<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - St. Mary's</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/md/stmarys?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><description>St. Mary's</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[Johnita Jackson Helps Her Pupils Read Better and Enjoy It More]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48685-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48685-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Johnita G. Jackson, a teacher at Mechanicsville's Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary School, sits on a child's chair in a third-grade classroom among four students who need a little extra help with their reading.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Publisher's Win Concludes 'Newspaper Caper' Saga]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39094-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39094-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A St. Mary's County newspaper publisher will receive $435,000 in a settlement of a lawsuit alleging that the county's current state's attorney, a former sheriff and six deputies violated the First Amendment when they participated in a plan to keep unflattering stories away from voters on Election Day 1998.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Settlement Reached in St. Mary's 'Newspaper Caper']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32753-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32753-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A St. Mary's County newspaper publisher will receive $435,000 in a settlement of a lawsuit alleging that the county state's attorney, a former sheriff and six deputies violated the First Amendment when they participated in a plan to keep unflattering stories away from the public on Election Day 1998.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racist Graffiti at Waldorf School Area's 2nd Recent Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20375-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20375-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Racist graffiti were discovered Thursday at an elementary school in Waldorf, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said Friday. The incident follows by about a month similar ones  in Lexington Park that prompted outrage in St. Mary's County.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. Mary's Restaurant Manager Is Killed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20376-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20376-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The night manager of the Lone Star Steakhouse &#38; Saloon in Lexington Park was found shot to death Thursday morning, apparently the victim of a robbery. Two suspects, including a teenage boy, were arrested in Stafford County about eight hours later, authorities said.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers Raise Concerns About Estate Tax, Fuel Costs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11842-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11842-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Southern Maryland's farming leadership assembled in Charlotte Hall this week to share concerns with Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) about the loss of  estate tax exemptions, the high price of fuel and, like elderly residents in other fields, the fate of Social Security.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds Condemn Racial Epithets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19116-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19116-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[St. Mary's residents angry about racist graffiti spray-painted in the county last week  gathered Monday near Lexington Park to denounce the epithets.  And police promised to capture those responsible for the grafitti.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dead Boy Accidentally Shot Himself]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64857-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64857-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A 12-year-old St. Mary's County boy died last week after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a loaded gun he was playing with at his home, according to the St. Mary's County Bureau of Criminal Investigations.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joining the Battle Against Base Closures]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55183-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55183-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Less than three months from now, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld will put forward a list of military bases to be shuttered or shuffled around, and Southern Maryland officials are doing everything they can think of to keep their bases off the list.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant to Aid Patuxent Watershed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46029-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46029-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Southern Calvert Land Trust has received a $2,900 grant from the Maryland Environmental Trust to support land preservation efforts along St. Leonard Creek.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Counties Gear Up  To Protect Navy Bases]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46037-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46037-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) said she felt like she had war paint under her eyes and a knife blade in her teeth as she met with Southern Maryland officials this week.]]></description><author> Joshua Partlow</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Counties Still Seen as Rural Havens]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9888-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9888-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As tobacco fields give way to strip malls, is Southern Maryland still a rural outpost?]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SMAC More Competitive Than Ever]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9867-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9867-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A season of growth and change produced a highly competitive regular season of swimming in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference, and the campaign will come to a head Saturday at the SMAC championships at the Prince George's Sports &#38; Learning Complex in Landover.]]></description><author> Charlie Moss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group Seeks To Preserve Building]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A117-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A117-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A preservation group is trying to raise about $1 million to restore a stone building that once housed slaves near Arcola and turn it into an educational site for students and tourists.]]></description><author> Lila de Tantillo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engaged Couple Killed in Crash]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56081-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56081-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Navy lieutenant commander  and his fiancee were killed Saturday night in St. Mary's County when the car in which they were traveling  skidded on an icy road before colliding head-on with another vehicle, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office said.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Arrested in Attempt To Blow Up School Bus]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27870-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27870-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A man and a boy  were charged last week in an attempt to blow up a school bus in St. Mary's County on Christmas day, said the St. Mary's County Bureau of Criminal Investigations.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Message on King Day: Progress, but 'Lots to Be Done']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19865-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19865-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ George Forrest's father can remember a time when he couldn't go into the county government building through the front door; now his son leads the staff as county administrator.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex-Abuse Investigation of Pediatrician Continues]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19874-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19874-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Authorities continued their investigation this week of a St. Mary's County pediatrician arrested Jan. 10 on allegations that he sexually abused a 10-year-old girl, according to the St. Mary's State's Attorney's Office.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Board Ponders Growth Plan for Lexington Park]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2667-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2667-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The St. Mary's County commissioners looked at color-coded maps with thick black lines Tuesday as they began picking away at the draft of the Lexington Park development district master plan, which will help define how the county grows.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Lawmaker Urges Tax Appeals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57950-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57950-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It has been quiet at the Frederick County tax assessor's office this week. Same in Montgomery, Howard and Anne Arundel counties, where thousands of homeowners received letters showing that their property values have gone way up.]]></description><author> Miranda S. Spivack</author></item></channel></rss>