White Plains News

Chaney Enterprises' request to rezone 150 acres of Hughesville land on Route 231 from agricultural to heavy industrial has raised the dander of Maryland Department of Planning.

A new Caruso house is for sale on Kilburn Court off Tottenham Drive in the High Grove subdivision in White Plains.

Long and Foster foreclosure bus tour participants get ready to board the bus that took them to about 10 distressed properties on May 17.

As the statewide campaign for and against legalized slot machines intensifies ahead of the November referendum, opinions are also taking shape closer to home.

Staff photo by NANCY BROMLEY McCONATY Susana Merida, left, a dental fellow from the University of Maryland who will provide pediatric dental services to Charles County young people ages 6 months to 18 years for ...

No one was injured after the driver of a Ford pickup accidentally drove into the front of the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative building in White Plains Wednesday morning, according to SMECO's Electric ...

The Charles County Department of Health's pediatric dental clinic is open and provides preventative and restorative dental care to children 6 months to 18 years from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday at the health ...

A local homebuilder, testifying under oath in Charles County Circuit Court in La Plata, accused on Tuesday an Anne Arundel County police officer and his wife of forging the builder's name on several checks.

Few businesses have sought waivers from the statewide smoking ban that went in effect Feb.

The Maryland State Highway Administration will hold a workshop to display alternatives on preliminary findings of engineers and environmental studies about how to improve traffic congestion along U.S. 301 in ...

Comptroller Peter V. R. Franchot announced that the agency's field office in Waldorf will close May 23 due to renovations to the Smallwood Village Shopping Center, where the branch islocated.

Charles County Commissioner Reuben B. Collins II will hold a meeting for Commissioner District 3 residents from 7:30-8:30 p.m. May 19 at the Capital Clubhouse, 3033 Waldorf MarketPlace, Waldorf. via The Independent

Melinda Floyd of Country Florist in Waldorf recently completed Sympathy Expressions, a class hosted by Teleflora at its education center in Oklahoma City, Okla. via The Independent

Volunteer auctioneer J.T. Hinkle, center, of Bel Alton closes the bidding on 200 bales of hay Saturday at the last hay auction for the season at the Southern Maryland Regional Farmers Market in Cheltenham. via The Independent

Submitted photo Owners of Exit Landmark Realty in La Plata, Jane Ratti, left, and Bernadette Cole, recently joined the Southern Maryland Business Network. via The Independent

Collecting a new career: When Helen Farmer's husband, James, began collecting wildlife art more than 20 years ago, she was all for it. via The Independent

Realtor Collette Lusk recently joined EXIT Landmark Realty in White Plains. Lusk has lived in the Southern Maryland area for more than 35 years. via The Independent

“I did a third of the business I did the year before”

By Brooke Howell Special to The Washington Post Sunday, March 30, 2008; Page R04 Home prices in Charles County fell slightly last year, while the number of transactions dropped sharply. via The Washington Post

The owner of Drive-In Liquors in Faulkner was ordered to close the business and hand in his liquor license last week until some discrepancies with the license could be worked out. via The Independent

One Charles County sheriff's officer might have been feeling a sense of dj vu Tuesday as he was called to investigate two separate crashes involving school buses. via The Independent