St. Mary’s News

76th Annual St. Mary’s County Fair This Weekend! September 21-24th, 2023

76th Annual St. Mary’s County Fair This Weekend! September 21-24th, 2023

St. Mary’s County Government, on behalf of the St. Mary’s County Fair Association, invites all members of the community to join in the fun happening this weekend at the 76th Annual St. Mary’s County Fair! The St. Mary’s County Fair takes place annually, during the 3rd weekend of September. Highlights for this year’s program...
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Motor Vehicle Collision in Tall Timbers Sends One to Trauma Center

Motor Vehicle Collision in Tall Timbers Sends One to Trauma Center

On Saturday, September 16, 2023, at approximately 12:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Piney Point Road and Francis Lane in Tall Timbers, for the reported motor vehicle collision with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a T-bone style collision with...
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Teen Flown to Trauma Center After Striking Mailbox with Dirt Bike in Mechanicsville

Teen Flown to Trauma Center After Striking Mailbox with Dirt Bike in Mechanicsville

On Friday, September 15, 2023, at approximately 4:35 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area Tin Top School Road and Kimberly Court in Mechanicsville, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 16-year old male laying in the roadway after striking a...
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2023 Clement’s Cuties Annual Fundraiser Another Huge Success!

2023 Clement’s Cuties Annual Fundraiser Another Huge Success!

On Saturday, September 16, 2023, the dedicated volunteers of St. Mary’s County came together for the annual “Clements Cuties” parade, a cherished tradition where they escorted the “Cuties” to the softball field for their annual benefit game. The Clement’s Cuties yearly softball game is a remarkable event held at Cryer’s Back Road Inn in...
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Governor Moore Announces More Than $11.5 Million in Highway Safety Grants to Organizations Across Maryland

Governor Moore Announces More Than $11.5 Million in Highway Safety Grants to Organizations Across Maryland

Governor Wes Moore announced more than $11.5 million in federal highway safety grants to organizations across Maryland as part of a statewide focus to prevent motor vehicle crashes and eliminate roadway fatalities. The federal funds will be distributed on Oct. 1 by the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office to 85 agencies, organizations,...
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United Bridge Partners Hosting Public Forums in Calvert County

United Bridge Partners Hosting Public Forums in Calvert County

United Bridge Partners has announced it will host four public forums in Calvert County to obtain community feedback on the future of the Thomas Johnson Bridge and potential replacement. As follow-up to United Bridge Partners’ presentation before the Commissioners of Calvert County on June 27, where it demonstrated its track record of previously deploying over $900 million across five...
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Attorney General Brown Urges Congress to Study AI and Its Harmful Effects on Children

Attorney General Brown Urges Congress to Study AI and Its Harmful Effects on Children

As part of a 54-state and territory bipartisan coalition, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a letter urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and to propose legislation to protect children from those abuses. The danger of AI...
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UPDATE: 26-Year-Old Piney Point Man Killed After Fireworks Accident in Leonardtown

UPDATE: 26-Year-Old Piney Point Man Killed After Fireworks Accident in Leonardtown

UPDATE: A 26-year-old St. Mary’s County man died early Saturday morning after a firework he was holding exploded, marking the second fireworks-related death this year in Maryland. Deputy State Fire Marshals responded to the 19900 block of Poplar Hill Creek Lane in Leonardtown at around 2:45 a.m. for a man injured after a firework...
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Drive-Thru Flu Vaccine for St. Mary’s County Community Members

Drive-Thru Flu Vaccine for St. Mary’s County Community Members

The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD), in coordination with MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital (MSMH) and the St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS), is offering drive-thru flu vaccine clinics for St. Mary’s County residents. All persons aged 6 months and older can decrease their chance for influenza infection or severe illness by getting a...
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10 Businesses Pass and 3 Fail After Tobacco Compliance Checks in St. Mary’s County

10 Businesses Pass and 3 Fail After Tobacco Compliance Checks in St. Mary’s County

On August 28, 2023, The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted a succession of Tobacco/alcohol compliance checks within St. Mary’s County. The covert compliance checks involved the use of an underage Sheriff’s Office Confidential Informant hereafter referred to as CI. The CI is 18 years of age and was wearing jeans...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – September 12, 2023

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – September 12, 2023

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 Commissioners presented proclamations for National Recovery Month, National Suicide Prevention Month, and National Senior Center Activity Month. The Commissioners then adopted the proposed amendment to the St. Mary’s County...
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32nd Annual CSM Foundation Golf Classic Raises More than $70k for Student Success

32nd Annual CSM Foundation Golf Classic Raises More than $70k for Student Success

Supporters and alumni of the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) recently came together for an afternoon of friendly competition when 136 golfers teed off at the annual Golf Classic, raising more than $70,000 for student success and athletic programs. The Golf Classic, which returned to Swan Point Country Club in Issue Aug. 10 for...
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Registration Open for the Annual St. Mary’s County Community Health & Wellness Fair on October 13th, 2023

Registration Open for the Annual St. Mary’s County Community Health & Wellness Fair on October 13th, 2023

St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Aging & Human Services (DAHS) is excited to announce the annual Community Health & Wellness Fair, which will be held on Friday, October 13, from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland, located at 44219 Airport Road in California, MD. This...
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UPDATE: Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 30 Years Suspended Down to 10 for Multiple Sex Offenses Against a Child

UPDATE: Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 30 Years Suspended Down to 10 for Multiple Sex Offenses Against a Child

UPDATE 9/14/2023: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Justin Tyler Dunbar, 34, of Grantsburg, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 20 years in the Division of Corrections, with ten years of active incarceration to serve in prison. Mr. Dunbar was convicted of three counts of felony sexual offense on the same child, with each act...
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Leonardtown Kicks off 2023 Movie Festival with Sharkfest Weekend Sept. 15th to 7th, 2023

Leonardtown Kicks off 2023 Movie Festival with Sharkfest Weekend Sept. 15th to 7th, 2023

Leonardtown is excited to announce the launch of the Leonardtown Movie Festival with Sharkfest Weekend (Friday, September 15th – Sunday, September 17th). Enjoy the screenings of two popular Hollywood Blockbuster movies during this exciting weekend. First, join us in LTown Alley (at the Alice in Leonardtown Mural on Park Avenue across from the Good...
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Night Flight Activities Scheduled at NAS Patuxent River September 12-22, 2023

Night Flight Activities Scheduled at NAS Patuxent River September 12-22, 2023

Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating nighttime testing events are scheduled to take place Sept. 12 through September 22, 2023. Flights will occur between 5 p.m. and midnight. Pilots at NAS Pax River will be training for realistic night flight scenarios including Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP). Night testing...
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UPDATE: Lexington Park Gang Related Shooting Results in Suspect Being Shot in Head by His Accomplice

UPDATE: Lexington Park Gang Related Shooting Results in Suspect Being Shot in Head by His Accomplice

UPDATE 9/13/2023: On August 18th, 2023, at 9:55 p.m., police responded to the 46100 block of West Westbury Blvd in Lexington Park for multiple 911 calls reporting shots being fired. Police arrived on the scene and located a large number of 5.56×45 and 9mm shell casings in the middle of the roadway, along with an...
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UPDATE: Prentiss Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Assault

UPDATE: Prentiss Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Assault

UPDATE 9/12/2023: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Walter Crouse Prentiss, III, 43, was sentenced to a total of 30 years in the Division of Corrections, with 15 years of active incarceration to serve in prison for his involvement in a series of domestic violence assaults. Mr. Prentiss was convicted of assaulting a...
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Honda/Kia Dealership Coming to California Area

Honda/Kia Dealership Coming to California Area

Posted 9/12/2023 by Brandon Russell., who is an organizer & former Commissioner candidate informing the public on local gov’t. “Several properties, totaling over 8 acres, along 235 North before the Route 4 intersection are slated for development. Owned by CMA Properties in Charlottesville, VA, the property will become a Honda and Kia dealership right...
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Police Seeking Any Video of Murder Suspects Vehicle in Maryland and Pennsylvania

Police Seeking Any Video of Murder Suspects Vehicle in Maryland and Pennsylvania

9/12/2023: The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying any video surveillance from businesses and/or home cameras capturing murder suspect Brandon Holbrook’s white Dodge pick up truck with a white bed cap during the time period of Sunday September 3rd to Tuesday September 5th, 2023. The pictured truck is identified...
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Two Charles County Officers Injured During Arrest of Wanted Fugitive in Lexington Park

Two Charles County Officers Injured During Arrest of Wanted Fugitive in Lexington Park

UPDATE 9/12/2023: On Tuesday, September 12 at 10:58 a.m., members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Unit attempted to arrest Anthony Kavon Brown, 23, of Waldorf, who was at a business in St. Mary’s County. Brown was the subject of four active warrants charging him with violation of a protective order, failure to...
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One Flown to Trauma Center After Vehicle Strikes Tree in Hollywood

One Flown to Trauma Center After Vehicle Strikes Tree in Hollywood

On Monday, September 11, 2023, at approximately 2:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of St. Johns Road and Meredith Court in Hollywood, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle into a tree with no entrapment and confirmed the...
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Police Conducting Two Seperate Death Investigations in St. Mary’s County

Police Conducting Two Seperate Death Investigations in St. Mary’s County

On Monday, September 11, 2023, at approximately 2:35 p.m., emergency medical personnel responded to the 23000 block of Sugar Maple Court in California, for the traumatic injuries. 911 dispatchers advised the 911 caller, a 59-year-old male, advised they think they broke a rib and was unsure when it happened. EMS arrived on the scene...
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Public Forums Scheduled in St. Mary’s County to Obtain Community Feedback on The Future of The Thomas Johnson Bridge and Potential Replacement

Public Forums Scheduled in St. Mary’s County to Obtain Community Feedback on The Future of The Thomas Johnson Bridge and Potential Replacement

LEONARDTOWN, Md., Sept. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire – As follow-up to United Bridge Partners’ presentation before the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) on April 18, where it demonstrated its track record of previously deploying over $900 million across five states, and rebuilding, and operating six bridges in need that were perpetually unfunded, and how it could deliver a similar solution...
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VIDEO: State Fire Marshal Investigating Helen House Fire That Sends One to Hospital

VIDEO: State Fire Marshal Investigating Helen House Fire That Sends One to Hospital

On Friday, September 8, 2023, at approximately 1:40 p.m., firefighters from St. Mary’s and Charles County responded to the 26000 block of  South Earnshaw Way in Helen, for the reported house on fire. Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department quickly responded with Engine 24, Engine 23, Tanker 2 and Chief 2 with 13 volunteers. Crews arrived...
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