Hughesville News

Catherine Bader, left, is comforted by her friend, Anita Hawkins, as they stand in front of Bader's house in Waldorf, which was destroyed by a fire.

Charles County Parks and Recreation is currently seeking vendors for its After the Holidays Mini Scrapbooking special event at Somers Community Center in La Plata 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan.

Port Tobacco Players will hold acting classes every Tuesday from Jan. 5 to Feb. 23 at the theater at 508 Charles St.

Staff photos by EMILY BARNES Kay Laughton of Hughesville and Janet Sargent, left, of Waldorf started the prayer shawl ministry, which has about 12 members.

Christina Powell folds the red, white and blue quilt before it is packed up and sent to Andrews Air Force Base, some 400 miles away in Maryland.

The holiday season brings with it moments of joy and spiritual renewal, but also generally a spike in 911 calls of domestic violence.

Police are asking for any information that leads to the whereabouts of a prisoner who escaped from the Southern Maryland Pre-Release Unit on Oaks Road in Charlotte Hall.

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.