Hughesville News

Jim Crawford, manager of Habitat for Humanity's ReStore in Hughesville, hands bifold doors to customer Norm Fletcher of Calvert County so he can load them into his truck.

Trace Adkins performs at the Night of Remembrance concert at Regency Furniture Stadium on July 4. Michelle Wood of Dahlgren, Va., looks up at her son, Aiden, 3, who is being held by Mike Jedrykowski as John Luskey performs.

Mary Pat Berry, foreground, president of the Gov. William Smallwood chapter of the Maryland State Society of the U.S. Daughters of 1812, holds the hand of her granddaughter, Leanne Berry, 5, as she walks down the steps of the historic Maxwell Hall house in Hughesville with Tom Roland, the county's chief of parks and recreation, and Carol Whitsell, ...

Mary Pat Berry, foreground, president of the Gov. William Smallwood chapter of the Maryland State Society of the U.S. Daughters of 1812 holds the hand of her granddaughter, Leanne Berry, 5, as she walks down the steps of the historic Maxwell Hall house in Hughesville with Tom Roland, the county's chief of parks and recreation, and Carol Whitsell, ...

Joe Klausner, Calvert County's director of technical services, stands in front of the county's technological nerve center in Prince Frederick.

The Northern Democratic Club of Charles County is collecting nonperishable items for local shelters and food pantries.

All it took was four "ayes," and the Charles County commissioners added considerably to their list of critics.

The Friends of Old Waldorf School Foundation invite alumni of Old Waldorf School, their families, friends, co-workers and the community to a reunion on FOWS Day from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. June 23 at The Greene Turtle in La Plata.

County honors entrepreneur Breck Darlene Breck, president and CEO of Southern Maryland Business Center, was named this month's Charles County "Soar Like An Eagle Entrepreneur of the Month." The Charles County commissioners presented her with a plaque and a proclamation Tuesday.

It was the dead of night and a good two hours after closing time, but the steady flow of cars pulling up to Jimmie's Liquors in Hughesville showed that things were far from over, a sheriff's officer said at the Thursday liquor board meeting.

A truck carrying an oversize load knocked down utility wires Wednesday night in Quakertown, creating a traffic mess on Route 313.

Traffic builds on Crain Highway during the late afternoon rush hour recently. Local lawmakers say the U.S. 301 bypass of Waldorf is still their No.

Marriages made in heaven The Archdiocese of Washington will honor these Charles County couples at a Mass in Washington, D.C. on Sunday.

For Southern Maryland's state lawmakers, the Waldorf bypass is still No. 1. Even as the project that has been sought for years remains tangled in a web of environmental concerns and engineering reviews, legislators say they're as committed as ever to seeing the bypass built and ensuring it does not get lost in a sea of other transportation needs.

The American Chestnut Land Trust announces two local paddling trips this weekend, according to a release.

Jazmine Ashley Smith, 14, of Hughesville, an eighth-grader at John Hanson Middle School, contemplates her word during the second round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., this week Staff photos by LEAH L.JONES Jackie Smedley, a seventh-grader at St.

Prompted by the Charles County commissioners' concern over too much talk and not enough action, county staff and local community groups will begin working with the board to address substandard housing in some of the county's neediest and most rural areas.

It only took five "ayes" and a few handshakes to launch the connection of some 8,000 Charles County homes to a high-speed digital cable network.

Residents who would like to add their testimony to the record may do so through June 3. Mail comments to Charles County Department of Planning and Growth Management, P.O. Box 2150, La Plata, MD 20646.

Students in Southern Maryland have collected 5,478 pounds of food and donated $22,147 for the Harvest for the Hungry Campaign launched by the Maryland Food Bank last fall.