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Southern Maryland’s Highly Anticipated River Concert Series Returns for 24th Season

Southern Maryland’s Highly Anticipated River Concert Series Returns for 24th Season

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, along with the Chesapeake Orchestra and its Music Director Jeffrey Silberschlag, are proud to announce the program for the 2022 River Concert Series. A Southern Maryland tradition now in its 24th season, this family-friendly music festival, and winner of two Governor’s Awards for Arts, Tourism, and Community Economic Development,...
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St. Mary’s County Museums Offer Free Admission to Dads on Father’s Day

St. Mary’s County Museums Offer Free Admission to Dads on Father’s Day

On Father’s Day, June 19, 2022, St. Clement’s Island Museum in Colton’s Point, Maryland, and Piney Point Lighthouse Museum in Piney Point, Maryland, will offer all dads free regular admission to each of the museums during normal operating hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Other visitors in the party must pay regular admission prices...
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Leonardtown Summer Music Festival Presents Latrice Carr and the N2N Band on June 11, 2022

Leonardtown Summer Music Festival Presents Latrice Carr and the N2N Band on June 11, 2022

The summer of music continues when the Leonardtown Summer Music Festival presents another exciting concert featuring Latrice Carr and The N2N Band On the Water’s Edge at the Leonardtown Wharf on Saturday, June 11, 2022 from 5 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. N2N kicks off the evening with a Motown tribute featuring popular tunes from...
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Charles County Public Library and Department of Recreation and Parks Partner on New Initiative

Charles County Public Library and Department of Recreation and Parks Partner on New Initiative

The Charles County Public Library is proud to announce a special partnership with Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism to bring the RecPASS as a pilot program to library users for free. The RecPASS allows for unlimited visits to any drop-in programs at school-based community centers and pools, the Port Tobacco Recreation...
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UPDATE: Police Investigating Fatal Accident in Charlotte Hall, Victim Identified as 81-Year-Old Mechanicsville Woman

UPDATE: Police Investigating Fatal Accident in Charlotte Hall, Victim Identified as 81-Year-Old Mechanicsville Woman

UPDATE 6/7/2022: On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 5:23 pm, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 30343 Triangle Drive in Charlotte Hall for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Upon arrival, the driver was pronounced deceased due to sustained injuries and the Sheriff’s Office’s Collision Reconstruction Unit was requested. Preliminary...
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Hughesville Man Arrested After Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in Mechanicsville, 8-Year-Old and One Adult Flown to Trauma Centers

Hughesville Man Arrested After Serious Motor Vehicle Collision in Mechanicsville, 8-Year-Old and One Adult Flown to Trauma Centers

On Saturday, May 4, 2022, at approximately 6:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel from St. Mary’s and Charles County responded to the area of New Market Road (Rt.6) and Whalen Road in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped. Firefighters from Charles County arrived on the scene and found...
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Police Investigating Adult Male Found Deceased in the Potomac River in Coltons Point

Police Investigating Adult Male Found Deceased in the Potomac River in Coltons Point

On Monday, June 6, 2022, at approximately 7:38 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the Cather Marine located at 38270 Palmer Road in Coltons Point, for the reported deceased subject in the water. Fire and rescue personnel located an adult male in the water along the shoreline and confirmed the victim was...
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Fossilized Poop Found from Calvert Cliffs Given Scientific Names

Fossilized Poop Found from Calvert Cliffs Given Scientific Names

Although we find it repulsive, there are animals that eat feces! Furthermore, if conditions are just right, feces can fossilize, and when they do, they are known as coprolites. Some coprolites preserve evidence that they were partially eaten. Nibbled or burrowed coprolites have been found along Calvert Cliffs, the world-famous cliffs along part of...
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St. Mary’s County Airport Farmer’s Market on Sunday, June 12th

St. Mary’s County Airport Farmer’s Market on Sunday, June 12th

Fly in, drive in, or bike in for our next Airport Farmer’s Market on June 12th. This market is just one week before Father’s Day, making it an excellent opportunity to buy the dads in your life something special. While you’re here, meet one of the AeroPark’s great businesses, AIRTec! They will be showcasing...
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St. Clement’s Island Museum Presents “Conversation & a Cruise” Series for Families in 2022

St. Clement’s Island Museum Presents “Conversation & a Cruise” Series for Families in 2022

Beginning Saturday, June 11, 2022, visitors can enjoy summer breezes on a fun, educational, and family-friendly morning of cruising during a series of themed events on the St. Clement season’s Island Museum Water Taxi. The three cruises occur June 11, July 16 and Aug. 13, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The June 11’s...
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Maryland’s Spring 2022 Turkey Harvest Sees 8% Increase

Maryland’s Spring 2022 Turkey Harvest Sees 8% Increase

Maryland hunters harvested 4,208 wild turkeys during the spring 2022 regular and junior turkey seasons, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources reported. This year’s harvest was 8% higher than the 2021 harvest and just 2% below the record harvest of 4,303 set in 2020. “Although certain areas have experienced declines in turkey populations, some regions of...
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Five La Plata Police Officers Receive Class II Commendations

Five La Plata Police Officers Receive Class II Commendations

Sergeant Philip Thompson, Corporal John Piersa, Police Officer First Class David Clements, Police Officer First Class Jordan Madison, and Officer Robert Tippett receive Class II Commendations in two separate incidents involving illegal firearms. On May 9, 2021 (Mother’s Day), multiple units responded to the area of Marvin Gardens for the report of shots fired....
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Department of Public Works & Transportation to Perform Pipe Replacement on Seaside View Road in Ridge

Department of Public Works & Transportation to Perform Pipe Replacement on Seaside View Road in Ridge

The Department of Public Works & Transportation will be replacing two storm drain pipes in Ridge along a section of Seaside View Road. Travel will be restricted to one lane on the road beginning Monday, June 13, 2022, for approximately 10 days, weather dependent. Changeable message signs and posted signs will be provided to...
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Washington D.C. Sports Team Up on National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Commit More Than $85,000 to Everytown for Gun Safety’s Community Safety Fund

Washington D.C. Sports Team Up on National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Commit More Than $85,000 to Everytown for Gun Safety’s Community Safety Fund

Local professional sports teams the Washington Capitals, Commanders, Mystics, Nationals, Spirit, Wizards and D.C. Shadow announced a combined donation of more than $85,000 to gun violence prevention nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety. Funds will support Everytown’s Community Safety Fund, providing a direct investment in community-based violence intervention, grassroots programs and advocacy operating in the...
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No Injuries Reported After Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Bay District Volunteer Fire Department Apparatus

No Injuries Reported After Motor Vehicle Collision Involving Bay District Volunteer Fire Department Apparatus

On Saturday, June 4, 2022, at approximately 3:46 p.m., firefighters from Bay District Volunteer Fire Department Company 9 were alerted to the 46300 block of Lexington Village Way in California, for a commercial fire alarm. As Safety Officer, J. Adams responded, he was travelling Eastbound on MacArthur Boulevard towards Three Notch Road, when a...
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Police say Speed and Alcohol are Contributing Factors in Motor Vehicle Crash That Killed Lexington Park Woman

Police say Speed and Alcohol are Contributing Factors in Motor Vehicle Crash That Killed Lexington Park Woman

On June 3, 2022, members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to Breezy Point Road in the area of Blue Heron Drive in Chesapeake Beach, for a report of a serious motor vehicle crash. Preliminary Investigation revealed a 2005 Nissan Altima was traveling west on Breezy Point...
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Police Recover Box Cutter and Knife from Mary H. Matula Elementary School Student

Police Recover Box Cutter and Knife from Mary H. Matula Elementary School Student

On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at 1:50 p.m., a student at Mary H. Matula Elementary School reported to a teacher they saw another student with a box cutter. The teacher and a school resource officer recovered the box cutter and spoke with the student. Through further investigation, it was learned a different student was...
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Anne Arundel Police Investigating Homicide, Victim Identified as 22-Year-Old Glen Burnie Man

Anne Arundel Police Investigating Homicide, Victim Identified as 22-Year-Old Glen Burnie Man

On Thursday, June 2, 2022, at approximately 6:55 p.m., Anne Arundel County Police Officers responded to the 600 block of Millwright Court in Millersville, Maryland for a reported motor vehicle collision. Upon arrival, they discovered a black four-door sedan struck two parked (unoccupied) vehicles. The driver of the sedan had apparent upper body trauma...
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MDOT SHA to Replace Underground Pipe Along Port Tobacco Road – Work Starting Saturday, June 4, 2022

MDOT SHA to Replace Underground Pipe Along Port Tobacco Road – Work Starting Saturday, June 4, 2022

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) will conduct a one-day project on Saturday, June 4, to replace an underground pipe on MD 6 (Port Tobacco Road) in Nanjemoy, Charles County. A detour will be in place until repairs are complete later that day. Beginning at 8 a.m., crews will close...
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Charles County Youth Orchestra Presents Third Annual Concerto Competition: A Free Concert on Saturday, June 4, 2022

Charles County Youth Orchestra Presents Third Annual Concerto Competition: A Free Concert on Saturday, June 4, 2022

The competition, which will begin at 3:00 p.m. on June 4, will be held at Christ Church, 112 Charles St, La Plata, MD. This year seven contestants will perform a recital before a distinguished panel of judges. The judges this year are Jody Gatwood, prize winner in several international violin competitions and Professor Emeritus,...
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St. Mary’s County Annual Flag Day Event Set to Take Place at Governmental Center in Leonardtown

St. Mary’s County Annual Flag Day Event Set to Take Place at Governmental Center in Leonardtown

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County are pleased to announce that the 2022 Flag Day festivities, co-sponsored by the Commissioners of Leonardtown, will take place Tuesday, June 14, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Governmental Center on the lawn in Leonardtown. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony...
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State Fire Marshal Investigating Kitchen Fire in Waldorf, One Transported to Hospital with Minor Burns

State Fire Marshal Investigating Kitchen Fire in Waldorf, One Transported to Hospital with Minor Burns

On Thursday, June 2, 2022, 2022, at approximately 11:25 a.m., 50 firefighters in Charles County responded to 2575 Robinson Place in Waldorf, for the reported house on fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene in minutes and reported fire and smoke showing from the front of the 2-story residence. Crews made entry and reported a...
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Governor Hogan Announces Launch of New Maryland.gov

Governor Hogan Announces Launch of New Maryland.gov

Governor Larry Hogan announced that the Maryland Department of Information Technology, in coordination with its partner NIC USA, has launched a new version of the official State of Maryland website, Maryland.gov. The upgrade supports Maryland’s ongoing push toward a unified and mobile-friendly citizen experience across all channels. Maryland.gov analytics and metrics are reviewed annually...
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La Plata High School Celebrates 273 Graduates with Over $14 Million in Scholarships

La Plata High School Celebrates 273 Graduates with Over $14 Million in Scholarships

La Plata High School celebrated its ninety-fourth commencement ceremony celebrating the Class of 2022 June 2 at Regency Furniture Stadium. The class demonstrated traits they share with their school’s mascot — the Warriors. Kailyn Pratta, the class president, recalled the years she and her peers shared which culminated in graduation. After a traditional freshman...
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Thomas Stone High School Celebrates 2022 Graduation, More Than $29.5 Million in Scholarships

Thomas Stone High School Celebrates 2022 Graduation, More Than $29.5 Million in Scholarships

Members of Thomas Stone High School’s Class of 2022 had one more quick adjustment to make before graduation. In hopes of beating a storm that was forecast to sweep the area this afternoon, the school moved its ceremony up by 15 minutes, from 1 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Thursday. Pivoting is the name of the...
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