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Volunteers in St. Mary’s County Sought for Solar Task Force

Volunteers in St. Mary’s County Sought for Solar Task Force

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County are seeking five volunteers for a Solar Task Force. This task force will seek community input, further investigate community needs, learn about solar regulations; identify potential site locations, discuss potential strengths/challenges with solar facilities. This five-member task force will meet monthly for six months to discuss gathered information...
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Minor Injuries Reported After Charles County Police Officer Involved in Rollover Crash in Waldorf

On Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at approximately , police fire, and rescue personnel respond to Small Wood Drive and Middletown Road in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a Charles County Deputy. Deputies arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle crash, with the unmarked police cruiser off the roadway and...
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WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office – 2/4/2020

WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office – 2/4/2020

The following persons are wanted by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Unit is responsible for the service of criminal and child support warrants as well as criminal summonses issued by the courts. They are also responsible for coordinating extraditions of suspects out of state. If you have information...
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AUDIO: Man Rescued in Calvert After Being Trapped Under Crane Skip Pan in Dump Truck Bed

AUDIO: Man Rescued in Calvert After Being Trapped Under Crane Skip Pan in Dump Truck Bed

On Monday, February  3, 2020, at 1:25 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Route 4 and St. Leonard Road in Calvert for the reported entrapment involving heavy machinery. Crews arrived on the scene to find an adult male patient trapped inside of a dump truck bed by a crane...
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NAS PAX RIVER Noise Advisory for Field Carrier Landing Practice Flights Tuesday, February 4, to Thursday, Feb. 6

NAS PAX RIVER Noise Advisory for Field Carrier Landing Practice Flights Tuesday, February 4, to Thursday, Feb. 6

Communities surrounding the naval air station are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place February 4 – 6, 2020 between the hours of 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Pilots at NAS PAX will be conducting Field Carrier Landing Practices (FCLPs). FCLPs are simulated carrier landings conducted to prepare the pilot to...
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Board of Trustees Freeze Tuition and Fees for 2020-2021 Academic Year

St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Board of Trustees Freeze Tuition and Fees for 2020-2021 Academic Year

The Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s College of Maryland announced a freeze in tuition, fees, and room and board costs for the 2020-2021 academic year. The decision was made after a review of recommendations from a Board of Trustees Task Force, formed in 2019 at the request of President Tuajuanda C. Jordan. The...
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Detention Center Again Deemed 100-Percent Compliant

Following a state audit in the summer of 2019, the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center was once again deemed 100-percent compliant. This is the fourth audit cycle where the conclusion of the audit resulted in a 100-percent compliance rate for the facility in Leonardtown. From Aug. 20-22, 2019, the detention center was...
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Lusby Man Arrested After Attempted Armed Robbery in Lexington Park

Lusby Man Arrested After Attempted Armed Robbery in Lexington Park

On January 29, 2020, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 22000 block of Valley Estates Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported disturbance involving a firearm. Police arrived on the scene and observed a two door Ford Mustang leaving the neighbor on an off-road path from Valley Estates Drive...
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Prince George’s County Detectives Identify and Arrests Teen Who Killed Woman in Lanham Home

Prince George’s County Detectives Identify and Arrests Teen Who Killed Woman in Lanham Home

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and arrested a teenager who killed a woman inside of a Lanham home. The suspect is 17-year-old Marcos Reyes Moreno of the 6900 block of Lamont Drive in Lanham. He’s charged with the fatal stabbing of 49-year-old Blanca Aguilar. The suspect and victim both rented...
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No Injuries Reported After Head-on Collision in Park Hall

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at approximately 10:10 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to Park Hall Road and Point Lookout Road in Park Hall, for the reported head-on style collision. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway with all occupants out of the vehicles. Three patients signed...
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One Injured After Rollover Crash in Hollywood

On Friday, January 31, 2020, at approximately 12:20 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Clarkes Landing Road and Mervell Dean Road in Hollywood, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned.. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway with all occupants...
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MISSING JUVENILE – Calvert County – Blake Michael Smorey

MISSING JUVENILE – Calvert County – Blake Michael Smorey

The Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack needs the public’s help in locating a missing juvenile. Blake Michael Smorey, he is approximately 5’8” and 130 pounds. Smorey was last seen at his residence in Lusby. He left on foot and it is believed he is headed to Reading, Pennsylvania. He was last seen wearing...
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Police Investigating Suspicious Package in Lexington Park

Police Investigating Suspicious Package in Lexington Park

On Saturday, February 1, 2020, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s responded to a residence on Anita Court, in Lexington Park. Police were called after a suspicious package was delivered to a house on Anita Court. Police have closed the road and advised neighbors to stay indoors. At this time no further information...
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One Injured After Two Vehicle Collision on Great Mills Road

On Friday, January 31, 2020, at approximately 11:55 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to Great Mills Road and Australia Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway. Two patients signed care refusal forms, one patient was...
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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Cliff Climbers

On Jan. 30, 2020, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Department, Twin Beach Deputies and North Beach Volunteer Fire Department responded to reports of a cliff collapse just south of the Town owned beach, Bayfront Park aka Brownies Beach. At the time of the report, individuals were searching for fossils past the area that is open...
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State Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Crash that Killed 21-Year-Old Waldorf Man

State Police Investigating Motor Vehicle Crash that Killed 21-Year-Old Waldorf Man

Maryland State Police continue their investigation into a fatal two-vehicle crash in Prince George’s County, shortly after 11 pm on Thursday, January 30, 2020. The victim has tentatively been identified as Jose Daniel Aguilar Echeverria, 21, of Waldorf, Maryland. He was the driver and sole occupant of a Dodge Charger. The victim’s body has...
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Man Saved by His Co-Workers and First Responders with CPR and AED After Medical Emergency in Ridge

On Thursday, January 30, 2020, at approximately 9:50 a.m., police fire and emergency medical personnel responded to the 49500 block of Portneys Overlook Road in Ridge, for the reported one subject not breathing. Firefighters and police arrived on the scene to report CPR in progress. After performing CPR and utilizing an AED multiple times,...
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Stephen Patrick “Steve or Rockfish” Dean, Sr., 63

Stephen Patrick “Steve or Rockfish” Dean, Sr., 63

Stephen Patrick “Steve or Rockfish” Dean, Sr., 63, of Lusby, MD passed away on January 28, 2020 at his residence. Born April 14, 1956 in Arlington, VA, he was the son of the late Thomas Egbert Dean and Edith Virginia (Dawson) Dean. Steve served in the U.S. Army from from 1974 until 1977 and...
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Wilda Jean Beckwith, 88

Wilda Jean Beckwith, 88

Wilda Jean Beckwith, 88, of California, Maryland passed away on January 19, 2020 in her home. She was born on April 30, 1931 in Mt. Storm, West Virginia to the late Alma Ross and Helen Frances Hanlin. Wilda is preceded in death by her two husbands: William M. ”Bill” James and Roland Beckwith, and...
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Cheryl Lynn Cox, 70

Cheryl Lynn Cox, 70

Cheryl Lynn Cox, 70, passed away January 24, 2020 at her home in Huntingtown. She was born on May 23, 1949 in Calvert County to Jep Hugh and Virginia (Jones) Cox. Cheryl grew up in Chesapeake Beach and graduated from Calvert High School. She was employed with the Secretary of the Navy for 40...
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Willard Arden “Bill” Hawxhurst

Willard Arden “Bill” Hawxhurst – Born October 8, 1931 in Dearborn, Michigan was the older of two sons born to Joseph William Hawxhurst and Martha Jane Sell. Bill attended the Indiana State Normal School in Indiana, Pennsylvania, graduating from Indiana High School in 1949. After enlisting in the Regular Navy in 1950 and graduating...
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Judith Kathleen Witherow, 75

Judith Kathleen Witherow, 75

Judith Kathleen Witherow, 75, of Upper Marlboro, MD passed away January 27, 2020 at Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center. She was born November 1, 1944 in Punxsutawney, PA to James Daniel and Almeda Faye (Miller) Hodges. Judith K. Witherow was a poet, essayist and storyteller. A mixed blood Native American/Irish woman raised in...
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William Leroy Proctor Sr., 84

William Leroy Proctor Sr., 84

William Leroy Proctor Sr., 84, of Waldorf, Maryland, passed away on January 25, 2020 at Fort Washington Hospital in Fort Washington. Born on January 26, 1935 in Prince George’s County, Maryland, he was the son of the late John and Virginia Proctor. Leroy was a self-employed carpenter who enjoyed playing cards, especially “Spades”. He...
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Billy Bob Beasley, 69

Billy Bob Beasley, 69

Billy Bob Beasley, 69, of Waldorf, Maryland, passed away on January 27, 2020. Billy was born in Illinois on November 11, 1950 to the late Billy Clinton Beasley and the late Ruby Ellen Hunt Beasley. Billy enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of 18 and began what would be a 22-year...
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George Clarence Vause, 86

George Clarence Vause, 86

George Clarence Vause, 86, of California, MD died January 9, 2020 at Hospice House of St. Mary’s in Callaway, MD. He was born on February 15, 1933 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Clarence and Nora (Sullivan) Vause. George was a 1951 graduate of Great Mills High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy...
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