Piney Point 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.

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.

Last week's severe thunderstorm brought with it an abundance of lightning and some hail.

A St. Mary's County fish wholesaler who authorities say is at the heart of the largest striped-bass poaching case in Chesapeake Bay history pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt to falsifying Maryland catch reports and interstate trafficking in illegal fish.

Golden Eye Seafood LLC and owner, Robert Lumpkins of St. Mary's County, Md., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to and violating the Lacey Act, by falsely recording the amount and weight of striped bass, also known as rockfish, that were harvested by local fisherman and checked-in through Golden Eye from 2003 to 2007.