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Calvert County Celebrates National Agriculture Day

Calvert County Celebrates National Agriculture Day

Calvert County is proud to celebrate its rich agricultural heritage through a series of events highlighting the essential role of farmers, the importance of agricultural literacy, and the connection between local farms and the community. Residents are invited to participate in these upcoming activities to recognize the contributions of our agricultural community and learn...
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MIL Corporation Gives Back to the Community with $15,000 Sponsorship to Leadership Southern Maryland

MIL Corporation Gives Back to the Community with $15,000 Sponsorship to Leadership Southern Maryland

Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with The MIL Corporation. MIL has presented LSM with a $15,000 sponsorship designating the company as a Platinum sponsor of the nonprofit community leadership development organization. Based in Lexington Park, Md., The MIL Corporation provides innovative cyber, engineering, financial, and information...
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Rita’s Italian Ice Celebrates First Day of Spring with Free Italian Ice Giveaway and New SKITTLES® Italian Ice Flavor

Rita’s Italian Ice Celebrates First Day of Spring with Free Italian Ice Giveaway and New SKITTLES® Italian Ice Flavor

Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard, the iconic frozen treats destination is continuing its beloved annual tradition, inviting guests to celebrate the first day of spring with a FREE Rita’s Italian Ice giveaway on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Rita’s 575+ locations are expected to give away approximately 1 million cups of their signature Italian...
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Calvert County Announces New Webpage Honoring African American Civil War Soldiers

Calvert County Announces New Webpage Honoring African American Civil War Soldiers

The Calvert County Department of Planning & Zoning, Historic Preservation, in collaboration with the Calvert Historical Society, is proud to announce the launch of a new Geographic Information System (GIS) webpage. This webpage is dedicated to preserving, honoring and sharing the history of African American soldiers from Calvert County, who served in the United...
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Firefighters Throughout Southern Maryland Responding to Large Woods Fire in Calvert County

Firefighters Throughout Southern Maryland Responding to Large Woods Fire in Calvert County

On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at approximately 4:53 p.m., firefighters responded to the area of 1715 Weems Road in Port Republic, for the reported brush fire. While responding to the scene firefighters reported a very large column of smoke showing and requested a Brush Fire Task Force to be dispatched. The same time, dispatchers...
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Maryland State Police To Increase Patrols Over St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, 2025

Maryland State Police To Increase Patrols Over St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, 2025

Maryland State Police are urging motorists to avoid aggressive, distracted and impaired driving throughout St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Maryland State Troopers from all 23 barracks, including the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort (SPIDRE) team, will focus on aggressive, distracted and impaired driving while conducting increased saturation patrols along roadways where impaired driving related...
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Attorney General Brown Secures Early Court Decision Stopping Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of K-12 Teacher Preparation Pipeline Grants

Attorney General Brown Secures Early Court Decision Stopping Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of K-12 Teacher Preparation Pipeline Grants

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today secured a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s unlawful termination of K-12 teacher preparation pipeline grants while the states seek a preliminary injunction. Attorney General Brown joined a coalition of eight attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging...
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Country Star Sam Hunt Coming to Calvert Marine Musuem This August, 2025

Country Star Sam Hunt Coming to Calvert Marine Musuem This August, 2025

Multi-platinum, award-winning country star Sam Hunt will bring his chart-topping hits to the Motto Mortgage Preferred and RE/MAX One Waterside Pavilion on Saturday, August 16, 2025. A five-time GRAMMY-nominated artist and Diamond-selling hitmaker, Hunt has captivated audiences with his unique blend of country, pop, and R&B, securing his place as one of the genre’s...
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Leadership Southern Maryland Accepting Applications for Executive Program

Leadership Southern Maryland Accepting Applications for Executive Program

Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) is accepting applications for its Executive Program Class of 2026, which will run from September 2025 through May 2026. The program is open to mid- and upper-level executives living or working in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties, who have demonstrated commitment to community engagement. The LSM Executive Program is...
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Sports Wagering Contributes $6.3 Million to the State During February 2025

Sports Wagering Contributes $6.3 Million to the State During February 2025

Maryland’s sports wagering market completed its ninth-best month in February 2025, generating $6,350,174 in contributions to the state. Through the first eight months of FY2025 (July 2024 through February 2025), sports wagering has contributed $61,171,291 to the state compared to $37,051,266 for the same period in FY2024. The total of nearly $61.2 million in...
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April 2025 Calvert Marine Museum Events

April 2025 Calvert Marine Museum Events

April is packed with exciting events at the Calvert Marine Museum! Get ready for the second annual Otter Trot 5K on April 12, an otterly awesome event for all ages! Plus, our Spring Break Programming has tons of fun activities for kids out of school, including frog-themed adventures, eco-exploration, and more. Whether you’re running,...
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Two Calvert Career and Technology Academy Teachers Receive Top Statewide Honors

Two Calvert Career and Technology Academy Teachers Receive Top Statewide Honors

Calvert County Public Schools is proud to announce that Rick Villano and Robin Burns, both teachers at the Calvert Career and Technology Academy (CTA), have been recognized with top honors by the Maryland Career and Technical Administrators (MCTA) chapter of the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). Rick Villano has been named the...
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CSM Cheers on 54 Employees for 705 Years of Service at 37th Service Recognition Ceremony

CSM Cheers on 54 Employees for 705 Years of Service at 37th Service Recognition Ceremony

Fifty-four College of Southern Maryland (CSM) employees were recognized and celebrated by peers cheering and waving poms Feb. 28 at the 37th annual CSM Employee Service Recognition Ceremony in La Plata. The high-spirited event kicked off with pep rally enthusiasm as the honorees ran into the room as if they were headed into a...
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Paw-Tricks Day Adoption Event at Linda Kelly Animal Shelter This St. Patrick’s Day 2025

Paw-Tricks Day Adoption Event at Linda Kelly Animal Shelter This St. Patrick’s Day 2025

Luck is on the side of those wishing to adopt a pet this St. Patrick’s Day. The Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter is offering $17 adoptions for all cats and dogs to qualified adopters during their St. Patrick’s Day (Paw-trick’s Day) adoption event, taking place on Saturday, March 15 and Tuesday, March 18, 2025....
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Maryland’s Fishing Season Springs Into Action

Maryland’s Fishing Season Springs Into Action

The Farmer’s Almanac calls the March full moon the “Worm Moon,” a name that originated among Native American tribes. The name marks the changing of the seasons, as the coming warm weather will prompt earthworms to stir from their winter dormancy. Among other important signs of spring, it means it’s time for fishing! In...
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Firefighters Respond to Large Brush Fire in St. Mary’s County

Firefighters Respond to Large Brush Fire in St. Mary’s County

On Sunday, March 9, 2025, at approximately 3:05 p.m., firefighters from Leonardtown and Second District responded to the 23000 block of Point Lookout Road in Leonardtown, for the reported large brush fire. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller was calling from the provided address and stated their was an elderly male yelling to call 911,...
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Firefighters Quickly Contain Large Brush Fire in Huntingtown

Firefighters Quickly Contain Large Brush Fire in Huntingtown

On Saturday, March 8, 2025, at approximately 5:03 p.m., firefighters responded to the 2200 block of Deer Run Court in Huntingtown, for the reported brush fire threatening a residence. Crews arrived on the scene to find a large (50 x 70) stand of bamboo fully engulfed and spreading. Due to the windy conditions, three...
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$392,970-Winning FAST PLAY Ticket Sold in Calvert County

$392,970-Winning FAST PLAY Ticket Sold in Calvert County

A lucky player just discovered the key to a fatter bank account after buying a $392,970-winning FAST PLAY Fat Wallet ticket this afternoon in Lusby. The progressive jackpot winning ticket was sold by Lusby Market Exxon, located at 11805 HG Trueman Road in Calvert County. The $10 ticket has a progressive jackpot that starts...
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Deputies in Calvert County Recover PCP, Heroin, Crack Cocaine After High-Speed Chase

Deputies in Calvert County Recover PCP, Heroin, Crack Cocaine After High-Speed Chase

A high-speed chase in Calvert County resulted in the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of multiple controlled dangerous substances (CDS), according to law enforcement officials. On March 2, 2025, at approximately 12:49 a.m., Sgt. Mark Robshaw of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office was stationed in the median of Maryland Route 4 near...
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Despite Severe Fall Fire Weather, Maryland Wildfire Damage Less Extensive During 2024 Than Previous Year

Despite Severe Fall Fire Weather, Maryland Wildfire Damage Less Extensive During 2024 Than Previous Year

The number of wildfires in Maryland during 2024 was much higher than the ten-year average, but acreage burned was significantly lower, according to the Maryland Forest Service’s Annual Wildland Fire Report. The report, which was released this month, March 2025, covers data related to wildfires on 3.2 million acres of land overseen by the Maryland...
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Calvert County Woman Faces Multiple Charges Following Traffic Stop as Solomons Woman Resists Arrest and Spits at Officer

Calvert County Woman Faces Multiple Charges Following Traffic Stop as Solomons Woman Resists Arrest and Spits at Officer

A Calvert County woman was arrested after allegedly driving under the influence and resisting arrest following a traffic accident in Solomons on February 21, 2025. According to court documents, Michelle Renee Merrill, 56, of Solomons, was taken into custody after officers responded to a reported vehicle accident near the intersection of HG Trueman Road...
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UPDATE: More Charges Added for Prince Frederick Man Who Filmed Firefighters for Social Media is Charged with Arson

UPDATE: More Charges Added for Prince Frederick Man Who Filmed Firefighters for Social Media is Charged with Arson

UPDATE 3/5/2025: The social media creator arrested last Friday in Charles County was arrested today in St. Mary’s County on nearly identical charges. Joshua Christian-Stanley Jackson, charged with setting fire to a vacant commercial property and making a false 911 call in Charles County, was arrested this afternoon in connection with a new arson...
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MDOT SHA Conducting Routine Inspection on Thomas Johnson Bridge, Sunday, March 9th, 2025

MDOT SHA Conducting Routine Inspection on Thomas Johnson Bridge, Sunday, March 9th, 2025

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will conduct a routine inspection on the MD 4 (Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge) at the Calvert and St. Mary’s County line. The inspection will occur between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 9, weather permitting. One of the bridge’s two lanes will be closed and...
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Calvert County Firetruck Involved in Minor Crash While Responding to Assist During House Fire in Anne Arundel County

Calvert County Firetruck Involved in Minor Crash While Responding to Assist During House Fire in Anne Arundel County

On Tuesday, March 4th, 2025, at approximately 6:50 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the 6605 Revell Road in Tracy’s Landing, for the reported outside fire. A short time after dispatch, the incident was upgraded to a structure fire with multiple callers reported the house was on fire. Along with the upgraded assignment, Maryland State...
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Maryland Stocking Up for Spring 2025 Trout Fishing Season

Maryland Stocking Up for Spring 2025 Trout Fishing Season

Maryland’s trout season officially opens March 29 at 6:30 a.m., and the Department of Natural Resources is set to release thousands of hatchery-raised brown, golden, and rainbow trout across the state. For young anglers, the second annual Youth-Only Trout Fishing Day will take place March 22, one week before opening day. On this special...
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