Harriet Wilma Bean, 76, of St. Mary’s City, MD passed away on September 26, 2019 at her home. Harriet was born on February 3, 1943 in Washington D.C. to the late Harry Fleishman and Sara Farrell Fleishman. On February 6, 1965, Harriet married the love of her life, Richard Bean. Together they spent 54...
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Doris Rose Carroll, 93, of California, MD passed away on September 26, 2019 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. She was born on September 25, 1926 in Washington, D.C. to the late Richard Edward and Ada Cecilia Dean Jackson. Doris began working during World War II in the war plant in Washington D.C., where she...
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Leonard (Len) Abert Price, 59, of Piney Point, MD, passed away on September 22, 2019, at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Len was born on January 24, 1960, in Conway, Arkansas to Mary L. (Haynes) Price and the late James D. Price. Len served his nation for over 41 years, first as...
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Mary Elizabeth “Bibby” Thompson, 91, of St. Leonard, MD passed away on September 28, 2019 at her residence. Born November 20, 1927 in Hollywood, MD she was the daughter of the late William Lloyd Copsey and Ruth Mae (Wible) Copsey. Bibby married her husband, the late Richard Finley Thompson on April 17, 1945 in...
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John Kenneth Hutchins, Jr., 79, of Prince Frederick, Maryland passed away on September 29, 2019 at his home. He was born on June 11, 1940 in Prince Frederick, MD to the late Myrtle Elizabeth King Hutchins and John Kenneth Hutchins, Sr. A life long resident of Calvert County, Kenneth was a farmer and a...
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On Monday, September 30, 2019, at approximately 5:25 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Hollywood and Valley Lee responded to the house next to 46590 Midway Drive and Wasp Road, for the reported house on fire. The 911 caller reported the house down the street was on fire, and hung up on...
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On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at approximately 6:35 p.m., firefighters from Waldorf and La Plata responded to the area of 10832 Willetts Crossing Road in White Plains, for the reported brush fire. A 911 caller reported a large brush fire was threatening his barn, and firefighter requested more units. A structure fire was dispatched...
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UPDATE 10/2/2019: The Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Department member that suffered a sudden cardiac arrest event while on the scene of the structure firer remains hospitalized. Over the past several days, he has undergone multiple tests while at Southern Maryland Hospital Center, leading to the determination that he will require heart surgery. He was...
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On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at approximately 8:00 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of D J’s One Stop on Three Notch Road and Cedar Grove Street in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle...
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On September 27, 2019 Deputy Gilmore and Deputy Wood conducted a welfare check in the area of Breezy Point Road and Blue Heron Drive in Chesapeake Beach. A citizen advised there were two individuals asleep in the vehicle while stopped at the stop sign. Upon making contact with the occupants, Kelly Lynn Emmell, 29,...
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All work will be performed weather permitting. The MDTA urges motorists to drive with caution and obey all traffic-control devices and lane-control signals. Headlights are required at all times on the bridge. Lane closures are subject to change and closure times are dependent on traffic volumes. The right lane on the westbound span will...
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The Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, in conjunction with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Emergency Services will host a Public Safety Open House from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on October 19, 2019 Members of the community are invited to attend this free event, which will take place at the...
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On Monday, September 30, 2019, at approximately 2:40 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and St. Andrews Church Road in Leonardtown, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway, overturned and into a...
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Hundreds of Maryland laws are going into effect today, Tuesday, October 1, 2019, spanning subjects from criminal justice reform to election law to medical cannabis. A generous number of the bills fall under the subjects of criminal justice and health. Senate Bill 707, which passed in the 2018 legislative session but is going into...
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UPDATE: On Monday, September 30, 2019, at approximately 6:05 a.m., firefighters responded to 150 Adelina Road in Prince Frederick, for the reported smoke investigation. Crews arrived on the scene to find a 1-story structure fully engulfed. The owner is Michael Scarborough. The estimated loss of structure is deemed to be $200,000 and contents over...
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In May of 2018, Christian Scott Ellis, 25 of Leonardtown, died of a Fentanyl overdose. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division conducted an investigation into Ellis’ death, and identified Andrew Gordon Duncanson, 24 of California, as the distributor of the fatal dose to the decedent. The investigation determined the distribution of...
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On Monday, September 30, 2019, at approximately 11:40 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one subject trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle off the roadway, and one vehicle...
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Her tears started to flow when a grateful Leonardtown player entered the Maryland Lottery Winner’s Circle on Thursday when she heard the welcoming applause and cheers of Lottery employees. The 53-year-old was still floating on clouds after scratching off a $50,000 win on the DEAL OR NO DEAL™ game the day before. The St....
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On Sunday, September 29, 2019, at approximately 2:00 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the The Blue Dog Saloon on 7940 Port Tobacco Road in Port Tobacco, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle had struck a deer, with the deer...
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On Sunday, September 29, 2019, at approximately 7:10 p.m., firefighters from La Plata, Waldorf and surrounding departments responded to 1010 Eastbourne Drive in La Plata, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two story residence with nothing evident. Upon investigation and completing a walk around the entire...
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Since their founding, The Friends of the St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums have supported historic sites in the care of the St. Mary’s County Museum Division. Recently, because of the backing of membership, the organization has helped preserve the Charlotte Hall and Drayden School houses, worked to build and expand the permanent...
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On Saturday, September 28, 2019, at approximately 1:00 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Great Mills Road and South Shangri-La Drive in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident involving an emergency apparatus. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway involving a Mercedes...
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David Rolfe Bogie of Medley’s Neck in Leonardtown, Maryland was born on January 7, 1952 in Leonardtown. He was the first born son of the late James Edward “Jim” Bogie and Mary Elizabeth Floyd “Betty” Bogie. He departed this world on August 03, 2019 at the age of 67 with his loving wife Becky...
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Patricia “Pat” Ann Vallandingham, 64 of Avenue, MD passed away on September 28, 2019 at her residence. Born April 20, 1955 in Leonardtown, MD, she was the daughter of John Stephen Lacey of Avenue, MD and the late Estelle Louise Farrell Lacey. Pat is survived by her loving husband Francis P. “Frankie” Vallandingham whom...
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