The Bay Restoration Fund (BRF) was signed into law in 2004 to help improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by reducing harmful nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus. The St. Mary’s County Health Department’s (SMCHD) Clear Water® Program administers the BRF locally – providing funding for nitrogen-reducing septic systems and...
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On Sunday, August 11, 2019, at approximately 4:05 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to Indian Bridge Road and Point Lookout Road in Great Mills, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway and on its roof with the single...
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Betty “Dolores” Sanford of North Beach, MD, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at the age of 88. She was born on March 27, 1931 to William and Edith Dyer. She was raised in Bradbury Heights, MD with her six siblings. She later married Charles William Sanford and retired as a school...
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All St. Mary’s County Parks and Museums will adopt a tobacco free policy effective September 1, 2019. This policy includes smoking, vaping and any and all other nicotine products and applies to all who visit St. Mary’s County Parks. This policy does not apply to Wicomico Golf Shores Property. The two-phase tobacco free resolution...
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Mary Margaret Sita of Dunkirk, MD, passed away on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at the age of 86. She was born on January 19, 1933, in Mifflin Township, PA to Elinor and Andrew Petruski. Mary was employed as a secretary at U. S. Steel, then as a project manager for Washington Gaslight Company...
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Susie M. Herold, 76, of Indian Head, MD, passed away on Wednesday August 7, 2019 at the Washington Hospital Center. Susie was born on October 18, 1942 in Donalsonville, GA to the late Wheeler Alday and Bertha M. Alday. She is also predeceased by her siblings Joseph Alday, Marvin Alday, Cary Alday, Gary Alday,...
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Betty Lynn Roberts, “Sandy”, 93, of Port Republic, Maryland passed away on August 6, 2019 at Asbury-Solomon’s Health Care Center. Sandy was born on November 2, 1925 in Washington, D.C. to the late Lawson Sanderson and Belva A. Lynn. Sandy grew up in Carroll County, MD and attended the University of Maryland where she...
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George Allison Hindle, 77, of La Plata, Maryland, passed away on August 5, 2019 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. Born on March 26, 1942 in La Plata, MD, he was the son of the late Helen Hicks Hindle and Raymond Hindle. A 1960 graduate of La Plata High School, Mr. Hindle...
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Howard Matthew Norris, III, age 84, of Port Tobacco, Maryland. Born on May 1, 1935 in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Ann Dawson Perry Norris and Howard M. Norris Jr. Mr. Norris graduated from Archbishop Neale High School in La Plata. He enlisted in the Maryland National Guard in 1952...
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Joseph (“Joe”) Anthony Nunziato, 83 of Leonardtown, MD and Jupiter, FL passed away peacefully in Leonardtown on August 7, 2019. Joe was the beloved husband of Frances (Domino) Nunziato, his wife of over 60 wonderful years. Born in Paterson, NJ and raised in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Joseph and...
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Claudia Marie Queen, 61 of Hollywood, MD, was born July 1, 1958 in Leonardtown, Maryland to the late Genevieve D. Queen and Robert Knute Brooks. Surrounded by her loving daughter and family, she answered God’s call to come home on August 6, 2019. Claudia was born and raised in Leonardtown, MD. She received her...
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Peacefully on Friday, August 2, 2109, Victoria went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by her loving family. Friends may unite with the family on Tuesday, August 13, from 10:30 a.m. until time of Memorial Service at 11;00 a.m. at the BRISCOE-TONIC FUNERAL HOME located at 2294 Old Washington Road in Waldorf, MD....
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Suddenly on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, Durrell Denorse Crawford departed this earthly life. Family and friends will unite on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 from 9:00am until time of service 11:00am at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church 1615 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20001. Interment will follow at Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
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A Charles County Public Schools employee is celebrating today after winning $12,560 playing Keno, which is his favorite game. The lucky La Plata man routinely plays the same numbers and they earned him another trip to the Lottery Winner’s Circle. In 2010, he won $10,000. His recent win came on a Saturday after the...
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On Saturday, September 7, 2019, after much anticipation, the campus and local community will gather to celebrate St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s newest facility, Jamie L. Roberts Stadium, and honor the legacy of its namesake. Open to the public, the official dedication ceremony begins at 12:30 p.m. Gates open at noon at the stadium...
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) crews worked around the clock on August 9, 2019 ,to stop a Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) at its Broad Creek Wastewater Pumping Station in the Fort Washington area of southern Prince George’s County. The SSO began at approximately 11:12 a.m. on Friday and was stopped about 12 hours later...
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The St. Mary’s County Museum Division is pleased to announce two new temporary exhibits entitled “Medical Bottles and Others of the 1800s” and the “Samuel Bailey Oyster Buy Boat Replica,” which will be available at the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Historic Park until September 23, 2019 and September 30, 2019, respectively. The first...
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Communities surrounding the NAS Patuxent River airfield are advised that helicopter nighttime testing events are scheduled to take place Aug. 12 through Aug. 16, 2019 from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. As with all operations, NAS Patuxent River takes precautions to lessen the impact of testing activities on the community. For more information call...
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UPDATE from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office: Mr. Knott has been located in Issue, He’s safe and unharmed. We thank ALL OF YOU on social media because you led us right to him! There was simply a little miscommunication between him and his family. ALL IS GOOD! Thank you again Charles County! 8/11/2019: The...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is requesting any information into the burglary of Bowen’s Grocery Store on July 26, 2019, at approximately 4:48 a.m. The Bowen’s Grocery Store, located at 4300 Hunting Creek Rd, Huntingtown, MD, was entered through a broken front window. The suspect is described as a light-skinned male, wearing a gray...
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The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the subject pictured above. On August 2, 2019, the subject entered the business Chesapeake’s Bounty, located at 6415 Saint Leonard Rd, St. Leonard, MD. The subject was seen carrying large quantities of soft shell crabs, 2 baskets of green beans and...
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Charles County Crime Solvers is offering a cash reward for the tip that leads to the apprehension and arrest of Jerrell Antwaun Johnson, 22 of Port Tobacco. Johnson has four outstanding arrest warrants charging him with attempted rape, felony assault, robbery, theft and failure to appear. Johnson is currently out of jail after being...
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UPDATE: On August 7, 2019, at approximately 4:40 a.m., a 911 caller who wished to remain anonymous reported three subjects riding motorized shopping carts they believed were from Walmart on Chancellors Run Road in the area of Greenview Parkway in Great Mills. Sgt. C. Grumbles from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office located the...
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