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St. Mary’s County Board of Education Appoint BeeJay Dothard as Principal at Great Mills High School

St. Mary’s County Board of Education Appoint BeeJay Dothard as Principal at Great Mills High School

Superintendent of Schools, Dr. J. Scott Smith, announces the administrative appointment made by the Board of Education at its meeting of Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The Board appointed Mr. BeeJay Dothard as Principal of Great Mills High School. Mr. Dothard holds a Master’s Degree from Notre Dame of Maryland University and a Bachelor’s Degree...
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No Injuries Reported After Shed Fire in Golden Beach

No Injuries Reported After Shed Fire in Golden Beach

On Thursday, April 7, 2022, at approximately 12:52 p.m., firefighters from Mechanicsville, Hollywood, and Hughesville responded to the 29000 block of Grant Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a small 10×10 shed fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters extinguished the fire in under 15 minutes. No...
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NAS Patuxent River Transitions Back to Health Protection Condition Alpha, Effective Thursday, April 7, 2022

NAS Patuxent River Transitions Back to Health Protection Condition Alpha, Effective Thursday, April 7, 2022

NAS Patuxent River transitioned from Health Protection Condition (HPCON) Bravo to HPCON Alpha as of April 7, 2022 as a result of falling COVID cases within the surrounding counties of Southern Maryland. HPCONs are protocols for health protection during public health emergencies, such as a pandemic. Commanders review and update these HPCONs based on...
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Island Music Company Partners with Martin’s Service Station to Present “The Martin Guitar Experience” on Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Island Music Company Partners with Martin’s Service Station to Present “The Martin Guitar Experience” on Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Calling all guitar enthusiasts! Mark your calendars NOW and make sure to attend the MARTIN GUITAR EXPERIENCE, brought to you by Island Music Company in La, Plata, MD on Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 from 2:00 p.m., to 6:00 p.m. For one day only, Island Music Company will have sales representative Brenden Hackett from Martin...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – April 5, 2022

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – April 5, 2022

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County held their regular business meeting in the Chesapeake Building Tuesday, April 5, 2022, with the invocation and pledge followed by approval of the consent agenda. The Commissioners then presented Proclamations in honor of National Public Health Week, Week of the Young Child, Fair Housing Month and National Library...
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St. Mary’s County Government Operations for Good Friday, April 15, 2022

St. Mary’s County Government Operations for Good Friday, April 15, 2022

In observance of Good Friday, all St. Mary’s County Government administrative offices will be closed Friday, April 15, 2022. Offices will reopen with regular operating schedules Monday, April 18, 2022. The St. Andrews Landfill and the six (6) Convenience Centers will be open normal hours Friday, April 15, 2022. However, the St. Andrews Landfill...
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Calvert Hospice Announce Two Specialized Grief Support Programs Starting in April 2022

Calvert Hospice Announce Two Specialized Grief Support Programs Starting in April 2022

Healing Hearts is a 4-week program for those who have lost their mothers. The group will be held on Tuesdays starting April 16, and ending May 17 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m., at Trinity United Methodist Church (90 Church Street, Prince Frederick). There is a $35 supply fee for the group, but scholarships are...
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Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to 39 Years in Prison for Sexual Attacks Targeting Men, Attacked and Raped Three Victims in 2016 During Home Invasions

Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to 39 Years in Prison for Sexual Attacks Targeting Men, Attacked and Raped Three Victims in 2016 During Home Invasions

Bryant Webster, 38, of Suitland, Maryland, was sentenced today to 39 years in prison for a series of home invasions carried out over a 50-day period in 2016 in which he sexually assaulted three men, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Webster...
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Diggs Elementary School Science Teacher Michael Johnson is One of Six State Finalists for Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

Diggs Elementary School Science Teacher Michael Johnson is One of Six State Finalists for Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

When his principal asked if he was interested in moving from teaching fifth grade to taking over as the school’s science teacher, Michael Johnson experienced a brief moment of doubt. Science wasn’t his favorite subject when he was in high school, but he was excited for the challenge. And he quickly developed an appreciation...
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Calvert County Government Announces Good Friday Schedule, Friday, April 15, 2022

Calvert County Government Announces Good Friday Schedule, Friday, April 15, 2022

The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners announces county offices will be closed on Friday, April 15, 2022, in observance of Good Friday. In addition: The Appeal Solid Waste Facility, which includes the landfill and transfer station, and all county customer convenience centers will be open with normal operating hours Friday, April 15. The...
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Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Three Vehicle Collision in California

Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Three Vehicle Collision in California

On Thursday, April 7, 2022, at approximately 7:35 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Patuxent Beach Road and South Patuxent Beach Road in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. As firefighters from Bay District responded to the scene, 911 Dispatchers upgraded the assignment to a motor...
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UPDATE: Officials Release Name of Victim in Fatal House Fire in Lusby

UPDATE: Officials Release Name of Victim in Fatal House Fire in Lusby

UPDATE 4/6/2022: The victim of Sunday’s afternoon house fire in Lusby has been positively identified as 58-year-old Paul Alan Pinkowski. At around 3:00 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the 12100 block of DoubleTree Lane for a reported house fire with possible entrapment. 911 dispatchers reported the subject was able to...
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Police in Charles County Arrest Suspect in Connection with Armed Robbery Case and a Theft from Auto Case

Police in Charles County Arrest Suspect in Connection with Armed Robbery Case and a Theft from Auto Case

Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office have identified and arrested a suspect in connection with an armed robbery of a citizen and a theft from auto. Anthony Kavon Brown, 21, of Waldorf, was developed as a suspect in a robbery that occurred in December 2021. Further, detectives...
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24-Year-Old Lexington Park Woman Arrested for Stabbing Man, Released from Jail Same Day

24-Year-Old Lexington Park Woman Arrested for Stabbing Man, Released from Jail Same Day

On Monday, April 4, 2022, at approximately 11:26 p.m., police responded to the 46800 block of Hilton Drive in Lexington Park, for the check the welfare. A witness advised deputies a loud disturbance was heard in an apartment and deputies discovered blood outside the residence. No one would answer the door at the residence,...
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No Injuries Reported After Basement Fire in California, State Fire Marshal Investigating

No Injuries Reported After Basement Fire in California, State Fire Marshal Investigating

On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at approximately 11:05 a.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Hollywood, Leonardtown, and Valley Lee responded to the 46000 block of Dean Court in California, for the reported smoke coming from a residence. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story residence with smoke showing. After further...
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Newburg Man Sentenced to Maximum of 10 Years for Having Sexual Contact With a Minor

Newburg Man Sentenced to Maximum of 10 Years for Having Sexual Contact With a Minor

St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announces that on October 15, 2021, Charles Kenny, 48 of Newburg, entered a plea to Third Degree Sexual Offense for having sexual contact with a minor. On March 23, 2022, Judge Stanalonis sentenced the Defendant to the maximum penalty of 10 years in the Department of Corrections....
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NO INJURIES – Student in Custody After Incident at Green Holly Elementary

NO INJURIES – Student in Custody After Incident at Green Holly Elementary

On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at approximately 11:30 a.m., police responded to the Green Holly Elementary School located at 46060 Millstone Landing Road in Lexington Park, for the reported disturbance. The 911 caller reported a male student broke a glass mirror and was threatening to harm himself and staff with the glass. The student...
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St. Mary’s County Jury Finds Lexington Park Man Guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and 3rd Degree Sex Offense

St. Mary’s County Jury Finds Lexington Park Man Guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and 3rd Degree Sex Offense

St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announces that on March 29, 2022, a jury found Clayton “Tommy” Williams, 38 of Lexington Park, guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Sexual Offense in the 3rd Degree after two days in trial. Upon finding of guilt by the jury, Judge Nichols remanded the Defendant...
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Police in Charles County Arrest Man After Machete Attack in Waldorf

Police in Charles County Arrest Man After Machete Attack in Waldorf

On April 3, 2022, at 7:10 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 12500 block of Mattawoman Drive in Waldorf for the report of an assault. Upon arrival, officers observed a male victim who had several lacerations. A preliminary investigation revealed the suspect, Coby Elliott Stewart, Jr., 31, of no...
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Glen Burnie Man Receives 20 Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Glen Burnie Man Receives 20 Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced today that Nathaniel Williams, 39, of Glen Burnie was sentenced to 20 years of active incarceration for sexual abuse of a minor. A jury found the defendant guilty on September 23, 2021. “It’s heartbreaking that an innocent child was abused by someone who was supposed...
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St. Leonard Man Sentenced to 20-Years for Armed Robbery, Violation of Probation After Stealing $380 from North Beach Fastop at Gunpoint

St. Leonard Man Sentenced to 20-Years for Armed Robbery, Violation of Probation After Stealing $380 from North Beach Fastop at Gunpoint

UPDATE 4/4/2022: On April 4, 2022, Bryce Everett-Earl Goggins was sentenced in Calvert County Circuit Court for his role in the October, 2021, armed robbery of the North Beach Fastop. Goggins, 30, received a sentence of 60 years, suspended down to 15 years incarceration, with the first 5 to be served without parole. Goggins...
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Prince George’s County Police Department Seeking Identities of Suspects Involved in Vandalizing Police Cruiser

Prince George’s County Police Department Seeking Identities of Suspects Involved in Vandalizing Police Cruiser

On Saturday, April 2, 2022, at approximately 11:35 p.m., an officer in his marked cruiser attempted to disperse a large crowd that had gathered for a car meet up in the area of ​​Chevy Chase Drive at Sweitzer Lane. There were approximately 100 vehicles as well as the large group of spectators. The officer...
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William Douglas Hill, Jr., known as “Billy”

William Douglas Hill, Jr., known as “Billy”

William Douglas Hill, Jr., known as “Billy” to nearly everyone, died peacefully at his home in Helen, Maryland in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 2, 2022. Billy was born in an old farmhouse in Maddox, Maryland on August 21, 1937. He and his twin brother Joseph Albert Hill, “Joe”, were the first...
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Patricia “Patsy” Anne Irby Cheseldine, 79

Patricia “Patsy” Anne Irby Cheseldine, 79

Patricia “Patsy” Anne Irby Cheseldine, 79 of Leonardtown, MD, formerly of Avenue, MD peacefully passed away on March 31, 2022, at home. She was born March 26, 1943, in Farmville, VA she was the daughter of the late Fannie Mae and Sam Moses Irby. Patsy was the loving wife of John William “Billy” Cheseldine,...
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Police Rescue Two Children and Two Adults from Partially Submerged Vehicle After Collision

Police Rescue Two Children and Two Adults from Partially Submerged Vehicle After Collision

On Friday, April 1, 2022, at approximately 9:15 p.m., an officer was on patrol in Severn-Danza Park when he heard a crash in his immediate vicinity. He discovered a vehicle had lost control on Donaldson Avenue and went off the road through trees and a fence before becoming half-submerged in a drainage pond in...
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