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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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FirstNet, Built with AT&T is Connecting More First Responders Across Maryland – More 5G Sites in Anne Arundel, Charles, and 4 Other Counties

FirstNet, Built with AT&T is Connecting More First Responders Across Maryland – More 5G Sites in Anne Arundel, Charles, and 4 Other Counties

What’s the news? AT&T* is America’s public safety communications partner. It’s been more than 5 years since we were selected by the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) to build and operate FirstNet®, and we have moved quickly to bring more coverage, boost capacity and drive new capabilities for Maryland’s first responders and the...
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Judge Daneeka Varner Cotton Named Administrative Judge for the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County

Judge Daneeka Varner Cotton Named Administrative Judge for the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County

Court of Appeals of Maryland Chief Judge Matthew J. Fader has named Judge DaNeeka Varner Cotton as county administrative judge for the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Judge Cotton succeeds Chief, Circuit, and County Administrative Judge Sheila R. Tillerson Adams, Seventh Judicial Circuit, who will retire on December 31, 2022, after serving nearly...
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Island Music Company Partners with Shop 53 Custom Tattoo and Art Studio to Recognize La Plata as Maryland’s First Bird City

Island Music Company Partners with Shop 53 Custom Tattoo and Art Studio to Recognize La Plata as Maryland’s First Bird City

Whether you’re a local or a visitor passing through Southern Maryland, you’re sure to notice bird art displayed throughout the town.  These art projects were created to represent La Plata, Maryland as Maryland’s First Bird City!  La Plata is recognized as the first bird city due to their efforts taken to implement sound bird-conservation...
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Department of Justice Announces New Active Shooter Training Award for First Responders

Department of Justice Announces New Active Shooter Training Award for First Responders

The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) announced a new $9.8 million award under the Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) program to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University to provide multi-disciplinary, scenario-based active shooter training to first responders. The PASS program...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Public Schools Announce Teen Driver Safety Week for High Schools – October 16 – 22, 2022

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Public Schools Announce Teen Driver Safety Week for High Schools – October 16 – 22, 2022

National Teen Driver Safety Week is October 16 – 22, 2022. St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS), in partnership with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, will continue efforts to educate young drivers about the importance of wearing seatbelts and the dangers associated with distracted driving. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Safety...
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Calvert County Hosting Free Paper Shredding Events on November 19th, and December 17, 2022

Calvert County Hosting Free Paper Shredding Events on November 19th, and December 17, 2022

The Calvert County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, will host free paper shredding events for county residents and businesses to help prevent identity theft by destroying confidential or sensitive documents. The following shred events will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine: Saturday, Nov. 19 at Huntingtown High...
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Firefighters Respond to Large Fire at Hollywood Auto Scrapyard, No Injuries Reported

Firefighters Respond to Large Fire at Hollywood Auto Scrapyard, No Injuries Reported

On Sunday, October 16, 2022, at approximately 2:33 p.m., firefighters from Hollywood and Bay District responded to the Hollywood Used Auto Parts located at 43900 Commerce Avenue in Hollywood, for the reported large outside fire. Due to previous incidents and large fires at this location, Brush 7, Engine 72, Tanker 74, Truck 7, Chief 7A,...
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Three Leonardtown Teens Charged After Deploying Fire Extinguishers in Leonardtown Trailer

Three Leonardtown Teens Charged After Deploying Fire Extinguishers in Leonardtown Trailer

On Sunday, October 16, 2022, firefighters from Leonardtown, Hollywood, Valley Lee, Bay District and Seventh District responded to 21475 Abells Wharf Road in Leonardtown, for the reported trailer fire. The 911 caller reported multiple kids were trespassing and had entered the structure and believed they set it on fire, the caller reported smoke was...
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Frederick Norman “Freddie” Gass, 81,

Frederick Norman “Freddie” Gass, 81,

Frederick Norman “Freddie” Gass, 81, of Colton’s Point, MD passed away on October 11, 2022 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. Born July 31, 1941 in Leonardtown, MD, he was the son of the late Joseph Norman Gass and Mary Helen (Faunce) Gass. Freddie graduated from Holy Angels School, Margaret Brent High School, Charles County...
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LaRue Hodges Bowen, 91,

LaRue Hodges Bowen, 91,

LaRue Hodges Bowen, 91, of Hollywood, MD, passed away on October 10, 2022 in Hollywood, MD. Born on April 21, 1931 in Prince Frederick, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ethel Rawlings and the late William Hodges. LaRue was the loving wife of the late Irving A. Bowen, whom she married on...
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Susan Marie Cusic, “Sue”,

Susan Marie Cusic, “Sue”,

Susan Marie Cusic, “Sue”, 56, of Clements, MD, formerly of LaPlata, MD, passed away on October 10, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Born on January 6, 2022 in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Joan F. Dement and the late James L. Dement, Sr. She was the life partner of Joseph R....
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Josephine Green Lawrence

Josephine Green Lawrence

Our Sister, Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, Great-great grandmother, Cousin, Aunt and Friend Josephine Green Lawrence transitioned to meet Our Heavenly Father on Oct 9, 2022. She was born Josephine Ramage Cowan Holmes live upon the land; not at sea, on August 4th 1938 in Richmond Virginia to her loving parents Clifford Faxton Holmes Sr and...
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Calixto Balitaan Calangi, Jr., “Bong”, 51,

Calixto Balitaan Calangi, Jr., “Bong”, 51,

Calixto Balitaan Calangi, Jr., “Bong”, 51, of Hollywood, MD, formerly of Bauan Batangas, Philippines, passed away on October 6, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Born on July 6, 1971 in Batangas City, Philippines, he was the son of Calixto G. Calangi of Batangas, Philippines and the late Iluminada Rosales Balitaan. Calixto was the loving husband...
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Charles “Mark” Corbin, 62,

Charles “Mark” Corbin, 62,

Charles “Mark” Corbin, 62, of Fayetteville, NC, formerly of Abell, MD, passed away in Fayetteville, NC on October 6, 2022 after a brief battle with cancer. Born on January 2, 1960 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Audrey Lucille Coffren Corbin and the late Charles W. Corbin. Mark grew up...
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Marian Elizabeth (Gray) Murdock, 83,

Marian Elizabeth (Gray) Murdock, 83,

Marian Elizabeth (Gray) Murdock, 83, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on October 5, 2022. Marian was born December 26, 1938 and was the daughter of the late Albert Joseph Gray, Sr. and Ida Elizabeth “Bessie” (Hill) Gray of Chaptico, MD. Marian graduated from Margaret Brent High School in 1956. Marian married the love of...
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Marjorie Elizabeth Quade, “Margie”, 75,

Marjorie Elizabeth Quade, “Margie”, 75,

Marjorie Elizabeth Quade, “Margie”, 75, of Leonardtown, MD, passed away on October 4, 2022 at Hospice of St. Mary’s, in Callaway, MD. Born on September 18, 1947 in Leonardtown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Edna Marie Woodburn Bell (Miss Edna) and the late Paul A. Bell (Podnah). Margie was the loving...
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Roberta Eleanor Pilkerton Guy, 90,

Roberta Eleanor Pilkerton Guy, 90,

Roberta Eleanor Pilkerton Guy, 90, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on October 3, 2022. Born on June 6, 1932 in Mechanicsville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Helen Mae Wood Pilkerton and William Archie Pilkerton, Sr. Roberta was the loving wife of the late William A. Guy whom she married on October...
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Larry Thomas Stine, 41,

Larry Thomas Stine, 41,

Larry Thomas Stine, 41, of Avenue, MD, passed away on October 3, 2022 in Maryland. Born on December 23, 1980 in LaPlata, MD, he was the son of Vicky Huseman of Avenue, MD and Larry T. Stine of Hannibel, MO, and was raised by his stepfather, Franny Huseman of Avenue, MD. Larry is survived...
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Sarah Arlington Ball, “Sally”,

Sarah Arlington Ball, “Sally”,

On September 26th, 2022, Sarah Arlington Ball, known to her loved ones and the world simply as “Sally,” lost her two-year battle with metastatic breast cancer three weeks shy of her sixty-eighth birthday. Sally was born in Washington, D.C., on October 17th, 1954, to Sarah Leigh Davis and Richard Charles Arlington. After graduating from...
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Robert Scott Bain, “Bob”, 64,

Robert Scott Bain, “Bob”, 64,

Robert Scott Bain, “Bob”, 64, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on September 19, 2022 in Baltimore, MD. Born on July 1, 1958 in Providence, RI, he was the son of the late Jean Marie Bain and the late Robert William Bain. Bob was the loving husband of Ruth Ann Bain, whom he married on...
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Joyce E. Williams, 92,

Joyce E. Williams, 92,

Joyce E. Williams, 92, of Charlotte Hall, MD passed away on October 6, 2022.  She was born on January 17, 1930, in Hickory, Mississippi to Amos and Etta Everett.  Joyce was one of four children; brothers Barney and Max and sister, Margie. She married Harry Lee Williams on February 13, 1954. Together they raised...
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Francis Aloysius Jenifer

Francis Aloysius Jenifer

Francis Aloysius Jenifer received his wings at home on October 2, 2022. Francis was known to family and friends as “Pee Wee”, born on March 21, 1938, in Charlotte Hall, Maryland to Gertrude B. Meredith and William A. Jenifer. Francis was the third born to five siblings. He was educated in Mechanicsville, Maryland. He...
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