Nanjemoy News

Bob Lukinic, president of the Southern Maryland Audubon Society, speaks from the porch of the Mount Aventine Manor House at Chapman State Park in Bryans Road recently about why it is important that the entire park has been designated as an Important Bird Area during a dedication ceremony.

Kevin Waterman of La Plata, Md., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Northeast Division tournament on the Potomac River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 25 pounds, 3 ounces.

Anthony Becker, 10, watches as Noah White, 9, puts his arms and head in a photo stand during Cobb Island Day Saturday.

Posted Monday at 5:22 p.m. Authorities reported on Monday afternoon that there is a telephone power outage in the Nanjemoy area.

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.

Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Board of Public Works approval of 28 recreation and land acquisition projects in 10 counties through Program Open Space.

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.

Friends Josephine Williams, left, Adah Morgan and Mary Ann Cobb, all of Indian Head, look at the art featured at the Richard R. Clark Senior Center during the 18th annual senior citizens art show.

Despite impassioned pleas from some angry citizens the night before, the Charles County commissioners voted Thursday morning to keep the county's property tax rate the same, collecting $9 million more in revenue from taxpayers due to rising property value assessments over the last few years.

Money to develop and improve three open space projects in Charles County is up for consideration at today's Board of Public Works meeting.

Mechanicsville resident Kevin Hall donates blood to the Southern Maryland chapter of the American Red Cross on Saturday during the second annual Charles County Government Day inside the county government building in La Plata.

Joe Fischer Jr. of St. Charles lines up his toss during the bocce ball competition as his father, Joe Fischer Sr., watches at the Special Olympics competition at Henry E. Lackey High School in Indian Head on Saturday.

Jerell Givans, center, and Craig Curtis, right, prekindergarten students at Mount Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary school hold various types of tomatoes during a farmers market fresh fruits and vegetables program at the school Friday.

A Charles County grand jury has issued the following indictments: Lawrence Ray Schneider Jr., 33, of Washington, D.C., was charged with three counts of second-degree rape, two counts of third-degree sex offense, fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault for events that occurred Dec.

The Charles County Sheriff's Office and Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department are looking to flex their muscles and they want the community to join them May 3 as they host a fire truck pull during the 62nd annual Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen's Association Convention and Parade.

Virginia McGraw, principal of J.P. Ryon Elementary School, is rarely seen at her desk during the school day.

The accidental death of Bryan L. Stump, a 12-year-old boy who was struck by a car as he was crossing Route 6 on his bicycle in April 2007, stunned his Nanjemoy neighbors.

In case you were wondering what good the recently passed economic stimulus bill did, here's a great example: Today's Washington Post reported on a small rural health clinic outside Washington, D.C., that received enough funding, in the nick of time, to operate for two years.

Text "LOCAL" to 98999 to get breaking news, traffic and weather alerts. Patching the Safety Net PHOTOS Medical assistant Scott Jenkins of Nanjemoy Health Services, a nonprofit clinic for hundreds of poor and working-class residents of rural southwestern Charles County, draws blood from Susan Correll.

A local attorney said he plans to file an appeal in Charles County Circuit Court to overturn a decision made by the board of appeals to grant a special exception to a defense contractor to build a research center in Nanjemoy.