Piney Point News

The St. Mary's County Planning Commission gave its blessing Monday for a new nursing home project to access water and sewer lines in Callaway.

There's nothing like a little brightening up for the holidays to get customers in the door, and a business on Great Mills Road has gotten into the spirit with a window-display competition.

They got the idea from the 2003 movie, "The Calendar Girls." As volunteers with the Second District Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Auxiliary, Pamela Kuniecki, president of the auxiliary, and Georgia Wheeler, an auxiliary member, are always looking for fundraising ideas.

Red Cross Blood Drive The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at the Second District Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad in Valley Lee Dec.

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.

Standing under umbrellas that afforded little protection from the driving rain, representatives from community organizations, as well as the families of three servicemen who gave their lives in the war on terror, continued an 88-year tradition by laying wreaths and praying at the Veterans Memorial in Leonardtown last Wednesday.

A benefit 5K run/walk will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point.

Robert Lumpkins is scheduled to report to a federal prison at the end of October to begin serving 18 months for his role in the underreporting of rockfish harvests, but he was hard at work this week.

Calvert County has a gift it wants to share with residents who are now active duty military and stationed far away from their homes.

St. Mary's County Master Gardeners will be presenting several talks at the 63rd Annual St.

More photos from my trip to Camp Merryelande in Piney Point, MD two weeks ago: As a getaway spot, Camp MD is as much or as little fun as its visitors would make it.

A momentous signpost was realized recently by the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education with the acquisition of its new training vessel, the G Force.

St. Mary's County is full of organizations that require the assistance of volunteers.

Authorities say a woman was killed and four people were injured in a three-vehicle crash in St.

Inmates from the Southern Maryland Pre-Release Center in Charlotte Hall load bags of shells seeded with oyster spat onto a boat for distribution in St.

Her hearing and eyesight aren't very good anymore, but her memory is still remarkable.

Artist Jim Sanborn outside his studio in Piney, Point, Md., with a part of his installation "Terrestrial Physics," which produced nuclear fission.

Amy Sidorovich, right, and April Wathen, left, with the help of her children Max, 15 months, and Andy, 4, straighten a poster at Evergreen Elementary School announcing a "back to pool" party sponsored by the newly formed PTO at the school.

The United Industrial Workers , an affiliate of the SIU, is conducting its 13th quadrennial convention August 10-11 at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, located in Piney Point, Md.

Starting Monday, residents of St. Mary's County can file their candidacy for the 2010 election.