The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County and the Commissioners of Leonardtown invite the public to a commemorative Wreath Laying Ceremony in the square in Leonardtown Monday, November 11, 2019, immediately following the annual Veterans Day Parade. This ceremony will commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II with...
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Deputy Transportation Secretary R. Earl Lewis Jr. met with St. Mary’s County officials today to discuss the Draft FY 2020-2025 Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP), which details the Maryland Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) draft six-year capital budget. Today’s meeting was part of MDOT’s tour of 23 Maryland counties and Baltimore City to update officials and...
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White Oak Parkway located approximately halfway between Wildewood Boulevard and Wildewood Parkway in California, will close on or about Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, for replacement of a drainage pipe. For the duration of the project, only access to the residential entrances will be permitted, through traffic will be prohibited. Changeable message signs and detour...
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On Saturday, October 19, 2019, Steve Walker, Director of Emergency Services, presented 75 animal leashes to St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron in support of safe animal rescue. The leases were purchased through an anonymous donation made by a St. Mary’s County resident to “Show Your Soft Side,” an organization that works in collaboration...
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Cecil’s Historic District has been a source of economic growth in St. Mary’s County for 200 years. That history continues with grand opening of Herring Creek Furniture at Cecil’s Old Mill. Once the main source for much of the lumber used to build homes and local business in 19th & early 20th centuries, Cecil’s...
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On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at approximately 6:05 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Great Mills Road 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 were evaluated on...
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Aileen Marie Campbell, lovingly called “Ali” went to the Lord October 20, 2019. She was born May 18, 2001 in Annapolis, MD to Julie Ann and Stephen T. Campbell. Ali attended Calvert Elementary in Prince Frederick, Plum Point Middle in Huntingtown, Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Solomons Island and was...
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After six years of dedicated service to The Office of the State Fire Marshal, explosive detection K-9, Blitz, will retire from the Maryland State Police. Blitz, a nine-year-old German Shepherd, was the first State Fire Marshal K-9 to be certified by the Maryland State Police in June of 2013. With his partner, Deputy State...
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Patient First wants everyone to enjoy the frightful fun this Halloween. Here are a few reminders to help insure your “Trick-or-Treaters” have a fun and safe Halloween: Know the route that your children will take if you do not go with them. Younger children should go with adults. There should be at least one...
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Communities surrounding the NAS Patuxent River airfield are advised that up to six fixed wing nighttime testing events are scheduled to take place between November 5, through December 2, 2019 from 9:00 p.m., to 7:00 a.m. As with all operations, NAS Patuxent River takes precautions to lessen the impact of testing activities on the...
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On Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at approximately 8:50 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road and Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one person trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway in a head-on style collision, with...
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On October 19, 2019, a deputy from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Park and Ride located at Lower Pindell Road and Southern Maryland Boulevard for a vehicle theft from Calvert that had not been reported yet and was found in Anne Arundel. The vehicle was a 2005 Pierce Fire Truck, belonging...
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On October 20, 2019, at approximately 9:15 p.m., units from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and members of the Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the area of 5025 Hardesty Road Sunderland, for a report of a single vehicle collision. Upon arrival, units located a 2016 Toyota Corolla on its roof. A preliminary...
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Timothy Russell “Pop” Willis, Sr., age 81, of Newburg, MD, passed away on October 13, 2019 in La Plata, MD. Pop was an Army National Guard Veteran and a Retired Police Officer, with 44 years of combined police service with the DC Metropolitan Police Department and the Library of Congress Police Department. During the...
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Doris Bachmeier Riess, 83, of Baden, MD passed away peacefully on October 15, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Waldorf, MD on August 29, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Karl Bachmeier and the late Cecilia Eggerstorfer Bachmeier Arch and step-daughter to Anton Arch. Doris met the love of her...
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Carolyn Smith Ecker, 74, of Hollywood, MD passed away due to complications from multiple organ failure, on October 9, 2019 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital with her husband by her side. She was born on September 24, 1945 in Washington, D.C. to the late Joseph Judson Smith, Jr. and the late Harriet (Schmaltz) Smith....
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Danny Kent Bafford, 66, passed away peacefully on September 26, 2019 in residence at Charlotte Hall Veterans’ Home in Charlotte Hall, MD. Danny is preceded in death by his parents Eva E. and James E. Bafford originally from Broomes Island and Glen Burnie, MD. Danny graduated from Glen Burnie High School and received his...
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Peacefully on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, Clinton, Jr. went home to be with the Lord. Friends may unite with the family on Friday, October 25, from 1:00pm until time of service 2:00 p.m., at the BRISCOE-TONIC FUNERAL HOME located at 2294 Old Washington Road in Waldorf, MD. Interment to follow at Heritage Cemetery in...
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Peacefully on Sunday, October 13, 2019, Bernadette Hardy departed this earthly life in Washington, DC. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, October 26, 2019 from 10:00am until time of service 11:00am at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home located at 2294 Old Washington Road, Waldorf, MD 20601. Interment will follow service at Heritage Memorial Cemetery, Waldorf....
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On Sunday, October 13, 2019, Merle Cecelia (Holmes) Gaddy, 80, departed this earthly life and transitioned to her heavenly home. She is survived by her two sons; DuWayne (DeeDee), Darrell (Debbe) and one daughter Dionne; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, three sisters and a host of nieces and nephews. The Family invites friends...
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Peacefully on Saturday, October 12, 2019 Jesse W. Cowart departed this earthly life in Clinton, MD. Family and friends will unite on Monday, October 21, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at 11:00 a.m. at Tree of Life Christian Ministries, 9109 Piscataway Rd., Clinton, MD 20735. Interment will follow at MD Veterans...
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On Thursday, October 17, 2019, at approximately 3:00 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the CVS on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident involving a bus. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the parking lot of the CVS in a rear-end style collision....
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On Sunday, October 20, 2019, at approximately 12:50 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of All Faith Church Road and New Market Turner Road in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned, and one possibly trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single...
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