer Fun program.

Shaquita Claggett, 8, of Sunderland got an American flag painted on her face Saturday at Traders Seafood, Steak and Ale in Chesapeake Beach during the restaurant's pre-fireworks party for young and old.

The Twin Beaches are growing at a stagnant but steady rate, according to estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Ida Elizabeth Wills of Owings poses for a picture in front of her retirement cake Wednesday at a party in her honor at the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum.

GAITHERSBURG WHAT: Big Bang Weekend; Movie: Madagascar WHERE: Robertson Park 801 Rabbitt Rd.

Ask the locals and they'll tell you that Chick's Beach is one of the best places in the city to put down your beach towel.

OCEAN CITY a ' Ocean City fire officials this week confirmed an 8-year-old boy was critically injured when he fell from a fourth-floor balcony of a condominium on Monday evening.

The grand opening of the Calvert Memorial Hospital Medical Arts Building brought the attention of several local and state politicians at Friday's Capital for a Day in Calvert County.

At least 76 people involved in the Metro Red Line crash were taken to area hospitals last night for treatment of injuries that ranged from minor to critical.

I've shot butterfly photos in a "butterfly house" in the past, but to me, it's more fun to capture their beauty in a natural setting.

Anne Arundel County police are investigating a two-vehicle crash in Harwood that sent two drivers to area hospitals.

After a quiet public hearing with no comments or questions on the town's budget, amendments to the budget were motioned and discussed by council members at the Chesapeake Beach Town Council Meeting last Thursday.

A woman who was raped by a high-ranking D.C. firefighter is speaking out, coming forward one day after Captain Tony Sneed was convicted of four charges related to the rape.

The Chesapeake Beach Town Council passed an amendment to the budget to increase the town's amusement tax rate .25 percent at the council meeting last Thursday night despite the mayor's warning that the amendment was not legal.

After denying a motion for a new trial on Friday, Judge Marjorie Clagett sentenced Geary Cox, 57, of Chesapeake Beach to 20 years of incarceration for the first-degree assault on his mother that left her in the hospital for more than a month.

A Virginia man was taken to Peninsula Regional Medical Center after he fell from a third floor balcony Monday night.

Early morning storms struck the Washington region Tuesday, awakening many and drenching commuters.

Delaware State police say two 15-year-old Maryland girls were caught taking off their clothes at a movie theater and snapping pictures of themselves with cell phones.

Northern High School graduate Nick Lindner of Chesapeake Beach gets a hug from classmate Catie Heim of Dunkirk before the school's commencement ceremony Wednesday evening.

Traders Seafood Steak and Ale owners Jim, left, and Gary Luckett in Chesapeake Beach pose in front of their business that was damaged by a tornado a year ago this Thursday.