Dottie Pearl Brofft (NEE Fink) passed away Dec. 16, 2022 at the age of 106 in Leonardtown, MD. Dottie was born November 10, 1916 and grew up on the family farm in Harrison County, Indiana with her parents Jesse and Nellie (NEE Keen) Fink and her siblings. Dottie completed high school at age 16...
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Robah “Robie” Ellis Garner, Jr., 93, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on December 11, 2022 in North Carolina. Born on September 5, 1929, in North Carolina, he was the son of the late Robah Ellis Garner and Julia Melida Ashley Garner. Robah grew up in a large family, one of thirteen children. Robie married...
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Leonila Reyes Hartswick, 78, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on December 11, 2022. Leonila was born July 17, 1944, in St. Carlos, Philippines to Juan Mararac and Maria Reyes. After Leonila graduated from high school, she went on to become a career Master Cosmetologist. Leonila married Thomas G. Hartswick on February 2, 1964. They...
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Matthew was born sleeping on December 12th with his parents by his side. Matthew is survived by his parents, Elliott Steven and Elizabeth Wathen Kandler; his brother, John Michael Kandler; and his grandparents, Faith Wathen and Michael Langley, Sr., Kimberly and Bryan Wilson, and Jeff and Susan Kandler. A Graveside Service will be held...
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We mournfully announce the passing of Charles David Farrell, 74, of Mechanicsville, MD. On December 21, 2022, Charles passed away peacefully. Charles, born to the late Archie and Catherine Farrell, took his first breath on November 30, 1948. While Charles never married, he devoted most of his time to his significant other, Mary Helen...
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John William Dorsey Sr. 82, of Mechanicsville, Maryland passed peacefully from this life to be with his loving Savior on December 9, 2022, in Mechanicsville, Virginia. John was born February 10, 1940, in Cumberland, Maryland to Irvin and Dorothy Dorsey. John married the love of his life Millie Montgomery on February 1, 1969 and...
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Elizabeth Ann Reynolds, 67 of Hollywood, MD, passed away on December 11, 2022 at her home in Hollywood surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on September 22, 1955 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania to the late Joseph Gribbon and Dorris (Osterwise) Gribbon. Elizabeth graduated from Ledyard High School in 1975. Upon graduation she had...
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April 27, 1928 – December 19, 2022 Obituary coming soon. Interment will be held next spring at BG William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, New Jersey.
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Known as the firecracker baby, Kenneth Warren Snelling was born on the fourth of July, 1924. He passed away peacefully on December 11, 2022. He was the youngest of six children born to Orange Culver and Delia (Redeker) Snelling. After graduating from Tipton High School, OK, he enrolled at Oklahoma A&M in 1942 and...
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On Friday, December 30, 2022, at approximately 7:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Ben Oaks Drive in Mechanicsville, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with one trapped and semi-conscious. Crews arrived and confirmed one trapped and semi-conscious. Firefighters extricated the single occupant in...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the January firearm deer hunting season opens Jan. 6, 2023, in Deer Management Region B, which includes all of the state except the westernmost counties. Hunters with a valid hunting license may use firearms to harvest sika and white-tailed deer during this season. The winter firearm season...
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With New Year’s Eve here, Maryland State Police are urging those who plan to celebrate with alcohol to be safe and smart and avoid impaired, distracted and aggressive driving. With an increase in impaired drivers expected throughout the state this weekend, state police will be conducting saturation patrols at each of the 23 barracks...
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UPDATE 1/1/2023: On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 4:06 p.m., officers responded to the area of Crain Highway and Port Tobacco Road in La Plata for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located the victim, Donnell Henry Hawkins, 30 of La Plata, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Hawkins was pronounced deceased at...
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Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office 2022 Accomplishments Significant Prosecutions Harold Bernard Gross was convicted of possession of fentanyl in large volume and, on November 14, 2022, was sentenced to 5 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Travis Benjamin Ridgely was convicted of the first degree premeditated murder of Selena Noel Persinger and...
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Prince George’s County Police patrol officers arrested a man who had minutes earlier attempted an armed carjacking in District Heights. The suspect is 18-year-old Messiah Jones of District Heights. On December 28, 2022, at approximately 7:15 pm, officers responded to the 2700 block of Lorring Drive in District Heights. The victim advised officers the...
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On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at approximately 7:05 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the Navy Recreational Center located at 13855 South Solomons Island Road in Solomons, for the reported commercial vehicle on fire. Crews arrived on the scene and found fire showing from a 18 foot pull behind camper....
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Recently, citizens have reported receiving fraudulent calls claiming to be law enforcement officers with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, demanding money or gift cards with the threat of arrests. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office reminds citizens that the agency does not solicit money or gift cards, nor does the Sheriff’s Office call...
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Governor Larry Hogan announced nearly $10 million in grant awards through the Community Safety Works program to more than 150 business districts, neighborhood associations, local governments and nonprofit organizations across Maryland, expanding on the governor’s Re-Fund The Police Initiative. Administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), this program improves the livability and...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department is investigating how a child accessed a gun inside of an apartment in Temple Hills this afternoon. While playing with the gun, it went off causing a slight graze wound. No one else in the apartment was injured. On December 29, 2022, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Prince George’s...
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On Thursday, December 29, 2022, at approximately 7:05 p.m., firefighters from Calvert and Anne Arundel County responded to the North Beach Public Works Building, 4030 11th Street in North Beach, for the reported commercial building fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene in just 2 minutes and found fire showing from a 40 x 75...
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December 29, 2022, (GREAT MILLS, MD) – Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and Criminal Enforcement Division are currently attempting to locate a man reported missing earlier this month from St. Mary’s County. James Volodimir Nalborcyk, 50, of Great Mills, Maryland, was reported missing by family members to the Maryland State Police on Dec. 21,...
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Did you hear something around noon today? An aircraft out of NAS Patuxent River was identified as going supersonic above 30,000 feet at the time of the loud boom heard on Thursday, December 29, 2022. NAS Pax River Air Operations confirmed that the flight was authorized. NAS PAX flight test squadrons conduct several types...
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An adjusted fee schedule for Calvert County Parks & Recreation programs, facilities and services will take effect Jan. 1, 2023. Modest increases in some programs and services account for changes in community needs, cost of goods, program offerings and the addition of programs and services. New discounts have also been added to provide a...
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On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, Deputy J. Smith responded to the 500 block of Short Court in Lusby, for the report of a burglary in progress. Investigation revealed the homeowner heard a loud banging outside the residence. Deputies arrived on the scene and also heard yelling and a loud banging noise coming from a...
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December 28, 2022 (GLEN BURNIE, MD) Maryland State Police are searching for the suspect vehicle and driver believed to be connected to a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred this morning in Anne Arundel County. Shortly before 1:55 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack responded to the area of southbound I-97...
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