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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Did you know autism now affects 1 in 36 children? Boys are four times more likely to have autism than girls. About 40% of children with autism do not speak. Additionally, the rate of autism has steadily grown over the last twenty years. Our friends and neighbors with autism and other intellectual & developmental...
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UPDATE 4/11/2024: On April 10 at 7:15 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 2100 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. A preliminary investigation revealed an adult male shot another adult male, both of whom are...
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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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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 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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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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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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UPDATE 4/9/2024: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Robbery Unit identified and charged the suspect wanted in connection with a residential robbery at an apartment in Lanham. The suspect is 22-year-old Augustine Koroma of Lanham. Koroma is charged with a residential robbery at a home in the 9900 block of Good Luck Road which...
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A law that would prohibit the roadside solicitation of money in Calvert County was passed by the Maryland General Assembly on Friday, April 5, 2024. If signed by the Governor, the law will take effect on October 1, 2024. The legislation makes it unlawful for any person to stand in a roadway, median, or...
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The Calvert – St. Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (C-SMMPO), the board that administers the transportation planning process in designated areas of Calvert and St. Mary’s County, will hold a council meeting on Monday, April 22, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Highway Conference Room at the St. Mary’s County Department of...
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Maryland’s Commission on Public Health will hold a public listening session for Southern Maryland on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. in the Chesapeake Building located at 41770 Baldridge Street in Leonardtown, MD. This is the first in a series of five regional public listening sessions across the state. The next...
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The Maryland Natural Resources Police held its annual award ceremony to recognize the achievements made by conservation law enforcement officers and civilians in 2023. The officers were presented honors by Maryland Department of Natural Resources Sec. Josh Kurtz and Natural Resources Police Acting Lt. Col. Brian Rathgeb. The annual event was held April 3...
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The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) has partnered with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office (SMCSO) to prevent underage tobacco sales in the County. This partnership works with local businesses to ensure their staff consistently inspect IDs and refuse sales to underage customers. The majority (47 out of 57) of compliance checks completed...
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The bad news: Blue catfish can be easily found in a majority of Maryland’s rivers, both tidal and non-tidal and out in the Bay itself, and they eat almost anything. The good news: Blue catfish can be easily found in a majority of Maryland’s rivers, both tidal and non-tidal and in the Bay itself,...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit charged a son in connection with the murder of his mother inside of their home in the town of Bladensburg. The suspect is 51-year-old Reginald English. He’s charged with the murder of 72-year-old Lorena Royster. On April 3, 2024, at approximately 11:10 pm, officers with the...
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On Saturday, April 6, 2024, at approximately 1:36 a.m., Southern District officers responded to Sands Road near Patuxent Mobile Estates for a single vehicle crash. The investigation revealed a 2012 Infiniti G37 was traveling northbound on Sands Road at a high rate of speed. The driver lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the...
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The Leonardtown Square Facebook Page posted the following information on Monday, April 8th. To the immediate attention of the four young men who decided to climb on the roof of the former PNC Bank building at 12:45 a.m. Saturday morning to trespass and damage private property by tossing a cinder block off the roof...
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The St. Mary’s County Commission on the Environment is excited to announce the return of their highly anticipated Earth Day event; taking place on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the historic Summerseat Farm, located at 26655 Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville. Attendees can look forward to a full...
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Sheriff Troy Berry, alongside Director Ryan Ross (Charles County Detention Center), Training Commander Lt. Ryan Taylor (CCDC), and Chief Deputy of the Circuit Court Joyce Tippett, gathered for a badge-pinning and swearing-in ceremony, honoring four exceptional new correctional officers set to graduate tonight after completing 11 weeks of training at the Southern Maryland Criminal...
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The first catch of the afternoon was a white catfish—saved by its wider head and a few less anal fin rays, and tossed back into the water. The blue catfish came next—two in quick succession. “It only takes a few minutes for them to start biting,” said Capt. Marcus Wilson, whose Rock-N-Robin Charter Fishing, operated...
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A partial solar eclipse will occur on Monday, April 8, 2024, in St. Mary’s County. The eclipse will begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. and end just after 4:30 p.m., with maximum coverage at approximately 3:20 p.m. During the eclipse, there will be 86-88% coverage, during which it will get darker outside, but there will...
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Maryland’s six casinos combined to generate $178,137,823 in revenue from slot machines and table games during March 2024, the fifth-best single-month total in the history of the state’s casino program. The March 2024 revenue figure represented an increase of $1,613,239 (0.9%) compared to March 2023. Casino gaming contributions to the state in March 2024...
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St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Public Works & Transportation (DPW&T) is announcing upcoming utility work at the corner of Mervell Dean Road and Maryland Route 235 (Three Notch Road). Residents may experience related traffic delays and/or brief road closures on or around Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12, 2024. Local traffic will...
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The Calvert County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, will host a free household hazardous waste collection event for county residents on Saturday, April 20, 2024. The event will be held at Mt. Hope Convenience Center located at 96 Pushaw Station Road in Sunderland, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine....
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