Hughesville News

Charles County officials have identified three waterfront sites in the county as the strongest possible candidates for capital improvements.

The Southern States Charlotte Hall Service has elected officers and members of its stockholders committee, service manager Paul W. Bowers announced last month in a press release.

He was only 32 when he was killed in a motorcycle accident in Hughesville in July.

Jill Hancock, right, the Operation Christmas Child relay center coordinator at First Baptist Church of La Plata, helps daughters Jordan, 10, left, and Caitlyn, 4, pack a shoebox.

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

On Sunday December 13, 2009, the Sons of the American Legion and Jay Armsworthy present the next Bluegrass music show of the season with Grammy Award winner Ralph Stanley II.

Now is the time to suggest a favorite business for recognition by the Charles County Chamber of Commerce.

Zeta Brady, left, of Huntingtown holds 13-year-old Felix while veterinarian Susan Gordon-Garcia checks his heart and breathing at the Brady home.

Todd Connick stands near the rows of vines at the vineyard on his family's property at Zacharia's Crossing in Hughesville this month.

St. Ignatius Church on Chapel Point Road near Port Tobacco is one of several historic landmarks that are on the 139-mile Religious Freedom Scenic Byway that winds through Charles and St.

Large animal veterinarians have always made house calls due to the nature of the beasts.

The driveway to the Blush home in Hughesville is guarded by giant gargoyles. The family holds an annual Halloween party for family and friends that shows no signs of losing its scary good appeal.

Keith and Nicki Grasso, co-owners of Island Music Company in La Plata, pose with an electric guitar in front of a store display.

As part of the Charles County government's budget cuts made in response to falling tax revenues and cuts in state payments to the county, the administrative offices of the government and the Tri-County Animal Shelter in Hughesville will be closed Nov.

Animals are funny, sure, but do they have a sense of humor? I'm on the fence on this one.

Nine-year animal warden veteran John Miedzinski of the St. Mary's County Animal Control unit greets a furry friend at a farm in Mechanicsville earlier this month.

A Hughesville man was jailed Friday on robbery charges from a holdup last month at a convenience store, and a Mechanicsville man is accused in charging papers of driving the gunman to and from the scene.

Giant Regional Market Manager Gary Budd, left, Lefty's Barbeque founder Walter Nash Sr., Giant Executive Vice President and General Manager Robin Michel and Lefty's Spices CEO Walter Nash Jr.

Skyla and Sirr Bannister of La Plata look out from the Ferris wheel at the county fair Friday.

The Charles County Planning Commission is leaving the record open until Oct. 1 on the proposed comprehensive zoning, subdivision text and map amendments that are necessary to implement the Waldorf Urban Design Study by changing the development pattern in Waldorf from strip commercial to a mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly community that supports ...