Monthly Archives: February 2020

Joseph Spencer Scriber, Sr., 89

Joseph Spencer Scriber, Sr., 89

Joseph Spencer Scriber, Sr., 89 of Hollywood, MD, entered into eternal rest on February 20, 2020. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, February 29, 2020 for visitation at 9 am until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am at St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church, 43950 St. John’s Road, Hollywood, MD 20636. Interment...
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Myrtle Lawrence Johnson, 84

Myrtle Lawrence Johnson, 84

Myrtle Lawrence Johnson, 84 of Callaway, MD, went home to be with the Lord on February 16, 2020. She was born on October 3, 1935 in Clinton, MD to John Paul and Nellie S. Lawrence. She was educated in the Prince George’s and St. Mary’s County Public Schools. After receiving her GED, she continued...
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Joseph Cornelius Green, Jr., 74

Joseph Cornelius Green, Jr., 74

Joseph Cornelius Green, Jr., 74, of Great Mills, MD, was born on May 11, 1945 in Great Mills, Maryland to the late Joseph Cornelius Green, Sr., and Lucille (Dyson) Green. He was raised by his Aunt Florence and Uncle Sonny of Valley Lee, Maryland. He departed peacefully on February 19, 2020 at Hospice of...
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Barbara Ann Fenwick, 78

Barbara Ann Fenwick, 78

Barbara Ann Fenwick, 78 of Mechanicsville, MD, entered into eternal rest on February 23, 2020. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, February 29, 2020 for visitation at 9 am until time of service at 11 am at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, 38576 Brett Way, Mechanicsville, MD. Reverend Roderick McClanahan will be officiating. Interment to...
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Landover Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking, Multiple Armed Robberies and Assaults in D.C., Calvert, Montgomery, and Prince George’s County

Landover Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking, Multiple Armed Robberies and Assaults in D.C., Calvert, Montgomery, and Prince George’s County

Dante Tyler-El, age 54, of Landover, Maryland, pleaded guilty carjacking and to using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Tyler-El entered his guilty plea yesterday The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special Agent in Charge...
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Wanted Wednesday: Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Shannon Patricia Monaghan

Wanted Wednesday: Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Whereabouts of Shannon Patricia Monaghan

The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Shannon Patricia Monaghan. Monaghan is wanted for Child Support. Anyone with information in regards to this subject is asked to please contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office at (410) 535-2800 and or Dfc. Chip Ward at (443) 532-0603, Sgt Phillip Foote at (443) 624-7137.
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Burglary Suspects in Hollywood

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Burglary Suspects in Hollywood

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identities of the persons pictured in a burglary investigation. On Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 2:50 p.m., the suspects unlawfully entered a home in the 42300 block of Riva Ridge Drive in Hollywood. Stolen from the residence were a 60-inch Samsung television, a Stihl trimmer,...
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland Presents ESPN Analyst and Bestselling Author Jay Williams on March 26, 2020

St. Mary’s College of Maryland Presents ESPN Analyst and Bestselling Author Jay Williams on March 26, 2020

The Office of the President presents ESPN analyst and bestselling author Jay Williams on March 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Michael P. O’Brien Athletic and Recreation Center, 19050 Hill Commons Drive, on the St. Mary’s College of Maryland campus. Part of the Presidential Lecture Series, the event is free of charge and open...
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Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Mechanicsville

Two Injured, One Transported to Trauma Center After Head-on Collision in Mechanicsville

On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at approximately 7:55 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Earnshaw Way in Mechanicsville, for a motor vehicle collision reported serious, with one vehicle overturned and one subject trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a...
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The Black Diamond Disaster Weekend, An American Civil War Event Occurring at St. Clement’s Island Museum in April, 2020

The Black Diamond Disaster Weekend, An American Civil War Event Occurring at St. Clement’s Island Museum in April, 2020

Head to St. Clement’s Island Museum for a weekend of activities commemorating a forgotten tragedy of the American Civil War, the Black Diamond Disaster. On April 23, 1865, 87 lives were lost when the Black Diamond and the steamer Massachusetts collided in the Potomac River near St. Clement’s Island during the hunt for John...
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Commissioners of St. Mary’s County to Receive Bids for Surplus Real Property in Ridge

PUBLIC NOTICE: Commissioners of St. Mary’s County to Receive Bids for Surplus Real Property in Ridge

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County will receive bids for the purchase of surplus real property in the First (1st) Election District with a physical address of 49366 White House Lane, Ridge, MD 20680, Tax Account No. 01-021451, for a period of 45 days, beginning February 25, 2020 and...
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Commissioners of St. Mary’s County to Receive Bids for Surplus Real Property in Chaptico

PUBLIC NOTICE: Commissioners of St. Mary’s County to Receive Bids for Surplus Real Property in Chaptico

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County will receive bids for the purchase of surplus real property located in the Fourth (4th) Election District with a physical address of 36039 Carver Road, Mill Point Shores, Chaptico, MD 20621, Tax Account No. 04-005937, for a period of 45 days, beginning February...
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United Way of Calvert County’s 40 Year Anniversary

United Way of Calvert County’s 40 Year Anniversary

United Way of Calvert County is celebrating 40 years of engaging the community in making a meaningful difference to improve people’s lives. The United Way of Calvert County (UWCC) was incorporated on April 23rd, 1980. UWCC started as a group of volunteers from Baltimore Gas & Electric, supporting six local human service agencies. Since...
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Maryland Bill Would Ban Plastic Carryout Bags From all Stores

Maryland Bill Would Ban Plastic Carryout Bags From all Stores

Plastic carryout bags would essentially be a thing of the past in Maryland if a bill in the General Assembly gathers enough lawmakers’ votes. The bill would ban plastic carryout bags at the “point of sale” next year in July, require stores to charge customers a 10 cent fee per “durable” carryout bag —...
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Maryland Bill Looks to Make Single-Occupant Restrooms Gender-Neutral

Maryland Bill Looks to Make Single-Occupant Restrooms Gender-Neutral

Many public buildings in Maryland would be required to make their single-occupant bathrooms gender neutral under legislation in the state’s General Assembly. The proposed law would require public facilities to change their pictorial or gender-exclusive signage for single-toilet bathrooms to gender neutral, according to the bill’s state legislative analysis. It would apply to places...
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Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Two More Armed Robberies in Lexington Park

Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating Two More Armed Robberies in Lexington Park

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division is seeking the identities of individuals involved in two recent robberies in Lexington Park. On Friday evening, Feb. 21, 2020, two males entered the Island Sushi business in Millison Plaza in Lexington Park, brandished a weapon and demanded money. The two men left with an...
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Traffic Cameras at Thomas Johnson Bridge and Three Notch Road / Route 4 in St. Mary County

  
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VIDEO: Two Injured, One Sent to Trauma Center After Early Morning Head-on Collision in California

VIDEO: Two Injured, One Sent to Trauma Center After Early Morning Head-on Collision in California

On Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at approximately 6:15 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel were dispatched to the area of Patuxent Beach Road and Kingston Creek Road in California, for the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. Shortly after units were dispatched, the assignment was then upgraded to a motor vehicle accident reported serious...
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House Fire in Lusby Displaces Three Adults, Firefighters Report Fire Accidental and Caused by Grill

House Fire in Lusby Displaces Three Adults, Firefighters Report Fire Accidental and Caused by Grill

On Sunday, February 23, 2020 at approximately 2:20 p.m. firefighters from St. Leonard and neighboring companies responded to 8182 Cardinal Lane in Lusby, for the reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a one-story single family residence with fire showing. Saint Leonard Volunteer Fire Department Engine 71 first arrived on...
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Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Crash in Prince George’s County

Maryland State Police Investigating Fatal Crash in Prince George’s County

The Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred early this morning in Prince George’s County. At approximately 2:45 a.m., this morning, troopers from the College Park Barrack responded to the I-95 South ramp to eastbound Route 212 for a report of a single-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a 2010...
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Baltimore Man Arrested After Robbing Five Businesses in Eleven Days in Anne Arundel

Baltimore Man Arrested After Robbing Five Businesses in Eleven Days in Anne Arundel

On February 23, 2020 at approximately 6:00 a.m., officers received a call for a hold up alarm at the 7-Eleven located at 5617 Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park. Upon arrival, officers met with the store clerk who reported a male suspect entered the store, implied he had a gun and demanded the money from...
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Important Deadlines for the 2020 Presidential Primary Election

Important Deadlines for the 2020 Presidential Primary Election

Important deadlines for the 2020 Presidential Primary Election are approaching.  The deadline to register to vote, change party affiliation, update an address, and request a polling place reassignment is 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2020. To vote in the upcoming presidential primary election, Maryland residents who are eligible to vote but are not yet registered...
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Man Faces 85 Charges Including Production of Child Pornography, Distribution of Child Pornography, and Rape

Man Faces 85 Charges Including Production of Child Pornography, Distribution of Child Pornography, and Rape

The Criminal Investigation Division’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force identified and arrested a man who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old male and took photos during that assault. The suspect is 37-year-old Marvin Amaya Diaz of the 2200 block of University Boulevard in the Lewisdale area. The suspect and victim are not related and had...
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Chesapeake Beach U.S. Navy Pilot to Lead U.S. Navy Rhino Demonstration Team in 2020

Chesapeake Beach U.S. Navy Pilot to Lead U.S. Navy Rhino Demonstration Team in 2020

A Chesapeake Beach, Maryland U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot assigned as an instructor to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-106), selected to become Team Lead for the U.S. Navy Rhino Demonstration Team. The Rhino Demo Team is a single ship air show demonstration that displays the rich heritage of Naval Aviation to patriotic audiences across...
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UPDATE: Police Say Speed and Alcohol Factor in Single Vehicle Crash in Valley Lee

UPDATE: Police Say Speed and Alcohol Factor in Single Vehicle Crash in Valley Lee

On February 23, 2020, at approximately 2:31 a.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 19400 block of Piney Point Road in the area of Blake Creek Road, in Valley Lee, for the reported motor vehicle collision. Deputies arrived on scene and located a single vehicle, with one occupant, in...
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