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Annual Tee-It-Up for Kids Golf Tournament Returns this October to Wicomico Shores Golf Course

Annual Tee-It-Up for Kids Golf Tournament Returns this October to Wicomico Shores Golf Course

St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Recreation & Parks (R&P) is pleased to announce that the Tee-It-Up for Kids golf tournament will be held Friday, October 3, 2025, at the Wicomico Shores Golf Course in Mechanicsville. Proceeds from the event support the R&P youth scholarship program, which provides opportunities for children in St. Mary’s...
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UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Names Deputy and Suspect Involved in Shooting; Suspect in Stable Condition

UPDATE: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Names Deputy and Suspect Involved in Shooting; Suspect in Stable Condition

UPDATE 7/24/2025 @ 11:1 A.M.: The suspect has been identified as Nathaniel Mekhi Golphin, 19, of California, MD. He remains hospitalized in stable condition, and a warrant with criminal charges has been issued for the following: • Handgun on person • Loaded handgun on person • Possession of a firearm being under 21years of...
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St. Mary’s State’s Attorney’s Office’s Kelsey Perkins Honored with Prestigious Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association Award for Distinguished Service

St. Mary’s State’s Attorney’s Office’s Kelsey Perkins Honored with Prestigious Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association Award for Distinguished Service

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling is proud to announce that Kelsey Perkins, Director of Legal Administration with the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office, was awarded the Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association’s Distinguished Service Award – the highest honor given to a single employee from any State’s Attorney’s Office across the State of Maryland – at...
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From the Farm to Your Table: Farmers Feeding St. Mary’s Announced

From the Farm to Your Table: Farmers Feeding St. Mary’s Announced

From local farmers to your plate! The annual Farmers Feeding St. Mary’s program will offer farm fresh produce free to the community. There will be two food distribution dates and locations for this program: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at Bay District Volunteer Fire Department, 46900 S. Shangri-La Dr, Lexington Park, MD held from 2 p.m. – 6...
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St. Mary’s County Museums Announce Special Activities on Second Saturdays

St. Mary’s County Museums Announce Special Activities on Second Saturdays

All ages are invited to enjoy new educational activities while visiting the St. Clement’s Island Museum or the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum on the second Saturday of the month throughout the year. These activities encourage visitors to explore nature and the outdoors through curiosity and play. Modeled loosely after “Forest School” learning styles in...
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Deadline for Maryland DNR 2025 Photo Contest Approaching

Deadline for Maryland DNR 2025 Photo Contest Approaching

Photographers and nature enthusiasts have until August 1st, 2025, to submit their most beautiful images of the state’s flora and fauna to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources 2025 Photo Contest. As in past years, winning entries will be featured on the next Maryland DNR nature calendar to be published in late fall, and...
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Board of Public Works Approves $1.4 Million for Outdoor Recreation and Land Conservation in Southern Maryland and Other Counties

Board of Public Works Approves $1.4 Million for Outdoor Recreation and Land Conservation in Southern Maryland and Other Counties

The Board of Public Works today approved more than $1.4 million in grants to local governments and land trusts from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The funding will be used for a new trail, playground equipment, and the conservation of land in Charles, Frederick, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, St. Mary’s, and Worcester Counties....
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Speed Limit on Cox Road in Huntingtown to be Reduced to 25 and 20 MPH in August

Speed Limit on Cox Road in Huntingtown to be Reduced to 25 and 20 MPH in August

The Calvert County Department of Public Works advises motorists of an upcoming speed limit change on Cox Road near Tidewater School in Huntingtown. Effective Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, the posted speed limit on Cox Road will be reduced from 30 mph to 25 mph to enhance pedestrian safety. The school zone speed limit will...
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One Adult and One Child Flown Out After Serious Crash with Entrapment in Prince Frederick

One Adult and One Child Flown Out After Serious Crash with Entrapment in Prince Frederick

On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 2:35 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office came across a motor vehicle collision on Route 4 in the area of the Walmart in Prince Frederick. Deputies located one trapped and reported multiple children in the vehicle. Firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the scene...
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Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Shows Hypoxia Increased in June After Rainy May

Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Shows Hypoxia Increased in June After Rainy May

Data collected by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Old Dominion University show an increasing volume of hypoxia—waters with less than 2 mg/l of oxygen—in the Chesapeake Bay mainstem of Maryland and Virginia from early to late June. No hypoxia was observed in May, marking a later start to low dissolved oxygen conditions...
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St. Mary’s ‘Mystery Man’ Returns to Claim Second Top Prize in $50,000 Lottery Win

St. Mary’s ‘Mystery Man’ Returns to Claim Second Top Prize in $50,000 Lottery Win

A familiar face returned to Maryland Lottery headquarters this week and chose the moniker “Mystery Man” to tell his story of claiming a second Lottery top-prize lottery, a $50,000 score on July 16. The longtime player from St. Mary’s County shared that he’s been trying his luck for more than 20 years. His first...
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52nd Annual Governor’s Cup Yacht Race to Take Place August 1-2, 2025

52nd Annual Governor’s Cup Yacht Race to Take Place August 1-2, 2025

The Governor’s Cup Yacht Race, the oldest premier overnight race on the Chesapeake Bay, will take place August 1-2, 2025. With a 68.6-nautical-mile main race course from Annapolis, three other race routes are available to area sailors, all finishing at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM). The community is welcome to join in the...
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State Highway Administration Conducting Survey, Virtual Meetings to Gather Public Input on Pedestrian and Bicyclist Needs

State Highway Administration Conducting Survey, Virtual Meetings to Gather Public Input on Pedestrian and Bicyclist Needs

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration is committed to improve safety for vulnerable road users – defined as those walking, cycling or rolling – and is conducting an online survey and virtual meeting series to gather public feedback to help update the agency’s Vulnerable Road User (VRU) Assessment. Vulnerable road users are...
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NAWCAD WOLF’s O’Brien wins Department of the Navy Financial Management Award

NAWCAD WOLF’s O’Brien wins Department of the Navy Financial Management Award

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Webster Outlying Field’s (NAWCAD WOLF) Supervisory Financial Analyst Kari O’Brien was recognized as a winner of the Department of the Navy’s annual Financial Management awards at a ceremony held at the Pentagon June 18. This award recognizes the high quality and creativity of the financial management workforce...
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Prince Frederick Father Charged After 2-Year-Old Child Discharges Handgun

Prince Frederick Father Charged After 2-Year-Old Child Discharges Handgun

Francis Timothy Wilkinson Jr., 44, of Prince Frederick, has been formally charged following an incident in which a minor allegedly gained access to an unsecured, loaded handgun and discharged it inside his residence, according to court documents filed in Calvert County District Court. Wilkinson is facing two misdemeanor charges: Firearms-Access by Minors and Reckless...
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Lexington Park Man Arrested for Burglary at Historic St. Mary’s Visitor Center and Assault of Parents

Lexington Park Man Arrested for Burglary at Historic St. Mary’s Visitor Center and Assault of Parents

William Adam Chesser, 46, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple criminal charges in two open cases currently pending in St. Mary’s County District Court, including allegations of assaulting family members and burglarizing properties affiliated with Historic St. Mary’s City Commission. On June 5, 2025, Deputy Santiago Estrada Lora of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s...
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Stephen McGibbon Appointed Deputy County Administrator for Calvert County

Stephen McGibbon Appointed Deputy County Administrator for Calvert County

The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen McGibbon as deputy county administrator, effective Aug. 4, 2025. McGibbon brings more than 30 years of experience in financial oversight, risk management and government operations. Most recently, he served as director of finance for Prince George’s County Government, where he...
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Watershed Education and Stewardship Grants Awarded in St. Mary’s County and Baltimore City

Watershed Education and Stewardship Grants Awarded in St. Mary’s County and Baltimore City

Two Maryland organizations will receive support for education and stewardship programming to enhance environmental education in the state. Outdoor education and stewardship funding is made possible from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant. Specific amounts will be contingent upon federal funding availability and approval. The following organizations were awarded funding through...
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Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Freezing $6.8 Billion in Education Grants Just Weeks Before School Year Begins

Attorney General Brown Sues Trump Administration for Freezing $6.8 Billion in Education Grants Just Weeks Before School Year Begins

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 25 states in suing the Trump administration over its unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary decision to freeze funding for six longstanding programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education just weeks before the school year is set to start. Without this funding, many educational programs will...
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Charles County Board Of Education Announces Resignation of Linda Warren

Charles County Board Of Education Announces Resignation of Linda Warren

The Board of Education of Charles County today announces the resignation of Board Member Linda Warren. Warren represents District 4 on the Board. Her resignation is effective Friday, Aug. 1. In sharing her resignation with the Board, Warren cited personal reasons resulting in her having to relocate outside of District 4. State law requires...
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MQ-4C Triton Program Welcomes New Leadership

MQ-4C Triton Program Welcomes New Leadership

The Navy’s Persistent Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) program office (PMA-262) held a change of command ceremony July 10 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, where Capt. Patrick Murphy relieved Capt. Josh Guerre, who will retire after 25 years of honorable service. NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. Carl Chebi delivered remarks during the ceremony, highlighting Guerre’s...
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Police in Calvert County Investigating Shooting at Neptune’s Seafood Pub in North Beach

Police in Calvert County  Investigating Shooting at Neptune’s Seafood Pub in North Beach

On July 4, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Neptune’s Seafood Pub located at 8802 Chesapeake Ave., in North Beach, for the report of a shooting. No injuries were reported at the scene. As a result of the investigation, two suspects were identified and apprehended: •...
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Red Knights MD Chapter 4 – 1st Annual Charity Poker Run to Support Clements Cuties Foundation

Red Knights MD Chapter 4 – 1st Annual Charity Poker Run to Support Clements Cuties Foundation

The Red Knights MD Chapter 4 is excited to announce their 1st Annual Charity Poker Run held on Saturday, July 26, 2025, to benefit an amazing foundation. Start: Registration Starts at 9:00 a.m., with kickstands up at 11:00a.m., starting at the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department – Station 3, 46900 South Shangri La Drive...
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Calvert County Awarded Site Grant for Devlopment of Patuxent Business Park

Calvert County Awarded Site Grant for Devlopment of Patuxent Business Park

Calvert County is proud to announce that it has been awarded a Site Characterization Grant through the Maryland Business Ready Sites Program (MBRSP) to support the continued development of Patuxent Business Park. This grant will cover the cost of retaining a site development professional to evaluate the site’s current condition and determine its potential...
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St. Mary’s Liquid Assets Hosting First Thirsty Thursday This Thursday, July 10th, 2025

St. Mary’s Liquid Assets Hosting First Thirsty Thursday This Thursday, July 10th, 2025

St. Mary’s Liquid Assets is hosting its first ever Thirsty Thursday at AeroPark, a lively open-air block party on Thursday, July 10 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., held right outside the terminal at 44200 Airport Road, California, MD. (In the event of rain, the event will be moved indoors to the TechPort Hangar at...
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