The 11 meal distribution sites will be closed Monday, May 25, as Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) observes Memorial Day. The sites will reopen at 11 a.m. May 26. Meal sites at high schools are closed on the day of the school’s graduation events. Sites will be closed at Henry E. Lackey and Maurice...
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Judith ‘Judy’ Dean, 79, of Huntingtown, MD passed away after an 18-month battle with cancer, in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her family, on May 18, 2020. Born to Harry and Floda Alt in Smoke Hole, WV on December 21, 1940, she was the youngest of 8 with 5 sisters and 2...
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With warmer weather and sunshine forecast for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, more travelers are expected in Maryland now that the state’s COVID-19 Stay at Home restrictions have been replaced with a Safer at Home advisory. The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is urging travelers to stay “safer at home” if possible, but if...
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Due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 25, the St. Mary’s County Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Site at the MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital will be closed. Drive-thru testing will resume normal hours on Tuesday, May 26 (12:00 – 4:00 p.m.). Testing is offered in front of the Outpatient Pavilion at MedStar St. Mary’s...
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Michael Leonard Closner, 77 of Park Hall, MD passed away on May 16, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on December 8, 1942 in Eugene, OR to the late Leonard David Closner and Doris Louise Weaver. Michael married the love of his life, Marna Gayl Closner on March...
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As of Saturday, May 23, 2020, Maryland reports 45,495 COVID-19 cases and 2,130 deaths. An increase of 893 cases and 47 deaths. Number of negative test results is currently 186,832, an increase of 3,354. COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland Number of confirmed cases : 45,495 Number of negative test results : 186,832 Number of confirmed deaths : 2,130...
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On Thursday, May 21, 2020, at approximately 2348 hours, Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a motor vehicle collision on Maryland Route 6 (Charles Street) in the area of Bel Alton Newtown Road in La Plata. Due to the seriousness of the collision, the Maryland State...
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On April 27, 2020 at approximately 6:00 a.m., Tpr E. Ruggles, from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barack responded to the McDonald’s restaurant, located at 21600 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park, for a reported malicious destruction of property. Investigation revealed a Rainier Nazal Dizon, 38, of Lexington Park, entered the McDonald’s lobby at 5:20...
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During a focused traffic safety enforcement initiative on May 21, 2020, around the Capital Beltway, troopers issued almost 400 traffic citations and warnings for a variety of offenses, including speeds that reached 110 mph. Throughout the afternoon, troopers from the Forestville, College Park and Rockville barracks teamed up with troopers from the Commercial Vehicle...
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UPDATE – St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Press Release: On May 21, 2020, at approximately 5:25 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21130 block of Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision. Deputies arrived on scene and located a truck and motorcycle involved...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Daniel Alan Willie. Daniel is 63-years-old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing approx. 200 lbs with grayish/brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen on April 28, 2020, around 7:00 p.m., when he was released from George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C. Family...
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The St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission is reporting a public water main break located in the Town Creek area in the vicinity of Ford Drive and Gunston Drive. The water main will require emergency repairs and may result in a temporary interruption of water supply on May 21, 2020. We expect the repairs to...
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Marshall Sheridan Fenwick, 70, of Lexington Park, MD went home on Monday, May 11, 2020 at his residence. He was born on October 25, 1949 in Park Hall, MD. He was the son of the late Louis Marshall Fenwick and the late Queenie Jeanette Fenwick. He was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County....
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James Carroll Farrell of Chaptico, Maryland passed away on Tuesday, May 12 surrounded by his family. Jamie was born Sunday, March 16 in Oakley, Maryland and was a lifetime resident of St. Mary’s County. He is preceded in death by his parents Benjamin Thomas Farrell and Blanche Elizabeth (Graves) Farrell, his mother Mary Elizabeth...
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Harold Nathaniel Owens, “Shorty”,83, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on May 12, 2020 in Leonardtown, MD. He was born on June 9, 1936 and was the loving son of the late Mary Lillian Pillsbury Owens and George William Owens. Shorty was the loving husband of Bernice Owens of Mechanicsville, MD whom he married in...
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Mary Clare Gibson Gibb (“Mom”, “The Mother”, “Gram”, “Big Clare”, “Aunt Clare”, “friend”) was born Oct. 13, 1935 to Catherine and William Gibson. On May 15, 2020 after a brief fight with COVID-19, she joined her two brothers and four sisters, as well as countless other relatives in Heaven. Before she passed, she saw...
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Timothy Oscar McKimmie, 73, of Huntingtown passed away May 18, 2020. Timothy was born on December 26, 1946 in Washington, D.C. to Elmer G. McKimmie and Lucille G. Gentzler. He attended public schools in Prince George’s County, graduated class of 1964 from Northwestern High School in Adelphi, and attended the University of Maryland for...
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Mary Louise Faunce, 91, formerly of Leonardtown, Maryland died at Asbury Solomons, in Solomons, MD. Louise was born on January 15, 1929 in Middletown, Virginia. She married the love of her life, Charles R. Faunce, in November 1959. They spent 49 wonderful years together, until his death in March 2009. Private memorial service and...
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Barbara, a resident of Ft. Washington, MD, passed away at Calvert Hospice on May 19, 2020. Barbara was born and raised in New York City, NY, the only child of Daniel F. and Mabel A. Lee. She attended Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York for 2 years before transferring to Trinity College in Washington,...
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John Thomas Barolet, 67 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on May 14, 2020, at his residence. He was born on June 17, 1952, in Leonardtown, MD, to the late John A. Barolet and Margaret (Barron) Barolet. John grew up in St. Mary’s County where he attended St. Mary’s Ryken High School and St. Mary’s...
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Mary Genevieve Bailey, 89, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on May 16, 2020, at her residence with her family at her side. She was born on September 17, 1930 in Baltimore, MD, to the late Lawrence H. McKim and Mary E. O’Brien. Mary travelled the world as a civilian nurse with the Army. On...
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Anthony Steven DiMichele Sr. (Big T, Coach Tony, Tony) passed away on Sunday, May 10th, 2020 unexpectedly at his home in Hughesville, MD after a long fought battle with heart disease. He was born on August 25, 1957 in Washington, DC to Albert Christopher DiMichele and Diane Patricia (Tayman) DiMichele. As a native to...
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Bobby Donald Boutwell, Jr., 55 of Dameron, MD passed away suddenly on May 14, 2020 on his property. Bobby was born on November 6, 1964 in Cheverly, MD to the late Bobbie Donell Boutwell and Diane Cecil. On March 21, 1997, Bobby married the love of his life, Christine Mae Atwell in Brandywine, MD....
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Tina Lea (Stewart) Braziel, 50, of Brandywine, MD departed this life unexpectedly on Monday, May 11, 2020. She was born on January 12, 1970 in Eden, North Carolina to the late Milton Ray Stewart and Teresa Lee (Lester) Stewart. Tina met and fell in love with her best friend, husband and soulmate, Robert “Shane”...
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Carol Alethea Mason, 71, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on May 17, 2020 at her home with her loving family at her side. She was born on March 5, 1949 in Baltimore, MD to the late Vernon Harris and Frances Armstrong. On September 16, 1996 she married her husband, James Sidney Mason, Jr. Together...
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