Monthly Archives: September 2019

Jeremy Testa an Invited Lecturer in Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia Series

Jeremy Testa an Invited Lecturer in Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia Series

St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Biology Department presents Jeremy Testa to discuss “The Long Road of Chesapeake Bay Restoration: Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery” as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia series. The talk takes place on Oct. 30 at 4:45 p.m. in Schaefer Hall 106. Testa, visiting the National Public Honors College...
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Little Explorers at Historic St. Mary’s City Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Little Explorers at Historic St. Mary’s City Wednesday, October 2, 2019

On Wednesday, October 2 at 10:00 am, join Historic St. Mary’s City Little Explorers to wander “On The Farm!” Youngsters will be able to meet the animals, learn about different farm jobs, and hear the many sounds “on the farm.” The Little Explorers will be meeting at the Godiah Spray Plantation, located at 47621...
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Anne Arundel Riviera Beach Volunteer Fire Department Assists Owl Moon Raptor Center and Citizens in Saving Injured Adult Osprey Stuck in Tree

Anne Arundel Riviera Beach Volunteer Fire Department Assists Owl Moon Raptor Center and Citizens in Saving Injured Adult Osprey Stuck in Tree

On Saturday, September 21, 2019, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the Owl Moon Raptor Center received a call from Mark Decarli, who was boating and saw an osprey upside down in a tree in Pasadena. Donna Cole, employees from the Owl Moon Center, and Bob Baltz, who volunteers for the Maryland Park Service with the...
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Mom Rescues Almost-Lost $50,000 Winning Powerball Ticket Purchased in Bryans Road

Mom Rescues Almost-Lost $50,000 Winning Powerball Ticket Purchased in Bryans Road

Moving one’s belongings from one place to another is, at best, a hectic process. There are many things to remember, to keep track of and safeguard. Luckily, a Laurel woman had her mother helping with the move and her mom found a forgotten $50,000 winning Powerball ticket. “I almost never buy tickets,” said the...
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Maryland Fentanyl And Heroin Dealer Sentenced Today To 9 Years In Federal Prison For Federal Drug Charges

Maryland Fentanyl And Heroin Dealer Sentenced Today To 9 Years In Federal Prison For Federal Drug Charges

U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Gari Terrell Miller, 39, of Clinton, to 9 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, and to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Miller was one of the first defendants charged as...
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State House of 1676 in Historic St. Mary’s City Currently Undergoing Renovations and Repair

State House of 1676 in Historic St. Mary’s City Currently Undergoing Renovations and Repair

The reconstructed State House of 1676 (HSMC) has been undergoing renovations and repair to its original roof. Built in 1934 in honor of Maryland’s tercentennial, the State House was constructed with a flat tile, which was the best estimate as to the type of roof the original building had. Eighty-five years later, with the...
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Veteran Lake Shore Firefighter Suffers Medical Emergency Preparing to Respond to Call in Anne Arundel County Firehouse

Veteran Lake Shore Firefighter Suffers Medical Emergency Preparing to Respond to Call in Anne Arundel County Firehouse

On Sunday, September 22, 2019. at approximately 12:50 p.m., the engine company at the Lake Shore Fire Station in Pasadena was alerted to respond to a dwelling fire in the Jacobsville area, when a firefighter getting dressed collapsed. A career member of the crew became unconscious while dressing to respond and another member of...
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Historic St. Mary’s City Offering Hide Tanning Workshop on Saturday, October 26, 2019

Historic St. Mary’s City Offering Hide Tanning Workshop on Saturday, October 26, 2019

Registration has opened for a hide tanning workshop scheduled on October 26, 2019. Hunting season is upon us, and Historic St. Mary’s City is offering a workshop to help learn the native art of taking a deer hide and turning it into soft buckskin. This program, designed for beginners, takes the participant through the...
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Planning to Travel Abroad? Get Your Passport at the Calvert Library in Prince Frederick

Planning to Travel Abroad? Get Your Passport at the Calvert Library in Prince Frederick

Prepare for upcoming travel and apply for your U.S. Passport today at Calvert Library Prince Frederick. As a convenience to the community, Calvert Library is now a State Department-approved passport acceptance facility. While there, you can pick up books and other materials about your destination. You can even download the library’s Mango Languages learning...
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State Fire Marshal Investigating Early Morning House Fire in Huntingtown Where Two Firefighters Were Injured

State Fire Marshal Investigating Early Morning House Fire in Huntingtown Where Two Firefighters Were Injured

On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at approximately 5:30 a.m., firefighters from Huntingtown, Prince Frederick, Dunkirk, St. Leonard and surrounding departments responded to Queensberry Drive in Huntingtown, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-story single family residence with fire showing from the roof and rear of the house....
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Congratulates Captain David Yingling for his Graduation from the FBI National Academy

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Congratulates Captain David Yingling for his Graduation from the FBI National Academy

Sheriff Tim Cameron and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office congratulate Capt. David Yingling, Commander of the Patrol Division, for his graduation from the FBI National Academy this month. Capt. Yingling was one of 256 law enforcement officers to complete the 277th session of the National Academy, graduating on Sept. 13, 2019. Internationally known...
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Pamela Susan Saalbach

Pamela Susan Saalbach

Pamela’s dynamic personality and innate sense of fairness were displayed across her many talents which included a gorgeous singing voice, mastery of guitar, banjo, and dulcimer, and detailed costume design. The wedding dress she wore when she married her loving husband Mark Schleicher in 1984 was handmade and precisely fashioned based upon a photograph...
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Charles Mellon Lockerby “Chuck”

Charles Mellon Lockerby “Chuck”

After celebrating his 89th birthday on Labor Day, Charles Mellon Lockerby (“Chuck”) passed away on September 14 at his home in Drum Point, Lusby, Maryland, where he lived with his wife of 64+ years, Jean. Born in San Mateo, California in 1930, he spent his early boyhood years in San Mateo County before—following a...
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UPDATE: Police Release Identity of 60-Year-Old La Plata Man Killed in Construction Machinery Accident

UPDATE: Police Release Identity of 60-Year-Old La Plata Man Killed in Construction Machinery Accident

UPDATE 9/25/19: On September 23 at 1:52 p.m., officers, the fire department and EMS responded to the 3100 block of Elsa Avenue in Waldorf for the report of a crash involving a pedestrian. Once on the scene, the victim was observed pinned underneath a skid-steer, a piece of construction equipment. He was extricated by...
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Firefighters Respond to Large Brush Fire in Leonardtown

Firefighters Respond to Large Brush Fire in Leonardtown

On Monday, September 23, 2019, at approximately 3:35 p.m., firefighters from Leonardtown, Hollywood, Bay District and Valley Lee responded to the area of 41485 Connelly Street in Leonardtown, for the reported outside fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find approximately 3 acres of woods and a field on fire and requested more brush...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioners Seeking Volunteers for Boards, Commissions and Committees

St. Mary’s County Commissioners Seeking Volunteers for Boards, Commissions and Committees

The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County is calling all citizens interested in volunteering their time to the community by serving on various Boards, Committees and Commissions. Detailed descriptions of the various boards and membership application are available on the County’s website at https://www.stmarysmd.com/boards/. All applications must include a resume and be submitted no later...
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Allen Lee “Al” Huey, 64

Allen Lee “Al” Huey, 64

Allen Lee “Al” Huey, 64, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. He was born on October 28, 1954 to the late Charles Huey and Evelyn Manges Huey. Al is a 1972 graduate of Homer Center High School and 1976 graduate of...
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Joseph “Sonny” Fabian Jameson, Jr., 86

Joseph “Sonny” Fabian Jameson, Jr., 86

Joseph “Sonny” Fabian Jameson, Jr., 86, of Hughesville, MD passed away on September 21, 2019 at the Sagepoint Senior Living Facility in LaPlata, MD. Sonny was born on June 15, 1933 to the late Joseph Fabian Jameson Sr. and Agnes Cecelia (Bridgett) Jameson in Hughesville, MD. Sonny worked as a carpenter for J&S Contractors...
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William “Bill” Paul Goddard, 53

William “Bill” Paul Goddard, 53

William “Bill” Paul Goddard, 53, of Valley Lee, MD passed away on September 20, 2019 at his home. He was born on May 18, 1966 in Leonardtown, MD to Benjamin George Goddard and Mary Lynn (Byrum) Goddard. Bill grew up in Piney Point, MD with his brothers and sister. He had many priceless memories...
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Cozzens Construction Fundraiser Raises Over $60,000 for Calvert Hospice

Cozzens Construction Fundraiser Raises Over $60,000 for Calvert Hospice

Four years ago, Jerry and Joy Cozzens of Cozzens Construction held a small fundraising event for Calvert Hospice featuring an Eagles tribute band, the Long Run, at their home. Each year, the event grew in popularity and in proceeds. In 2018 the event outgrew their home and took place at Running Hare Vineyard, yielding...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Make Drug Arrest in Lexington Park

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Make Drug Arrest in Lexington Park

In September of 2019, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Vice Narcotics Division began an investigation into the distribution of controlled dangerous substances by Dedron Manuel Neal, 27 of Lexington Park. On September 21, 2019, with the assistance of the Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Team and Sheriff’s Office K-9, members of the Vice Narcotics...
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UPDATE: Sobriety Checkpoint in Charles County Yields Eleven DUI Arrests and Nine Drug Violations

UPDATE: Sobriety Checkpoint in Charles County Yields Eleven DUI Arrests and Nine Drug Violations

9/23/2019: On Saturday, September 21, 2019, from Midnight to 3:00 a.m., Troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack in conjunction with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and the Maryland Transportation Authority Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint and saturation patrol on N/B Rt. 301 at Jefferson Farm Place, Waldorf, Charles County. During the...
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Point Lookout Offers View to Civil War History

Point Lookout Offers View to Civil War History

History buffs of all ages are invited to the annual Civil War Artillery Weekend event Sept. 28-29 at Point Lookout State Park. Programs run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Point Lookout is a peninsula in St. Mary’s County where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay,...
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One Injured After Motor Vehicle Accident in California

One Injured After Motor Vehicle Accident in California

On Saturday, September 21, 2019, at approximately 2:05 p.m, police fire, and rescue personnel responded to Rick’s Jewelers on Three Notch Road and McDowell Lane in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find one vehicle in the roadway and one vehicle in the parking...
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Calvert Hospice Offering CONNECT Grief Workshop for Teens on October 16, November 16, 2019

Calvert Hospice Offering CONNECT Grief Workshop for Teens on October 16, November 16, 2019

Calvert Hospice will offer two sessions of the CONNECT Grief Workshop for Teens on October 12 and again on November 16 from 9:30 – 11:30 at the Calvert Library Meeting Room 1 in Prince Frederick (this is not a library sponsored program). This interactive workshop is for teens who are grieving the loss of...
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