UPDATE 4/16/2023: Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard, III, announced April 13th, 2023, that a Calvert County Sherriff’s Office Deputy, Corporal James L. Wahlgren, pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Calvert County to misconduct in office for engaging in sexual intercourse with a person requesting police assistance. According to the Statement of Facts...
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LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD (April 12, 2023) The Maryland Department of Transportation today convened the annual Highway Safety Summit, bringing together safety leaders and stakeholders to develop steps for Maryland’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan, a five-year program with the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030. Maryland Department of Transportation Secretary Paul...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at Chopticon High School, located at 25390 Colton Point Road in Morganza, to consider adoption of: Constant Yield Tax Rate (“Real Property Tax Increase”) St. Mary’s County fees and charges for the following Departments:...
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Patuxent Habitat for Humanity would like to thank BHE GT&S, a Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, for their generous donation of $5000.00 to support the mission of Patuxent Habitat for Humanity. We are extremely grateful, for their donation which will help make our mission possible. Our mission is a world where everyone has a decent...
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Naval installations in the National Capital Region are preparing for the Navy’s annual Hurricane Exercise/Citadel Gale 2023 (HURREX/CG) scheduled to take place 24 April to 5 May, 2023 including Naval Support Activities Washington, South Potomac, and Bethesda; Naval Activity Annapolis; and Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River. With this year’s hurricane season fast approaching...
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On Sunday, April 16, 2023, at approximately 2:48 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 9100 block of Frank Wills Place in Newburg, for the reported one not breathing. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a vehicle with two victims. Crews reported CPR in progress on one victim with the second...
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On Wednesday, April 12 at 3:20 p.m., school administrators at Piccowaxen Middle School began investigating a potential threat after they were notified by several students of another student who made threats to commit a violent act at the school. The school resource officer initiated an investigation and conducted a home visit with the student’s...
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On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at approximately 3:15 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel were dispatched to the area of Crain Highway and Smallwood Drive West in Waldorf, for a motor vehicle collision with injuries. Police arrived on the scene within seconds of dispatch and located two vehicles involved with one victim being unresponsive....
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On Saturday, April 15, 2023, at approximately 4:11 a.m., officers responded to the area of East Hawthorne Drive near Washington Avenue for the report of a carjacking. Investigation found two individuals had carjacked the victim’s vehicle outside a building in the 700 block of Washington Avenue. Officers were informed one of the suspects entered...
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St. Mary’s County Government encourages all community members to visit The Barns at New Market, Home Grown Farm Market, and the California Farmers Market this season for locally grown and locally made products ranging from eggs, meats, and cheeses to soap, craft beverages, and baked goods. Home Grown Farm Market Opens for the season...
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On Friday, April 7, 2023, at 8:02 a.m., officers responded to the 2500 block of Charter Oak Drive in Waldorf for the report of a man at the address who was violating a final protective order. When officers arrived, the suspect, Bryant Michael Thompson, 42, of Waldorf, was on the scene. As officers attempted...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a man for a fatal shooting in Adelphi in 2020. The suspect is 34-year-old Jose Linares of Alexandria, VA. He’s charged with murdering 21-year-old Payton Marshall of Woodbridge, Virginia. On September 7, 2020, patrol officers responded to the 1800 block of Metzerott Road....
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Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry announced that Charles County Sheriff’s detectives assigned to the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Section / United States Postal Inspection Task Force, along with members from the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Washington, D.C. Division, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Washington Division, and the United States Marshals Office...
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William Page Ogden of Western Shores Estates, Port Republic, Maryland passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home on 04.02.2023 Page was born on December 2, 1938 to the late William and Gladys (Hance) Ogden. He was born, raised and lived in Calvert County all his life, except for the...
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Margaret Young, formerly of Prince Frederick, MD passed away peacefully at the Hermitage in Solomons, MD on April 2, 2023. She was born on June 13, 1927 to G. Oliver and Lucy Bowen of Port Republic, MD. Margaret was a 1944 graduate of Calvert High School. Upon graduation, she went to live and work...
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Dean Thomas Walker, 44, passed away April 2,2023. He was born January 23, 1979 in Washington,DC to Glenn Allen and Deborah Rose (Cleaver) Walker. Dean grew up in Calvert County and graduated from Northern High School. He was a cancer survivor as a small child and had a love of sports. As an adult,...
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Roy Blair Hokrein, 66, of Lusby, MD passed away on April 2, 2023 in Baltimore, MD. Born August 21, 1956 in Coatesville, PA, he was the son of the late Roy Vance Hokrein and Betty (Quick) Hokrein. Roy graduated from North Pocono High School, Scranton, PA in 1975. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in...
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Janet W. Walker, 78, of Prince Frederick, Maryland, passed away on March 31, 2023 after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late John Wright, Jr. and Marjorie A. Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, Hinton C. Walker; and a sister, Lynne Starkweather. She is survived...
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Ernest “Ernie” Younger, 76, passed away on March 30, 2023. Born August 24, 1946 in Prince Frederick, Maryland, Ernie was the fourth child born to Richard Zachariah Younger, Sr. and Mildred Ellen Joy Younger. Ernie grew up in Solomons and Dowell before moving across the creek to his parent’s final home in Olivet. Ernie...
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Rosemarie Robinson, 74, of Dunkirk passed away March 30, 2023. She was born September 22, 1948 in Annapolis to Walter C. and Leanna (Estep) Jenkins. Rosemarie graduated from Calvert High School and married James Leroy Robinson, Sr. on April 15, 1968. They lived in Lothian before settling in Dunkirk, where they raised their family....
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A gentle soul with a fierce light. A devoted son to his late parents Howard and Becky who NEVER gave up on him and loved him back to health. A cherished brother to Helen (David), Jimmy (Sarah), and his late brother-in-law Jim who learned resilience, gratitude and compassion from him. A proud uncle to...
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Scheral Elaine Dey, 74, of Dunkirk passed away March 29, 2023. She was born September 21, 1948 in Atlas Township, MI to James Roy and Ruth Elizabeth (Bauer) Welch. Scheral was raised in Michigan and moved to LaPlata, MD when she was 16 years old. She worked as a waitress at Pirate’s Cove and...
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Zane Smawley, 86, died March 26, 2023 at his daughter’s home in Huntingtown, MD. He was born July 23, 1936 in Casar, Cleveland County, North Carolina to Dewitt Talmadge and Cola Lee Allen Smawley. He was educated in Cleveland County, NC and Washington, DC public schools, and married Rebecca Adaline Bowman October 28, 1994....
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John “Sonny” Douglas Browning, 73 of Lusby, MD passed away on April 2, 2023 at Solomons Nursing Center. He was born on June 19, 1949 in Leonardtown, MD to the late Douglas Browning and Agnes Elizabeth Mattingly. Sonny was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. He attended Little Flower Elementary School and...
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Toni Lee (Bellere) Long was born on July 10, 1953 in Washington D.C. to the late Louis Bellere and Mary Alice Bowles. They they lived in Accokeek, Maryland and later moved to Hollywood, Florida in the mid 50’s. Her family then moved to Leonardtown, Maryland in 1965, where Toni attended and graduated Chopticon High...
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