Mechanicsville News

The St. Mary's County commissioners took their first look Tuesday at updating the land use comprehensive plan, which could result in rezoning in several areas.

Bonnie Walsh, left, of Great Mills and Pizzel Keen of Valley Lee, far right, hold open a sheet of cheese cloth for Bernie Taylor as they prepare to wrap their stuffed ham.

The county has four emergency communication towers such as this one in Leonardtown, but there are still coverage gaps.

A Mechanicsville man died Sunday when the motorcycle he was riding struck the back of a car that had hit a deer, police report, and the motorcycle slid across Golden Beach Road into the path of a sport utility vehicle.

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office says a motorcyclist was killed when his bike struck the back of a car and he was hit by another vehicle.

Students from Kimberly Edwards' and Kimberly Winterwerp's prekindergarten classes wave their flags Friday as they recite "When the Flag Goes By" during an early Veterans Day celebration at Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary School.

A Golden Beach couple enjoying a Saturday evening in their waterfront home received some unexpected visitors - a stolen car that went across their yard and into the Patuxent River, and the police who were on its tail.

Support for a limit on liquor store licenses in St. Mary's was mixed Tuesday at a meeting of the county commissioners and Southern Maryland legislators.

At right, Doug Davis drives a hayride wagon through the woods around Trinity Baptist Church as part of its Fall Festival event Saturday.

Crofton resident Mindy McConville said she will probably never ride the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad again and the same is likely true of her extended family who traveled from various parts of Maryland on Sunday and experienced what she describes as a tourist's nightmare.

Jacquelene Kielpinski of Lexington Park, one of the organizers of Saturday's Thrill the World event, dances like a zombie to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at Leonardtown High School's gym.

A quartet of "thieves run amok," as a prosecutor described them, all eventually wound up in jail after an investigation by St.

Matt Bell, personal finance writer and speaker, will be featured in a workshop,"Money Strategies for All Times," at Good Samaritan Lutheran Church in Lexington Park on Saturday, Oct.

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.

Randy Guy of Clements filed this week as a candidate for president of the St. Mary's County commissioners in next year's election.

Volunteer firefighters from around Southern Maryland work together to stabilize a loaded cement truck that has rolled onto a passenger sedan.

Evelyn Bancroft of Prince Frederick holds pajama pants up to herself after sewing the legs together during a sewing class at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata on Oct.

The Town Hall Alliance slate of candidates for next year's St. Mary's County commissioner election so far includes Commissioner Larry Jarboe, Richard Johnson of Valley Lee and Dan Morris of Mechanicsville and Randy Guy of Clements, all Republicans.

The Maryland Dove tied up at a pier at Clements Island during the Blessing of the Fleet, an annual event sponsored by the Seventh District Optimist Club.