The St. Mary’s County School Health Council will meet from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., on the following dates: September 30, 2019 December 5, 2019 February 27, 2020 April 30, 2020 Meetings will be held in the Board of Education Meeting Room at 23160 Moakley Street in Leonardtown. Anyone wishing to propose an agenda...
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland Musician in Residence Brian Ganz will be joined by former Director of the college Theater Program, Michael Tolaydo, for a dramatic presentation merging music, theater, art and poetry. Ganz and Tolaydo will present “Whistler’s Lecture: James Whistler, Claude Debussy and the Lecture That Changed Art.” The performance will take...
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With this week being national Child Passenger Safety Week, Maryland State Police are reminding the public the importance of ensuring that motorists are utilizing the correct car seat and that it is being properly installed and utilized. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 723 children ages 12 and younger died and...
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State troopers from the Criminal Enforcement Division at Leonardtown Barrack are actively investigating a reported shooting in St. Mary’s County. The victim is not being identified at this time. Investigators do not believe this is a random act of violence. At approximately 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, September 15, 2019 police responded to the area...
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On Monday, September 16, 2019, at approximately 2:20 p.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville responded to 27100 Budds Creek Road and Knotts Lane in Mechanicsville, for the reported small outside fire spreading towards the woods. Crews arrived on the scene to find an approximate 200 square foot area on fire and spreading. The first arriving unit...
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On Monday, September 16, 2019, at approximately 2:35 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of 27000 Point Lookout Road and Juniors Court in Leonardtown, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a school bus. Crews arrived on the scene to find Bus 592 and a van on the shoulder of...
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On September 14, 2019, at approximately 2:29 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 28400 block of Point Lookout Road, in the area of Loveville Road, in Loveville, for the reported motor vehicle collision. Deputies arrived on scene and located two vehicles involved in the collision, with one of...
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Cocaine hasn’t received as much attention in recent years, but it is increasingly playing a role in the opioid epidemic, state data show. Despite some good news from the first quarter of this year, cocaine-related deaths have skyrocketed annually in Maryland since 2015, with nearly half of those occurring in Baltimore. The vast majority...
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On Saturday, September 14, 2019, at approximately 1:20 a.m., emergency medical personnel responded to 19065 Hill Commons Drive in Saint Marys City, for the reported injuries after a fall. St. Mary’s College Public Safety reported a 20-year-old male had injuries after jumping from a 3-story window at the Prince George Hall. Crews arrived on...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County will hold a joint meeting with members of the St. Mary’s County Legislative Delegation on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Commissioners meeting room inside the Chesapeake Building, 41770 Baldridge Street in Leonardtown. The purpose of the meeting is to...
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On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County appointed the following persons to the YMCA Exploratory Committee: Catherine Askey, Local Business Leader Captain John Brabazon, Patuxent River Naval Air Station Mike Brown, Citizen-at-large Ashleigh Dufresne, St. Mary’s County Public Schools Jenna Guzman , St. Mary’s County Health Department Tyrone Harris, St....
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As part of its ongoing commitment to prevent vehicle crashes and save lives on Maryland roads, the Hogan Administration has announced the statewide distribution of nearly $12 million in federal highway safety funds. The funds will be dispersed by the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s (MDOT MVA) Highway Safety Office to nearly...
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St. Clement’s Island Museum, a historic site overseen by the St. Mary’s County Museum Division, recently worked with staff, clergy and parishioners as St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in nearby Compton, returned the historic communion rail back to its original home at the church building. St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church is known as “the...
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Celebrating a legacy of Maryland leadership and decades of strong support of higher education, the College of Southern Maryland Foundation is launching an initiative to establish the Thomas V. “Mike” Miller Jr. Center for Leadership at CSM. The longest-serving state senate president in the country will be recognized on Sept. 26 at the Running...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate missing person, Ishaan Javon Young, 16-years-old. He is described as a black male 5-07 tall, weighing 115 lbs, with black hair, and brown eyes. He was last seen on 9-12-19 and was wearing a blue and gray jacket, white V neck tee shirt, blue...
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On September 11, 2019, detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, along with investigators from Child Protective Services (CPS), began an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse involving an eight-year-old victim and an adult male. During an interview the child (who was seven-years-old at the time), gave police detailed information...
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On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at approximately 12:45 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Willows Road and Harvard Lane in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway on it’s side,...
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The Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center is hosting a Scrapbooking Crop on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the school site across from the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds in Leonardtown. It takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the school’s Dorhman Room. This event benefits the school’s SkillsUSA chapter but...
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On Thursday, September 12, 2019, at approximately 3:30 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to Midway Drive and Yorktown Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles in the roadway. The operator of the vehicle was reportedly approaching Great Mills...
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On Thursday, September 5, 2019, at approximately 4:15 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Tackle Box on Three Notch Road and FDR Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway in...
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The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) is seeking contractors for two positions within their Local Behavioral Health Authority Prevention Services. An evaluator is needed to provide services supporting public health prevention grants, assisting communities with efforts to reduce substance misuse, and underage and binge drinking. This process requires a significant evaluation effort by...
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On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at approximately 5:05 p.m., firefighters from Charles, Calvert, Prince George, and St. Mary’s County responded to the area of La Plata Road and Hawkins Gate Road in La Plata, for the reported large fire involving power lines. Firefighters reported an estimated 19 acres were on fire. Charles County Volunteer...
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UPDATE 9/11/19: On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at approximately 2:40 p.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville and surrounding departments responded to 25680 Grandiflora Court in Mechanicsville, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a one story single family home with fire showing. The owner/occupant has been identified as Rae Costanzo....
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The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) confirmed the first case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Maryland this year. The infected individual is an adult living in the National Capital Region in Maryland. MDH routinely tracks and responds to mosquito-borne infections; no other locally acquired arboviral infections have been identified this year. The number...
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On September 3, 2019, at approximately 9:00 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 46200 block of Mako Way in Lexington Park, for the reported injured/unconscious subject. A 31-year-old male victim, from Lexington Park, was discovered in a residential parking lot with blood coming from his mouth and ears....
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