<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Calvert</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/md/calvert?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><description>Calvert</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[SMAC Foes Can't Seem To Contain  Meerholz]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11156-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11156-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There is little that can surprise Calvert's Ashlyn Meerholz at this stage in her career. From one game to the next, the senior attack knows she will face constant double teams and schemes designed specifically to stop her. The only thing is, none of that has made much of a difference.]]></description><author> Andrew Levine</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tough Schedule May Help Thomas Stone Turn a Corner]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11157-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11157-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  If Thomas Stone's softball team finishes the regular season strong and makes a nice postseason run, the Cougars will look back on this past week as their season's turning point.]]></description><author> Alan Goldenbach</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Region's Fabric: Recreation and History on Water and Land]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3496-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3496-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For people who live in Southern Maryland, recreation comes with the territory. It is part of the bargain they make with themselves when they move here or decide to stay.]]></description><author> Tom Lansworth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Housing Costs Chasing More Into Water]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61358-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61358-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ After years of watching home prices skyrocket out of his reach, Hank Clay has finally found affordable housing. The one-bedroom home costs him just $200 a month. It comes free of any property taxes.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pr. George's Struggles With Vacant Police Jobs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59513-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59513-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At a time when homicides are up 60 percent from this time last year, Prince George's police are unable to function at full strength.]]></description><author> Allison Klein and Sudarsan Raghavan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Funds for Schools, Stadium Please Area Leaders]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57970-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57970-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The  General Assembly's 2005 session brought Southern Maryland additional money for building schools, funds to design the controversial minor league baseball stadium in Charles County and probably a study of the region's transportation needs.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow and Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calvert's Growth A Worry To Some]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58212-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58212-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Calvert County remains the state's fastest-growing county and one of the nation's 100 most rapidly developing jurisdictions, the Census Bureau reported last week.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to Tally the '05 Session's Winners and Losers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59615-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59615-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Lawmakers tell us there's nothing unusual about emerging from the annual legislative session in Annapolis with a brutal hangover, regardless of how they spent the hours after the midnight adjournment.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk and John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Fateful Play Breaks Tie Atop  SMAC Standings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58226-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58226-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was just another routine, sharply hit ground ball, yet it carried a fair amount of baggage as it bounded through the infield.]]></description><author> Alan Goldenbach</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Passport To Libraries Across Md.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57969-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57969-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ To make visiting the library "more comfortable," a user card is being introduced that allows Maryland residents to borrow and return items at any library in the state.]]></description><author> Scott Madara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Effort to Save Calvert Drug Center Fails]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48661-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48661-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ By 2 a.m., Calvert County Commissioner Linda L. Kelley was starting to get desperate.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kaye Oliver Reaches Out to a Range of Students]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48686-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48686-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Both of her grandmothers were teachers. So was her aunt. And her mom? Also an educator.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Owings, a Heartfelt Tribute to Pope John Paul II]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39123-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39123-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sister Christine Born of Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Owings had dinner with Pope John Paul II 11 years ago.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calvert Board Finds Options to Block Wal-Mart Unworkable]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28664-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28664-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Calvert Board of County Commissioners rejected a half-dozen proposals this week designed to thwart a proposed Wal-Mart in Dunkirk, with members saying they saw no viable options to stop the project.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ehrlich Takes A Gamble In Calvert]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32755-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32755-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. pressed his case for legalized gambling yesterday from the taproom of a waterfront resort in Calvert County, pushing $20 bills into a chirping game that looked and sounded exactly like a slot machine.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Standout Calvert Pitcher  Meets a Formidable Foe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28648-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28648-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As difficult as it was to believe, there was talk before the season that Calvert All-Met pitcher Megan Elliott might have a rival in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference, someone who could match her dominance.]]></description><author> Alan Goldenbach</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a Bind Over Junk Food]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26233-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26233-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Amid opposition from students who enjoy junk food and school systems hooked on the revenue it brings in, Maryland is considering legislation that would tighten nutrition standards on school food.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Quarrel Sustains Budget Stalemate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26632-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26632-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Leaders of the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates questioned  each other's thinking yesterday as budget negotiators from the two chambers remained in a standoff over the state property tax rate.]]></description><author> John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boosters Hit the Road]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26266-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26266-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Members of the Nats Fan Club head by bus to Philadelphia to watch the Nationals play in the season opener Monday.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold and David Nakamura</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dunkirk Citizens Group Adds Voice Against Wal-Mart]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20394-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20394-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/calvert</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As Calvert County officials continue to debate restrictions on big-box retailers, a neighborhood group has voiced opposition to a proposed Wal-Mart in Dunkirk.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item></channel></rss>