A full-cycle test of the alert and notification sirens throughout St. Mary’s, Calvert and Dorchester counties will take place on Monday, December 3 at noon. The test includes a three-minute activation of all sirens within the 10-mile area around the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. Citizens are asked to remember the scheduled testing and relay...
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The Calvert County Office on Aging announces eligible Maryland state retired employees will not be required to switch to the Medicare Part D plan during the current enrollment period, now through Dec. 7, 2018. In October, a federal court judge ruled Maryland cannot force state retirees to switch to a federal prescription drug plan...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the persons pictured. On Friday, November 16, 2018, at 4:38 p.m., the suspects took two phone chargers from the display and left the Kohl’s store in Lexington Park without paying for them. They were seen leaving the parking lot on bicycles and traveling down Buck Hewitt...
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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month and the Wound Care Center at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital would like to remind patients living with diabetes how important it is to take care of themselves from head to toe. “Approximately a quarter of individuals living with diabetes will develop a foot ulcer,” said Lisa Nelson, RN,...
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The Lexington Park Community Oriented Policing (COPs) Unit is hosting its Second Annual Food Drive on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in St. Mary’s Square between Ollie’s and Weis Market in Lexington Park. Along with collecting non-perishable food items for the Lexington Park food pantries, the COPs Unit will...
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Governor Larry Hogan today released the following statement on the death of President George H.W. Bush: “It is with incredible sadness that we learn of the passing of President George H.W. Bush, a true patriot and statesman who embodied the decency and selfless service of America’s Greatest Generation. “As a decorated World War II...
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On Friday, November 30, 2018 at approximately 5:15 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Mechanicsville Road, and Asher Road for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway overturned and in a ditch, with the single occupant out of the...
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UPDATE: On November 30, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., Firefighters from Nanjemoy Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding companies responded to 8349 Bowie Road, in Nanjemoy for a 1 story single family house fire. The estimated loss of structure and contents is valued at $75,000. The single occupant and homeowner has been identified as William Keys....
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Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Thursday, November 29, 2018, Charles County Circuit Court Judge William R. Greer, Jr. sentenced Brian Douglas Pierce, 36 of Indian Head, to 65 years in prison for the Second-Degree Murder of Robert Branson, First-Degree Assault of Karwin Carroll, Possession of a Shotgun with Disqualifying...
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William Edward Dixon, Jr., “Bill”, 96 of California, MD formerly of Great Mills, MD passed away on November 24, 2018 in Prince Frederick, MD. Born on August 28, 1922 in Great Mills, MD he was the son of the late Johanna Feldman Dixon and William Edward Dixon. Bill was the loving husband of the...
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Hilda Elizabeth Stillwell, 95, of Leonardtown, MD formerly of Stafford, VA passed away on November 24, 2018 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on May 12, 1923 in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late Carrie Mae Lamp Garner and William Raymond Garner. Hilda was the loving wife of the late Samuel R. Stillwell...
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CAPT Zachary “Bo” Adolphus Henry, Jr., 63, lifted off for his last flight into the heavens when he died peacefully at his home in Leonardtown, Maryland, on November 23, 2018, after a long battle with myelodysplastic syndrome. A retired Captain of the United States Navy, he held two commands over the course of his...
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Linda Davis Reno was born in Leonardtown, St. Mary’s County on March 20, 1946. She was one of those rare people who loved her community and was involved in everything. Reno was a retired Federal Government employee serving as the Executive Director, Office of Post Secondary Education, Department of Education in Washington, D. C....
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Helen Elizabeth McGurk, 76 of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on November 18, 2018 at George Washington Hospital in Washington, DC. Helen was born to the late Raymond Johnston and the late Elizabeth Kelly on July 1, 1942 in Diamondville, PA. Helen was a homemaker. Helen babysit for many kids from the time her own...
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Joyce N. Ballou, 79, resident of WPB, Florida, passed away on November 18, 2018 at the home of her daughter in California, Maryland. She was born and raised in the Washington, DC area before moving to West Palm in 1979. She was an extremely skilled legal secretary. In 1981, she began working at St....
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Theresa Marie Seeger, 86 of Prince Frederick, MD died on November 24, 2018 at the Calvert Hospice House in Prince Frederick, MD. Theresa was born to the late Frank Piccione and the late Dorothy Lumia in Buffalo, NY on October 4, 1932. Theresa worked as a secretary for the P.G. Board of Education prior...
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Mary Katherine Murphy -O’Neill, age 87 resident of Hughesville Maryland passed away on November 24, 2018 at Calvert Memorial Hospital. Wife of Ralph Harrison (Jim) Murphy (deceased) and Thomas T. O’Neill. In traditional Irish manner Mary had a large family, both growing up, and of her own. Mary was the mother of Shane, (Patricia)...
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Edward Russell Mullican, Sr., 78 of Hughesville, MD, passed away on November 24, 2018 at George Washington Hospital in Washington, DC. Russell was born to the late Spencer Mullican and the late Cora Wentz on April 22, 1940 in Suitland, MD. Russell worked as a Grocery Manager at Giant Food for 34 years prior...
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Catherine Violetta Shegogue (Kitty), 82, of Summerfield, FL, passed away on Friday November 16, 2018 in Waldorf, MD surrounded by family. Catherine was born in Washington D.C. at Sibly Hospital to William and Violetta Carr on February 2, 1936. She was married to Thomas J. Shegogue. She worked at Navy Federal Credit Union for...
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Robert David Maloney, 81, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on November 16, 2018 in Baltimore, MD. Robert was born in Lost Creek, Pennsylvania, on December 21, 1936 to the late James Maloney and the late Catherine McCauley Maloney. Robert proudly served his country in the US Army and was a Police Officer with the...
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Robert David “Dave” Myers, 88., of Waldorf, MD, passed away on November 23, 2018. Dave was born on July 23, 1930, in Cheltenham, MD. He was the son of the late Cecil Gideon Myers and Lilly Catherine (Ellis) Myers. Dave is preceded in death by his sisters Carolyn Myers and Jean Myers. Dave is...
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Peacefully on Thursday, November 27, 2018 Doris V. Wilkerson went home to be with the lord in Waldorf, MD. Family and friends will gather on December 10, 2018 for visitation from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at 11:00 a.m. at New Macedonia Baptist Church, 4115 Alabama Ave SE, Washington, DC 20019. Interment will...
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Mitchell Oren Smith, age 28, an Airman in the U.S. Air Force, pleaded guilty today to abusive sexual contact with a child, which occurred while he resided at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special...
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