Monthly Archives: November 2023

Lexington Park Man Sentenced to Additional 55 Years in Prison for Probation Violations After Murder at Chancellor’s Run Regional Park

Lexington Park Man Sentenced to Additional 55 Years in Prison for Probation Violations After Murder at Chancellor’s Run Regional Park

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Leonard Charles Hall, 29, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was sentenced to 55 years in prison for violating probation by incurring a new conviction for conspiracy to commit first degree murder. At the time of the homicide, Hall was on probation for five cases. The new conviction violated...
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Calvert County Winter Sports Registration Now Open to County Residents

Calvert County Winter Sports Registration Now Open to County Residents

The Calvert County Department of Parks & Recreation (CCPR) announces winter sports registration is now open for basketball and wrestling to Calvert County residents. Adult basketball is open to players ages 18 and older, excluding high school students. Participants must be 18 by Dec. 31, 2023. The team registration fee is $700; registrants are responsible for...
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LSM Launches Free Lecture Series with Dr. David Steiner Discussing the Restoration of America’s Schools Nov. 16, 2023

LSM Launches Free Lecture Series with Dr. David Steiner Discussing the Restoration of America’s Schools Nov. 16, 2023

Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) invites the public to join them for breakfast and hear from celebrated scholar, author and executive director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy Dr. David Steiner as he discusses his new book, A Nation at Thought: Restoring Wisdom in America’s Schools. The Nov. 16 free event will be held...
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St. Clement’s Island Museum & Piney Point Lighthouse Museum to Join Sites Nationwide in a “Bells of Peace” Tolling on November 11th

St. Clement’s Island Museum & Piney Point Lighthouse Museum to Join Sites Nationwide in a “Bells of Peace” Tolling on November 11th

The bells at St. Clement’s Island Museum and Piney Point Lighthouse Museum, two historic sites overseen by St. Mary’s County Government’s Museum Division, will toll on November 11, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. to honor the 116,516 Americans, including the 27 St. Mary’s County natives, who died in World War I. The program, BELLS OF...
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November Is The Traditional Amish Wedding Season

November Is The Traditional Amish Wedding Season

Wedding season has begun, please be mindful and observant on the roads. Weddings take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays in November and December. This time of the year is less busy for farm families and weddings are generally held in the fall after the harvest. There will be more buggies on the road especially...
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U.S. Navy to Deploy SDB-II Smart Weapon Aboard F/A-18 Aircraft

U.S. Navy to Deploy SDB-II Smart Weapon Aboard F/A-18 Aircraft

The Navy is set to field the Small Diameter Bomb-II on the F/A-18E/F after declaring Early Operational Capability (EOC) in October. The F/A-18E/F is the Navy’s first platform to carry the SDB-II, giving the aircraft the capability to hit moving targets in harsh weather and address targets in dynamic scenarios. “The Navy and Air...
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Prince Frederick Volunteer Rescue Squad to Realign Under Calvert County Government

Prince Frederick Volunteer Rescue Squad to Realign Under Calvert County Government

The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) announces the realignment of the Prince Frederick Volunteer Rescue Squad (Company 4) to operate under Calvert County Government, effective Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. This decision was made by the Calvert County Circuit Court on Nov. 3, 2023. Calvert County Government will work with the Fire and...
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Calvert Detectives Complete “Child First” Training

Calvert Detectives Complete “Child First” Training

Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Detective William Freeland, Detective Ryan Gough, and Detective Thomas Buckler completed the Child First – Forensic Interviewing course. This national standard training is focused on preparing detectives and child protective service employees with the skills, knowledge, and abilities to safely and correctly interview children who are the victims of physical...
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Mother Suffers Serious Burns, Daughter Arrested After Intentionally Setting House on Fire

Mother Suffers Serious Burns, Daughter Arrested After Intentionally Setting House on Fire

On Saturday, October 24, 2023, at approximately 5:47 a.m., fire and rescue personnel from Anne Arundel County and Prince George’s County were dispatched to a reported structure fire at 5613 Carroll Street in Churchton. The homeowner/occupant called 911 and advised that her adult daughter had set fire to her home. The 911 caller stated...
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Rick L. Greenlee, 70,

Rick L. Greenlee, 70,

Rick L. Greenlee, 70 of Lusby, MD passed away on November 4, 2023 in Prince Frederick, MD. He was born on February 7, 1953 in London, England to the late Harold W. Greenlee and the late Patricia A. (Tobin) Hoins. Rick was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, and friend. He was the life...
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Frank John Mrkva Jr., 67,

Frank John Mrkva Jr., 67,

Frank John Mrkva Jr., 67, of St. Leonard, Maryland, passed away November 1, 2023, in Prince Frederick, Maryland. He was born in Takoma Park, Maryland on March 27, 1956, to the late Frank J. Mrkva, Sr. and Elizabeth “Betty” Miller Mrkva. Frank graduated from DuVal High School in Lanham, MD in 1974 and married...
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George William Owings III, 78,

George William Owings III, 78,

George William Owings III, 78, of Dunkirk, Maryland passed away October 31, 2023. He was born on April 11, 1945 in Daytona Beach, FL but grew up as a Beach kid and Calvert County son.  He attended Calvert High School and the University of Maryland College Park before enlisting and serving in the Vietnam...
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Cecilia “Cele” Marie Barnes

Cecilia “Cele” Marie Barnes

Cecilia “Cele” Marie Barnes (nee Montgomery) of Callaway was born in Baltimore on November 29, 1929 and went to be with her Lord on October 31, 2023at he age of 79. She is preceded in death by her parents, Jim a WWII Vet and Marie (nee Hart) and three siblings: Regina Eileen Young, David...
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Allen L. Manges

Allen L. Manges

Allen L. Manges of Partlow, Spotsylvania County, Virginia passed away October 30, 2023. Allen was born in Drury, Anne Arundel County, Maryland on August 16, 1941. He attended Southern High School in Lothian. He served in the United States Air Force as a radio operator with the 6910th Radio Group, USAFSS, from 1959 through 1963...
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Dorothy C. Harris, 94,

Dorothy C. Harris, 94,

Dorothy C. Harris, 94, of Port Republic, MD passed away on October 29, 2023 in Port Republic, MD. Dorothy Harris known as Dottie to her friends, was born on January 25th 1929.  She was 94 years old. She passed away on Sunday, October 29th, surrounded by her loving family.  Her husband John, passed away...
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William James McLaughlin (“Billy Mack”), 76,

William James McLaughlin (“Billy Mack”), 76,

William James McLaughlin (“Billy Mack”), 76, of Richmond, Virginia passed October 28, 2023 peacefully cared for and comforted by his wife of 54 years, Claudette (Walton) McLaughlin. Bill was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania to William “Duke” McLaughlin and Mildred (Hanel) McLaughlin. He grew up with his sisters, Linda (McLaughlin) Markle and Jill McLaughlin, in Roscoe,...
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Cathy Marie Kekeris, 76,

Cathy Marie Kekeris, 76,

Cathy Marie Kekeris, 76, of Prince Frederick, MD passed away on October 27, 2023 in Prince Frederick, MD. Cathy Marie Kekeris was born on March 30, 1947, in Silver Spring, Maryland, to her late parents, Arthur Kekeris and Cathrine (Lanham) Kekeris. Her siblings include Jimmy Kekeris, Steven Kekeris, and Johnny Kekeris. She was proceeded...
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Aldino Robert Antonioli, 28,

Aldino Robert Antonioli, 28,

Aldino Robert Antonioli, 28, of North Beach currently living in Churchton passed away October 27, 2023. He was born May 6, 1995, in Clinton to Sharon (Antonioli) Guest and Mark Dominic Antonioli. Aldino was raised in North Beach and graduated from Northern High School in 2013; where he made lifelong friends and participated in...
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Christopher Alan King, 74,

Christopher Alan King, 74,

Christopher Alan King, 74, of Mahopac, NY passed away on October 26, 2023 in Washington, DC.  A full obituary will follow at a later date. Visitation Friday, December 1, 2023 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 25 Church Street Prince Frederick, MD 20678   Services Friday, December 1, 2023 11:00 AM...
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Ronald Joseph McGlynn

Ronald Joseph McGlynn

Ronald Joseph McGlynn passed away peacefully in Solomons, Maryland on Thursday, October 26, 2023. He was born September 19, 1937, in Washington, DC, the third son of Thomas (Tom) and Catherine (McCann) McGlynn. His mother died when he was a child and then Tom married Hannah. When she passed away, he returned to live...
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Jacob Tyler Howes

Jacob Tyler Howes

Jacob Tyler Howes, aged 19, passed away on October 26, 2023, in Dunkirk, Maryland. He was born on August 3, 2004, in Prince Frederick, Maryland. Jacob was a young man of extraordinary kindness, dedication, and skill. He had a strong work ethic, compassion for others, and an uncanny ability to make the impossible seem...
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Rebecca Sue Darago (Becky)

Rebecca Sue Darago (Becky)

Rebecca Sue Darago (Becky) of Huntingtown, MD formerly of Ashland, WV passed peacefully to her heavenly home October 26, surrounded by her loving family. Becky was born August 10, 1944 to Frank Edward Willis and Clara Inez (Guilliams) Willis and raised in Ashland, WV. Becky married Carl James Darago, the love of her life,...
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Arthureen Lindsey (Rene)

Arthureen Lindsey (Rene)

Arthureen Lindsey (Rene) passed away on October 24, 2023, at 77. Rene was born on June 17, 1946, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her only sibling, Charlotte, two sons, Christopher (Theresa) and Gregory (Dohee), and five grandchildren, Michael, Stephen, Ryan, Kate, and Joshua. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary,...
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Beatrice Yvonne Gies, 87,

Beatrice Yvonne Gies, 87,

Beatrice Yvonne Gies, 87, of Solomons, Maryland, went home to be with God on Sunday, October 22, 2023.  She died peacefully in the comfort of her own home.  Bea was born on August 31, 1936, in Washington, D.C to Robert and Isabella Lansdown.  Bea was the youngest of 9 children, and her siblings were:...
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Ashley Elizabeth Siebert

Ashley Elizabeth Siebert

Siebert, Ashley Elizabeth Birth: Friday, January 25, 1991 Residence: Charlotte Hall, MD Death: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at the age of 32   Ashley Elizabeth Siebert passed away peacefully at Georgetown University Hospital on 25 October 2023 after a brief and unexpected illness. Ashley was born at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. on...
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