Spring is just around the corner and that means it’s time for a much-anticipated event – the annual Plant Sale sponsored by the Historic Sotterley Garden Guild! The sale will take place at Sotterley for two days only – it is your chance to buy plants lovingly nurtured by the Sotterley gardeners. Have questions...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office has a proud history that dates back to 1637, just three years after English setters landed at St. Clement’s Island and established the Maryland colony. As Black History Month concludes, the Sheriff’s Office notes and celebrates its history. In 1977, Joseph Lee Somerville became both the first black...
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Sheriff Tim Cameron, command staff and district commanders of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office held a community meeting Tuesday evening with the residents of Heard’s Estates in Great Mills. Property crimes, violent crimes, enforcement actions and preventative measures were reviewed. Residents were advised to keep their vehicles locked and to keep valuables out...
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On Monday, February 21, 2022, at approximately 12:45 a.m., police responded to the Lexington Park Senior Apartments located at 21895 Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported indecent exposure. The 911 caller reported when they arrived at the Senior center, they were walking through the parking lot to the main door and observed...
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On February 20, 2022, Deputy Ashley from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to a theft in progress at the Prince Frederick Walmart located at 150 N Solomon’s Island Road in Prince Frederick. Investigation revealed, Devonte Twain Harrod, 22, Haley Elizabeth Morris, 22, and Timothy Eugene Thomas, 26, all of Lexington Park, entered Walmart...
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On Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit conducted a series of covert compliance checks at local businesses, utilizing an underage individual. The underage individual entered the businesses without identification and attempted to purchase alcoholic beverages. During this covert compliance check operation, the Alcohol Enforcement Unit visited 21...
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On Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at approximately 8:18 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Point Lookout Road in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a box truck and SUV involved, with the operator of...
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Governor Larry Hogan visited Greenbrier State Park in Boonsboro to tout the investment of $75 million in the governor’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget for the Maryland Park Service, which represents a 20-year high. The governor also announced the opening of new state parks in Western Maryland and on the Eastern Shore this summer. The...
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The upcoming Moll Dyer Day event is a two-day celebration of Leonardtown’s most famous local legend. No other Leonardtown historical figure has captured the hearts and attention like the legend of Moll Dyer. An increasing number of guests visit the famed Moll Dyer Rock each year that bears her now fading handprint left that...
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On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at approximately 9:22 a.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville, Leonardtown, Seventh District, Hollywood, and Charles County responded to the 28900 block of Livingston Drive in Mechanicsville, for the reported house on fire. The 911 caller reported they were not on the scene, and stated they received a call reporting their home...
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The Maryland Department of Commerce announced today that its various finance and tax incentive programs helped create and retain at least 16,892 direct jobs in Maryland during fiscal year 2021. More than 1,000 business recipients utilized the department’s programs over the year, investing nearly $357 million into projects throughout the state. The figures come...
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Governor Larry Hogan announced that in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Tubman and the 5th anniversary of its opening, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center will host a series of free, family-friendly programs during the weekend of March 12 to 13. “Harriet Tubman dedicated her life...
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UPDATE 2/22/2022: On January 29, 2022, at approximately 7:59 p.m., LPPD officers responded to 40 Drury Drive, Walmart, for the report of a robbery where a firearm was implied. Investigation found two individuals approached a Walmart associate in the electronics department. The suspect identified as Josiah Emmanuel Young of no fixed address, pinned a...
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On Tuesday, January 15, 2022, at approximately 1:50 a.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville, Hughesville, Seventh District, Leonardtown, and Hollywood responded to 26151 Yowaiski Mill Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported building on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find fire throughout a livestock/equipment barn. Engine 23 laid a supply line over 800 feet to...
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On Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at approximately 2:15 p.m., firefighters from Leonardtown, Hollywood, Bay District, Valley Lee, Seventh District, and Mechanicsville responded to the 22300 block of Colton Street in Leonardtown, for the reported garage on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a detached two car garage with smoke showing. 8 firefighters from...
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UPDATE: 2/20/2022 @ 8:00 p.m., No injuries reported. Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forestry responded to the scene to assist. The fire was caused by a homeowner who was clearing a field/plot of land, and argued with firefighters upon their arrival stating it was under control. Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office...
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On Sunday, February 20, 2022, at approximately 3:43 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and FDR Boulevard in California, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with two subjects trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find to vehicles in the roadway with no entrapment. Emergency...
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On Saturday, February 19, 2022, at 1:30 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to 21674 Susan Lane in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a structure. Multiple 911 callers reported a vehicle was inside the apartment building, and one child was trapped underneath of the vehicle, however, the child was...
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The St. Mary’s County Museum Division, in partnership with the Baltimore Orioles, has teamed up to bring awareness to the important themes of Black History Month by sharing Maryland’s local Black history with the community. While supplies last, visitors to the Old Jail Museum in Leonardtown, St. Clement’s Island Museum in Colton’s Point or...
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UPDATE 2/17/2022 : The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division made an arrest this week in an armed robbery investigation in Great Mills last September. Anthony Martise Barnes, age 41 of no fixed address, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, on District Court warrants for Armed Robbery, Robbery, Second-Degree Assault and Theft:...
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DeAundre Tyrique Keys, a/k/a “Dre,” age 25, of Lexington Park, Maryland, plead guilty to federal charges of distribution of fentanyl and to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Jarod...
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The Maryland State Police and the Maryland Department of Labor Unemployment Division are tracking and combating illegal schemes wherein fraudsters are impersonating the Division in email correspondence, text messages and phone calls with the intent of stealing unemployment insurance benefits. The Department of Labor is coordinating with Maryland State Police to alert the public...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) announced a new partnership with GEICO to sponsor the MDOT SHA Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART) Emergency Patrol program. The support from GEICO comes at a time when winter weather has continued to place an increased demand on Emergency Patrol services needed to...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Following the invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the consent agenda, the Commissioners recognized the retirement of Dr. Rebecca Bolton Bridgett. Dr. Bridgett was the County Administrator from 2013 until her retirement Feb. 1,...
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UPDATE 2/15/2022: After an extensive search Gailliard Hunt Bland III, was located at approximately 11:50 a.m., on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, in the woods near Three Notch Trail and Whalen Road in Charlotte Hall. Calvert K-9 Search Team handler Jen Donaldson and her K-9 partner Butters, along with Corporal Brandon Foor from the St....
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