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U.S. Navy Demos Wide Range of VTOL Systems for Future Operations

U.S. Navy Demos Wide Range of VTOL Systems for Future Operations

The Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263) program team put Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) systems through their paces during a two-week technical demonstration in mid-September. More than a dozen vendors attended the event to help inform the Navy Expeditionary Warfare community of the functions and capabilities available on the...
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Charles County Police Officers Investigate Report of Firearm on Elementary School Property

Charles County Police Officers Investigate Report of Firearm on Elementary School Property

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at 3:16 p.m., school authorities at J.P. Ryon Elementary School notified the school resource officer about a juvenile male in the parking lot with what appeared to be a gun. A parent who was waiting in the car rider line saw the juvenile place the gun in his backpack...
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Prince George’s County Police Investigating Waldorf Woman Killed in Single Vehicle Collision

Prince George’s County Police Investigating Waldorf Woman Killed in Single Vehicle Collision

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision in Accokeek. The deceased driver is 33-year-old Tiffanie Bunch of Waldorf. On Saturday, October 15, 2022, at approximately 3:00 a.m., officers responded to the area of Indian Head Highway near Berry Road for a single-vehicle collision. The preliminary investigation revealed Bunch was traveling...
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Minor Injuries Reported After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Minor Injuries Reported After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at approximately 6:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road in Lexington Park, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious with possible entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved at the intersection of Three Notch...
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Unoccupied St. Mary’s County School Bus Involved in Early Morning Motor Vehicle Collision

Unoccupied St. Mary’s County School Bus Involved in Early Morning Motor Vehicle Collision

On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at approximately 7:55 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Pegg Road and West Westbury Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a school bus. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle and a St. Mary’s County School...
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Minor Injuries Reported After Head-on Collision in Dameron

Minor Injuries Reported After Head-on Collision in Dameron

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at approximately 3:40 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Porter Drive in Dameron, for the reported head-on collision. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in an off-set head-on style collision with one vehicle in the roadway...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Shooting at California Shopping Center, One Gunshot Victim Transported with Non-Life-Threatening Injuries

UPDATE: Police Investigating Shooting at California Shopping Center, One Gunshot Victim Transported with Non-Life-Threatening Injuries

UPDATE: On October 18, 2022, at 12:47 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 22500 block of MacArthur Boulevard in California, for the reported shots fired into a business. Deputies arrived on scene within two minutes and located two businesses struck by projectiles. The businesses and surrounding establishments were...
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Police Investigating 17-Year-Old Found with Loaded Handgun Near High School

Police Investigating 17-Year-Old Found with Loaded Handgun Near High School

On Monday, October 17, 2022, at approximately 3:20 p.m., officers responded for a citizen’s report of a male with a handgun walking in the area of Glen Burnie High School with another male. The school’s SROs were alerted and quickly located the males off the school’s property. After conducting a search, one suspect was...
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November 2022 Events at the Calvert Marine Museum

November 2022 Events at the Calvert Marine Museum

As we embark on a new season, we welcome guests to visit the museum for fall related fun, while also reflecting on the past with special events surrounding Veterans Day. With the holidays just around the corner, we invite you visit the Museum Store for a special event with extra savings. For more information...
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MedStar Health Welcomes New Hematologist and Oncologist, Ankit Madan, to MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

MedStar Health Welcomes New Hematologist and Oncologist, Ankit Madan, to MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

MedStar Health is pleased to welcome board-certified and fellowship-trained hematologist and oncologist, Ankit Madan, MD, to MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center. Dr. Madan attended medical school at Gajra Raja Medical College in India prior to completing an internal medicine residency and a hematology and oncology fellowship at University of Alabama. He is board certified...
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Tri County Love Center First Annual Walk/Runathon in White Plains on Friday, November 25, 2022

Tri County Love Center First Annual Walk/Runathon in White Plains on Friday, November 25, 2022

Tri-County Love Center is a transitional home for women in need of a steppingstone after seeking treatment from substance abuse. “We are a 501 (c) (3) EIN 84-4197062 seeking fundraising sponsors and registrants for our First annual Walk/Runathon on November 25, 2022, 9am at the Indian Head Rail Trail (IHRT) located at 10410 Theodore...
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FirstNet, Built with AT&T is Connecting More First Responders Across Maryland – More 5G Sites in Anne Arundel, Charles, and 4 Other Counties

FirstNet, Built with AT&T is Connecting More First Responders Across Maryland – More 5G Sites in Anne Arundel, Charles, and 4 Other Counties

What’s the news? AT&T* is America’s public safety communications partner. It’s been more than 5 years since we were selected by the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) to build and operate FirstNet®, and we have moved quickly to bring more coverage, boost capacity and drive new capabilities for Maryland’s first responders and the...
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Judge Daneeka Varner Cotton Named Administrative Judge for the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County

Judge Daneeka Varner Cotton Named Administrative Judge for the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County

Court of Appeals of Maryland Chief Judge Matthew J. Fader has named Judge DaNeeka Varner Cotton as county administrative judge for the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Judge Cotton succeeds Chief, Circuit, and County Administrative Judge Sheila R. Tillerson Adams, Seventh Judicial Circuit, who will retire on December 31, 2022, after serving nearly...
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Island Music Company Partners with Shop 53 Custom Tattoo and Art Studio to Recognize La Plata as Maryland’s First Bird City

Island Music Company Partners with Shop 53 Custom Tattoo and Art Studio to Recognize La Plata as Maryland’s First Bird City

Whether you’re a local or a visitor passing through Southern Maryland, you’re sure to notice bird art displayed throughout the town.  These art projects were created to represent La Plata, Maryland as Maryland’s First Bird City!  La Plata is recognized as the first bird city due to their efforts taken to implement sound bird-conservation...
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Department of Justice Announces New Active Shooter Training Award for First Responders

Department of Justice Announces New Active Shooter Training Award for First Responders

The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) announced a new $9.8 million award under the Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) program to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University to provide multi-disciplinary, scenario-based active shooter training to first responders. The PASS program...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Public Schools Announce Teen Driver Safety Week for High Schools – October 16 – 22, 2022

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Public Schools Announce Teen Driver Safety Week for High Schools – October 16 – 22, 2022

National Teen Driver Safety Week is October 16 – 22, 2022. St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS), in partnership with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, will continue efforts to educate young drivers about the importance of wearing seatbelts and the dangers associated with distracted driving. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Safety...
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Calvert County Hosting Free Paper Shredding Events on November 19th, and December 17, 2022

Calvert County Hosting Free Paper Shredding Events on November 19th, and December 17, 2022

The Calvert County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, will host free paper shredding events for county residents and businesses to help prevent identity theft by destroying confidential or sensitive documents. The following shred events will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine: Saturday, Nov. 19 at Huntingtown High...
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Firefighters Respond to Large Fire at Hollywood Auto Scrapyard, No Injuries Reported

Firefighters Respond to Large Fire at Hollywood Auto Scrapyard, No Injuries Reported

On Sunday, October 16, 2022, at approximately 2:33 p.m., firefighters from Hollywood and Bay District responded to the Hollywood Used Auto Parts located at 43900 Commerce Avenue in Hollywood, for the reported large outside fire. Due to previous incidents and large fires at this location, Brush 7, Engine 72, Tanker 74, Truck 7, Chief 7A,...
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Three Leonardtown Teens Charged After Deploying Fire Extinguishers in Leonardtown Trailer

Three Leonardtown Teens Charged After Deploying Fire Extinguishers in Leonardtown Trailer

On Sunday, October 16, 2022, firefighters from Leonardtown, Hollywood, Valley Lee, Bay District and Seventh District responded to 21475 Abells Wharf Road in Leonardtown, for the reported trailer fire. The 911 caller reported multiple kids were trespassing and had entered the structure and believed they set it on fire, the caller reported smoke was...
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Governor Larry Hogan Visits Charles County Public Library La Plata Branch for It’s 100th Anniversary

Governor Larry Hogan Visits Charles County Public Library La Plata Branch for It’s 100th Anniversary

In addition to dedicating the new Nice-Middleton Bridge over the Potomac River, Governor Larry Hogan made several stops across Charles County as part of his ongoing legacy tour across the state Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park. To start out his day in Southern Maryland, Governor Hogan toured the Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park and...
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Fall for a New Friend at the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter – Reduced Adoption Fees Until November 23, 2022

Fall for a New Friend at the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter – Reduced Adoption Fees Until November 23, 2022

As the weather cools down and the leaves begin to fall, the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter in Prince Frederick is providing even more reasons to get cozy with a new furry, feathered or scaly friend by offering reduced adoption fees now through Nov. 23, 2022. Regular adoption qualifications and procedures still apply. Adoption...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Britt Awarded as Non-Academy Instructor of the Year for Corrections

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Britt Awarded as Non-Academy Instructor of the Year for Corrections

Please join the men and women of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office in congratulating Lt. Patrick Britt for being awarded the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission’s Non-Academy Instructor of the Year for Corrections. Lt. Britt’s nomination was submitted by St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center staff for providing valuable instruction to...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Single Vehicle Collision in Dunkirk, Police Say Speed and Alcohol Factors

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Single Vehicle Collision in Dunkirk, Police Say Speed and Alcohol Factors

On Saturday, October 15, 2022, at approximately 2:07 a.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the area of Southern Maryland Boulevard (MD Route 4) and Ward Road in Dunkirk, for a serious motor vehicle crash. Upon arrival, deputies located a single vehicle, a blue Toyota...
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Overnight House Fire in Hollywood Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

Overnight House Fire in Hollywood Under Investigation, No Injuries Reported

On Saturday, October 15, 2022, at approximately 1:42 a.m., firefighters from Hollywood, Mechanicsville, Leonardtown, Bay District and Seventh District Volunteer Fire Departments responded to 40740 King Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported residence on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find smoke and fire showing from the single story residence. Firefighters extinguished the...
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One Injured After Motor Vehicle Accident Involving Ambulance in Leonardtown

One Injured After Motor Vehicle Accident Involving Ambulance in Leonardtown

On Thursday, October 13, 2022, at approximately 1:31 p.m., Paramedic Ambulance 398C advised they were involved in a motor vehicle collision at Point Lookout Road and St. Andrew’s Church Road in Leonardtown. Police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene and located two vehicles in the roadway involved in a T-bone style collision...
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