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Mt. Hope Community Center in Sunderland to Temporarily Close from January 26 to February 16, 2023

Mt. Hope Community Center in Sunderland to Temporarily Close from January 26 to February 16, 2023

The Calvert County Department of Parks & Recreation advises citizens that the Mt. Hope Community Center will temporarily close on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, through Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, for removal of the out-of-service communications tower. Normal hours of operation will resume Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Mt. Hope Community Center is located at 104...
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Governor Larry Hogan Farewell Address – Thank You, Maryland

Governor Larry Hogan Farewell Address – Thank You, Maryland

My fellow Marylanders: As my time as governor comes to an end, I am grateful to all of you⁠—the people of Maryland⁠—for your heartfelt support and, in times of personal challenges, for your countless prayers. The honor of serving as your governor is second only to the honor of being your fellow Marylander. I...
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Crisis Counseling Services Now Available at St. Mary’s County Health Hub

Crisis Counseling Services Now Available at St. Mary’s County Health Hub

The St. Mary’s County Health Department announces the launch of crisis evaluation and counseling services at the St. Mary’s County Health Hub, located at 21625 Great Mills Road in Lexington Park. Services are available Monday – Friday between 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The Health Hub provides the following crisis services to help individuals...
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Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad & Fire Department Regrets to Announce Passing of Past Chief Steve Shifflett

Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad & Fire Department Regrets to Announce Passing of Past Chief Steve Shifflett

It is with great sadness and extremely heavy hearts that the Officers and Members of the Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad & Fire Department & Auxiliary announce the passing of Past Chief Steve Shifflett. He passed on Friday January 13th, 2023. Steve joined our department on February 5, 2002 and dedicated many hours of volunteer...
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1978 Dove Hauled out of St. Mary’s River for It’s Final Time After 44 Years of Service

1978 Dove Hauled out of St. Mary’s River for It’s Final Time After 44 Years of Service

After 44 years of service, the 1978 Dove was hauled out of the St. Mary’s River for the final time this morning. Designed by William Avery Baker (deceased) and built in Cambridge, Maryland by James B. Richardson (deceased), the ship was based on the small merchant vessel that sailed to the Maryland colony in...
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Marsupial Makes Debut at Calvert Marine Museum

Marsupial Makes Debut at Calvert Marine Museum

The Calvert Marine Museum (CMM) welcomes a new species to its Estuarine Biology Department! Poppie, the Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), came from a wildlife rehabilitation facility after being separated from her mother and siblings as a tiny juvenile. When she arrived at the museum at approximately three months old, she was only half a...
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Delivery Driver Found Shot to Death in Prince George’s County, Police Offering Reward for Information Leading to Arrest

Delivery Driver Found Shot to Death in Prince George’s County, Police Offering Reward for Information Leading to Arrest

The Homicide Unit is actively working to identify and arrest the suspect(s) who fatally shot a man Friday night in Temple Hills. The victim is 34-year-old Stephen Lee Green of Sykesville, MD. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. On Friday,...
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Washington, D.C. Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Series of Maryland Carjacking’s While Wearing Ankle Monitor

Washington, D.C. Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Series of Maryland Carjacking’s While Wearing Ankle Monitor

UPDATE 1/16/2023: U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang  sentenced James Albert Borum, age 20, of Washington, D.C., to 11 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for carjacking and for brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with a series of carjackings he...
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NAS Patuxent River Noise Advisory – Nighttime Helicopter Testing Events Scheduled January 17-18

NAS Patuxent River Noise Advisory – Nighttime Helicopter Testing Events Scheduled January 17-18

Communities surrounding the naval air station are advised that noise-generating night-time testing events are scheduled to take place Tuesday, Jan. 17 – Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 from sunset through 9:30 p.m. Pilots at NAS Pax River will be conducting night flight low-level helicopter Field Carrier Landing Practices. Night testing and training is essential for...
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Winter Turkey Season Opens Across Maryland on Thursday, January 19

Winter Turkey Season Opens Across Maryland on Thursday, January 19

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces the opening of the winter turkey season, which runs statewide from Jan. 19-21 for hunters who did not harvest a turkey during the 2022 fall season. Hunting hours are from one half-hour before sunrise to one half-hour after sunset. The bag limit is one turkey of either...
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Former Maryland State Delegate Richard K. Impallaria Pleads Guilty to Misconduct in Office for Misusing State Funds

Former Maryland State Delegate Richard K. Impallaria Pleads Guilty to Misconduct in Office for Misusing State Funds

Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that former Maryland State Delegate Richard K. Impallaria pleaded guilty to misconduct in office for misusing state funds. The Honorable Stacy McCormick, Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, accepted the plea and scheduled a sentencing hearing for June 21, 2023. According to the Statement of...
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No Injuries Reported After Vehicle Strikes Building in Hollywood

No Injuries Reported After Vehicle Strikes Building in Hollywood

On Sunday January 15, 2023, at approximately 6:50 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Papa John’s located at 25741 Three Notch Road in Hollywood, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving the structure. 12 volunteers from Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department responded and arrived on the scene to find a 1-story strip...
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Charles County Man and Washington D.C. Man Charged with Capital Murder After Woman is Shot and Killed Near University of Alabama

Charles County Man and Washington D.C. Man Charged with Capital Murder After Woman is Shot and Killed Near University of Alabama

On Sunday morning, January 15, 2023, at approximately 1:45 a.m., the Tuscaloosa Police Department and the University of Alabama Police Department responded to the area of University Boulevard, for reported shooting. Police released the following information. The victims vehicle was shot at in the area of Grace Street and University Boulevard. The victim drove...
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Police in Calvert and St. Mary’s Charge Woman Over and Over Again for Animal Cruelty

Police in Calvert and St. Mary’s Charge Woman Over and Over Again for Animal Cruelty

On September 22, 2021 at 3:57 p.m., Calvert County Animal Control responded to Ebbtide Lane in Lusby, and assisted police with reports of a malnourished dog that was tethered in front yard of the residence. Deputy First Class McDonough and animal control officers located a split level single family residence with an excessive amount...
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Calvert and St. Mary’s County Police Execute Search Warrants and Recover Large Amount of Drugs and 15 Firearms

Calvert and St. Mary’s County Police Execute Search Warrants and Recover Large Amount of Drugs and 15 Firearms

On September 1, 2022, Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit along with the agency’s Special Operations Team, St. Mary’s County Narcotics and Emergency Services Team executed multiple search warrants based on drug investigations conducted. A search in both jurisdictions took place with the targets during this investigation being identified as Devonte Sequan Claggett,...
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Chesapeake Life Center Offering Adult Grief Support Programs This Winter

Chesapeake Life Center Offering Adult Grief Support Programs This Winter

Chesapeake Life Center will offer a variety of grief support groups for adults that will be meeting in person and virtually in the new year. The following grief support groups will meet in person: Drop-In Grief Support Groups are open to anyone grieving. Groups offer participants an opportunity to share their feelings and obtain...
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Grief Support Groups Available for Free – First Responders Save Woman Who Jumped from Thomas Johnson Bridge

Grief Support Groups Available for Free – First Responders Save Woman Who Jumped from Thomas Johnson Bridge

Please, if you or anyone you know is battling depression and are considering suicide, reach out to someone. You are not in this alone. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at 1-800-273-8255 or text HELLO to 741741, which is the Crisis Text Line. Both services are free and available 24 hours a...
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UM Charles Regional Medical Center Welcomes First Birth of 2023!

UM Charles Regional Medical Center Welcomes First Birth of 2023!

UM Charles Regional Medical Center’s first birth of 2023 was Harper Derrick Jackson, who was born to Diamond and Mike Jackson of White Plains at 8:14 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3. While he was late as a first baby of the new year at the hospital, his birth was two weeks early, according to...
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Maryland State Police Arrest 21-Year-Old Man On Sextortion, Child Pornography Charges In Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police Arrest 21-Year-Old Man On Sextortion, Child Pornography Charges In Prince George’s County

Troopers arrested a Prince George’s County man on Thursday after a Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation developed evidence of sextortion and possession and distribution of child pornography. The suspect is identified as Isaiah S. Poole, 21, of Suitland, Maryland. Poole is charged with seven counts of possession of child...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Multiple Reports of Shots Fired Over 24 Hour Period

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Multiple Reports of Shots Fired Over 24 Hour Period

On Thursday, January 12, 2023, at approximately 11:15 p.m., police responded to the area of Buck Hewitt Road and Victoria Circle in Great Mills, for reports of shots fired. At least 5 gunshots were heard in the area. A few minutes later at approximately 11:20 p.m., additional gunshots were reported in the area of...
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Firefighters Respond to Back to Back Serious Motor Vehicle Collisions in Leonardtown in Under 40 Minutes

Firefighters Respond to Back to Back Serious Motor Vehicle Collisions in Leonardtown in Under 40 Minutes

On Friday, January 13, 2023, at approximately 1:13 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Newtowne Neck Road and No Name Lane in Leonardtown, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped and unconscious. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a T-bone style...
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Convicted Drug Dealer Arrested for Impersonating a Police Officer and Assault in Lusby – Police Find Loaded Gun

Convicted Drug Dealer Arrested for Impersonating a Police Officer and Assault in Lusby – Police Find Loaded Gun

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office was contacted in regards to a Facebook post where the post accused  Eddie Jewett of impersonating a police officer. The victim and his father made a Facebook post based off an incident which occurred on November 18, 2022. The victim stated the incident occurred as he was traveling Southbound...
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California Man Charged with Stealing Thousands of Dollars Worth of Bingo Tabs from a St. Mary’s County Charitable Organization

California Man Charged with Stealing Thousands of Dollars Worth of Bingo Tabs from a St. Mary’s County Charitable Organization

On September 1, 2022, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Emergency Services Team along with the Vice Narcotics Division assisted the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement unit with the execution of a search and seizure warrant in the 23400 block of Dahlia Court in California, MD. Once the residence...
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Prince George’s County Police Arrest 17-Year-Old for Murder at Largo Gas Station During Carjacking

Prince George’s County Police Arrest 17-Year-Old for Murder at Largo Gas Station During Carjacking

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a 17-year-old male from Upper Marlboro in connection with a fatal shooting at a gas station in Largo in December. The suspect is charged as an adult. He was taken into custody on Wednesday by the PGPD’s Fugitive Unit. On December 19, 2022,...
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Calmra Inc Sets Plans to Host Job Fair on January 17, 2023 in Laurel, Will Offer On-the-Spot Job Interviews

Calmra Inc Sets Plans to Host Job Fair on January 17, 2023 in Laurel, Will Offer On-the-Spot Job Interviews

Prince George’s County based non-profit Calmra announces plans to host a job fair on January 17, 2023 from 10:00 a.m., to 2:00 p.m. The hiring event will take place at Calmra’s main office, located at 14100 Laurel Park Drive, Laurel Maryland. On the spot job interviews will be offered for various full time and...
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