Prince Frederick News

Mother Nature unleashed her fury at the end of last week with heavy rains and north easterly winds causing tidal surges and flooding in several parts of the county and eroding the public beach in North Beach again.

Calvert County public school bus number 133 was in a minor accident shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday on Route 231 in Prince Frederick.

The League of Women Voters of Calvert County will hold its Annual Legislative Evening with the Annapolis Delegation on Tuesday, Nov.

The College of Southern Maryland recognized 17 employees who have made significant contributions at a reception Oct.

"J.D." is currently being trained at Wildrose Kennels in Mississippi to become a Diabetic Alert Dog for Anna Grace Berry, 8, of Owings.

The Calvert Library will be celebrating the second annual National Gaming Day this Saturday, Nov.

More than 200 people filled a town hall meeting at St. John Vianney Family Life Center in Prince Frederick on Thursday night to increase awareness about the impact of funding cuts in programs for developmentally disabled people in the state.

The Calvert County Sheriff's Office is urgently reminding residents to lock all of the doors and windows of their homes and vehicles.

At the moment, jobseekers can use all the help they can get. Fortunately, Calvert residents have free resources available to them.

Advocates for the developmentally disabled will hold a town hall meeting in Prince Frederick on Thursday to highlight cuts in state aid and a lengthy waiting list for services.

Savannah Miller, 7, of Lusby holds her brother Justin Wilder's hand while she gets a flu shot Thursday from College of Southern Maryland nursing student Priscilla Rawlings at the Calvert County Health Department flu shot clinic at Patuxent High School in Lusby.

The restored Old Wallville School as pictured on a handout available for visitors.

Due to a nationwide shortage of the H1N1 vaccine, Calvert County public schools Supervisor of School Health Donna Nichols said it will not be administered on a school-by-school basis.

To many adults, the life of a school-aged child or teenager is a carefree one. Not so much, as was indicated at the Calvert Crusade for Children's Citizen Summit II, held at the Elks Lodge in Prince Frederick on Tuesday evening.

Lily Fisher-Flaherty, 12, of Lusby was named the State Novice Champion at the Maryland State Jousting Championship in Brunswick after winning a run against her best friend.

The impasse hearing between the Calvert County Board of Education and the Calvert Education Association, which represents Calvert County public school teachers, is set for tomorrow, Saturday, Oct.

North Beach volunteer firefighters Dave Devere, John Gott Jr., Eric Peterson, Kevin Lawton, Sara Devere and John Gott Sr.

Left, Tania Gale, a naturalist at Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, displays various specimens of bats at Friday's "Pizza and Wings" program at the park.Right, Avery Degennaro, 3, of Prince Frederick, and his father, Mike, look over bat specimens displayed by Gale at Battle Creek Cypress Swamp.

Mike Blasey admits he's not your average politician. In fact, that's what the blue-collar mechanic hopes voters will find appealing about his first foray into politics.

John Schaffner's "Spikes, Spires, Stalks, Stripes and Spines" is planted in a box of wood chips and rocks at CalvART.