Calvert County health officials will be scheduling a public hearing as part of the process to enact an ordinance regulating professional "body art"—tattoos and piercings.

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What could be more American than your local, neighborhood library? "Libraries are really important for healthy democracies," declared Kip At Lee, the president of the Calvert Library Foundation, at the grand opening of a new library branch location in Solomons.

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Collection points have been established in Southern Maryland for a regional effort to help the victims of the devastating Oklahoma tornado. The effort has been spearheaded by an organization called Heroes for the Homeland, which was founded by Prince George's police officer Chris Johnson.

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At the moment, the technology sector is the focus of a lot of attention -- and with good reason. Tech industries have helped turn San Jose and Austin into major economies and brought other large metros, like Detroit, through tough spells. But which small, off-the-radar towns out there also deserve.

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Dr. Francis Chiaramonte died Sunday, May 19th . He was 84. He is a legendary figure in Prince George's County. As a urologist with a thriving practice in the southern peninsula, he became acutely aware that...

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National Technical Honor Society students from the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center joined volunteers from the St. Mary's River Watershed Association on Sunday to construct a new oyster reef habitat...

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Leonardtown is getting a new sit-down restaurant. The Sakura Japanese Steakhouse will be taking over the vacant building in Leonardtown Centre which has housed several restaurants previously. The most recent occupant was Rustic River and before that Arizona Pizza and Perkins Family Restaurant.

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The St. Mary's County Commissioners are getting help from U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D) and the Maryland Department of Transportation in their mission to get overturned the new federal requirement for the formation of a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for transportation planning.

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Potbelly Sandwich Shop will open its doors at 23064 Three Notch Rd., California, Md., May 29. This will give California- and Lexington Park-area residents the chance to experience the lively, neighborhood hangout...

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Fifty-eight Fairlead Academy students and their parents gathered at the James A. Forrest Career &;Technology Center to celebrate the class of 2013 Culminating Ceremony, late Monday afternoon May 20th.

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Is it "Deja vu all over again?" .. (to quote Yogi Berra)...

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Two St. Mary's County government advisory committees have been abolished and their functions merged into a non-governmental, community based coalition. The St. Mary's County Commissioners on Tuesday abolished the Community Health Advisory Committee and the Human Services Council.

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Three proposals for redrawing enrollment boundary lines for Calvert County Public Schools' (CCPS) elementary schools have been posted and will be discussed later this week by the school board.

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St. Mary's County Vice/Narcotics detectives have arrested a Lexington Park woman on State of California drug charges. Special Agents from the California Department of Justice contacted the St. Mary's County...

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It was "deja vu all over again" for the St. Mary's County Commissioners. Still reeling from a bid well over-estimate for the jail expansion, the commissioners Tuesday heard that the bids for the upgrade of the Marlay-Taylor Wastewater Treatment Plant were $3 million over estimate.

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For the second time this month the second reactor at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby was shut down. According to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Neil Sheehan, operators shut the reactor down Tuesday, May 21 at 5:30 a.m.

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Monday's tragedy in Oklahoma reminds us all of the devastating impact tornadoes can have and the need to know the warning signs, have a plan and be ready to take action at a moment's notice. Tornadoes are violent by nature...

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A plan advanced by two of the St. Mary's County commissioners to lower the age for taking advantage of senior property tax credits failed to corral a third vote at the finish line of budget deliberations Monday. The proposal by Commissioners Lawrence Jarboe (R: 3rd) and Daniel Morris (R: 2nd)

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The Charles County Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee (SECAC) honored more than 100 Charles County Public Schools staff and community members at its eighth annual Teacher and Staff Appreciation Awards...

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Life was different back in 1918. There were no smart phones, no V6 engines, no television - and when Patrolman Lawrence McParlin attempted to serve a witness summons on a Washington, D.C., man on May 21 that year...

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