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“Backpacks of Love” to Assist Victims of Child Abuse and Neglect

“Backpacks of Love” to Assist Victims of Child Abuse and Neglect

During the month of February, Charles County Government, in partnership with the La Plata Police Department, is supporting The Blue Ribbon Project’s Backpacks of Love program with several Charles County drop-off locations. The Backpacks of Love program supports victims of child abuse and neglect by providing children with a backpack of essential necessities to...
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CSM’s Tri-County Job and Career Fair Set for April 10

CSM’s Tri-County Job and Career Fair Set for April 10

A job fair is a way for applicants and potential employers to meet and talk … in person. It is an opportunity to cut through the mass of electronic communication that usually accompanies a modern job search or the search for that perfect applicant. The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will host the 2018...
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Delegates from Southern Maryland File for Re-Election Together, Receive Hogan’s Endorsement

Delegates from Southern Maryland File for Re-Election Together, Receive Hogan’s Endorsement

On Tuesday, January 30, 2018, the District 29 House Delegation representing St. Mary’s and Southern Calvert, Delegates Matt Morgan, Deb Rey, and Jerry Clark officially filed for re-election for the House of Delegates. Delegate Matt Morgan represents District 29A North St. Mary’s, Delegate Deb Rey represents District 29B South St. Mary’s and Delegate Gerald...
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Waldorf Man Arrested for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana

Waldorf Man Arrested for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana

On January 29, 2018, at approximately 11:00 p.m., an officer from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office was conducting a patrol check at a convenience store on St. Ignatius Drive in Waldorf when he observed two subjects loitering at the corner of the building. The subjects left the area abruptly, after which another officer responded...
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WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 1/31/2018

WANTED – Calvert County Sheriff’s Office 1/31/2018

The following persons are wanted by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Unit is responsible for the service of criminal and child support warrants as well as criminal summonses issued by the courts. They are also responsible for coordinating extraditions of suspects out of state. If you have information...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Arrests – 1/30/2018

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Arrests – 1/30/2018

The following is a sample of recent St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office arrests and investigations Assault- On January 25, 2018, DFC. Schultz responded to the 21000 block of Great Mills Road, in Lexington Park, for a reported assault.  Upon arrival contact was made with the victim who advised the suspect Joseph Xavier Young, age...
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REMINDER – NAS Patuxent River: Integrated Security Exercise Jan. 30, Buse Road to be closed in the vicinity of Bldg. 468, Bldg. 469

REMINDER – NAS Patuxent River: Integrated Security Exercise Jan. 30, Buse Road to be closed in the vicinity of Bldg. 468, Bldg. 469

NAS Patuxent River will conduct an integrated security exercise between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in the vicinity of Buildings 468 and 469. Buse road will be closed to through traffic between Fortin Rd (F-14) and Keane Rd (Drill Hall). Fortin Circle will remain open; Keane Road access to the Drill Hall...
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Driver Attempts to Flee Maryland State Police, Catches Four Charges Instead

Driver Attempts to Flee Maryland State Police, Catches Four Charges Instead

On January 2, 2018 at approximately 10:40 p.m., Trooper C. Ruth of the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack was operating an unmarked Maryland State Police vehicle in the area of southbound Route 245 at Mount Pleasant Road in Hollywood. While at this location, Ruth observed a vehicle traveling southbound on Route 245, approaching from...
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Ashok Michael Kumar Agarwal, 63

Ashok Michael Kumar Agarwal, 63

Ashok Michael Kumar Agarwal, 63, of Huntingtown passed away January 1, 2018. He was born September 19, 1954 in Hyderabad, India to Poonamchand and Bhagirathi (Gupta) Agarwal. Ashok graduated from Osmania University in Hyderabad with a Bachelor’s Degree in Basic Engineering. He moved to the United States in December of 1977 and proudly became...
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Louis Anthony Pope, 64

Louis Anthony Pope, 64 of Lusby, MD passed away suddenly on January 23, 2018 at his residence. He was born on August 27, 1953 in Washington, DC to the late Mary Agnes and Joseph Aloysius Pope. He is survived by his wife Agnes M. Pope and a son, Michael Pope both of Lusby, MD....
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Harry Thomas Bunting

Harry Thomas Bunting

Harry Thomas Bunting formerly of Middletown NY passed away unexpectedly January 25th 2018 at Prince George County Hospital in Maryland. The son of the late Richard Bunting and Edna Myers Bunting, he was born October 11th 1949 in Middletown NY. Harry graduated from Middletown High School and on his 18th birthday was drafted and...
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Jean M. Hefferon, 93

Jean M. Hefferon, 93, of Highland, MD passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2018. Born to the late Agnes (Burke) and Ambrose Callahan of Avoca, Pennsylvania on October 7, 1924. She is survived by her daughter, Lizanne H. Davis of Highland, MD and Sean P. Hefferon of Highland, MD; and two grandkids, Conor and...
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Elizabeth Anne Ashley, 85

Elizabeth Anne Ashley, 85

Elizabeth Anne Ashley, 85, of Upper Marlboro, MD passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Born to the late Irene (Murphy) and Daniel Walter in Washington, D.C. She spent her formative years there, graduating from St. Cecelia’s Academy before moving to Maryland to raise her family. She is survived by her three loving children...
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William Frederick Owens, 90

William Frederick Owens, 90

William Frederick Owens, age 90 of Clinton, MD, formerly of Leonardtown, MD joined our Heavenly Lord on 24 January 2018 at his residence after a nine-year battle with dementia. William Frederick “Fred” was born to the late William Freeman and Anna Elizabeth (Thompson) Owens on 22 May 1927 in Leonardtown, St. Mary’s County, MD....
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Madelyn Griffith Irish

Madelyn Griffith Irish

Madelyn Griffith Irish waved goodbye peacefully at home in La Plata, MD, with her loving husband by her side on January 23, 2018. She was 87 years old. Madelyn was born June 17, 1930, in Baltimore, MD. She is survived by her husband, Ernest Leopold Irish, daughter, Sarah Marshall Griffith Kurtz (Thomas E.) and...
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Ernest “Ernie” Lee Sigmon, Sr., 84

Ernest “Ernie” Lee Sigmon, Sr., 84

Ernest “Ernie” Lee Sigmon, Sr., 84, of Waldorf, MD, passed on January 23, 2018. He was born in Hiawatha, West Virginia, a small coal mining town, on May 21, 1933 to Edward and Annie (Cook) Sigmon. He moved to Washington, DC in 1950 with his cousin to work at the Coca-Cola Company washing bottles....
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Dianna May Barrick, 60

Dianna May Barrick, 60, of La Plata, Maryland, died on January 24, 2018 at her home. Born on August 10, 1957 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Roberta Weiser. Dianna worked as a Receptionist with McKesson Pharmaceuticals and was an avid golfer and member of the Hawthorne Country Club. She...
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Howard Leo Nolan, 88

Howard Leo Nolan, 88

Howard Leo Nolan, 88, of Waldorf, MD passed away on January 26, 2018 surrounded by his family. He is survived by his children Donna and Bruce Paugh, Mary and Dale Cooter, Lynn and Pat Gwinn, Mike Nolan and Lorraine Breault-Nolan, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Visitation will be on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 from 10:30AM...
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Thomas Augustus Simpson, Jr., 79

Thomas Augustus Simpson, Jr., 79

Thomas Augustus Simpson, Jr., age 79 of Waldorf, Maryland, died January 27, 2018 at his residence with Hospice. Thomas was a long-time self-employed carpenter for 30 years. In his early years, he served with the Army National Guard. He was a big Baltimore Orioles fan and he enjoyed playing pool. In the mid 1970’s,...
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Dolores Ford Cooper

Dolores Ford Cooper

Dolores Ford Cooper., born October 24, 1950 in Fredericksburg, VA to the late Bernard Ford and the late Frances Busking Ford. She has one sister, Delma Ford Luskey who passed in July 2000. Dolores was raised and lived in Colonial Beach, VA and graduated from Colonia Beach High School in 1969. She married to...
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Jay Robert Jordan, 68

Jay Robert Jordan, 68, of Harwood, MD passed peacefully on January 27, 2018 at Mandarin Hospice of the Chesapeake in Harwood, MD, surrounded by his loving family. He was born February 15, 1949 in Farmington, MD to the late Russell Harwood and Sarah Margaret Newhall. He was self-employed as a roofer for over 30...
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Elizabeth Sue (Plummer) Sparks

Elizabeth Sue (Plummer) Sparks

Elizabeth Sue (Plummer) Sparks, or “Bette Sue” as she was better known by her loved ones, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 24th at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. Born in 1942 and having grown up in Upper Marlboro, MD, Bette Sue considered her life to have...
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Frances Madalin Ventre

Frances Madalin Ventre died on January 25, 2018 with her daughters Lynn Ventre and Sandy Ventre Richards and family friend Ginny Meyer at her bedside at Hospice House in Callaway, Maryland. She was a member of what Tom Brokaw called “The Greatest Generation” and her values were that of personal responsibility, humbleness, commitment to...
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Amy Jeanette “Jean” Clements, 81

Amy Jeanette “Jean” Clements, 81

Amy Jeanette “Jean” Clements, 81, of St. Inigoes, MD, formerly of Ridge, MD passed away on January 26, 2018 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on October 20, 1936 in Ridge, MD she was the daughter of the late Jeanette Allen Greenwell and Ernest Matthew Forrest. Jean was the loving wife of the late Robert E....
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Leon Francis Daye, 74

Leon Francis Daye, 74

Leon Francis Daye, 74 of Lexington Park, MD, passed away on January 25, 2018. Family and friends will unite on Friday, February 2, 2018 for visitation at 11 am until Mass of Christian Burial at 12 noon at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 22375 Three Notch Rd, Lexington Park, MD 20653. Interment to follow...
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