On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Office of the Secretary and representatives from MDOT’s business units will meet virtually with St. Mary’s County officials to discuss transportation investments. Representatives include: The Secretary’s Office: Deputy Secretary Sean Powell; MDOT Motor Vehicle Administration: Administrator Chrissy Nizer; MDOT Maryland Transit Administration: Local Transit Support...
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Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) and the Charles County Department of Health are collaborating to offer required vaccinations for students at no cost. Maryland law requires students to have up-to-date immunizations, but with some physician’s offices having altered schedules in effect to slow the spread of COVID-19, some students may not have received vaccinations...
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The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) has determined that persons confirmed to have COVID-19 may have come into close contact with other community members. The potential public exposure location, dates, and times are as follows: Expressions of Beauty Hair Salon 28103 Three Notch Rd, Mechanicsville, MD 20659 Dates: September 12, 16, 17 and...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred last night on Rt. 1 in Prince George’s County. The preliminary investigation indicates just after 9:00 p.m. yesterday, a Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by Jason Iloh, 27, of Laurel, Md., was traveling south on Rt. 1, north of Cypress Street in Laurel, Md....
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The suspect charged in connection with a domestic-related homicide in Chillum is now in custody in Raleigh, North Carolina. With the assistance of law enforcement partners in Raleigh, 22-year-old Winston Hughes of the 2600 block of Queens Chapel Road in Chillum, was located and arrested on Sunday. Hughes is charged with fatally shooting his...
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Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) is extending the deadline to apply for 2020 Homeowners’ and Renters’ Property Tax Credits from October 1 to October 31. These two tax credit programs save Marylanders more than $65 million per year, with homeowners receiving an average credit...
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Peggy Ann Hamilton, age 83 of La Plata, Maryland, died September 8, 2020 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland. Peggy was a Cafeteria Manager at White Marsh Elementary School in Mechanicsville, Maryland and a member of the La Plata United Methodist Church. She was a devoted wife...
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Helen Elizabeth Grinder, 88, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on September 21, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on November 16, 1932 in Park Hall, MD to the late Sherman T. Brown and Genevieve Elizabeth Hayden Brown. Helen is a high school graduate of St. Michael’s Catholic...
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Joseph Donald Mattingly, 86 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 23, 2020 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown. Donald was born on July 29, 1934 in Compton, MD to the late John Freeman Mattingly, Sr. and Agnes Elizabeth (Bowles) Mattingly. Donald was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County. He attended Margaret Brent...
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Our beloved, Thomas Kenneth Casey, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on March 22, 1947 to the late Olin Arthur Casey and the late Naomi Elizabeth Christian Casey. He was called home to eternal rest on September 18, 2020. Thomas, a 1965 graduate of I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, VA, and then went on...
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Robert “Bob” Eugene Ward, 78, of Brandywine, MD passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020, at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. He was the devoted son of the late William Faulkner and late Bertha (Dodson) Faulkner. He was born on January 18, 1942 in Washington, DC. Bob proudly served in the United...
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Annette Marie Brash, 55 of Mechanicsville, Maryland passed on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with cancer. She was born on August 14, 1965 in Washington, DC to the late Michael Patton Warren, Sr. and Bernadette M. (Spaight) of Mechanicsville, MD. She was the...
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Jean Ridgeway Carpenter, 85 of Huntingtown, MD formerly of Allison Park, PA passed away on September 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. She was born on May 11, 1935 in Coraopolis, PA and was the loving daughter of the late Dorothy O’Bryon Ridgeway and Raymond Glover Ridgeway. Jean was the loving wife of the late...
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Ann Marie Diehl, 70, of Hughesville, MD passed away on September 19, 2020 at her home. She was born on January 18, 1950 in La Plata, MD. She was the daughter of the late Lucille Cole Flerlage and Henry Lawrence Flerlage. Ann is survived by her son Robert Allen Diehl of California, MD, 2...
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Caroline Hayden Murphy, 89, of Hollywood, MD passed away at her home on September 23, 2020. She was born on January 30, 1931 in Hollywood, MD and was the daughter of the late Dorothy Frances Garner and Thomas Alvin Hayden. Caroline was the loving wife of the late John S. Murphy, Sr. “Jack” whom...
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Kerry J. Hrabosky, 72, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 18, 2020 peacefully in her sleep at the home she shared with her loving husband. She was born on April 25, 1948 in Le Mars, Iowa to the late Gordon Burkett and Alberta Burkett of Castle Rock, Colorado. Most of her childhood was...
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David Charles Christian, 63 of La Plata, passed away Friday, September 11, 2020 at his home. David was born April 3, 1957 in Jamestown, New York to the late Louis T. Christian and Marilyn Holm Christian. A graduate of Cassadaga Valley Central School, he graduated from Fredonia State University and University of Buffalo with...
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UPDATE 9/28/2020 @ 10:30 a.m.: On Sunday, September 27, 2020 at approximately 8:45 p.m., members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the intersection of Chesapeake Beach Rd. (MD Route 260) and Mt. Harmony Road in Owings, for a report of a single vehicle collision involving a...
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On Saturday, September 26, 2020, at approximately 12:05 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the 21500 block of Forest Park Road in Lexington Park, for one victim possibly not breathing after an overdose. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 19-year-old male not breathing and immediately started life-saving measures. Emergency medical...
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On Saturday, September 19, 2020,at approximately 10:10 p.m., police responded to the area of the Great Mills Pool on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for a large construction vehicle abandoned in the roadway. Deputies arrived on the scene to find a Caterpillar 928G Wheel Loader abandoned in the roadway. The St. Mary’s County...
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Following a visit to schools in Frederick County today, Governor Larry Hogan and State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Salmon announced the return of fall sports in Maryland. Each local school system will now have the ability to officially start the interscholastic athletic fall season in secondary schools beginning Wednesday, October 7, 2020. “Getting...
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Ronald Devon “Reds” Young was born on July 29, 1973 in Leonardtown, Maryland. Devon departed this earthly realm to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Devon was raised in Loveville, Maryland by his grandparents John P. Young, Sr. and Agnes Lillian Young and attended local schools in St. Mary’s County. He...
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On Saturday, September 26, 2020, at approximately 2:00 a., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded for a report of a serious motor vehicle collision on US Route 301 (Crain Hwy) in the area of Pierce Road in Waldorf. Due to the seriousness of the collision, the Maryland State Police La...
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