The two remaining HMOs serving Charles County Medicare enrollees will discontinue service at the end of this year, forcing about 1,000 elderly and disabled county residents to return to more expensive Medicare programs. By Raymond McCaffrey The Calvert County Board of Commissioners apparently is dropping a plan that would address the traffic concerns in a neighborhood where residents are fighting a proposed garden nursery. By Raymond McCaffrey The two bridges that link Calvert with the rest of Southern Maryland are either overused or decaying, and plans should be made to build new structures near Solomons and Hallowing Point, members of the county Board of Commissioners told state highway officials this week. A pedestrian trying to cross U.S. Route 301 in Charles County was killed late Friday night when he apparently walked in front of a car, Maryland State Police said this week. You don't have to be Catholic to appreciate St. Clement's Island-Potomac River Museum's annual Blessing of the Fleet.
All boaters are welcome to join the boat parade.
10 a.m. Saturday-Sunday. Coltons Point Marina, off Route 242, St. Clement's Island. Price includes admission to the St. Clement's Island-Potomac River Museum and water taxi to the island. Jump, boogie, swing and blues. Works by Bizet, Milhaud, Joplin, Haydn, Rossini and Debussy.