The Calvert County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, will host a free household hazardous waste collection event for county residents Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. The event will be held at the Appeal Landfill located at 401 Sweetwater Rd. in Lusby, from 8:00 a.m., to 2:00 p.m., rain or shine. Hazardous household products are...
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Calvert County to Hold Free Residential Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event on Saturday, October 8, 2022
Prince George’s County Drug Dealer Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Distribution and Illegal Possession of Firearm, Police Recover 27 Firearms
U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Larry Clinton Proctor, age 33, of District Heights, Maryland, to 87 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine, and for illegal possession of a machinegun. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney...
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Police Arrest Waldorf Man on Multiple Robberies and Assaults Throughout Charles County
On September 26 at approximately 10:24 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a business located in the 11900 block of Acton Lane in Waldorf for a report of shoplifting. The suspect fled the scene prior to officers’ arrival. A short time later, officers responded to a robbery at a nearby...
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Police Arrest Oxon Hill Man After Shooting at a Robbery Victim in Waldorf
On September 17 at approximately 2:31 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the intersection of St. Andrews Way and St. Charles Parkway in Waldorf for the report of an incident between two vehicles, which involved a collision and shots being fired. The two vehicles fled prior to police arrival. One...
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UPDATE: Police Say Suspect Vehicle Was Stolen from Charles County, Search Continues for Vehicle and Two Shooters in Murder of DMV Boxing Legend Buddy Harrison
UPDATE: The Metropolitan Police Department released the following information and update on Monday, September 26, 2022. Captain Kevin Kentish stated after reviewing surveillance videos from nearby, police have determined there were only two shooters, not three. Harrison was shot multiple times and at this time, police believe it was a targeted attack. Police have...
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Calvert Marine Museum Celebrates 44th Year of Patuxent River Appreciation Day on Saturday, October 8, 2022 – Admission is FREE!
Patuxent River Appreciation Day (PRAD), one of Southern Maryland’s longest running festivals, celebrates its 44th year on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at the Calvert Marine Museum. All members of the family can enjoy the fun from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Museum admission is FREE all day. This year’s event will feature a weekend’s-worth...
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Historic Sotterley Hosting New Walking Tours – Nightmare on Sotterley Lane on October 21st, 22nd, 28th, and 29th!
Sotterley is hosting a new event based on some of our favorite haunted and ghostly happenings from the past. Come and join us for Nightmare on Sotterley Lane! Go on a walking tour of some of our favorite creepy spaces and places and be prepared to encounter both the earthly inhabitants and the unexplainable...
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UPDATE: Charles County Sheriff’s Office Searching for Two Vehicles Involved in Fatal Hit and Run Involving Pedestrian in Waldorf
UPDATE 9/27/2022: On September 26 at approximately 10:33 p.m., officers responded to the area of Old Washington Road and Bad Dog Alley for the report of a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian. Upon arrival, officers located a man deceased in the roadway. Initial investigation revealed that the man, later identified as Jeremy Alexander...
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St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church’s 1st Annual “Blessing of the Beer” Festival on October 22, 2022 in Hollywood
St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church’s 1st Annual “Blessing of the Beer” Festival is scheduled for October 22, 2022 from 12-6 pm on the St. John’s grounds in Hollywood, MD. All proceeds will benefit St. John’s School. In keeping with the Southern Maryland tradition of the Blessing of the Fleet, and in celebrating the...
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Calvert County State’s Attorneys Office Announces Beltsville Man Receives 19 Years for Drug Distribution and Violation of Probation
UPDATE: On September 26, 2022, Steven Terrell Wheeler, 27, of Beltsville, MD, was sentenced in Calvert County Circuit to 12 years imprisonment for the crime of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He also received an additional 7 years for a violation of probation in a 2020 assault case, for a total sentence of...
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Charles County Man Arrested Under Suspicion of Impaired Driving After Single Vehicle Crash, Police Recover Stolen Handgun
On Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 12:01 a.m., troopers from the Forestville Barrack responded to a single vehicle crash in the area of Route 301 and Timothy Branch Drive in Brandywine. Upon their arrival, troopers found a silver Nissan facing southbound in the northbound lanes on Route 301 and wedged against the guardrail. The...
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Three Juveniles Arrested for Committing Armed Carjacking, Police Recover Handgun
Prince George’s County Police Division IV – Oxon Hill Station patrol officers arrested three juveniles for an armed carjacking on Sunday. The suspects are a 17-year-old male from Oxon Hill, a 17-year-old male from Washington, DC, and a 16-year-old male from Oxon Hill. All three are charged as adults. On Sunday, September 25, 2022,...
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Calvert County Department of Planning and Zoning Advises Current Owners of Forest Conservation Transferable Development Rights to End June 30, 2024
The Department of Planning & Zoning advises current owners of Forest Conservation Transferable Development Rights (FC TDRs) that as a result of the Maryland Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021, FC TDRs will no longer be permitted as a method of satisfying forest conservation requirements for development projects after June 30, 2024. Therefore, FC...
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Police Arrest Indian Head Man for Violent Assaults and Recover Two Guns
On September 19 at 4:15 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were searching the Bryans Road area for a suspect wanted in connection with several violent domestic-related assaults in which the suspect used a firearm to pistol-whip the victim and threaten her. The suspect, Branden Alfred Holland, 23, of Indian Head, was observed...
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Firefighters from St. Mary’s and Calvert Operate on Scene of Large Mulch Fire at St. Mary’s County Landfill for Over 2 Hours
On Sunday, September 25, 2022, at approximately 10:55 a.m., firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department responded to the 23000 block of FDR Boulevard in California, for a smoke investigation. Engine 91 responded with 4 personnel and located a large area of smoke coming from the St. Mary’s County landfill and upon further investigation,...
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U.S. Navy Evaluates New Crash Crane, Increasing Capability and Availability
The Navy’s Common Aviation Support Equipment program office (PMA-260) is currently evaluating Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) on a Crash and Salvage Crane (CSC) at the Aircraft Anechoic Test Facility in Patuxent River. Electromagnetic waves within the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum are used for communication, radar and information networks aboard ships. The E3 evaluation currently...
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Governor Hogan Continues Asia Trade Mission in Japan, Meets with Leadership of Japan Business Federation
To kick off the second leg of his economic development mission to Asia, Governor Larry Hogan today met with leaders of Keidanren—the Japan Business Federation—including Hayakawa Shigeru, co-chairman of Keidanren’s Committee on U.S. Affairs and vice chairman of the board of directors of Toyota Motor Corporation. The governor also touted Maryland’s pro-business environment at...
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland Receives Largest Gift in College History
Students at St. Mary’s College of Maryland for decades to come will be the beneficiaries of the largest gift in the College’s history, announced today during the grand opening ceremony for the new Performing Arts Center and Learning Commons. Longtime benefactor Nancy R. Dodge provided the gift. In recognition of this historic contribution, the...
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Maryland Congressional Delegation Urges Administration to Kick-Start New Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Stock Assessment
Members point to lowest crab numbers in history of winter dredge survey, recent rapid rise in invasive blue catfish and snakeheads as cause for urgent action On September 21, 2022., U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Anthony G....
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Maryland State Record Swordfish Caught Off Coast of Ocean City by Calvert County Man
Jeff Jacobs has been officially recognized by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as the new state record holder for the Atlantic Division with a 393-pound swordfish (Xiphias gladius) he caught in the canyons off the coast of Ocean City. Jacobs, 38, was on charter boat RoShamBo with Captain Willie Zimmerman and crew...
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Thorpe Wins DoN HBCU/MI Program Administering Officer of the Year Award
Maria Thorpe, acting executive director of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Systems Acquisition Group, recently received the Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program Administering Officer of the Year Award for 2022. Anthony Smith, director of the DoN HBCU/MI program, and Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)...
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Grand Jury Indicts Suspended Prince George’s County Police Officer on Theft and Misconduct in Office Charges
A Prince George’s County grand jury indicted an officer on charges of theft and misconduct in office. The involved officer is Corporal Travis Fowble. The officer is accused of conducting unauthorized activities while on-duty dating back to 2018. The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division brought this case to the State’s Attorney’s...
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No Injuries Reported After Vehicle Fire in Leonardtown
On Saturday, September 26, 2022, at approximately 4:40 p.m., firefighters responded to the area of 37670 Seldom Seen Lane in Leonardtown, for the reported vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a pickup truck fully engulfed in flames and threatening power lines. Engine 11 and Tanker 14 responded with 8 personnel...
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MDOT Officials Bring State Transportation Investment Tour to St. Mary’s County
Officials from the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) will meet with St. Mary’s County officials to discuss MDOT’s Draft FY 2023-2028 Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP), which details a record $19.9 billion six-year capital budget investment in the state’s transportation network. The meeting is part of MDOT’s tour of 23 Maryland counties and Baltimore City...
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Police Investigating Abduction and Murder of Hanover Man, Detectives Seeking Witnesses and Information of Incident
On September 21, 2022, at approximately 9:00 p.m., officers responded to the 7700 block of Arundel Mills Boulevard in Hanover for a possible assault and abduction. A witness reported she was in the parking garage at the Arundel Preserve when she saw what she believed to be a male suspect stabbing another male. The...
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