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Three Injured Following Two-Vehicle Collision In Lexington Park
LEXINGTON PARK, Md. – On May 12, 2024, at approximately 12:36 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident on Three Notch Road in the area of Expedition Drive. Crews arrived to find two vehicles in the roadway with three occupants injured. EMS evaluated the patients on the...
$50K Lottery Scratcher Sold At Maryland Sheetz
If at first you don't succeed... Just keep scratching.A Maryland man turned a $5 Money Money Money ticket into $50,000, though not before he lost on three previous tickets during a stop at Sheetz in St. Mary's County.The lucky winner said that he purchased four tickets at Sheetz in the 22700 b…
LSM Emerging Leaders Give Back With Christmas In April Calvert County
HUNTINGTOWN, Md. – The Leadership Southern Maryland Emerging Leaders Program (LEAP) Class of 2024 joined forces with Christmas in April Calvert County this month to apply their servant leadership muscle to realizing the home improvement dreams of a Huntingtown resident. Class members are early- and mid-career professionals from Calvert,...
Witness Tip Leads To Arrest In Lexington Park Hit-And-Run
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – On Saturday, May 18, 2024, Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call for a motor vehicle accident with injuries in the 21000 block of Great Mills Road. Several witnesses reported the operator of one vehicle had fled the scene of the accident on foot.
St. Mary's to host 40th annual Project Graduation
After they get a chance to throw their caps in the air, St. Mary’s County high school graduates will be able to unwind during the 40th annual Project Graduation. The free night of fun and festivities will be held at the Morale Welfare and Recreation Center at Naval Air Station Patuxent River from about 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. following each school’s commencement. “It is absolutely a super cool thing...
Receiving their quilts
PAX Sound of Freedom awarded eight Quilts of Valor April 20 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington Park. Receiving their quilts are Larry Walthour (U.S. Navy, 20 years), left, Ronald Dyson (U.S. Marines, 2 years), Jim Ashby (U.S. Navy, 26 years), Gary Haskins (U.S. Air Force, 30 years), Francis Russell (U.S. Army, 13 years), Robert Mosley (U.S. Army, 23 years), Kevin Wright (U.S. Navy, 6 years) and Michael Tourville (U.S. Navy, 26 years). For more information about Quilts of Valor, go to www.qovf.org. To help the local group produce the quilts, contact Miriam Boles at 240-298-1744.
Soccer Game Preview: Christchurch School Will Face Fredericksburg Christian
The Christchurch School Seahorses will take on the Fredericksburg Christian Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory. Christchurch School is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Veritas School a 3-0 shutout.
St. Mary’s Planning Commission Approves Site Plan For Medical Center Expansion
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – During their May 6, 2024, meeting, the St. Mary’s County Planning Commission approved the concept site plan for the Medstar Shah Bean Medical Center Expansion Development, located at 24035 Three Notch Road in Hollywood. The plan was approved with the following conditions including any road...
St. Mary’s County Player Sprucing Up House With $50,000 Scratch-Off Win At Sheetz
CALIFORNIA, Md. – A Maryland Lottery player from Southern Maryland recently topped his personal best Lottery win of $500 by a factor of 100, claiming a $50,000 top prize on the $5 Money Money Money game. “I love it. You gotta play to win,” he said while in the...
Raising the flag
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum education programming coordinator Sara Saunders, left, watches as Ethan Killen, 6, of Callaway raises and installs a flag on the small tent he has helped pitch. Children attending the museum’s May 11 event learned about bugs living along the Potomac River shoreline. The educational session was the theme of the museum’s “Second Saturday” program. The lighthouse museum will host another Second Saturday event in August, which will feature “shore combing for families/children and adults.”
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