Two St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) initiatives were recognized nationally as Promising Practices by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). NACCHO recognizes outstanding local public health practices, sharing them through a national database so other local health departments may replicate them in their communities. Program applications go through a...
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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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St. Mary’s County Government’s Recreation & Parks Department is excited to announce School of Rock as this year’s Summerstock Theater production. Summerstock provides county youth, up to age 21, the opportunity to participate in community theater each summer. Reviews are always overwhelmingly positive, and many suggest each summer’s production rivals some professional theatrical performances....
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the Grants Gateway application is open for local governments and organizations for Fiscal Year 2025, which begins July 1, 2024. Through this process, funding is available for projects that restore local waterways, increase communities’ resilience to climate change and storm impacts, strengthen local economies, develop the next generation of environmental stewards,...
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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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Charles County Parks & Recreation released the following. “On Thursday, July 13, a patron was found unresponsive in the Thomas Stone Outdoor Pool. Lifeguards called 9-1-1 and immediately began administering CPR. Emergency services arrived soon after and transported the patient to the hospital, where the individual was officially pronounced deceased. We extend our condolences...
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UPDATE 7/17/2023: The Maryland Office of the Attorney General Independent Investigations Division Released the following statement: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General is investigating a fatal crash that occurred following a police pursuit in Charles County on Thursday afternoon. On June 29, at approximately 2:00 p.m., officers with...
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UPDATE 7/17/2023: On July 16, 2023, at 2:54 PM police and emergency services were dispatched to a reported head- on motor vehicle collision with injuries in the area of the twenty-two thousand block of Newtowne Neck Road in Leonardtown. Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office arrived on scene and observed a 2013...
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UPDATE 8:56 a.m.: The occupant of the residence was transported to an area hospital for further evaluation and smoke inhalation injuries. The injured firefighter signed care refusal forms on the scene and was not transported. SMECO and the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal has been requested to respond. Firefighters located fire throughout...
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Former Prince George’s County Department of Corrections correctional officer Danielle Dominique Smith, age 34, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, in connection with her smuggling drugs to a prisoner with whom she had an intimate relationship. The guilty plea was announced by...
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Governor Wes Moore announced that Vegetable and Butcher, a subscription-based food delivery service, is relocating its headquarters to Maryland. The company is moving from Washington, D.C. to a 32,000 square-foot Class A industrial space at 6001 Fallard Drive in Upper Marlboro. “We are ecstatic to welcome Vegetable and Butcher to the Prince George’s County...
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On July 7, 2023, Madison G. Wagaman, 35, of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, entered a guilty plea in Calvert County Circuit Court to involuntary manslaughter. The plea stemmed from a March 22, 2022, incident in which Wagaman got involved in an argument with her 74-year old mother-in-law. Wagaman ultimately struck the victim in the face,...
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Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place July 17–July 18, 2023 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Pilots at NAS Pax River will be conducting Field Carrier Landing Practices (FCLPs). FCLPs are simulated carrier landings conducted to prepare the pilot to land safely...
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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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Beep! Beep! What eliminates the carbon dioxide equivalent of 42 trees, and can be found zipping around the College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) La Plata and Regional Hughesville campuses? It’s the college’s new Polaris GEM utility vehicles – a sign of things to come as CSM begins transitioning to a smaller, less gas-reliant fleet...
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On July 13, 2023, at approximately 1:40 p.m., officers responded for a report of a shooting that just occurred in the 100 block of Southbridge Drive in Glen Burnie. The complainant indicated that they heard a female yelling for help and that someone was shooting. The complainant went on to say that they observed...
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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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Governor Wes Moore announced 100 matching grants totaling $5 million awarded to Maryland nonprofits, local jurisdictions, and other heritage tourism organizations by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. Grant funds support heritage tourism projects and activities that attract visitors and expand economic development and tourism-related jobs throughout Maryland. “Heritage tourism boosts local economies, connects people...
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By Rick Burke, Navy Office of Community Outreach: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lt. Matthew Eastburg, a native of California, Maryland, serves with Patrol and Reconnaissance Squadron (VP) 45 based out of Jacksonville, Florida. The squadron’s primary mission is to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Eastburg, a 2012 graduate of Great...
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Enrollment for College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM) homeschool programming opens July 12, with classes expanding to St. Mary’s County as the educational alternative continues to grow in popularity throughout the region. CSM Kids’ & Teen College has offered families a supportive community along with a customizable experience that includes a wide variety of homeschool...
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On Sunday, July 16, 2023, at approximately 2:45 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Lincoln Avenue in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find three vehicles in the roadway with one patient with injuries. The operator of...
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Barbara Louise Johnston, 77 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on June 25, 2023 at home with her loving family at her side. She was born on July 24, 1945 in Wilkinsburg, PA to the late Harold Arthur Lersch and Mary Louise Jack Lersch. Barbara worked as an Accountant for the United States Navy at...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md.: The Navy’s Tomahawk Weapons System program office (PMA-280) welcomed a new program manager during a ceremony July 6 in Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Rear Adm. Stephen Tedford, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO (U&W)), presided over the change of command ceremony where...
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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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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.: For the first time, the U.S. and Royal Australian Navies have successfully demonstrated a periodic maintenance interval (PMI) on a U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk in Australia. The milestone demonstrates both countries’ commitment to advancing military readiness in the Indo-Pacific region. H-60 Multi-Mission Helicopter Program’s (PMA-299) Special Projects...
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