The Department of Recreation and Parks will be holding a lifeguard training course at the Great Mills Pool. Learn how to effectively prevent and respond to water emergencies with this American Red Cross lifeguard training. Courses are designed to provide participants with the skills and knowledge to respond to a variety of scenarios in...
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St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS) will celebrate Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week during the week of September 30 through October 4, 2019. During this week, Benjamin Banneker Elementary School will be hosting our annual celebration, which will include visits from local farmers and local food featured in the cafeteria. In addition to the...
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Calvert Hospice has been selected as a beneficiary of the Giant Food Community Bag Program for the month of October. The Giant Food Community Bag Program, which launched in July 2019, is a reusable bag program that facilitates community support with the goal to make a difference in the communities where shoppers live and...
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On Thursday, September 26, 2019, at approximately 12:30 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Wheeler Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned and one subject trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off...
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On Thursday, September 26, 2019, at approximately 11:50 a.m., firefighters responded to Chopticon High School in Morganza for the report of smoke in the building. Firefighters from Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department responded, and after arriving on scene reported a water pump in a boiler room had malfunctioned. Students, teachers, and staff had evacuated...
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Effective October 1, 2019, the statewide sales age increases to 21 for all tobacco products, including electronic smoking devices (e-cigarettes, vapes, pod-based devices such as JUUL and their e-liquids, and component parts and accessories). Important changes impacting tobacco sales: There is no “grandfather,” phase-in, or grace period for individuals who are 18 years of age prior to...
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Registration for the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) annual fall chess tournament, set for 9 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 26 at Thomas Stone High School, is now open for students. The tournament is for students in kindergarten through Grade 12. Interested participants must register online at https://ccpsregistration.wufoo.com/forms/ccps-2019-fall-chess-tournament/ by Wednesday, Oct. 23. The registration window closes...
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Herbert Gene Whichard, 84, of Lusby, MD and formerly of Washington, NC and Berwyn Heights, MD, passed away on September 21, 2019 at Calvert Health Medical Center. Born August 29, 1935 in Greenville, NC, he was the son of the late David Forrest Whichard and Marian Payne. Gene graduated from Washington High School in...
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Biology Department presents Jeremy Testa to discuss “The Long Road of Chesapeake Bay Restoration: Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery” as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia series. The talk takes place on Oct. 30 at 4:45 p.m. in Schaefer Hall 106. Testa, visiting the National Public Honors College...
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On Wednesday, October 2 at 10:00 am, join Historic St. Mary’s City Little Explorers to wander “On The Farm!” Youngsters will be able to meet the animals, learn about different farm jobs, and hear the many sounds “on the farm.” The Little Explorers will be meeting at the Godiah Spray Plantation, located at 47621...
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On Saturday, September 21, 2019, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the Owl Moon Raptor Center received a call from Mark Decarli, who was boating and saw an osprey upside down in a tree in Pasadena. Donna Cole, employees from the Owl Moon Center, and Bob Baltz, who volunteers for the Maryland Park Service with the...
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Moving one’s belongings from one place to another is, at best, a hectic process. There are many things to remember, to keep track of and safeguard. Luckily, a Laurel woman had her mother helping with the move and her mom found a forgotten $50,000 winning Powerball ticket. “I almost never buy tickets,” said the...
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U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Gari Terrell Miller, 39, of Clinton, to 9 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, and to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Miller was one of the first defendants charged as...
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The reconstructed State House of 1676 (HSMC) has been undergoing renovations and repair to its original roof. Built in 1934 in honor of Maryland’s tercentennial, the State House was constructed with a flat tile, which was the best estimate as to the type of roof the original building had. Eighty-five years later, with the...
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On Sunday, September 22, 2019. at approximately 12:50 p.m., the engine company at the Lake Shore Fire Station in Pasadena was alerted to respond to a dwelling fire in the Jacobsville area, when a firefighter getting dressed collapsed. A career member of the crew became unconscious while dressing to respond and another member of...
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Registration has opened for a hide tanning workshop scheduled on October 26, 2019. Hunting season is upon us, and Historic St. Mary’s City is offering a workshop to help learn the native art of taking a deer hide and turning it into soft buckskin. This program, designed for beginners, takes the participant through the...
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Prepare for upcoming travel and apply for your U.S. Passport today at Calvert Library Prince Frederick. As a convenience to the community, Calvert Library is now a State Department-approved passport acceptance facility. While there, you can pick up books and other materials about your destination. You can even download the library’s Mango Languages learning...
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On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at approximately 5:30 a.m., firefighters from Huntingtown, Prince Frederick, Dunkirk, St. Leonard and surrounding departments responded to Queensberry Drive in Huntingtown, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story single family residence with fire showing from the roof and rear of the house....
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Sheriff Tim Cameron and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office congratulate Capt. David Yingling, Commander of the Patrol Division, for his graduation from the FBI National Academy this month. Capt. Yingling was one of 256 law enforcement officers to complete the 277th session of the National Academy, graduating on Sept. 13, 2019. Internationally known...
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Pamela’s dynamic personality and innate sense of fairness were displayed across her many talents which included a gorgeous singing voice, mastery of guitar, banjo, and dulcimer, and detailed costume design. The wedding dress she wore when she married her loving husband Mark Schleicher in 1984 was handmade and precisely fashioned based upon a photograph...
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After celebrating his 89th birthday on Labor Day, Charles Mellon Lockerby (“Chuck”) passed away on September 14 at his home in Drum Point, Lusby, Maryland, where he lived with his wife of 64+ years, Jean. Born in San Mateo, California in 1930, he spent his early boyhood years in San Mateo County before—following a...
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UPDATE 9/25/19: On September 23 at 1:52 p.m., officers, the fire department and EMS responded to the 3100 block of Elsa Avenue in Waldorf for the report of a crash involving a pedestrian. Once on the scene, the victim was observed pinned underneath a skid-steer, a piece of construction equipment. He was extricated by...
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On Monday, September 23, 2019, at approximately 3:35 p.m., firefighters from Leonardtown, Hollywood, Bay District and Valley Lee responded to the area of 41485 Connelly Street in Leonardtown, for the reported outside fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find approximately 3 acres of woods and a field on fire and requested more brush...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County is calling all citizens interested in volunteering their time to the community by serving on various Boards, Committees and Commissions. Detailed descriptions of the various boards and membership application are available on the County’s website at https://www.stmarysmd.com/boards/. All applications must include a resume and be submitted no later...
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Allen Lee “Al” Huey, 64, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. He was born on October 28, 1954 to the late Charles Huey and Evelyn Manges Huey. Al is a 1972 graduate of Homer Center High School and 1976 graduate of...
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