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St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services Replacing Old Hazmat Units

St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services Replacing Old Hazmat Units

It consolidates equipment across two-pickup trucks, trailers, and a retrofitted bus into one response unit. It is staffed by volunteer hazardous materials technicians from all of the St. Mary’s County Fire Departments. The unit features a light tower, PTO generator, and SCBA fill station. The new unit will be receiving an LED light package...
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SMADC Launches Dynamic New Website A Fresh New Look for Southern Maryland Agriculture

SMADC Launches Dynamic New Website A Fresh New Look for Southern Maryland Agriculture

The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC), a division of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, is pleased to announce the launch of their recently updated website featuring fun and fresh new features for farmers and consumers alike. Colorful, intuitive, and easy to navigate, the website was constructed by All Ag Media of Calvert...
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Sheriff Cameron Invites Public to Attend The 36th Annual National Night Out on Tuesday August 6

Sheriff Cameron Invites Public to Attend The 36th Annual National Night Out on Tuesday August 6

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office invites you, your family and your community to the 36th Annual National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, from 6 to 8 pm – an opportunity to meet and socialize with law enforcement and your neighbors. A neighborhood that invests time and cares into each other is...
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Maryland State Police Helicopter Crew Rescues Injured Boater In Anne Arundel County

Maryland State Police Helicopter Crew Rescues Injured Boater In Anne Arundel County

A Maryland State Police helicopter crew rescued an injured boater from the waters off Flat Island in Anne Arundel County. On Sunday, July 28, at approximately 4:00 p.m., the Anne Arundel County Emergency Operations Center received a call requesting assistance for an individual who was injured in a tubing accident in the waters east...
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Cambridge Angler Reels in Record 72-Pound Mahi Mahi Near Ocean City

Cambridge Angler Reels in Record 72-Pound Mahi Mahi Near Ocean City

Jeff Wright of Cambridge has broken a 34-year-old Maryland state fishing record in the Atlantic Division for a common dolphinfish, or mahi mahi. Wright caught the 72.8-pound fish July 28 off the coast of Ocean City. Wright was aboard a boat above Poor Man’s Canyon practicing with friends for the upcoming White Marlin Open...
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Two Injured After Rollover Crash in Callaway

Two Injured After Rollover Crash in Callaway

On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at approximately 11:25 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Hunting Quarter Drive in Callaway, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned and one subject trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles in the roadway...
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Drivers be Prepared for Routine Maintenance Scheduled for the Thomas Johnson Bridge Starting August 5th

Drivers be Prepared for Routine Maintenance Scheduled for the Thomas Johnson Bridge Starting August 5th

On Monday, Aug. 5, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) will begin a week-long routine bridge inspection of the MD 4 (Patuxent Beach Road) Bridge over the Patuxent River (Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge) at the Calvert / St. Mary’s County line. The inspection will take place Monday, Aug. 5, through...
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Vehicle Arson Fire Under Investigation in Prince Frederick

Vehicle Arson Fire Under Investigation in Prince Frederick

On Saturday, July 27, 2019, at 9:25 a.m., police responded to 1770 Old Adelina Road in Prince Frederick, for the reported vehicle fire. Officers arrived on scene to find a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu destroyed by a fire. No fire department response was needed and the scene was turned over to the Office of the...
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UPDATE: Ocean City Police Issue Press Release on Motorcycle Crash That Killed 27-Year-Old Mechanicsville Man

UPDATE: Ocean City Police Issue Press Release on Motorcycle Crash That Killed 27-Year-Old Mechanicsville Man

UPDATE 7/31/2019 @ 10:30 a.m.: Ocean City Police Issued the following press release: Ocean City police officers are continuing to investigate a fatal crash involving a motorcycle that occurred Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a motorcycle in the area of 45th Street. The motorcycle fled from officers,...
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Loberta Aletha Dement, “Bert”, 73

Loberta Aletha Dement, “Bert”, 73

Loberta Aletha Dement, “Bert”, 73 of Alpharetha, GA, passed away on July 22, 2019, in California, MD. Born on July 2, 1946, in Leonardtown, MD, she was the loving daughter of the late Clara Dement, and Harry Dement. Bert is survived by her sons Leon Dement (Joanne) of Lexington Park, MD, David Dement of...
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Jonathan Emory Armstrong

Jonathan Emory Armstrong

Jonathan Emory Armstrong passed away suddenly Thursday, July 18, 2019, at the age of 35. Jon was born on May 17, 1984 in Annapolis, Maryland. Jonathan loved his daughters, ice cream, fast cars, cookie dough, cream chipped beef, every mobster film ever made, fruit snacks, beautiful women, any clothes the color white, a good...
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Samuel Alexander “Sam” Mudd, Sr., 82

Samuel Alexander “Sam” Mudd, Sr., 82

Samuel Alexander “Sam” Mudd, Sr., 82, of Huntingtown, MD passed away July 28, 2019 at his residence. Sam was born August 22, 1936 in Washington, DC to Helen Louise (Simpson) Mudd and Joseph Burch Mudd of Waldorf, MD. After graduating from La Plata High School, Sam joined the DC Air National Guard, and was...
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Jack Edwin Fischer, 72

Jack Edwin Fischer, 72

Jack Edwin Fischer, age 72, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Monday, July 22, 2019 at George Washington Hospital Center in Washington D.C. after a battle with Leukemia. He was born May 5, 1947 in Seat Pleasant, Maryland to Carl and Mary Francis Fischer. He was a 1966 graduate of Central High...
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Ronald (Ron) Joseph Gibson

Ronald (Ron) Joseph Gibson

Ronald (Ron) Joseph Gibson of Owings passed away suddenly at Calvert Memorial Hospital on Sunday, July 28. Ron was born on August 27, 1951 in Prince Frederick. He attended Calvert County public schools and received degrees in foreign language from Frostburg State University (BA) and Penn State University (MA). He taught French to middle-school...
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Lucy Catherine Goldsmith, 59

Lucy Catherine Goldsmith, 59, of Nanjemoy, MD passed away on July 27, 2019, at George Washington University Hospital Center in Washington, DC. Born in LaPlata, MD on September 30, 1959, to the late Joseph and Ida Quade, she is also preceded in death by her husband, John W. Goldsmith, Sr. and her brother, James...
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Linda Darlene Erickson, 69

Linda Darlene Erickson, 69

Linda Darlene Erickson, 69, of Waldorf MD, passed away on July 6, 2019, at the Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, with her family by her side. Linda was born in Cheverly MD to the late Leonard and Patricia Crawford on January 12, 1950. Linda married Kent Erickson on January 11, 1975 in Forestville MD....
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Tickets for the Southern Maryland Film Festival Officially on Sale

Tickets for the Southern Maryland Film Festival Officially on Sale

This year’s Southern Maryland Film Festival will be held at R/C Theatres’ Lexington Exchange Movies 12, 44800 Oak Crest Dr, California, MD 20619, on Saturday, August 24th from 10:00 a.m. to 10:15 p.m. “R/C Theatres has been an incredible venue sponsor, “ states Film Festival representative Theresa Wood. “In addition to providing an indoor,...
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Kids Can Join Local Artist at the Final Art Classes of Summer 2019 at St. Clement’s Island Museum

Kids Can Join Local Artist at the Final Art Classes of Summer 2019 at St. Clement’s Island Museum

Kids have one more chance this summer to join art instructor, Ms. Ellen Duke Wilson, in exploring fine arts at St. Clement’s Island Museum Art Kids classes. Throughout the summer, young artists have their understanding of art and history while learning to sketch, paint and sculpt. Students will also reflect how creating art can...
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33-Year-Old Broomes Island Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident in Lothian

33-Year-Old Broomes Island Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident in Lothian

On July 29, 2019, at approximately 5:00 a.m., officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, Southern District responded to Southern Maryland Boulevard (MD 4) N/B and Talbot Road in Lothian for a crash involving a motorcycle. A Dodge truck pulling a box trailer was traveling northbound on Southern Maryland Boulevard approaching Talbot Road....
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Calvert Marine Museum Event Listings for August, 2019

Calvert Marine Museum Event Listings for August, 2019

Summer is only getting hotter, so why not cool down at the Calvert Marine Museum!  Visit special exhibits like the new Megalodon jaws or Working the Water: Photography by Jay Fleming.  On the weekends, cruise around the boat basin in a row or pedal boat, or go beyond the basin on the historic Wm....
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17th Annual Beach Party to be Held on the Leonardtown Square, August 3

17th Annual Beach Party to be Held on the Leonardtown Square, August 3

The popular annual event for all ages returns to Leonardtown Square on Saturday, August 3, 2019, from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Splash into fun at the 17th Annual Leonardtown Beach Party on the Square. No need for tickets; all event-sponsored activities are FREE – Visit with real-life super heroes – Transformers Optimus Prime...
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Calvert County to Give Property Tax Credit for Disabled and Fallen Law Enforcement, Rescue Workers, and Surviving Spouses

Calvert County to Give Property Tax Credit for Disabled and Fallen Law Enforcement, Rescue Workers, and Surviving Spouses

The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners has authorized a property tax credit for disabled law enforcement officers, rescue workers, and surviving spouses. “When first responders give themselves to serve and protect their community, they knowingly put themselves into high-risk, dangerous situations on a daily basis,” said Commissioner President Thomas E. “Tim” Hutchins. “The...
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The Leonardtown Business Association of Leonardtown Invites the Public to the First Friday Event on August 2

The Leonardtown Business Association of Leonardtown Invites the Public to the First Friday Event on August 2

The Leonardtown Business Association and The Commissioners of Leonardtown invite you out to their monthly First Friday event. August First Friday is all about our dedicated First Responders. Bring the whole family for a wonderful free community event, Fire Trucks, Police Cars, Ambulances and more will be on display for you to see and...
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Charles County Public Schools Open House Schedule for the 2019-2020 School Year

Charles County Public Schools Open House Schedule for the 2019-2020 School Year

Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) has released its open house schedule for the 2019-20 school year. Listed below are open house dates and times, and other activities for schools. Please call the specific school with questions about open house events. Elementary Schools C. Paul Barnhart, open house, Sept. 19, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.; Berry,...
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The American Chestnut Land Trust in Prince Frederick Receives $20,000 Grant from Maryland Heritage Area Authority

The American Chestnut Land Trust in Prince Frederick Receives $20,000 Grant from Maryland Heritage Area Authority

The American Chestnut Land Trust (ACLT) in Prince Frederick is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a $20,000 grant from the Maryland Heritage Area Authority (MHAA) for research to be conducted as the initial phase of the “Parkers Creek Heritage Trail”. According to the grant application: “For more than 10,000 years,...
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