United Way Presents Strategy Update

5/16/2012
United Way of Calvert continues its new direction of service for county residents in four focus areas. During the Calvert County Commissioners' May 15 meeting, Jennifer Moreland, the local United Way's director of Community Impact, updated the board on how the strategy is working.

Local Firefighters Compete
5/16/2012

On Saturday, May 12, 2012, Hungtingtown VFD sponsored the second annual firefighter Combat Challenge. The event consisted of firefighters competing to complete a firefighter skills related obstacle course.


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Maryland Int'l Raceway Completes Another Phase of Improvements

MIR has just completed another phase of improvements targeted at racer safety, event efficiency and boosting the overall MIR fan experience. Improvements include a whole new starting line center section with unique poured concrete walls, concrete slab...

Dundalk Man Charged For Impersonating a Police Officer Throughout the Region

In April 2012, detectives from the Bureau of Criminal Investigations initiated an investigation regarding information that a subject had been involved in a relationship with a female residing in Mechanicsville, Maryland and had identified himself as a Baltimore County Police Officer Detective...

Idaho Church To Buy St. Mary's Radio Station

An Idaho church has applied to purchase a St. Mary's County non-commercial, religious radio station. Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls applied last week with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to purchase WGWS (88.1, St. Mary's City) from Calvary Baptist Church of Lexington Park.

Planners Okay New Callaway Baptist Church Building

The St. Mary's County Planning Commission approved on Monday a concept site plan for a new church building for Callaway Baptist Church. The new 7,787-square-foot building will be constructed behind the existing church on Route 5.

Board Receives Report on Mega-mansion Blaze

A panel's report on the March 19, 2011 chimney fire on Soper Road in Huntingtown that heavily damaged a 10,000-square foot mega-mansion near the Patuxent River was presented to the Calvert County Commissioners for review Tuesday, May 15. Ten volunteer firefighters were injured in the blaze.

CCSO Thanks Crooked I for Donation

The Calvert County Sheriff's Office would like to thank Crooked I Gaming Center of Chesapeake Beach for their recent donation of $500 to the students of the Calvert Career and Technology Academy to assist them in attending the Skills USA competition conference in Kansas City.

A Dozen F-35s Now Call Eglin AFB Home

The twelfth Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II destined for the training fleet at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., was ferried on Tuesday. U.S. Marine Corps pilot Lt. Col. Fred Schenk piloted the aircraft, known as BF-11, which departed Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas at 10:02 a.m.

DR. JAY LIPOFF: The Jet Lag Drag

Most of us have experienced jet lag before, also known as desynchronosis. It's like a hangover or tired feeling that can last for days. That's because we have an internal clock that functions around the 24-hour cycle of our sun. Most of us wake up before the alarm because our bodies learn our routin

Commissioners Support Three Workforce Housing Grants

The St. Mary's County Commissioners on Tuesday approved three grant applications aimed at workforce housing. The commissioners were recently criticized by the St. Mary's County Chamber of Commerce for not doing anything about the issue and a task force disbanded because of that.

UPDATE: Child Dies After Being Struck By SUV, Child Identified

The CCSO has identified the child who was struck by a car on May 15 on Sugarberry Street in Waldorf as Elias Masanaa Charles-Kabongo, 3, of Waldorf.

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