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Charles County Sheriff’s Office and State Fire Marshal Investigating Arson at Waldorf Library

Charles County Sheriff’s Office and State Fire Marshal Investigating Arson at Waldorf Library

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at approximately 2:37 p.m., police responded to the Charles County Public Library located at 10405 O’Donnell Place in Waldorf, for the reported arson. Police responded and made contact with two witnesses who had observed the suspect lighting paper towels on fire in the bathroom. Deputies from the Maryland Office...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – October 18, 2022

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – October 18, 2022

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, with the invocation and pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners presented Proclamations in honor of Red Ribbon Week, Ace’s Angels, Economic Development Week and National Disability Employment Awareness month. The Department...
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NAS Pax River Search and Rescue Invites Personnel to the SAR Swim the Bay Day on Friday, October 28, 2022

NAS Pax River Search and Rescue Invites Personnel to the SAR Swim the Bay Day on Friday, October 28, 2022

The NAS Patuxent River Search and Rescue team, the SAR Dogs, are inviting all interested personnel, military and civilian, to join them for their annual Swim the Bay event Oct. 28. The 1.7-mile swim will start onboard Pax River from the beach at West Basin Marina and finish across the water at the Chesapeake...
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Popular Hospice of the Chesapeake Golf Tournament Brings in $240,000

Popular Hospice of the Chesapeake Golf Tournament Brings in $240,000

With the abundance of golf tournaments offered around Chesapeake Bay, an avid golfer could sign up for one for every week of the season. While that’s great for golf fans, it presents a challenge to Hospice of the Chesapeake’s Golf Committee. And it’s a challenge they get better at every year. This year, a...
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SMECO Awards $10,000 Contribution to Local Organizations

SMECO Awards $10,000 Contribution to Local Organizations

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) recently received a $10,000 contribution from CoBank to award to local organizations that SMECO has supported with matching funds. Each of the following will receive $2,500: Christmas in April, Calvert County Rebuilding Together Charles County Christmas in April, St. Mary’s County Clements Cuties Foundation. “The generous funding from SMECO and...
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Police in St. Mary’s County Arrest North Beach Man for Attempted Murder, Assault and Gun Charges

Police in St. Mary’s County Arrest North Beach Man for Attempted Murder, Assault and Gun Charges

On October 19, 2022, Trooper T. Eckrich of the Maryland Department of State Police Leonardtown Barrack conducted a traffic stop on Pegg Road at Westbury Boulevard, Lexington Park. A probable cause search of the vehicle was conducted which revealed suspected Marijuana and a loaded gun with an obliterated serial number. The passenger, and owner...
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Margit King Miller, 78,

Margit King Miller, 78,

Margit King Miller, 78, of Lusby passed away October 9, 2022, at CalvertHealth. She was born March 31, 1944, to Boyd and Margaret A. (Shields) King. Margit grew up in Calvert County, graduating from Calvert High School. She attended Moravian University.  Margit worked various jobs throughout her life, including for her father’s company, King...
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2022 General Election Canvassing Notice for St. Mary’s County

2022 General Election Canvassing Notice for St. Mary’s County

The St. Mary’s County Board of Elections will be canvassing the 2022 Gubernatorial General Mail-in Ballots and Provisional Ballots. Pre-Election Day Canvass will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, at 9 a.m. These results will not be released until Election Night. The after Election Mail-in Ballot Canvass will be Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, at...
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UPDATE: Fire at St. Mary’s College Calvert Hall in St. Mary’s City Under Investigation

UPDATE: Fire at St. Mary’s College Calvert Hall in St. Mary’s City Under Investigation

UPDATE 10/20/2022: On Monday, October 17, 2022, at approximately 12:55 p.m., firefighters from NAS Patuxent River, NAS Webster Field, Ridge, Bay District, and Valley Lee responded to 47454 Leonard Calvert Circle in St. Mary’s City, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene and reported they had a fire in a built in utility...
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Two Replica Firearms Recovered from Students at Robert D. Stethem Educational Center – Cases are Unrelated

Two Replica Firearms Recovered from Students at Robert D. Stethem Educational Center – Cases are Unrelated

On October 19, 2022,  at 9:51 a.m., school administrators at Robert D. Stethem Educational Center detected the odor of marijuana on a 14-year-old student. Further investigation by the administrators revealed the student was in possession of baggies containing residue of marijuana and a replica firearm / BB gun, which was recovered from his waistband....
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Referrals – October 9th to October 16th, 2022

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Referrals – October 9th to October 16th, 2022

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Referrals: 10/09/22 – Female age 15 of Great Mills- Assault 2nd Degree and Disruption of School Operations by Dep. Stewart# 310. 10/09/22 – Male age 15 of Lexington Park- Assault 2nd Degree and Disruption of School Operations by Dep. Stewart# 310. 10/10/22 – Male age 16 of Mechanicsville-...
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One Transported After Single Vehicle Rollover with Entrapment in La Plata

One Transported After Single Vehicle Rollover with Entrapment in La Plata

On Sunday, October 16, 2022, at approximately 11:48 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Turkey Hill Road and Brittingham Court in La Plata for a motor vehicle collision reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle overturned on its side with...
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Lexington Park Drug Dealer Charged with Multiple Gun and Drug Charges After Police Execute Search Warrants

Lexington Park Drug Dealer Charged with Multiple Gun and Drug Charges After Police Execute Search Warrants

On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office’s Vice/Narcotics Division executed a series of search warrants at First Road in Lexington Park. The subject of the investigation, Thomas Donnell Evans, age 42 of Lexington Park, was located and apprehended with the assistance of K-9 Dyno. As uniformed deputies attempted...
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Police Seeking Identity of Six Suspects Who Burglarized Vape Jungle in August of 2022

Police Seeking Identity of Six Suspects Who Burglarized Vape Jungle in August of 2022

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the persons pictured in a burglary investigation. On Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at 10:55 p.m., the suspects used a chunk of concrete to break the glass and enter the Vape Jungle business in Millison Plaza in Lexington Park. Once inside, the suspects removed...
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U.S. Navy Demos Wide Range of VTOL Systems for Future Operations

U.S. Navy Demos Wide Range of VTOL Systems for Future Operations

The Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263) program team put Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) systems through their paces during a two-week technical demonstration in mid-September. More than a dozen vendors attended the event to help inform the Navy Expeditionary Warfare community of the functions and capabilities available on the...
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Charles County Police Officers Investigate Report of Firearm on Elementary School Property

Charles County Police Officers Investigate Report of Firearm on Elementary School Property

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at 3:16 p.m., school authorities at J.P. Ryon Elementary School notified the school resource officer about a juvenile male in the parking lot with what appeared to be a gun. A parent who was waiting in the car rider line saw the juvenile place the gun in his backpack...
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Prince George’s County Police Investigating Waldorf Woman Killed in Single Vehicle Collision

Prince George’s County Police Investigating Waldorf Woman Killed in Single Vehicle Collision

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision in Accokeek. The deceased driver is 33-year-old Tiffanie Bunch of Waldorf. On Saturday, October 15, 2022, at approximately 3:00 a.m., officers responded to the area of Indian Head Highway near Berry Road for a single-vehicle collision. The preliminary investigation revealed Bunch was traveling...
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Minor Injuries Reported After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Minor Injuries Reported After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at approximately 6:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road in Lexington Park, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious with possible entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved at the intersection of Three Notch...
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Unoccupied St. Mary’s County School Bus Involved in Early Morning Motor Vehicle Collision

Unoccupied St. Mary’s County School Bus Involved in Early Morning Motor Vehicle Collision

On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at approximately 7:55 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Pegg Road and West Westbury Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a school bus. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle and a St. Mary’s County School...
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Minor Injuries Reported After Head-on Collision in Dameron

Minor Injuries Reported After Head-on Collision in Dameron

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at approximately 3:40 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Porter Drive in Dameron, for the reported head-on collision. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in an off-set head-on style collision with one vehicle in the roadway...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Shooting at California Shopping Center, One Gunshot Victim Transported with Non-Life-Threatening Injuries

UPDATE: Police Investigating Shooting at California Shopping Center, One Gunshot Victim Transported with Non-Life-Threatening Injuries

UPDATE: On October 18, 2022, at 12:47 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 22500 block of MacArthur Boulevard in California, for the reported shots fired into a business. Deputies arrived on scene within two minutes and located two businesses struck by projectiles. The businesses and surrounding establishments were...
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Police Investigating 17-Year-Old Found with Loaded Handgun Near High School

Police Investigating 17-Year-Old Found with Loaded Handgun Near High School

On Monday, October 17, 2022, at approximately 3:20 p.m., officers responded for a citizen’s report of a male with a handgun walking in the area of Glen Burnie High School with another male. The school’s SROs were alerted and quickly located the males off the school’s property. After conducting a search, one suspect was...
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November 2022 Events at the Calvert Marine Museum

November 2022 Events at the Calvert Marine Museum

As we embark on a new season, we welcome guests to visit the museum for fall related fun, while also reflecting on the past with special events surrounding Veterans Day. With the holidays just around the corner, we invite you visit the Museum Store for a special event with extra savings. For more information...
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MedStar Health Welcomes New Hematologist and Oncologist, Ankit Madan, to MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

MedStar Health Welcomes New Hematologist and Oncologist, Ankit Madan, to MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

MedStar Health is pleased to welcome board-certified and fellowship-trained hematologist and oncologist, Ankit Madan, MD, to MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center. Dr. Madan attended medical school at Gajra Raja Medical College in India prior to completing an internal medicine residency and a hematology and oncology fellowship at University of Alabama. He is board certified...
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Tri County Love Center First Annual Walk/Runathon in White Plains on Friday, November 25, 2022

Tri County Love Center First Annual Walk/Runathon in White Plains on Friday, November 25, 2022

Tri-County Love Center is a transitional home for women in need of a steppingstone after seeking treatment from substance abuse. “We are a 501 (c) (3) EIN 84-4197062 seeking fundraising sponsors and registrants for our First annual Walk/Runathon on November 25, 2022, 9am at the Indian Head Rail Trail (IHRT) located at 10410 Theodore...
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