St. Mary’s News

Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack Seeking Identities of Theft Suspects

Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack Seeking Identities of Theft Suspects

The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack is investigating a theft from the Dollar General, located at 30547 Potomac Way, Charlotte Hall, MD that occurred on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at approximately 2:00 pm. The suspects stole over $200 worth of goods from the establishment. Parts of the license plate affixed to the vehicle were...
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Hopefulness Lights Up Lexington Park

Hopefulness Lights Up Lexington Park

An ambitious public art project has been installed on the grounds of the Church of the Ascension and will be unveiled and lit for the first time at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 19th. The public is encouraged to gather in the parking lot to celebrate the lighting of the Hopeful Project sign. The...
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Maryland State Police Accepting Applications For 2024 Leadership And Career Development Seminar

Maryland State Police Accepting Applications For 2024 Leadership And Career Development Seminar

The Maryland Department of State Police announces that applications are now being accepted for the fourth annual Leadership and Career Development Seminar, which will take place from July 12-14, 2024. The goal of the free event is to develop interest and introduce high school rising juniors and seniors and incoming college freshmen to career opportunities...
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Maryland Wildfires – Safety Precautions and Tips to Take

Maryland Wildfires – Safety Precautions and Tips to Take

By RVFD Vice President / Lieutenant Scot Best: Every year, wildfires burn across the United States, and a growing number of people are living where wildfires are a real risk. In 2023, more than 55,500 fires burned over 2.6 million acres across the U.S. More than 4,318 structures were destroyed, including 3,060 residences, 1,228...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriffs Office Investigating 3 Car Collision in Leonardtown

St. Mary’s County Sheriffs Office Investigating 3 Car Collision in Leonardtown

n April 15, 2024, at 5:25 p.m., St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies as well as Fire and Rescue were dispatched to the intersection of Newtowne Neck Road and Wathen Road in Leonardtown, MD, for the report of an automobile collision involving three vehicles: a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado, a 2014 Toyota Highlander, and a...
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Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Regrets to Announce Passing of Past Member John A. Candela

Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Regrets to Announce Passing of Past Member John A. Candela

The Officers and Members of the LVFD regrets to announce the passing of our past member John A. Candela. Jack served the department for over seventeen years as an active member. During that time, he served as Treasurer for a number of years. He was a faithful member always working at the annual carnival...
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Juvenile Arrested and Charged as Adult After Search Warrant Finds Handgun with Large Magazine

Juvenile Arrested and Charged as Adult After Search Warrant Finds Handgun with Large Magazine

On April 12, 2024, following an investigation, Detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Intelligence Unit served a search and seizure warrant at a residence in the 21000 block of Stoney Brook Court in Lexington Park. Police recovered a Polymer 80 handgun equipped with a high-capacity magazine. Subsequently, a juvenile suspect was...
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Jury Convicts Second Man for First-Degree Murder at Hollywood Carnival

Jury Convicts Second Man for First-Degree Murder at Hollywood Carnival

On Monday, April 15, 2024, a St. Mary’s County jury found Thomas Moreland, 21, of Lexington Park, Maryland, guilty of first-degree murder for his participation in the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department’s carnival shooting that took the life of one 16-year-old and left another teenage victim suffering from two gunshot wounds. “The annual Hollywood Carnival...
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Dinner & Cruise Series Returns to St. Clement’s Island Museum This Sunday, April 21st, 2024!

Dinner & Cruise Series Returns to St. Clement’s Island Museum This Sunday, April 21st, 2024!

St. Mary’s County Government’s Museum Division is pleased to announce the 2024 Dinner and a Cruise Series. These themed cruises offer visitors the opportunity to enjoy a fun evening of cruising on the St. Clement’s Island Water Taxi, a delicious seafood dinner, and a dessert reception. The run of seven cruises kicks off on...
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Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust Secures 413 Acres of Land in St. Mary’s County

Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust Secures 413 Acres of Land in St. Mary’s County

Leonardtown, Maryland 4/14/2024 release: With the addition of 413 acres in mid-February Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust has closed on its newest conservation easement. The property belonging to the Greenwell Catholic Trust on Jones Wharf Road in the Huntersville Rural Legacy Area contains numerous wooded tracts and abuts tidal water and open waters at the...
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Maryland International Raceway Regrets to Announce Passing of Chris Miller

Maryland International Raceway Regrets to Announce Passing of Chris Miller

Chris Miller, a son, a brother, an uncle, a friend, and so many other things, has been taken from us too soon. Words cannot express what this loss means to us or how we are feeling here. Please keep the Miller family, Royce, Linda, Jason, and Ashley, along with the rest of us here...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Suspect Who Attempted to Enter Residence

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Suspect Who Attempted to Enter Residence

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office seeks assistance identifying and locating the individual in this picture. The individual is wanted in connection with an attempted residential burglary. If you know who this individual is, please contact Deputy Michael Walker at [email protected] or 301-475-4200, ext. 8092. Please reference case number 18747-24. Tipsters can also call...
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Hollywood Man Arrested for Impaired Drive and Drug Possession

Hollywood Man Arrested for Impaired Drive and Drug Possession

On Thursday, April 11, 2024, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were called to the 24000 block of Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD, for the report of a vehicle blocking the northbound lane. Deputies arrived to find the driver and sole occupant asleep in the running vehicle. The operator, identified as Jeffrey Neil Shade,...
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St. Mary’s County Couple Takes Home Third-Tier Powerball Prize

St. Mary’s County Couple Takes Home Third-Tier Powerball Prize

A jackpot-chasing couple from Southern Maryland missed a huge jackpot by one number in the Powerball drawing on Saturday, April 6. However, the fun-loving players are very grateful about their $50,004 third-tier win. Joseph and Sylvia Riley from St. Mary’s County only start playing the jackpot games, Mega Millions and Powerball, when a game’s...
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Federal Funds Available for Outdoor Recreation Space in Maryland Communities

Federal Funds Available for Outdoor Recreation Space in Maryland Communities

The Maryland Department of the Natural Resources is now accepting preliminary applications for the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grant program. Through this program, local governments with qualifying projects may apply for $50,000 to $1.5 million to create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing parks, and create connections between people and the outdoors. The department is...
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St. Mary’s County Public Schools’ Pre-Kindergarten 4 Application

St. Mary’s County Public Schools’ Pre-Kindergarten 4 Application

St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS) will begin to accept Pre-Kindergarten 4 Applications on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future allows for families with children who are 4 years old on or before September 1, 2024, to apply for full-day Pre-Kindergarten. All families are welcome to apply; however, income is the...
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Maryland State Police Vehicle and a Motorcycle Involved in a Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Maryland State Police Vehicle and a Motorcycle Involved in a Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at approximately 10:25 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Buck Hewitt Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision involving a Maryland State Police vehicle and a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find both vehicles in the...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Another Occupied Residence Shot Up in Lexington Park

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Another Occupied Residence Shot Up in Lexington Park

At approximately 11:05 p.m., on Monday, April 8, 2024, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21000 block of Wilcutt Street in Lexington Park, for a report of shots fired into a residence. Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) responded, and the subsequent investigation revealed an unknown individual or...
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MDEM, NWS Urge Marylanders to “Be MdReady, Prepare Before the Storm” While Focusing on Spring Storm Hazards

MDEM, NWS Urge Marylanders to “Be MdReady, Prepare Before the Storm” While Focusing on Spring Storm Hazards

The Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM) and the National Weather Service (NWS) are urging residents to be aware of the most common spring weather hazards and how to prepare for and protect against them during Maryland Severe Storms Awareness Week, April 8-14. Maryland residents and visitors are also invited to practice what to do...
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Great Maryland Twister Test Set For Wednesday, April 10 at 10 a.m.

Great Maryland Twister Test Set For Wednesday, April 10 at 10 a.m.

Maryland residents are invited to participate in the Great Maryland Twister Test on Wednesday, April 10, to practice what to do in case the National Weather Service (NWS) issues a tornado warning. The 10 a.m. drill is being coordinated by the Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM), NWS, and other partners as part of...
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NAS Patuxent River Moves to 100% ID Checks at Gates

NAS Patuxent River Moves to 100% ID Checks at Gates

NAS Patuxent River has instituted a 100 % ID check policy for all personnel entering the base. While the Trusted Traveler Program remains in effect, all vehicle passengers must present valid state or federal government ID in order to gain entry to the base. This is an added security measure intended to protect the...
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State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling Announces Plans for 40th Annual Project Graduation

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling Announces Plans for 40th Annual Project Graduation

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling proudly announces plans for the 40th Annual Project Graduation to celebrate the St. Mary’s County Class of 2024 high school graduates. In 1984, then State’s Attorney Walter Dorsey first established Project Graduation to provide students with a safe and fun way to recognize graduates’ achievements, while also abstaining from alcohol...
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Maryland’s Spring Turkey Season Set to Open April 18th, 2024

Maryland’s Spring Turkey Season Set to Open April 18th, 2024

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces that the statewide spring wild turkey season will kick off April 13 with Junior Turkey Hunt Day. All hunters can hunt during the regular spring turkey season, which begins April 18 and continues through May 23. “Wild turkeys remain abundant throughout most of Maryland,” Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Karina Stonesifer...
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NAS Patuxent River Regrets to Announce Passing of Firefighter Corey Porter

NAS Patuxent River Regrets to Announce Passing of Firefighter Corey Porter

We are deeply saddened to share with you the untimely loss of our brother, Firefighter Corey Porter. Firefighter Porter began his federal firefighting career with us at NAS Patuxent River Battalion of NDW, 12 April 2021, and from day one showed an eagerness for involvement and firemanship. An ARFF and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator, FF...
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The Black Diamond Disaster Event, an American Civil War Commemoration, to be Held at St. Clement’s Island Museum to Remember the Forgotten Tragedy on the Potomac during the Hunt for John Wilkes Booth

The Black Diamond Disaster Event, an American Civil War Commemoration, to be Held at St. Clement’s Island Museum to Remember the Forgotten Tragedy on the Potomac during the Hunt for John Wilkes Booth

On the April 21, 2024, St. Mary’s County Government’s Museum Division will remember the 87 lives lost in a tragedy during the American Civil War on the Potomac near St. Clement’s Island during the hunt for presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth. Activities will take place at St. Clement’s Island Museum from 10 a.m. to...
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