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No Injuries Reported After Truck Crashes in Leonardtown

No Injuries Reported After Truck Crashes in Leonardtown

On Monday, December 3, 2018 at approximately 11:40 a.m., police fire and rescue personnel responded to Fairgrounds Road, in the area of Cartwright Road, in Leonardtown for the reported motor vehicle accident with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle in the roadway on its roof, with the single...
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Inmate Convicted of Attempted Murder, Breaking and Entering, and Theft, Wanted After Escaping from Prison

Inmate Convicted of Attempted Murder, Breaking and Entering, and Theft, Wanted After Escaping from Prison

On December 1, 2018 at approximately 10:30 a.m., Trooper Posch responded to the 45000 block of Take It Easy Ranch Road, in Callaway, for a suspicious vehicle. The complainant reported the vehicle, a blue and tan Chevrolet 1500 Z71 bearing VA registration, had been parked in the woods behind the campground for approximately six...
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Board honors exemplary students for achievements

Board honors exemplary students for achievements

The Board of Education at its Oct. 9 meeting honored four Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) students for accomplishments in the areas of academic achievement, career readiness and personal responsibility. Honored were Cassidy Burch, Simon Dean, Julia Taboga and Evann Yake. Burch is a senior at Thomas Stone High School and was honored by...
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Calvert Hospice Announces Two Grief Support Programs Starting in January

Calvert Hospice Announces Two Grief Support Programs Starting in January

Calvert Hospice will be offering two specialized grief support programs starting on January 15, 2019. Gone Without Me is a grief support program for spousal loss, an 8-week program that will focus on learning to live again after the loss of a spouse. Sessions will be held at the Burnett Calvert Hospice House, located...
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Mechanicsville Man Arrested For Assault

Mechanicsville Man Arrested For Assault

On Sunday, November 18, 2018, Cpl. Seyfried of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, responded to 25926 Chaffee Court in Mechanicsville, for the reported domestic assault in progress. According to court documents, Joseph Michael Bowles, 32 of Mechanicsville, assaulted his mother by striking her in the arm, causing visible injury. Bowles and his mother...
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Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Sirens to be Tested

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Sirens to be Tested

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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Eligible State Retirees Not Required to Enroll in Medicare Part D Plan

Eligible State Retirees Not Required to Enroll in Medicare Part D Plan

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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Theft Suspects’ Identities Needed in St. Mary’s County

Theft Suspects’ Identities Needed in St. Mary’s County

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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MedStar St. Mary’s offers foot care awareness for National Diabetes Month

MedStar St. Mary’s offers foot care awareness for National Diabetes Month

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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COPs Unit Hosting Food Drive Dec. 8, 2018

COPs Unit Hosting Food Drive Dec. 8, 2018

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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Statement From Governor Larry Hogan on the Passing of President George H.W. Bush

Statement From Governor Larry Hogan on the Passing of President George H.W. Bush

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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Single Vehicle Crash in Mechanicsville Sends Operator to Trauma Center

Single Vehicle Crash in Mechanicsville Sends Operator to Trauma Center

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: 75 Year-Old Man Displaced After House Fire in Nanjemoy

UPDATE: 75 Year-Old Man Displaced After House Fire in Nanjemoy

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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Indian Head Man Sentenced to 65 Years for Second-Degree Murder

Indian Head Man Sentenced to 65 Years for Second-Degree Murder

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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David Floyd Graham, “Dave”, 81

David Floyd Graham, “Dave”, 81, of Mechanicsville, MD formerly from Glen Burnie, MD passed away in Leonardtown, MD on November 27, 2018. Born on July 1, 1937 in Allegheny County, PA, he was the son of the late Opal May Conrad Graham and Floyd Fleming Graham. Dave was the loving husband of Barbara Dicus...
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Nelson Garman Martin, 54

Nelson Garman Martin, 54 of Mechanicsville, MD formerly of Lancaster, PA passed away on November 25, 2018 in Cheverly, MD. Born on September 6, 1964 in Ephrata, PA he was the son of late Erma W. Garman Martin and Mahlon S. Martin of Manheim, PA. Nelson was the loving husband of Greta J. Sensenig...
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William Edward Dixon, Jr., “Bill”, 96

William Edward Dixon, Jr., “Bill”, 96

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

Hilda Elizabeth Stillwell, 95

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

CAPT Zachary “Bo” Adolphus Henry, Jr., 63

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

Linda Davis Reno

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

Helen Elizabeth McGurk, 76

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

Joyce N. Ballou, 79

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

Theresa Marie Seeger, 86

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, 87

Mary Katherine Murphy -O’Neill, 87

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

Edward Russell Mullican, Sr., 78

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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