Agnes Colbert dances with Brian Rudolph during the pre-Independence Day celebration Thursday at the Richard R. Clark Senior Center in La Plata. Performer Rudolph, from Montgomery Village, led the audience in a patriotic sing-along while circulating through the crowd as Yankee Doodle Boy.
The July 4 birthday celebration across the United States each year takes place on the anniversary of not a joyous arrival but instead a stern goodbye, through a Declaration of Independence.
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An already-imprisoned man has been indicted on charges of raping a Charles County girl at knifepoint more than a decade ago and will appear in Charles County Circuit Court for arraignment July 25.
Unemployment rates in Southern Maryland have leaped to their highest mark in nearly a year, mirroring a state and national trend that is unlikely to turn around anytime soon.
The fast-rising cost of fuel has tanked prices of new and used large sport-utility vehicles and pickups over the last year and some dealers might refuse to take them as trade-ins as the price of gas climbs over $4 a gallon, local auto dealers and experts say.
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