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Blood on Board: Equipping Maryland’s Air Medical Response With Whole Blood To Save Lives

Blood on Board: Equipping Maryland’s Air Medical Response With Whole Blood To Save Lives

On August 21, 2023, the Maryland Department of State Police (MDSP), Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) and University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) announced a new public-private collaboration for lifesaving trauma response for Marylanders. Whole blood is used for emergency transfusions when minutes are critical, and is now available on board...
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Charles County Commissioner Announces Planning of New 228-Acre Sports Complex Coming to Waldorf

Charles County Commissioner Announces Planning of New 228-Acre Sports Complex Coming to Waldorf

Charles County Commissioner Gilbert “BJ” Bowling revealed plans for Charles County’s new 228-acre Sports Complex coming to 12956 Poplar Hill Road in Waldorf. In 2008, Charles County acquired a 228-acre parcel at 12956 Poplar Hill Road as a future park site. The property has dual road frontage on Poplar Hill Road and St. Peter’s...
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$840,000 Multi-Match Winning Ticket Sold in Waldorf

$840,000 Multi-Match Winning Ticket Sold in Waldorf

Charles County store sells game’s fifth jackpot of 2023 A Maryland Lottery player is waking up a little happier today. An $840,000 jackpot-winning Multi-Match ticket was sold in Waldorf for the Thursday, Aug. 10, drawing. The winner can choose between the annuity, paid in 25 equal installments, or an estimated $530,000 cash option (before...
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Maryland Permanently Preserves Fourteen Working Farms with Over 1,400 Acres of Farmland

Maryland Permanently Preserves Fourteen Working Farms with Over 1,400 Acres of Farmland

The Maryland Board of Public Works approved 14 new Maryland Agricultural Preservation Foundation easements during their August 2 meeting. The easements will permanently preserve 1,400 acres of prime farmland in Baltimore, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett, Queen Anne’s, Washington and Wicomico counties, for an investment of more than $8 million. “Keeping farming viable in Maryland...
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$840,000 Multi-Match Winning Ticket Sold in Waldorf

$840,000 Multi-Match Winning Ticket Sold in Waldorf

A Maryland Lottery player is waking up a little happier today. An $840,000 jackpot-winning Multi-Match ticket was sold in Waldorf for the Thursday, Aug. 10, drawing. The winner can choose between the annuity, paid in 25 equal installments, or an estimated $530,000 cash option (before taxes). The winning ticket with the numbers 14, 15,...
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Southern Maryland Pickleball Players Team Up to Capture $10,000 Mega Millions Prize

Southern Maryland Pickleball Players Team Up to Capture $10,000 Mega Millions Prize

A group of seven pickleball players from Southern Maryland are winners on and off the court, thanks to their lucky Mega Millions ticket in the Aug. 4 drawing. The happy jackpot chasers, wearing “Chill Dills Win Bills” homemade T-shirts to claim their prize, were still fueled by excitement when they arrived at Lottery headquarters...
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Prince George’s County Woman Finds Second Big Win Two Weeks After Winning $50,000

Prince George’s County Woman Finds Second Big Win Two Weeks After Winning $50,000

$1 million scratch-off prize comes two weeks after $50,000 Pick 5 win A 67-year-old Oxon Hill woman is in awe after winning two big Lottery prizes just two weeks apart. The lucky lady claimed a $50,000 Pick 5 prize on July 25 and came back this week to claim a $1 million $1 Million...
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Calvert Woman Wins Over 62,000 Playing Racetrax at Weis Markets in Prince Frederick

Calvert Woman Wins Over 62,000 Playing Racetrax at Weis Markets in Prince Frederick

She just loves Racetrax, a retired federal government employee from Calvert County told Maryland Lottery officials this week. “I play at least once a week,” she said, “and I do pretty well.” An $18,000 prize a few years back makes that abundantly clear, but pales in comparison to her most recent win of $62,247....
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NOAA Announces $5 million to Design New Visitor Center for Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary

NOAA Announces $5 million to Design New Visitor Center for Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary

NOAA will invest $5 million from the Inflation Reduction Act in Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary to support pre-construction and design requirements for a sanctuary visitor center in Charles County, Maryland. NOAA intends to partner with the State of Maryland and Charles County, Maryland, co-managers of the sanctuary, on development of the new visitor center. “NOAA’s national...
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Calvert Woman Reunited with Her Cat Two Years After He Went Missing

Calvert Woman Reunited with Her Cat Two Years After He Went Missing

The Calvert County Animal Shelter released the following! “The power of microchipping and reporting a lost pet. We recently had a friendly, ear-tipped cat come into the shelter as a stray. Upon entry, we scanned him for a microchip, and he had one! We called the registered owner, and it turns out this kitty...
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Half of Maryland Competitors Finish in National Top Ten During SkillsUSA Competition

Half of Maryland Competitors Finish in National Top Ten During SkillsUSA Competition

Maryland’s SkillsUSA student delegation brought home 24 medals from the 59th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC), recently held in Atlanta, Georgia. A team of the state’s most talented Career and Technical Education (CTE) students showcased their skills in 95 CTE competitions. Demonstrating exemplary CTE training and preparation, Maryland students challenged 6,000 other...
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Four-Leaf Clover Helps Calvert County Man Score $50,000 Scratch-Off Win

Four-Leaf Clover Helps Calvert County Man Score $50,000 Scratch-Off Win

Player’s winning streak continues with Money Bag Multiplier game A Calvert County man said he credits the luck of a four-leaf clover for a $50,000 win on a Money Bag Multiplier instant ticket. According to the lucky player, he was out in his garden and came across a four-leaf clover. He has kept it...
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CCSO Public Safety Cadets Take 3rd and 4th Place in SkillsUSA National Competition

CCSO Public Safety Cadets Take 3rd and 4th Place in SkillsUSA National Competition

Public Safety Cadets Aaliyah Davis (left) and Keirstin Perez (right), who are both North Point High School Criminal Justice students, recently participated in a five-day National Leadership and SkillsUSA competition held in Atlanta, Georgia taking home the 3rd and 4th place respectively. SkillsUSA is a National Organization that provides Career and Technical Education (CTE)...
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$1 Million Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Fort Washington As Jackpot Surpasses $900 Million

$1 Million Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Fort Washington As Jackpot Surpasses $900 Million

$40,000 Megaplier ticket sold in Towson; Jackpot at $910 million The Mega Millions jackpot continues to grow and keeps producing second-tier and third-tier prize winners in Maryland! A $1 million second-tier winning ticket and a $40,000 third-tier winning ticket were sold in Maryland for Tuesday night’s drawing. Check your tickets! Last night’s winning numbers...
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Anne Arundel County Awards $1.5 Million To Support Watershed Protection and Restoration

Anne Arundel County Awards $1.5 Million To Support Watershed Protection and Restoration

County Executive Pittman announced eight projects implemented in Annapolis and other locations in Anne Arundel County will receive a total of $1.5 million in funding through the Watershed Restoration Grant Program to improve water quality in local shallow waterways, reduce stormwater and sediment runoff, and build resilient living shorelines. “The collaboration between community organizations...
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Retired Police Officer Captures $50,000 Bonus Match 5 Prize

Retired Police Officer Captures $50,000 Bonus Match 5 Prize

Prince George’s County resident wins top prize in July 17 drawing A Fort Washington man turned up at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore this week with a big smile on his face and his wife on his arm to claim a $50,000 Bonus Match 5 top prize. The longtime Lottery player said he and his...
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The Patuxent Partnership Awards Three Area High School Graduates with Scholarships to Study Engineering at CSM

The Patuxent Partnership Awards Three Area High School Graduates with Scholarships to Study Engineering at CSM

Three southern Maryland high school graduates have been awarded The Patuxent Partnership (TPP) Pathways Scholarship to attend the College of Southern Maryland this fall thanks to the students’ exceptional achievements, and a unique partnership between CSM and TPP aimed at building the region’s workforce pipeline. Chopticon High School graduates Skye Blado of Mechanicsville, and...
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Hospice of the Chesapeake 20th Annual Golf Tournament Registration is Open

Hospice of the Chesapeake 20th Annual Golf Tournament Registration is Open

Hospice of the Chesapeake invites all area golfers to reserve their foursome now for the nonprofit’s 20th annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, Sept. 28, at Queenstown Harbor Golf Course in Queenstown, Maryland. Registration will begin at 9 a.m., followed by a 10 a.m. shotgun start. The day includes a full breakfast by Main &...
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Longtime Veterinarian and Owner of Wag N’ Wash in California Hosts “Bark Bash” to Celebrate Neighbors

Longtime Veterinarian and Owner of Wag N’ Wash in California Hosts “Bark Bash” to Celebrate Neighbors

Wag N’ Wash, the boutique-style, full-line dog grooming and self-wash specialty retail franchise, will host a “Bark Bash” community event in celebration of its neighbors. Located at 22598 MacArthur Blvd in California, MD, the “Bark Bash” event will take place on Saturday, July 22 – Sunday, July 23. Wag N’ Wash of California offers...
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Brethren Mutual 24th Charity Golf Tournament Raises $26K for Local Charities

Brethren Mutual 24th Charity Golf Tournament Raises $26K for Local Charities

Brethren Mutual’s 24th Charity Golf Tournament held at Black Rock Golf Course (Hagerstown, MD) raised a total of $26,000 for community non-profit organizations in June 2023. Proceeds were split between the Brad Browning Memorial Scholarship Fund benefitting graduating seniors of Grace Academy (Hagerstown, MD) and Brethren Mutual’s Relay for Life Employee Team benefitting the...
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Calvert Nature Society Receives Generous Donation from Maryland Osprey & Nature Festival to Support Rebuilding of Nature Center After Devastating Fire

Calvert Nature Society Receives Generous Donation from Maryland Osprey & Nature Festival to Support Rebuilding of Nature Center After Devastating Fire

Calvert Nature Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental education and conservation, is thrilled to announce a significant donation from the Board of Directors of the Maryland Osprey & Nature Festival to help restore the beloved Battle Creek Nature Center. The November 2022 fire at the nature center destroyed the majority of the...
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High School Students Develop Kits and Educate Public with Inexpensive, Remote Water Quality Monitoring Solution

High School Students Develop Kits and Educate Public with Inexpensive, Remote Water Quality Monitoring Solution

In response to the need for cheaper and more widespread water quality monitoring in the Chesapeake Bay, teachers and students at the Dr. James A Forrest Career and Technology Center in Leonardtown, Maryland, are partnering with community volunteers to create inexpensive remote monitoring kits funded by a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust. “This...
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Children’s Indoor Playground Concept Hyper Kidz to Open Third Maryland-Area Location at Waugh Chapel Business Park

Children’s Indoor Playground Concept Hyper Kidz to Open Third Maryland-Area Location at Waugh Chapel Business Park

Hyper Kidz, an indoor playground concept, has selected Waugh Chapel Business Park as the site for its third location in the greater Baltimore metropolitan region and first in Anne Arundel County. Franchise owner Krishna Hazarika has signed a lease with St. John Properties, Inc. for 14,991 square feet of space within 987 Waugh Chapel...
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Night of Fun and Games Leads to $50,000 Scratch-off Win for St. Mary’s County Couple

Night of Fun and Games Leads to $50,000 Scratch-off Win for St. Mary’s County Couple

St. Mary’s County banker counts up big win on the $30 Cash is King ticket A St. Mary’s County woman is counting up her own coins after winning a $50,000 prize playing the $30 Cash is King scratch-off game. Kimberly Shaw won the big prize while having a fun night with her husband, Colby,...
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“Spur of the Moment Decision” Results in $100K Prize for Charles County Mother

“Spur of the Moment Decision” Results in $100K Prize for Charles County Mother

Charles County grocery store manager wins top prize on FAST PLAY Winfall Doubler Martika Savoy of Charles County was excited when she realized she had won $100,000 on FAST PLAY Winfall Doubler. Maybe too excited. “I thought I was going to have my baby on the floor,” said the mom who is expecting her...
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