Monthly Archives: June 2017

Susan Ann Bowles-Foster, 59

Susan Ann Bowles-Foster, 59

Susan Ann Bowles-Foster, age 59 of Hudson, Florida (formerly of Hughesville, Maryland), died June 24, 2017 in Indian Head, Maryland. Susan loved her dog “Sassy” and her family, especially her grand kids, Jonathan, Brandon, Angela, Alyssa, and Jacob. She was the daughter of John A. Bowles and Mary Elliott Bowles. In addition to her...
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James Thomas “Jimmy” Giles, 86

James Thomas “Jimmy” Giles, 86

James Thomas “Jimmy” Giles, age 86 of Waldorf, Maryland, died June 24, 2017 at Restore Health in White Plains, Maryland. Jimmy was a Plumbing Foreman with Taylor Electric in Waldorf, Maryland and was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, also in Waldorf, Maryland. He was also a member of the American Legion in...
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Mary Ellen “Mame” Gregory, 85

Mary Ellen “Mame” Gregory, 85

Mary Ellen “Mame” Gregory, 85, of La Plata, Maryland, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2017 at Sagepoint Senior Living. She was born April 12, 1932, in Sayville, New York. Mame was the daughter of Joseph Anthony Masin and Eileen Vunck Masin. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
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Rosita Lorraine “Zita” Howell, 69

Rosita Lorraine “Zita” Howell, 69

Rosita Lorraine “Zita” Howell, age 69 of Waldorf, Maryland, died June 23, 2017 at her residence with Hospice. Zita was an Executive Assistant for 30 years with Associated Builders and Contractors and was a member/church volunteer of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Pomfret, Maryland. In her early career, she worked for the F.B.I. She...
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Mark Christian Lund, 59

Mark Christian Lund, 59

Mark Christian Lund, age 59 of Waldorf, Maryland, died June 21, 2017 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland. Mark was a Foreman in the Electric Department at the Pentagon in Washington, DC for 15 years and attended the Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He lived most of his...
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Phillip Alexander Vargas, age 38

Phillip Alexander Vargas, age 38

Phillip Alexander Vargas, age 38, of Nanjemoy, MD, died on June 21, 2017 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, VA. Phillip was a Tow Truck Drive with various tow truck companies for 8 years. He was a member of the Nanjemoy Baptist Church. Phillip loved working on Ford Mustangs. He also enjoyed playing drums...
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Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Yerdon, 77

Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Yerdon, 77

Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Yerdon, 77, of California, MD passed away on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. Born on October 3, 1939, she is the daughter on the late Joseph Quade and Elsie Griffith. On February 23, 1963, Liz married her beloved husband, Jerry Yerdon in Waldorf, MD....
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Dixie Marilyn Horton-Betters, 80

Dixie Marilyn Horton-Betters, 80

Dixie Marilyn Horton-Betters, 80, of Great Mills, MD passed away June 25, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on September 7, 1936 in Arkansas to the late Howard Franklin May and Dixie June Beyland. Marilyn attended the University of Chattanooga and is a graduate of the University of...
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Edith Louise Lambert, 93

Edith Louise Lambert, 93

Edith Louise Lambert, 93, of Mechanicsville, Maryland, died on June 23, 2017 at St. Mary’s Nursing Center, Leonardtown, MD. Born on November 16, 1923 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Leroy Higgs and the late Rose Grace Higgs. Edith’s prior profession in life before retirement was a bookkeeper at Suburban...
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Joseph Paul Menehan, 88

Joseph Paul Menehan, 88, of Jellico, Tennessee passed away June 22, 2017 at his home. He was born on January 7, 1929 in San Francisco, California to the late Joseph Ignatius Menehan and Mildred Helen O’Connor Menehan. Paul is survived by his son, David Patrick Menehan (Valentina) of Woodbridge, VA., and his daughter, Kathleen...
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Lucy Mae Hanson, 87

Lucy Mae Hanson, 87

Lucy Mae Hanson, 87, of Valley Lee, MD passed away on June 24, 2017 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on May 17, 1930 in Valley Lee, MD she was the daughter of the late William Jennings and Myrtle Hewitt Russell. Lucy was the loving wife of the late Norris Orville Hanson, whom she married on...
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George Edward Spalding, 81

George Edward Spalding, 81

George Edward Spalding 81, of Hollywood, MD, died June 22nd, 2017 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. George was born on December 29th, 1935 to Elizabeth Claire Thompson Spalding and Francis Xavier Spalding. He was the loving husband of Barbara Hayden Spalding and stepfather to Bill Hayden and Linda Blackwell. He also had...
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Sophia Wright

Sophia Wright

On Sunday, June 25, 2017, Sophia Wright, peacefully entered into eternal rest. Family and friends will unite on Monday, July 3, from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. at Largo Community Baptist Church, 1701 Enterprise Road Bowie, MD 20721. Internment will immediately follow at Resurrection Cemetery in Clinton, MD.
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Leonte Jerell Cox

Leonte Jerell Cox

On Monday, June 26, 2017 Leonte Jerell Cox departed this earthly life in Washington, DC. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, July 1, 2017 from 10:00am until time of service 11:00am at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home 2294 Old Washington Road, Waldorf, MD 20601. Interment will follow at Heritage Memorial Cemetery, Waldorf, MD.
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Maryland State Police SPIDRE Team To Be Out In Force This July 4th Holiday

Maryland State Police SPIDRE Team To Be Out In Force This July 4th Holiday

With the July 4th holiday quickly approaching, the Maryland State Police and other police agencies across Maryland will be out in force removing impaired drivers from the highways.  For the fourth straight year, the State Police Impaired DRiving Effort (SPIDRE) team will continue its goal to make Maryland’s roads safer during the July 4th...
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Thomas M. Douglass (Tommy), 50

Thomas M. Douglass (Tommy), 50

Thomas M. Douglass (Tommy), 50, of Johnstown, went to be with the Lord on June 27, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center. Tommy was born on September 21, 1966, in Washington DC, son of Gerald Thomas (Tom) and Barbara Douglass. He was preceded in death by his Father Tom. He is survived by his mother...
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Traffic Advisory: 9th Annual Independence Celebration at Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department

Traffic Advisory: 9th Annual Independence Celebration at Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department

The Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department will host its 9th Annual Independence Day Celebration on July 1, 2017. Residents can expect traffic delays, heavy pedestrian, and motor vehicle traffic, as well as multiple lane closures in the area. The delays are expected from approximately 4 p.m. until 11 p.m. The following road and lane closures...
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Governor Larry Hogan Delivers Keynote Address at Maryland Municipal League Summer Conference

Governor Larry Hogan Delivers Keynote Address at Maryland Municipal League Summer Conference

Governor Larry Hogan today delivered the keynote address at the 2017 Maryland Municipal League (MML) summer conference in Ocean City, Md. In his remarks, the governor highlighted the administration’s efforts to spur economic development and job creation, improve infrastructure, and tackle the state’s evolving heroin and opioid crisis. In addition, the governor announced two new Executive...
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Modest Changes Coming to Maryland’s Commercial Crab Harvest

Modest Changes Coming to Maryland’s Commercial Crab Harvest

Following weeks of scientific review and discussion among key stakeholders, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is making modest but important changes to the commercial harvesting of Chesapeake Bay female hard crabs later this season. Harvesting will close Nov. 20, and bushel levels for the month of November will be reduced compared to the...
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Wednesday’s Pet is Hazel

Wednesday’s Pet is Hazel

Wednesday’s Pet for 6/28/17 is Hazel Featured Pet: Hazel Rescue Group: Humane Society of Calvert County Breed: Lab/Hound Mix Sex: Female Size: Medium Vetted: Spayed and Up-to-date with routine shots Adoption Fee: Contact group for donation fee Hazel is a 2-year-old Lab Mix.  She is currently in a foster home with her litter of...
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11-Year-Old Layla Kaelin from Leonardtown has a Big Heart and a Love for Animals

11-Year-Old Layla Kaelin from Leonardtown has a Big Heart and a Love for Animals

While watching the news and eating breakfast with her mother, Sheri Kaelin, Layla heard a story about K-9 dogs that were injured because they weren’t wearing vests. Without hesitation, the young animal lover told her mother she wanted to raise money to purchase vests for her local police department’s K-9 unit. That’s where the...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Motor Vehicle Collision

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Motor Vehicle Collision

On June 26, 2017, at approximately 8:23 PM, patrol officers from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a serious single motor vehicle collision on Vista Road in the area of Whiskey Creek Road in Hollywood. Officers located a 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe off the roadway and into a tree with both the operator...
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Armed Carjacking Suspect Killed in Fatal Crash in Bowie

Armed Carjacking Suspect Killed in Fatal Crash in Bowie

The Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating a fatal crash in Suitland. The decedent is 48-year-old Derrick Foster of Lake Arbor Way in Bowie. On Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at 1:15 a.m., patrol officers responded to 1000 block of Largo Center Drive for the report of an armed carjacking and robbery. A male...
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Exclusive Video: Can You Identify This Thief in Lexington Park?

Exclusive Video: Can You Identify This Thief in Lexington Park?

On Friday, June 23, 2017, at approximately 12:20 a.m., a white male used a crowbar to gain access to the dollar bill acceptor of a Coke machine at the Lexwood Apartments, in Lexington Park. Anyone with information as to the identity of the person or additional information is asked to leave a comment below...
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Blue Crab Stock Considered Sustainable, Despite Population Decline

Blue Crab Stock Considered Sustainable, Despite Population Decline

Fisheries experts have encouraged Maryland, Virginia and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission to take a cautious approach to blue crab management as they set harvest regulations for the coming year. In the annual Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Advisory Report, these experts note that while the 2016 female blue crab harvest was lower than regulations...
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