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St. Mary's County blaze sends bullets flying, dozens of weapons seized
HOLLYWOOD, Md. — A shed that caught fire in St. Mary's County has resulted in the seizure of dozens of weapons and a large quantity of ammunition by the sheriff's department. According to authorities, deputies were called to a home in the 42000 block of St. Johns Road in...
Lexington Park man arrested for attempted arson
The state fire marshal’s office charged a 34-year-old Lexington Park man with arson last weekend. Cesar Augusto Gonzalez-Lopez allegedly attempted to start a fire on the outside of a Lexington Park home Sunday afternoon. Just before noon, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 46400 block of Sue Drive, where a dispute had occurred the previous evening between the homeowner and Gonzalez-Lopez over stolen property. ...
St. Mary's student enrollment drops again; county and school workers use new health center
After a week off, the St. Mary’s commissioners held a joint meeting with the local board of education Tuesday in Leonardtown. The meeting came after the commissioners toured Everside Health — which is for government and school employees — and featured discussions on several topics, including student enrollment. According to unofficial enrollment numbers for the 2024-2025 school year — official numbers will be made available by the state next month...
Sheriff: Motorist that scared sign wavers was not intentional
A sign-waving event Monday night to encourage others to vote for specific candidates in the upcoming election turned into a potentially harrowing incident. A car that was turning southbound onto Route 235 from Route 4 rolled up on the curb next to a small group of citizens waving signs at the intersection in front of a Wawa convenience store. “She just accelerates around the turn, comes up on the curb...
Leonardtown wins SMAC girls cross country
After seeing their male classmates control much of their portion of the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference cross country championships on an unseasonably warm autumn afternoon at Jefferson Patterson Park on Wednesday, the Leonardtown High School girls squad promptly dominated their bracket as well. As the Raiders claimed the team trophy again, it was Huntingtown High senior Sophie Bryan who departed with the individual title. Bryan gained the advantage soon after...
‘Hate Can Poison’: Maryland Man Who Pointed Shotgun at Shoppers, Yelled Racial Slurs at Store Faces Hate Crime Charges
A 53-year-old man faces hate crime charges after police say he pointed a gun at two people while shouting racial slurs. Harold Andrew Howard was […] ‘Hate Can Poison’: Maryland Man Who Pointed Shotgun at Shoppers, Yelled Racial Slurs at Store Faces Hate Crime Charges
Region's early voters have options
If your mind is already made up, the opportunity to cast your ballot in the 2024 general election before Nov. 5 can be done from Oct. 24 through Oct. 31. In Calvert County, early voters have three options as the 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. voting will take place at Ward Farm Park Vote Center on Ward Road in Dunkirk, the Community Resources Building on Duke Street, Prince Frederick and Southern Community Center on Appeal Lane, Lusby. The 2024 elections are the first time the...
Leonardtown wins SMAC field hockey championship
Although their opponent may have been from the opposite end of Calvert County this time around, the Leonardtown High School field hockey team waited a year to atone for its prior setback in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Championship game on Tuesday evening at Great Mills and promptly departed with a 1-0 victory over Patuxent High. Leonardtown, which is slated to host Broadneck in a 4A East Region contest on Tuesday, had dropped a 1-0 decision to Northern High in last year’s SMAC title game...
Calvert board discards transfer tax, in-district commissioner voting proposals
A short list of local priorities for the next legislative session got shorter Tuesday as the Calvert County commissioners opted to not ask for some requested initiatives to be submitted by the county delegation. The board received a review from John Norris, county attorney, during the open session of their weekly meeting and then reviewed all of the 10 proposals with four of the five state delegation members present. By...
Calvert board gets data center overview
Technology rules in the 21st century and that was clearly evident Tuesday during the Calvert commissioners weekly meeting. The board received an overview on the data center industry, and the presenter wasn’t even in the room. Speaking remotely to the commissioners, Josh Levi, president of the Data Center Coalition, told the commissioners of what to anticipate if such a facility is located in rural Calvert County. County government is in...
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