UPDATE 4/1/2024: On Sunday, March 31, 2024, at approximately 8:45 a.m., firefighters from Calvert and Anne Arundel County responded to 1110 Claggett Road in Sunderland, Calvert County, for the reported basement fire. Firefighters arrived to find smoke and fire showing from the basement of the one story single family residence. The owner/occupants were identified...
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UPDATE @ 4:47 P.M., Subject has been located and is being evaluated by EMS. Thank you for your assistance/shares. Police, fire and rescue personnel are currently searching for a critically missing Elsie Lee Elliott, a 76-year-old female last seen today’s date around 2:15 p.m., wearing a teal puffy jacket, jeans. She has silver hair...
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On Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., St. Clement’s Island Museum will host all three St. Mary’s County wineries, as well as local crafters and artisans for the 4th annual First Landing Wine & Arts Festival. For the fourth year, community members and visitors are invited to enjoy this full...
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The Maryland State Board of Elections is pleased to announce that nearly 600,000 voters have already requested a mail-in ballot for the upcoming 2024 Presidential Primary Election. This represents almost the same amount of requested mail-in ballots from the 2022 General Election. SBE anticipates the demand for requests to exceed the 2022 General Election...
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The Maryland Business Roundtable for Education (MBRT) proudly announces Kelley Haina from Calvert High School as one of The 24: Maryland’s Emerging Scholars award winners. This prestigious award recognizes 24 high school students from across Maryland, each representing their school district, for their outstanding achievements in compassion initiatives, leadership, and academic success. The awardees were selected...
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Buying local is easy with an abundance of fresh food from Calvert County’s farmers, agri-businesses and watermen. Patrons can find local produce, meat, bedding plants (vegetables and herbs) and a bounty of other offerings. The Calvert County Farmers Market Association is seeking vendors for its Prince Frederick, Dunkirk and Lusby markets. These are “producers...
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The Maryland State Board of Elections (SBE) today announced the launch of a multi-pronged voter outreach and education campaign ahead of the Primary Election on May 14, 2024. Designed to generate broad awareness of the Primary Election among Maryland residents, VOTE! MD encourages all eligible voters to make a plan to vote, while providing...
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In a letter from VP General Manager, Jeff Bleichner employees of Shoppers Grocery Store were told three stores in St. Mary’s County would be closing their doors for good. The letter went on to say, the locations are expected to close to the public approximately April 27, 2024, and the last day for employees...
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Today, we’re shining a light on one of our incredible CCSO employees, Thelery Mack, a dedicated Quality Assurance Specialist at the Communications 9-1-1 Emergency Services Center. Thelery’s journey to CCSO took three decades and she said it was the best decision ever! When she first joined the workforce, Thelery was a federal government employee...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) began their business meeting with an invocation and the pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The CSMC then presented a proclamation celebrating National Public Health Week. For their main agenda items, the Commissioners authorized Public Hearings on: April 23, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. – The...
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The Calvert County community came together to enjoy fine cuisine, local wines and spirited dancing, helping to raise more than $100,000 for Hospice of the Chesapeake at the 11th annual Culinary Event held March 22 at The Hall at Huntingtown. All proceeds will be used to grow and strengthen programs in Calvert County and...
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The Calvert County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, will host free paper shredding events for county residents and businesses. Shredding documents helps prevent identity theft by destroying confidential and/or sensitive information. The following shred events will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Northern Middle School...
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The U.S. Navy delivered the first P-8A Poseidon aircraft to be modified with Increment 3 Block 2 capabilities to Boeing on March 27, enabling the fleet to be outfitted with the full anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities outlined in the P-8A program’s evolutionary acquisition strategy. The...
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UPDATE – Charles County Sheriff’s Office Press Release – 3/28/2024: On March 27 at 11:17 p.m., officers responded to the area of St. Charles Parkway and Duncannon Road in Waldorf for the report of a motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation showed a passenger car was traveling southbound on St. Charles Parkway when it...
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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Traffic Operations Unit is conducting an impaired driver checkpoint on March 28, 2024, as part of an ongoing effort to educate and remind people about the dangers of impaired driving. The initiative is funded in part by the Maryland Highway Safety Office Impaired Driving Enforcement grant.
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What a rough week for Maryland. It is with great sadness that we announce former Maryland International Raceway (MIR) track owner, Larry Clayton, passed away Sunday night at his home in Las Vegas, NV where he lived with his loving wife, Nancy. Larry would have been 77 years old in June. He had been...
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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is thrilled to announce the graduation of three incredible K9 officers and their partners! Join us in congratulating: Charles County Sheriff’s Officer PFC John Fromme #543 and K9 Tango Forest Heights Police Department Corporal Khari Grooms and K9 Diesel Forest Heights Police Department PFC Jeremy Nugent and K9 Pyro...
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Petty Officer 1st Class Elantra Robinson, a native of Waldorf, Maryland, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. Robinson graduated from Westlake High School in 2010. The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Waldorf. “Being a hard worker and being dependable...
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The Calvert County Parks & Recreation is excited to host our annual Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April 28, 2024! Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Therman Gray Memorial Scholarship. Calvert County Parks & Recreation operates this program in memory of the late Therman Gray, a former Calvert County Government employee...
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The Calvert County Department of Planning & Zoning announces the reopening of its “Spread Your Leaves” tree coupon program to help residents expand forested areas in Calvert County by planting native trees on their property. Now through Nov. 20, residents can obtain a coupon to purchase native trees at a discount from participating nurseries. Residents can...
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The Maryland State Department of Education released data on the four-year cohort graduation rate for students graduating from Maryland public schools in the spring of 2023. The four-year 2023 cohort graduation rate was 85.8%, down from 86.3% in the prior year. Students in the 2023 cohort entered ninth grade in the 2019-2020 school year...
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Dejah Bishop, a senior at Thomas Stone High School, was recently named a Maryland Emerging Scholar by the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education (MBRT) in collaboration with The Daily Record, a news media company in Maryland. MBRT recognizes 24 high school students out of nearly 300 applicants across the state to represent their school...
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A partial solar eclipse will take place on Monday, April 8, 2024. In Calvert County, the eclipse will begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. and end just after 4:30 p.m., with maximum coverage at 3:20 p.m. During the eclipse, there will be 86−88% coverage during which it will get darker outside, but there will not...
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A deputy from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in Chesapeake Beach, for a reported assault. Upon arrival, they were met by a 39-year-old female and a 38-year-old male who stated that they were at the American Legion on Chesapeake Beach Road in Chesapeake Beach on Sunday, March 24, 2024. The...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, MD – A discussion panel featuring Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) leaders Adm. Carl Chebi, Rear Adm. John Dougherty, Rear Adm. Joseph Hornbuckle, and Dan Carreño highlight this year’s Sea-Air-Space Conference and Exposition 2024, hosted by the Navy League of the United States. The event kicks off Monday,...
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