Mary Susan Hollingsworth, 60, passed away on September 25, 2018 in Takoma Park, MD. Mary was born in 1958 to John and Helen Hollingsworth in Washington, DC. She was predeceased by both of her parents and her sister Nancy Kelly. She is survived by her daughter Amanda N. Ratcliffe of Lusby, MD. Mary is...
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James Cecil Barber, 82 of Mechanicsville, MD passed away at his residence in Mechanicsville, MD on September 26, 2018. James was born to the late Ninion Pinkney Barber, Jr. and Gladys Jane Anderson on March 26, 1936 in Leonardtown, MD. James worked as an electrician for Amtrak. Prior to that, James was a tractor...
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The Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG terminal has begun a scheduled maintenance and inspection outage. The outage is scheduled to last about three weeks. One of the initial actions is to depressurize systems and equipment used to produce liquefied natural gas, in preparation for servicing them. Inert nitrogen gas is used to purge the...
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On Friday, September 28, 2018, at approximately 7:20 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of St. Andrews Church Road, and Point Lookout Road, in Leonardtown for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a Dodge Ram pick-up truck off the roadway, with the single occupant, out...
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Christopher Thompson has been hired to serve as a division manager in the St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services; he will be filling the Chief of Communications position. His duties and responsibilities will be supervising the 911 Communications Center personnel. Chris comes to us from the Charles County Department of Emergency Services after...
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A trip to the local Giant grocery to pick up a prescription for a roommate put a $100,000 surprise into the hands of a Lusby man. He selected a WILLY WONKA GOLDEN TICKET™ scratch-off that carried the game’s top prize. The 59-year-old project manager visited Giant #343 and bought the $10 game from a...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the 2018-2019 public oyster harvest season will open Oct. 1 and run through March 31, 2019. Opening month is reserved for divers and watermen using patent and shaft tongs, as well as recreational oystering. During the season, recreational oyster harvesting is open to any Maryland resident and does not...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured. On Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 at 4:12 p.m., the suspect placed a green Smith & Wesson BB gun from the Ace Hardware Store in Charlote Hall under his shirt and exited without paying for it. Anyone with information about the...
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Maryland State Police are investigating a multi-vehicle crash in which one person died and four others were injured Friday morning in Anne Arundel County. At about 1:30 a.m., troopers from the Glen Burnie Barrack responded on a report of a three-vehicle crash on southbound I-97 at Quarterfield Road. According to a preliminary investigation, a...
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On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at approximately 1:40 p.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Willows Road, and Point Lookout Road in Park Hall, for the reported serious motor vehicle with a subject trapped. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles involved in a motor vehicle collision with the female occupant of...
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Margaret Richardson Wernecke, 85, of Leonardtown, MD, passed away peacefully with her family beside her on September 21, 2018. She is survived by her son Ray and his wife, Helen; son David and his wife, Amy; grandchildren Kate, John, Sam, and Jake; and great grandson, Ace. Family was number one for Marge. Born on...
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Margaret Mary Herbert, 88, of Hughesville, MD passed away at University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center, in LaPlata, MD, on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Margaret was born on November 17, 1929, to the late Charles Henry McPherson and Emily Ruth Summers McPherson, in Aquasco, MD. In addition to her parents, Margaret was predeceased...
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Alicia Anne Suarez Barosio, 34, of Great Mills, MD died peacefully on September 20, 2018 at Hospice House of St. Mary’s in Callaway, MD surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 10, 1984 in Millington, TN to Royce A. Suarez and Connie J. Harvey. Alicia was a devoted loving mother. She...
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Patricia Kronk Buckley, 76, of Leonardtown, MD passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 22, 1942 in Waynesburg, PA to the late Kenneth K. Kronk and Pauline Block Kronk. On June 3, 1961, she married James Merle Walters (divorced) of Rices Landing, PA. Together they...
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Joseph Brennan “Peck” Norris, Jr., 93, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on Monday, September 24, 2018, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 2, 1925 in Great Mills, MD to the late Joseph B. Norris, Sr. and Lula Abell Norris. On January 10, 1951, Peck enlisted in the...
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Emily May Bowen, 84, of Tracy’s Landing passed away September 24, 2018 at Calvert Health Medical Center. She was born April 11, 1934 in Virginia to James Lloyd Sr. and Emily Elizabeth (Tippett) Seibert. May was raised in Washington, D.C. and attended public schools. She later moved with her family to Churchton. She married...
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Shirley Mae Brooks, 84, of Prince Frederick passed away September 24, 2018 at Calvert County Nursing Center. She was born December 1, 1933 in West Palm Beach, FL to William and Helen (Covar) Crosby. Shirley was raised in Florida and lived in Chesapeake Beach for over 20 years. She later moved back to Florida...
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Louvina May Freese, 88, of California, MD died September 20, 2018, at Solomons Nursing Center in Solomons, MD. She was born on October 3, 1929 in Broadway, VA to the late William W. Depoy and Tracie Ruth Lam Depoy. On January 19, 1950 Louvina married her beloved husband, Claude L. Freese in Corpus Christi,...
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Annie Lucille “Mom Mom” Wright, 96, of Ridge, Maryland, died September 22, 2018, at Hospice House of St. Mary’s. She was born on April 17, 1922 in Ridge, MD to the late Ruth and Clarence Wise. Lucille was passionate about the Baltimore Orioles, leaving her grandchildren with fond memories of hearing the announcers on...
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Charles “Charlie” Nicholas Dornall, Jr., 62, of Millersville, MD passed away on September 22, 2018 in Glen Burnie, MD. Born on April 22, 1956 in Leonardtown, MD he was the loving son of the late Mary Madeline Abell Dornall and Charles Nicholas Dornall, Sr. Charlie is survived by his siblings; Anna L. Sturm of...
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The Charles County Commissioners would like to encourage all residents to participate in the National Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 27 by disposing of unwanted or expired prescriptions and over-the-counter medications. An additional drop-off location has been established for this day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the persons pictured. On Wednesday, August 8, 2018 between 10:57 a.m. and 7:45 p.m., the male suspect made three trips into the California BJ’s Wholesale Club and stole several Wisenet home monitoring cameras by hiding them in his clothing and exiting the store...
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William Frasher of Hughesville got the surprise of his life when he decided to stop in at Korner Liquors in Waldorf last Thursday and play Keno. The 24-year-old real estate investor was on his way to get something to eat after work and initially stopped at the Charles County Lottery retailer to cash a...
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Rear Adm. Shane G. Gahagan turned over command of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to Rear Adm. John S. Lemmon during a change of command ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Vice Adm. G. Dean Peters, Commander of Naval Air Systems Command, presided over the ceremony....
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Cargill Meat Solutions, a Fort Morgan, Colo. establishment, is recalling approximately 132,606 pounds of ground beef products made from the chuck portion of the carcass that may be contaminated with Escherichia coliO26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The ground beef items were produced and packaged on June...
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