Solomons News

Dogs may be man's best friend, but they can also be threatening, dangerous and a nuisance so Calvert County has established pages of ordinances to control animals and protect the community.

Harry Knott of St. Leonard works on some of his wood carvings at the annual Calvert Artists' Guild Gazebo Show Saturday on the boardwalk in Solomons.

Scientists at a new research center in Maryland will test strategies to kill invasive species and prevent them from hurting the Chesapeake Bay , according to an announcement scheduled for today.

With moderate, if sometimes puffy, southerly breezes to propel them, a fleet of 140 boats in 13 classes took off Friday evening from the Severn River off host Eastport Yacht Club to spend the next several hours ...

The Calvert County Board of Appeals, which handles zoning disputes, has ruled in favor of the owners of the Tiki Bar on Solomons Island in a dispute with the county - but the parties involved disagree on what ...

Rescue crews from Solomons, St. Leonard and Hollywood volunteer fire departments extracted a woman and her two children from their vehicle after a two-vehicle collision Friday morning at the intersection of ...

Amber Bibbens, 10, left, of California and Twyquila Morris, 9, of Prince Frederick practice their roles of Jackie and Georgia O'Keefe Wednesday at a weeklong day camp at Annmarie Garden in Solomons.

Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, July 6, 2008; Page SM03 The Calvert County resident who commanded the Maryland State Police Leonardtown barrack for nearly six years was promoted Tuesday to commander of ...

Alexus Kinney, 14, of Lusby poses with Solomons Nursing Center resident Roger Cook of Lusby.

The Calvert County Sheriff's Office came up with two traffic plans that will be in force in Solomons on July 4 and the Twin Beaches on July 3 for an hour after the fireworks finales.

The fireworks return to the venue off Solomon Riverwalk. The fireworks will be shot off a barge in the Patuxent River.

Hart Henrichsen, 11, of Lusby searches for sharks' teeth during the Maryland Summer Center for Paleontology last week.

Allyson Saffier, student member of the Board of Education and a Patuxent High School rising senior, gives opening remarks Friday at the Riverside Democratic Club and Calvert Democratic Central Committee debate ...

Claudette Curtis of Solomons, a lab courier for Calvert Memorial Hospital, fills the tank last Wednesday in her company car, which she says she fills every other day.

Cats and dogs will be side by side Sunday for a big adoption day at Peppers Pet Pantry.

Lora Miller of St. Charles helps stretch Barbara Nicholson of St. Leonard at Prince Frederick Calvert Physical Therapy.

Chris and Amy Gavin of St. Mary's City stand with their son, Jake, 4, next to their catapult and paint-covered canvas at last Saturday's Father's Day Fling event at Annmarie Garden in Solomons.

Judi Coyle opens the Calvert County Relay for Life on Friday by starting the lap dedicated to survivors, which is the first lap in every relay.

Betty Currie is dismayed that so many people assume otherwise. However, it is one of the first comments people make when she and the former First Cat go out for a public appearances.

Visitors to Calvert Memorial Hospital may experience brief delays entering the facility on Monday, June 16, while it conducts a pandemic screening exercise and disaster drill, according to a release from the ...