House Republicans Repeat Champions of Eliminating Maryland’s Death Taxes
Yesterday, Delegate Susan Krebs (Carroll) with the support of House Republicans filed two bills aimed to reduce and repeal Maryland’s death taxes. Maryland is one of just two states with both an...
View ArticleOur Focus on Jobs
After five years in office, President Obama still doesn’t have an answer for one of the biggest questions facing middle-class families: where are the jobs? What’s more, instead of coming up with an...
View ArticleSSCC Meeting Set For January 16
The State Soil Conservation Committee will hold its next meeting on Thursday, January 16, at 2 pm in the House Office Building, Room 431 (Eastern Shore Delegation Room), Annapolis, Maryland. The...
View ArticleDrug Summit Planned for Parents in St. Mary’s County
St. Mary’s Opioid Overdose Response As the sobering reality of pill addiction continues to increase locally, so too does heroin and the amount of heroin and pill related deaths. The reality of the...
View ArticleFour Arrested for Multiple Grocery Store Thefts
Deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Safeway on Marshall Hall Road, in Bryans Road for a theft that had just occurred. After obtaining information about the theft a deputy...
View ArticlePolice Community Relations Meeting
Please join us on Thursday Jan 16, 7:30PM @ Southern District Station for Police Community Relations Meeting We invite you to the Southern District Police Community Relations Meeting on Thursday...
View ArticleSex Offender Arrested for Probation Violation
On December 19, 2013, Terrance A. Queen, age 30, of no fixed address was directed to report to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Division of Parole and Probation after...
View ArticleWise and Cook Re-elected to BOE Leadership Positions
The Board of Education of Charles County re-elected Roberta Wise as chairman and Maura Cook as vice chairman at its January 14 meeting. The Board elects a chairman and vice chairman each January and...
View ArticleCalvert County Receives Grant for Food & Shelter Programs
Calvert County has been chosen to receive $15,139 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the U. S. Department of...
View ArticleHollywood Man Arrested for Slapping 9 Year Old Child
On January 15, 2014 detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division received a report of suspected child abuse which occurred at a residence in Hollywood and...
View ArticlePolice Need Help Locating Critical Missing Person
The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate Matthew Holmes. Holmes is listed as a critically missing person. Holmes has been diagnosed as “bi-polar” and suffers from depression. Holmes...
View ArticleMaryland State Police Investigating Death in Calvert County
Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a Calvert County man found inside his home. The deceased is identified as Michael Cassidy, 54, of the 900 block of Grace Road in Huntingtown....
View ArticleTheme is “Artist’s Choice”
The Charles County Arts Alliance is now accepting submissions for the Spring Artshow, a multi-media public exhibit, to be held at the Waldorf West Library, from April 1 to June 27, 2014. The Library...
View ArticleCalvert Hospice to Host Bridges
Grief Support Program for Children and Teens Calvert Hospice will offer its Bridges grief support group for children, teens and adult family members who are grieving the death of a loved one beginning...
View ArticlePaper Shredding Events for Calvert Residents
Destroy Unwanted Documents at Free Shredding Events The Calvert County Division of Solid Waste is planning paper shredding events for 2014. The free events will allow residents to destroy unwanted...
View ArticleCharles County School Times Adjusted for Next Year
Charles County Public Schools is changing starting and ending times for three schools and establishing hours for St. Charles High School, which opens in August. The changes are necessary to accommodate...
View ArticleHoyer on Retirement of Congressman Jim Moran
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after Congressman Jim Moran (VA-08) announced he will not seek reelection: “For over two decades, Jim Moran has been an...
View ArticleBoehner on the December 2013 Unemployment Report
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement today regarding the Department of Labor’s unemployment report for December 2013: “Every American has a right to ask the question...
View ArticleBoehner Selects Kelly Craven as Director of House Operations
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced today that Kelly Craven will replace Ed Cassidy as Director of House Operations in the Speaker’s office. “Kelly Craven is a dedicated, experienced public...
View ArticleTimothy Kenneth “Hoof” Hoofnagle, 49
Timothy Kenneth “Hoof” Hoofnagle, 49 of Lusby, MD passed away on January 14, 2014 at this residence. He was born February 12, 1964 in Cheverly, MD to Dee and Ken Hoofnagle. Hoof moved to Calvert County...
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