John Sylvester Moreland Sr. of Mooresville, NC, formerly of La Plata, MD, died on January 12, 2018 in Cornelius, NC. He was 86 years old. Born on August 19, 1931 in Waldorf, MD, he was the son of the late Bessie V. Jenkins Moreland and Ernest Moreland. Mr. Moreland worked for A & P...
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Helen Grabis Foster, 96 of Hughesville, Maryland, died January 11, 2018. Helen was a Bookkeeper/Bank Teller with Southern Maryland Novelty/Community Bank of the Chesapeake. and was a member of St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church in Benedict, Maryland. In her early years, she was a secretary for the war department. She loved sewing, crocheting, and...
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Warren Ernest Frank, 92, of Leonardtown, MD passed away peacefully on January 15, 2018 at his home with his beloved wife at his side. He was born on June 4, 1925 in Grand Island, NE to the late Ernest William Frank and Louise Kimberly Hatch. Mr. Frank enlisted in the Army at the age...
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Mary Martha “Marti” Neal Of Hollywood, MD went home to the Lord on January 17, 2018, at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD, with her family by her side. Born in Washington, DC, on May 29, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Gerard M. and Catherine M. Guyther. She is survived...
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Michael Thayer, 27, of Mechanicsville passed away January 13, 2018 due to complications of the flu at MedStar Washington Hospital Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 19, 1990 in Washington, D.C. to John and Vikki Thayer. Mike is a graduate of Chopticon High School, attended Musician’s Institute in California and...
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Florence Susanna Ridgell Wolf, 85 of Scotland, MD, passed away peacefully at her home on January 11, 2018 surrounded by loved ones. Born October 17, 1932 to Cecilia King Ridgell and Joseph Austin Ridgell. Susanna, as she was known by family and friends, was married to the late Charles F. Wolf Jr., and they...
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Doris Marie Jean Rangel, 84, of Mechanicsville, Maryland (formerly of Virginia), passed away on January 11, 2018 in Mechanicsville. Born on November 14, 1933 in Nashua, New Hampshire, she was the daughter of the late Eli C. Dufour and the late Marie Lavoie Dufour. Doris was a Dental Assistant for the Department of Veterans...
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Paul Reed Scott, 80, of Tracy’s Landing, MD (formerly La Plata) died Monday, January 8, 2018. Born on March 27, 1937 in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late William Andrew Scott and the late Marion Chaney Scott. “Scottie” as he was known to all who loved him; is survived by his...
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Mary Lillian Bailey, known to friends and family as “Mary” or “Aunt Sis,” passed away on January 18, 2018 in Leonardtown, Maryland at the age of 96 years. Mary was born on February 28, 1921 at White’s Neck in Bushwood, Maryland. She was the daughter of John William Hall, Sr. and Gladys Mae Cheseldine...
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Eliza Catherine Mason was born on October, 9, 1932 to James and Nellie Miles. She departed this life on Saturday, January 13, 2018 after a brief illness. On September 2, 1951, she married her ‘Best Friend’, Harry F. Mason, at Our Lady’s Chapel in Medley’s Neck. Maryland. Catherine received her formal education at the...
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Mary Janet Simmons, born to the late Francis John and Delphine Evelyn Murphy of Pennsylvania on October 25, 1950 departed this life January 18, 2018 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Mary received her education within the Charles County Public Schools, graduating from La Plata High School. A consummate mother and homemaker, Mary dedicated her life...
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Thomas Carroll Gordon, 76 of Lexington Park, MD, entered into eternal rest on January 16, 2018. Family and friends will unite on Thursday, January 25 for visitation from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, Mechanicsville, MD. On Friday, January 26 service will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at...
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Peacefully on Sunday, January 14 2018, Dorothy M. Baskin departed this earthly life in Cheverly, Maryland. Family and friends will unite on Monday, January 22, 2017 from 10:00am until time of service at 11:00am at Carolina Missionary Baptist Church, 9901 Allentown Rd, Fort Washington, MD 20744. Interment will follow at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in...
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Bella Nicole White, passed away on January 12, 2018 and is now forever asleep in the arms of an Angel. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, January 20, 2018 for visitation at 11:00 am until time of service at 12 noon at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, 38576 Brett Way, Mechanicsville, MD 20659. Interment will...
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Peacefully on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, Betty went home to be with the Lord. Friends may visit with the family on Saturday, January 20, 2018 from 10 am until time of Life Celebration Service at 11 am at the BRISCOE-TONIC FUNERAL HOME located 2294 Old Washington Road in Waldorf, MD. Interment is private.
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Nicholas Allen “Nick” Morrison, 25, of Annapolis, MD passed away January 12, 2018 in Severna Park, MD. Born December 21, 1992 in Lewisburg, WV, he was the son of Richard Carl Morrison and the late Ali Christine McGraw. Nick graduated from Calvert High School in 2009 and was a hospitality server for Arturo’s Trattoria...
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After weeks of political posturing and debate, Congress failed to come to an agreement on a spending bill by the January 20, 2018 midnight deadline, resulting in non-essential government services shutting down effective immediately. A stopgap bill that passed the House would have avoided a government shutdown, but it failed to gain traction in...
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On Thursday, January 18, 2018, David Winters, a 22-year-0ld service technician at Winters Heating & Cooling, received a call from service administrator Kelsy Martin, 32 of Leonardtown. Martin told Winters that a man in a California residence needed immediate assistance due to a purported lack of heat at the home. Although Winters had already worked...
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From kindergarten to graduate school, education clearly is Gov. Larry Hogan’s priority in this election year. The proof is spelled out in his administration’s $44.4 billion operating budget for FY 2019 delivered to the Maryland General Assembly Wednesday. To the chagrin of health professionals and advocacy groups, new funding for Maryland’s opioid “state of...
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Preserving a piece of NAS Patuxent River’s history, conservators removed a 12-by-20 mural of astronauts Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, Scott Carpenter and John Glenn from the wall above the doorway of the abandoned Officers Club – or O-Club – located at Pax River on Cedar Point Road across the street from the Chesapeake Bay....
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Governor Larry Hogan today issued the following statement following Amazon’s announcement that Montgomery County has been selected as a potential site for its second headquarters: “This is tremendous news for Montgomery County, our entire state, and further proof that Maryland is truly open for business. Maryland put forward an extremely strong group of sites...
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Detectives from the Prince George’s County Police Department arrested a suspect in connection with a sexual assault in Beltsville in December of 2017. The suspect is 25-year-old Jose Gomez-Portillo of the 2000 block of W. Patapsco Avenue in Baltimore. At the time of the assault, the suspect lived in the same area as the...
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