The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will recognize 527 candidates receiving 837 certificates and degrees during its 60th Spring Commencement ceremonies Friday, May 17, at the college’s La Plata Campus. CSM Professor of English, Communication, and Languages Dr. Richard Siciliano, who has earned the distinction of working at the college for 50 years –...
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Governor Larry Hogan invites chefs using local Maryland ingredients to submit original recipes for the Governor’s Buy Local Cookout, which will be held at Government House in Annapolis on July 18. Recipes must be submitted by May 17, and include products from at least one Maryland farmer, waterman, or other producer. Chefs are encouraged...
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Memorial Service Update: The memorial service for Deputy First Class Jason Bush will be held on May 10, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department located at 46900 S. Shangri La Drive in Lexington Park. The memorial service is open to the public, and there will be a press area...
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The need to quench his thirst with a refreshing Gatorade put a Charles County construction worker in the right place at the right time to power up with a welcome $100,000 scratch-off win. The lucky man, who rarely buys scratch-offs but enjoys playing the ones he receives as gifts, picked the $10 Power 8s game as...
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Comptroller Peter Franchot will visit small businesses throughout Maryland next week in recognition of Small Business Appreciation Week, which runs from May 5-11. “From Oakland to Ocean City, small businesses are the beating heart of our state’s economy,” said Comptroller Franchot. “These companies create jobs, provide necessary services, invest in local communities, drive innovation...
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Governor Larry Hogan, chairman of the Chesapeake Executive Council, announced that the results of the 2019 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey showed that the Bay-wide blue crab population increased 60 percent from last year, to an estimated total population of 594 million crabs. “We are proud of our administration’s strong record of skilled environmental stewardship, which...
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In September of 2018, St. Mary’s County Public Schools received information regarding possible assaults on children that occurred during the 1970’s by a former employee. St. Mary’s County Public Schools immediately notified the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, and the Criminal Investigations Division began an investigation into the allegations. The investigation determined Theodore Bell,...
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Tyson Foods, Inc., a Rogers, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 11,829,517 million pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip items were produced on various dates...
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On Thursday, May 2 at approximately 7:05 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a beauty supply shop on Festival Way in Waldorf for the report of a theft in progress. Employees noticed two females and a male concealing perfumes in a bag. When the employees approached them, one of the...
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On Thursday, May 2, 2019, at approximately 7:30 p.m., firefighters from Dunkirk and surrounding departments responded to Penny Lane and Persimmon Hills Court in Sunderland, for the report of a structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a trailer fully engulfed in flames and on the ground with several exposures to the surrounding...
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On Thursday, May 2, 2019, at approximately 6:20 p.m., firefighters from La Plata, Nanjemoy, Waldorf and surrounding departments responded to 6335 Bluegrass Way in Port Tobacco, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a large detached 3-bay garage fully engulfed in fire with no extensions or exposures to surrounding structures....
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On Saturday, May 4, 2019, at approximately 12:15 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Acton Lane and Crain Highway for the reported motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller stated that a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. While units were responding to the scene,...
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On Thursday, May 2, 2019, at approximately 4:10 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Chaptico Road in Helen, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles off the roadway in a t-bone style collision. One patient was transported to...
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UPDATE: Due to pending weather, the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack will postpone the Sobriety Checkpoint that was planned for Saturday, May 4, 2019. 5/2/2019: The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, assisted by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint on Saturday, May 4, 2019, in St. Mary’s County....
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Maryland State Police have arrested three people in connection with an armed robbery and kidnapping on Thursday in St. Mary’s County. The suspects, George Sewell, 50, of Lexington Park, Toinette Lathon, 55, of Waldorf, and Quadre Simmons, 26, of Lexington Park, are charged with first- and second-degree assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment and armed robbery....
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Patricia Margaret Disney, 76 of Waldorf, Maryland, died April 30, 2019. Patricia was a stay-at-home mom until her children grew up. She earned an Associate’s Degree in Paralegal Studies and worked in the field for a short time. She then discovered her passion of working with children – she was a substitute teacher and...
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Chandler Dunston, age 90, formerly of Mechanicsville, Maryland passed away peacefully on April 30, 2019. He was the beloved husband of the late Alice Dunston, whom he was married to for 51 years. He was preceded in death by his two sisters, Marian Alderman, and Elsie Moore. Chandler was born in 1928 in Gloucester,...
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Charles Walter Milbrook, age 82 of Waldorf, Maryland, died April 29, 2019 at the Charles County Hospice House in Waldorf, Maryland. Charles was a Veteran of the U.S. Army where he earned a Bronze Star Medal for his service during the Vietnam War, retiring from the U.S. Army in 1979. He then began his...
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Thomas Irving Klock, Jr., 61 of Upper Marlboro, MD died on April 25, 2019 at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Tom was born on October 28, 1957 in Washington, DC to the late Thomas I. and Elizabeth V. Klock. Tom was an engineer for Safeway for 38 years before retiring and...
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James Thomas Blanche, 78, passed away on April 27th at Washington Hospital Center. He is the son of James Gardner Blanche and Helen McCann Blanche. He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Kathleen Blanche; two sons, Michael (Nikki) and Kevin (Nancy) Blanche; and two daughters, Debbie Stanko and Lisa (Randy Althouse. He...
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Francis “Frank” “Mr. B” Irby Bailey, age 83 of Waldorf, Maryland, died April 28, 2019 in Port Tobacco, Maryland. Frank was a self-employed Sign Painter for 50 years and was a Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, having served from 1953-1959. He worked on airplanes and became a motorcycle racer and was a Hill...
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Dorothy N. Wyche, 95 of White Plains, MD passed away peacefully at the Morningside House of St. Charles on April 30, 2019. Dorothy was born on December 31, 1923 in Washington DC to the late James Niswanner and Lillian Niswanner. She is also predeceased by her loving husband, Richard Wyche, Sr. Dorothy is survived...
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Mary Merse, 95, of LaPlata, MD passed away on April 26, 2019 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center. Born in Washington, DC on May 5, 1923 to the late Mariano Adriani and Rachela Adriani, she is also preceded in death by her loving husband, Joseph Merse; daughter, Karen Gick; son-in-law Robert...
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Dr. Kevin Arthur Boulais, Ph.D., 56, of La Plata, MD passed away on May 1, 2019 at University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center. He was born September 4, 1962 in Chicago, IL to Frederick Price Boulais, Carrboro, NC and the late Phyllis M. Boulais. Kevin earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical...
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