Patuxent River News

One biologist will ask the landfill to dig a trench for truckloads of dead fish.

If you have any connection to Patuxent River Naval Air Station, you should know that RAPIDGATE starts today.

For most, it's a three-day weekend with food, festivities and fireworks, but for the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office its full time duty for the Fourth of July weekend.

The Emergency Management Team at Patuxent River Naval Air Station is encouraging local residents to be prepared in case of a natural or manmade disaster.

Oscar Ocasio, left, who leads the Boeing Co. Global Corporate Citizenship program at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, presents $3,000 to Mary Ann Chasen, executive director of Christmas in April St.

The St. Mary's River Watershed Association is seeking dock owners on the tidal St.

When Nora O'Brien hosts guests at the secluded Victorian farmhouse she has painstakingly restored, friends have been known to carp about the deafening chorus of summertime tree frogs.

The Calvert County Planning Commission authorized its staff to begin updating the county's transportation plan at its monthly meeting Wednesday.

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Emergency crews in Prince George's County, Md., rescued 32 kayakers who became stranded on the Patuxent River Friday.

Former state senator Bernie Fowler showed his enthusiasm with the promising words from House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in regards to a recent Executive Order signed by President Barack Obama to expedite efforts to clean up nitrogen and phosphorous levels from the Chesapeake Bay.

The Navy hopes to test fly an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet using non-petroleum-based fuels as early as next year.

Eunice Knott of Ridge, left, sits next to Carolina Correa, a StoryCorps facilitator, at the Southern Maryland Regional Library Association office in Charlotte Hall on Wednesday before the taping of her oral history.

U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin has submitted dozens of federal aid earmarks for local priorities to be included in the fiscal 2010 budget, including several that will directly benefit military bases, mass transit, career readiness and the environment in Southern Maryland.

Former State Senator Bernie Fowler will host his annual wade-in on Broomes Island on Sunday, beginning at noon.

A Lexington Park man has been charged with first-degree murder in his wife's death, police report, after they found "inconsistencies" in his claim that the couple was abducted by a carjacker.

Compass Systems COO Frank Deaton, left, and CEO Mark Pinekenstein will be honored at the 2009 Leading Edge Awards as Patuxent Partnership Member Firm of the Year.

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.

Updated Saturday at 3:26 p.m. A Lexington Park man has been charged with first-degree murder in his wife's death, police report, after they found "inconsistencies" in his claim that the couple was abducted by a carjacker.

Before now, I've not thought much of "first African-American" designations, but President Obama's nomination of African-American astronaut Charles F. Bolden to become the next NASA administrator thrilled me.