In a letter from VP General Manager, Jeff Bleichner employees of Shoppers Grocery Store were told three stores in St. Mary’s County would be closing their doors for good. The letter went on to say, the locations are expected to close to the public approximately April 27, 2024, and the last day for employees...
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Today, we’re shining a light on one of our incredible CCSO employees, Thelery Mack, a dedicated Quality Assurance Specialist at the Communications 9-1-1 Emergency Services Center. Thelery’s journey to CCSO took three decades and she said it was the best decision ever! When she first joined the workforce, Thelery was a federal government employee...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) began their business meeting with an invocation and the pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The CSMC then presented a proclamation celebrating National Public Health Week. For their main agenda items, the Commissioners authorized Public Hearings on: April 23, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. – The...
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The Calvert County community came together to enjoy fine cuisine, local wines and spirited dancing, helping to raise more than $100,000 for Hospice of the Chesapeake at the 11th annual Culinary Event held March 22 at The Hall at Huntingtown. All proceeds will be used to grow and strengthen programs in Calvert County and...
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The Calvert County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, will host free paper shredding events for county residents and businesses. Shredding documents helps prevent identity theft by destroying confidential and/or sensitive information. The following shred events will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Northern Middle School...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision that occurred in the unincorporated section of Laurel on Sunday. The deceased passenger in one of the involved vehicles is 45-year-old Parbati Sharma of Herndon, Virginia. On March 24, 2024, at approximately 6:00 pm, officers responded to...
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March 28th, 2024: Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Wednesday evening in Prince George’s County. Around 5 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack responded to the area of U.S. Route 301 (Crain Highway) at Village Drive for a report of a two-vehicle crash. The driver of a...
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On Thursday, March 28, 2024, at approximately 11:01 a.m., Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad Ambulance 796 advised they were involved in a head-on collision and needed fire and rescue. Police, fire and rescue personnel were dispatched to Point Lookout Road in Newtowne Neck Road in Leonardtown, for a motor vehicle collision involving an ambulance. The...
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The U.S. Navy delivered the first P-8A Poseidon aircraft to be modified with Increment 3 Block 2 capabilities to Boeing on March 27, enabling the fleet to be outfitted with the full anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities outlined in the P-8A program’s evolutionary acquisition strategy. The...
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UPDATE – Charles County Sheriff’s Office Press Release – 3/28/2024: On March 27 at 11:17 p.m., officers responded to the area of St. Charles Parkway and Duncannon Road in Waldorf for the report of a motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation showed a passenger car was traveling southbound on St. Charles Parkway when it...
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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Traffic Operations Unit is conducting an impaired driver checkpoint on March 28, 2024, as part of an ongoing effort to educate and remind people about the dangers of impaired driving. The initiative is funded in part by the Maryland Highway Safety Office Impaired Driving Enforcement grant.
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What a rough week for Maryland. It is with great sadness that we announce former Maryland International Raceway (MIR) track owner, Larry Clayton, passed away Sunday night at his home in Las Vegas, NV where he lived with his loving wife, Nancy. Larry would have been 77 years old in June. He had been...
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On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at approximately 4:52 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Flat Iron Road and Ryan Lane in Callaway, for the motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a pickup truck into a utility pole and a sedan off the roadway...
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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is thrilled to announce the graduation of three incredible K9 officers and their partners! Join us in congratulating: Charles County Sheriff’s Officer PFC John Fromme #543 and K9 Tango Forest Heights Police Department Corporal Khari Grooms and K9 Diesel Forest Heights Police Department PFC Jeremy Nugent and K9 Pyro...
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Detectives have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with four commercial burglaries that occurred at two Waldorf businesses. The burglaries occurred between March 17 and March 20th, 2024; one of the burglaries occurred in the 2300 block of Crain Highway and three others occurred in the 2400 block of Old Washington Road. In the...
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Petty Officer 1st Class Elantra Robinson, a native of Waldorf, Maryland, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. Robinson graduated from Westlake High School in 2010. The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Waldorf. “Being a hard worker and being dependable...
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The Calvert County Parks & Recreation is excited to host our annual Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April 28, 2024! Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Therman Gray Memorial Scholarship. Calvert County Parks & Recreation operates this program in memory of the late Therman Gray, a former Calvert County Government employee...
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The Calvert County Department of Planning & Zoning announces the reopening of its “Spread Your Leaves” tree coupon program to help residents expand forested areas in Calvert County by planting native trees on their property. Now through Nov. 20, residents can obtain a coupon to purchase native trees at a discount from participating nurseries. Residents can...
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The Maryland State Department of Education released data on the four-year cohort graduation rate for students graduating from Maryland public schools in the spring of 2023. The four-year 2023 cohort graduation rate was 85.8%, down from 86.3% in the prior year. Students in the 2023 cohort entered ninth grade in the 2019-2020 school year...
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Dejah Bishop, a senior at Thomas Stone High School, was recently named a Maryland Emerging Scholar by the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education (MBRT) in collaboration with The Daily Record, a news media company in Maryland. MBRT recognizes 24 high school students out of nearly 300 applicants across the state to represent their school...
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A partial solar eclipse will take place on Monday, April 8, 2024. In Calvert County, the eclipse will begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. and end just after 4:30 p.m., with maximum coverage at 3:20 p.m. During the eclipse, there will be 86−88% coverage during which it will get darker outside, but there will not...
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Theodore Magnus “Ted” Tennyson, 97, of Lusby, MD passed away on March 24, 2024 at his residence. Born March 14, 1927 in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Theodore M. Tennyson, Sr. and Gertrude (Rauh) Tennyson. Ted graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, DC. He served in the U.S. Army...
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David Green ended his journey after 78 years on March 23, 2024, at his home in Harwood, Maryland. He was born in post-war England in 1946 to Vera and Bill Green. Like many who survived the brutal Nazi Blitzkrieg of London, David’s parents left the bombed-out city for a new beginning in the countryside....
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Karen Ellen George, 63, of St. Leonard passed away March 21, 2024. She was born October 13, 1960 to Linden Harrison, Sr. and Judy Ann (Millard) Welch. Karen grew up in Oxon Hill and graduated from Friendly High School. She has lived in Calvert County for 45 years. Karen married David George in 2006....
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Sydna Buckmaster,78, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 20th 2024 in Fairfax, VA. She was born September 15th 1945 in Oswestry, England to Robert & Edith Wholey. She graduated from Duval High School in 1963. Sydna married Sam Buckmaster May 16th 1964 and raised her family in Calvert County....
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