November 2007 News
ABC 7 Video of offer for free coffin for
first drunk
driver to kill self during Christmas season
10 DC City Tax Office Employees
Fired as Scandal Widens
Slots
Takes New Twist on Trail to Finish Line
Ocean Downs Races dropped from
slots, Frederick location added as House spins the big
wheel on deals
Hoyer
secures funding for region's projects; will widen Pegg
Road, improve Rt. 301, add commuter bus parking lots,
but blows money on Bridge to Nowhere at St. Mary's
College...
Story
Pedestrians not likely to use
the $2 million
overpass at St.
Mary's City
"Pedestrian overpasses and
underpasses allow for the
uninterrupted flow of pedestrian
movement separate from the
vehicle traffic. However, they
should be a measure of last
resort, and it is usually more
appropriate to install safe
crossings that are accessible to
all pedestrians. Grade separated
facilities are extremely
high-cost, and overpasses in
particular are a visually
intrusive measure."
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Update on Cleaveland Hall Jr. saga : man who worked at
Greenview Knolls Elementary as a teacher, at local stores,
church daycare...
Child Molester Worked as
Teacher in Waldorf School
FBI
and CIA failed to turn up false ID of agent who
used
position to access secret files on terror group
Who in tarnation is running this nation?
Background checks don't
work any better for the FBI than they do for local
schools
   
Easy side dishes make the fixin's
simple for your holiday dinner
How to cook a turkey in a
safe and tasty manner
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Cruise ship runs aground in intercoastal waterway near
Va. Beach
 
Photo courtesy of NBC 4
The Spirit of Nantucket
cruised down the Potomac River this week from Alexandria
prior to developing a serious leak.
US Coast Guard Photo
PORTSMOUTH, Va. -(Nov. 8, 2007) The Coast
Guard is responding to a cruise ship that ran
aground this morning after taking on water in
the Intercoastal Waterway near
the Pungo region
of Virginia Beach, Va.
The cruise ship Spirit of Nantucket with 66
people onboard notified the Coast Guard after
the vessel began taking on water. The captain of
the vessel purposely ran it aground to prevent
the ship from sinking. An MH-60 Jayhawk Rescue
Helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station
Elizabeth City, N.C., is en-route with
dewatering pumps.
Two 25-foot rescue crews and a 41-foot utility
boat from Coast Guard Station's Elizabeth City
and Portsmouth, Virginia Beach Police
Department, Virginia State Police Department and
a Chesapeake, Va., marine unit are also
responding. Passengers have donned personal
flotation devices for their safety.
There are no reports on injuries.Best
Buy Was to Steal the CD's
CALIFORNIA (Nov. 8, 2007) St. Mary's Sheriff's
Sgt. Steve Hall reports that on Monday Deputy Gill
responded to Best Buy in California, Maryland for the
reported theft. Investigation revealed the suspect, Eric
Devon Monk, 20, of Lexington Park, Maryland was observed
in the business stealing music CD’s. When confronted by
staff the suspect quickly exited the store where he was
detained by police. A routine check for warrants by
Deputy Gill revealed Monk was wanted on an open warrant
and he was arrested. After his arrest, seven (7) compact
discs were found hidden in his clothing. Monk was
transported to the Detention Center served with the open
warrant and charged with Theft under $100.00 and held
pending a bond hearing before the District Court
Commissioner.
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READER
FEEDBACK
on the
Great Mills High School Riot
reveals some students think the incident was no big deal
Attention
Democratic Party Activists:
Those who want to
control next year's elections by voting all the illegal
aliens in
the country might be in for a little setback:
We the People filed lawsuits
in all 50 states to block electronic voting machines use
in 2008 elections and force use of paper ballots to
ensure honest elections
Senate panel votes to raise taxes to
record levels in
Maryland
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Judge's Whacko Decision Rocks Victims
Another Mom Ticked at Judge Abrams for releasing
molester from jail on work release, only to strike
again....says Cleaveland Hall Jr. threatened to kill her daughter
...story
Baltimore:
Mr. and Mrs. Crack & Coke get long terms in Big House
Alexandria: Boomer s busted in
cocaine ring
Jewish girl admits posting
swastikas herself on GW campus
Burglars Cleaned Out Home at Queentree;
take over $12,000 worth of loot,
including mink and tools
Tip Jar Ban Proposal Irks Western
Marylanders
Hillary dips in the polls at one
year mark prior to election
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A deadly week for teens; 1 died in Calvert on Monday, 3
on Tuesday in Charles...
4 LaPlata High Teens Dead on Oliver's Shop Road
2 more teens and woman flown to trauma units; speed
cause of death for LaPlata High teens
  
 
Jonathan Chapman, 16, on the
La Plata High School junior varsity basketball team, was
the driver of the car which slid sideways down Oliver's
Shop Road. At least two of his passengers were
also fellow players on his school team.
UPDATE 2:00 pm Nov. 7, 2007 --- The fourth young
La Plata player died early today after being flown from
the scene of a gruesome wreck on Oliver's Shop Road,
once again due to a careless and speeding young driver.
Speed kills, seat belts save lives and it doesn't do
much good to erect roadside memorials to loved ones
along the roadway if one fails to put on their seat belt
and obey the speed limit on the way home. Too many
young lives are lost each year in Southern Maryland,
with many of them due to young inexperienced drivers
speeding, participating in illegal street racing and
failing to yield the right of way. The
latest death is that of Donte Segar, 14, of Hughesville.
DENTSVILLE UPDATE
7:00 am (Nov. 7,
2007) --- Police have identified
Jonathan Chapman, 16,
of La Plata as the driver of the Mercury, which he lost
control of on Oliver's Shop Road near Dentsville and
slid sideways into the path of a Chevy Trailblazer
operated by Pamela Stine, 38, of
King George, Va., was flown to Suburban Hospital, where
her injuries are said to be non-life-threatening. She
was the sole occupant of the SUV. The teenagers are all
students at La Plata High School and none of the
teenagers was wearing a seatbelt. The Mercury's speed is
considered a factor in the crash. The speed limit on
Oliver Shop Road is 40 miles per hour. The Traffic
Operations Unit is investigating. Chapman, Tavonne
Alston, 16, of La Plata and Dionnte Swinson, 15, of La
Plata, who were all in the Mercury, died at the scene.
The two other teens in the Mercury and the adult female
driver of the SUV were seriously injured. The injured
teens, Markus Allen, 17, of La Plata and Donte Segar,
14, of Hughesville, were flown by a Maryland State
Police helicopter to the Shock Trauma Unit at Prince
George's Hospital Center. The younger teen is in
critical condition and the eldest has injuries that are
not considered life-threatening.
UPDATE
9: 09 pm (Nov. 6, 2007)
---- According to Charles County Sheriff's Maj. Joseph
Montminy, the three teens killed in this crash on
Oliver's Shop Road, all of them boys, were one that was
15 and two were 16 year-olds. They were on their
way to basketball practice when the wreck took place.
There are three other persons who were flown to shock
trauma units. A woman who was driving the white GMC SUV
is reportedly in her 30's and was flown to Suburban
Hospital with non-life threatening injuries while two
other teens, were taken to PG Shock Trauma. A
17-year-old is listed as serious and a 14-year-old is
said to be seriously injured and in critical condition.
More information and photos from the scene are pending
and will be updated shortly. The deceased boys were
traveling in a Mercury headed northbound when it
collided with the GMC. The other two boys were
also in the Mercury. ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
by Matthew Ivancie
More Photos
6: 00 pm A police officer works at the scene of
this two car crash, involving teens at Crescent Run Road
and Oliver's Shop Road, near La Plata. Even
Charles County Sheriff's Major Joe Montminy has trouble
getting to this crash site due to traffic being backed
up on the narrow two-lane road leading to this scene of
death, where three people are already listed as having
died and 3 more are seriously hurt. The white SUV
show above was demolished in the crash while the gray
sedan appears to be also completely in tatters, leaving
little hope for those inside. 3 persons
have been flown from the scene according to Maj.
Montminy. Photos courtesy of NBC4.
Exclusive photos from NBC 4
Teen,
17, Shot at Saturday Night Party
WALDORF:
WILD AND WOOLY AND WONDERFUL
Charles
Detective Wins State Award for Nailing Car Thieves
Charles Sheriff's Detective Charles
Baker and Sheriff Rex Coffey.
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retirees noted, 32 officers recognized
Calvert Cops Nab Bike Bandit
 
PRINCE FREDERICK (Nov. 2, 2007) --- A man who
police say stole a motorcycle in Dunkirk, ditched the
bike in the median strip of Rt. 4 near the Rt. 231
intersection on Thursday. Calvert Sheriff's deputies
made the apprehension of the man after the chase.
Seen here are left, Sgt. Hurlock, Dfc. Harms, Cpl.
Moschetto, Dfc. Angle, 1st. Sgt. Ireland.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew
Ivancie
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Cops Nail 7th District
Burglar
ABELL ---
As part of an ongoing
investigation into several residential burglaries which
occurred in the area of Abell, St. Mary’s County
Maryland, detectives from the St. Mary’s joint
investigation team of the State Police and the Sheriff
arrested and charged John Michael Jackson, 32, of Abell
Maryland, with one count of First Degree Burglary, two
counts of Theft, one count of Malicious Destruction of
Property and two counts of Rogue and Vagabond. Jackson
was incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Detention
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Arrested in Cafeteria Melee
Great Mills High Naval ROTC
Marches While Heathens Are Jail Bound
  
Graduation Day? From high school to jail
GREAT MILLS
(Nov. 6, 2007) left,
punk under arrest, right photo, good kids participating
in Junior Naval ROTC. A large fight broke out in the
Great Mils High School cafeteria at about 11 am Monday,
fights and arrests continued to mount while cops rolled
in and officials locked the school down. A woman waiting
to pick up her daughter told ST. MARY'S TODAY that even
her own daughter had made bad decisions and had a child
to show for hit, said that parents need to discipline
their children and keep them from being disruptive at
school. The mother said she was scared for her
daughter's safety in the school. At that point,
the woman was beset by her mouthy daughter who was
released from the school and who cursed her for not
being parked at the front door, which was blocked to
traffic by police cars. The mother, who had the
granddaughter in the car and could not leave her to walk
up to the front door, was worried sick about her
daughter but her daughter was abusive and screamed at
her mother.
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ST.
MARY'S TODAY photo
Question for Readers:
Should disruptive students be thrown out of public
schools once they have been given a chance to behave but
continue to be disruptive in order to assure that
schools can deliver on their mission to provide an
education for the willing?
send your views to
staff1@stmarystoday.com
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Another Teen Driver Dead; Six Injured
14-year-old
fighting for life at shock trauma, some media reports
were that this child died are not true;
police report that was still alive and by 11:15 pm
friends and family were praying for him to continue to
struggle to survive as he is cared for at the Baltimore
Shock Trauma Unit, that Lt. Homer rich of the Maryland
State Police calls "this
phenomenal medical facility"
   
Alyson M.
Purvis,17, of Chesapeake Beach, Md, was driving this van
at left when she pulled out on Rt. 4 in front of a
southbound truck, with 3 passengers in her van and was
killed when the truck and van collided. Teen
driving restrictions have been adopted after several
years of trying on the part of Sen. Roy Dyson (D.
Calvert, St. Mary's, Charles) following another Calvert
County wreck caused by a Calvert teen who was drag
racing after school. 4 people, including the teen driver
died in that wreck as the Patuxent High School students
left a day at school.
Distractions such as loud music, conversation and cell
phone use distract young drivers and are the argument
for not allowing teens to transport passenger for the
fist year that they have a driver's license. A St.
Mary's teen, a student at Chopticon, pulled out in front
of a truck at Rt. 6 and Rt. 235 at Oraville, killing her
brother and another person, as well as herself. Nearly
every year, a Calvert teen on the way to or from school
is involved in a fatal wreck, usually causing the wreck
due to inattention to the road and driver error.
Yet another teenage girl failed to yield at the
intersection of Rt. 5 and Mt. Wolfe Road and killed
herself and two passengers. A roadside memorial is still
placed there and the SHA installed a traffic signal to
prevent kids or older drivers from making mistakes of
judgment and distraction. The Oraville intersection was
rebuilt to prevent crossover traffic.
Story and Photos
(Nov. 5, 2007) --- Maryland
State Police Prince Frederick Barrack Commander Lt.
Homer Rich told ST. MARY'S TODAY that a 17-year-old girl
was killed today when a mini-van collided with a box
truck near the Rt. 4 / Skinners Turn Road / Briscoe's
Turn Road intersection just north of the Rt. 2/4
intersection at Sunderland. ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos by Matthew Ivancie
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NBC 4 Reports:
slideshow of chopper shots from News 4
Homeowners: Tips for
Avoiding Financial Hardship
ABC 7 Reports: Police seek whack
job barfly who doused bartender with gas
Coast Guard Quits Search for
Missing Sailors
Three
Avionics Improvement Projects Slated for FY08 Funding
Huntingtown VFD responds to two
wrecks where vehicles flipped, all in 2 hours
The
Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department: History of the
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Pax River Spy Sold Secret
Equipment for UAV
 
This Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was on display at Webster
Field in St. Mary's County this past August and is one
of the most important new weapons being used in the war
in Iraq and Afghanistan. Right, another plane is
walked by it's master.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Thomas V.
Stachowitz
State of the Art Hi-Tech Gear Used for Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle Swiped from Pax River by St. Mary's Man;
Sold on Ebay
U. S. Marshals
Nab Fugitive Burglar in Golden Beach
Too late to shoot this burglar,
he is now in custody.
Slots sail
through Senate Committee
Worker Killed in Fall at Power Plant
A
worker fell to his death from one of
large towers at the left of this
file photo of the Pepco power plant
located on the Patuxent River just
north of the Benedict Bridge.
ST. MARY'S TODAY
photo
AQUASCO
(Nov. 7, 2007) -- A worker at
Chalk Point Generating Plant in
southern Prince George's County fell
down a vent shaft and died Tuesday,
authorities said. Prince George's
County Fire and Rescue was called to
the plant at about 2:30 p.m.
Officials said the worker, a man in
his 20s, fell 80 feet down the
shaft. He was pronounced dead at
about 3 p.m.
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Upper Marlboro Soldier Killed in Iraq Laid
to Rest at Arlington Cemetery
Staff Sgt. Robin L. Towns Sr.
Bohanan Fears Budget Cuts
Del. John Bohanan ST.
MARY'S TODAY photo
Poll finds nearly 80 percent of U.S.
adults go online
Washington Post continues slide in
circulation
Fox News Dominates Cable News Networks
Reader
Feedback:
Don't bother going
to ADF Bingo to be hustled, Brass Rail treats slots players
nicer but Dover and Atlantic City still favorite place to play
Reader Feedback:
If septic is installed and maintained to
health dept. rules it will last for years
Reader
Feedback:
Makes slots state run and to hell with the
race tracks; get rid of all the rest, if it acts like a slot
machine, looks like a slot machine and pays off, guess what?
It ain't a duck!
Anacostia River troubles, train derailed, fell in the
drink
 
This CSX train is
in the Anacostia River near RFK stadium. The train
was crossing over the river just north of the Sousa
Bridge. At least three cars of the freight train
dumped coal into the water.
Photos courtesy of ABC 7
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Man Steals
Car Left Running
LEXINGTON PARK (Nov. 29, 2007) --- St. Mary's
Sheriff's Spokesman Sgt. Steve Hall reports that
yesterday, just after 5:00 PM a driver left a 2003 Ford
Windstar unlocked and running while they went into a
store in Lexington Park, for a quick purchase. In the
short time it took for the purchase, the suspect entered
the vehicle and drove away. A lookout for the suspect
and vehicle was broadcast. Deputy Anthony Whipkey and
Trooper Eric Evans located the vehicle in a residential
area and conducted a traffic stop. The suspect driver,
Rodney Pernall McDow, 43, of Capital Heights, Maryland
was placed under arrest charged with Unlawful Taking of
a Motor Vehicle and Theft over $500.00. He was
transported to the Detention Center pending a bond
Hearing before the District Court Commissioner.
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Huckabee would put Hillary on first spaceship to Mars
Huckabee pulls ahead in Iowa poll
Illegal Immigrant Debate Overwhelms
First Half Hour of
Debate; Torture Debate Ends Debate
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The debate on CNN over immigration is heating
up...Congressman Tancredo says its not true that illegal
immigrants are the only ones who will do certain jobs,
in fact, many would do those jobs if fair wages were
paid...
Giuliani and Romney square off
--- Sen. John McCain reminds the debate audience that he
was the only one who said the Rumsfeld conduct of the
war in Iraq was wrong, he is the only one who says now
we are wining the war in Iraq and to keep the pressure
on, that if the surge had not be conducted and the plan
proposed by the Democrats had been conducted, that
Al-Qaeda would now be telling the world that they had
beaten America. McCain's strong approach dominates
discussion
Who do you think
performed well in the CNN debate in Florida? Who will
you vote for in the GOP and Democrat primaries and why?
Send your views to
staff1@stmarystoday.com
Bill Clinton says he strongly
opposed Iraq War at the beginning
Kissinger warned Nixon that Israel
was likely to use nukes
ABC report:
Stand up and putter to keep the
heart a-flutter
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Official
Experimenting with
Hydrogen Devise
  
St. Mary's Commissioner Larry Jarboe (R. Golden Beach)
experiments with a homemade hydrogen devise which he
says can operate on most any old fluids as vapors power
his secret invention which he is testing at an
undisclosed location away from the seat of government.
No, it is not a still. Jarboe, a three-time
elected commissioner, has an advanced degree and
frequently supervises secret projects to make power
cheap.
Slots Wheeling and Dealing Hits
Stone Wall; House Adjourns for Night
Bonds Indicted for Lying to Grand Jury
Calvert Cops and Optimists
Will Take 50 Kids to Wal-Mart for Christmas Shopping
Spree
Slot Machines Expand to St.
Mary's Landing;
Sheriff Says One-Armed Bandits Are Legal
details coming up...
Bush move to free up military air
lanes designed to lessen holiday delays
Famous front
runners in history:
Thomas E.
Dewey,
Edmund Muskie,
Walter Mondale;
Gary Hart,
Michael Dukakis,
Howard Dean and
now Hillary...some were nominated, none were
elected...will Hillary overcome the fatal front
runners disease?
Only The Shadow knows for sure..
  
New York Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, left, with President Harry S. Truman
aboard the USS Missouri in New York harbor for
fleet week in October of 1945. Dewey lost the
presidential election in 1944 to President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and to Truman in 1948,
after newspapers mistakenly heralded his
election over the President. Center, Gov.
Dewey and Mrs. Dewey with
Vice Admiral Jonas Ingram, Commander-in-Chief,
Atlantic Fleet. US
Navy photos
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Bohanan Says Let Counties Pony up
Half of Teacher Pensions
Del. John
Bohanan (D. Lexington Park)
ST. MARY'S TODAY
photo
Our
Man in
Annapolis
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If you think Judge Karen Abrams is
whacky, and she is, how about this Judge who locked up
an entire courtroom after someone's cell phone went
off..4 dozen people were jailed.
CNN: 1000's of Arizona
businesses are failing to enroll in the Federal
government's e-verifying system to make sure employees
are legal, are attempting to crash system
No 'Ragheads' in a Romney Cabinet
Hugo Chavez claims CNN is going to
kill him; why not, prior to Fox News, CNN was boring the
rest of us to death
Politico Reports:
Democrats cancel last debate due
to writers strike...and we all thought the debate was
live and didn't need writers
More jury nullification?
Jury in PG corruption case school
super ends in mistrial
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Man dead after police chase in Calvert
 
This 2002 ST. MARY'S TODAY
editorial cartoon lambasting armed robbers has
unfortunately been pertinent to news stories constantly
since it was first published. The endless supply
of bandits and robbers coming out of the Washington area
to prey on residents in this area frequently is a matter
of black on black crime, which was the subject of one of
the questions at the CNN Presidential debate this week.
Photo courtesy of ABC 7
News
DUNKIRK (Nov.
28) --- A man who was spotted at the Wal-Mart store in
Prince Frederick ran from police in Calvert to a point
near Dunkirk when he lost control of the vehicle he was
operating and crashed, dying in the wreck. Two
others in the Jeep Cherokee were critically injured.
As the Jeep sped through the intersection northbound
Maryland Route 4 at Town Center Blvd., running through
the red traffic signal, it struck a 2006 Honda SUV
driven by Randal L. Cooper, 51, of Chesapeake Beach,
Md., and overturned, report police. The occupants in
the Jeep were trapped in the vehicle and had to be freed
by emergency personnel. The driver of the Honda was not
injured.
Calvert Sheriff Mike Evans said that the Maryland State
Police were conducting the investigation and that his
officers had been assisting in the chase. Sheriff
Evans said that none of his deputies were hurt.
Evans said that the chase had worked out safely.
"I believe in chasing them, we can't let them go," said
Sheriff Evans.
Injured
in the crash were Darren D. McCoy, 39, of Bladensburg,
Md. the driver, and the remaining passenger,
has
been identified as Juan Francisco Canales, age 20, of
Hyattsville, Prince George’s County, Maryland,
according to the State Police.
McCoy was identified by troopers at the
scene of the crash as the driver. McCoy was flown by
Maryland State Police helicopter, and the injured
passenger was flown by U.S. Park Police helicopter,
Eagle 1 to Prince George’s County Hospital with injuries
described as critical at the time of the crash.
House fire on
Poteet Court $100,000 in damage.
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Drugged Driver Killed Biker
 
T
his Chevy
Suburban failed to yield, due to drug use by the driver,
say police, and hit this 3-wheel motorcycle, killing the
driver of the bike.
Photo
courtesy of Dunkirk VFD.
Story
Selected Mayhem...
Chinese food takeout deliveryman shot dead by DC bandit;
leaves behind 2 children and wife
Ruling by Federal Court could shorten prison terms and
put 19,500 crackheads on the street
ABC 7 Reports: Car thief who
overpowered state trooper caught
DC approved 70 bars in a 3 block area and resulting
turmoil from boozers surprises the officials of the
Banana Republic
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Reader Feedback:
Throw the bums out!
You bet that disruptive students should be tossed
out of school after being given a chance to improve
behavior.
Schools are supposed to be s-a-f-e!!!
Gus Philpott
Woodstock, Ill.
Reader Feedback:
Reader Wants Only Facts, No Commentary
It amazes me how the level of journalism and
professionalism differs from newspapers. The
Washington Post reported on this same issue and yet
there were no name calling, simply facts!, It is sad
to see that as a newspaper you are not reporting
facts and are truly speculating. Heathens??? What
do their dress code has to do with anything. These
are kids, it was a fight that got out of control.
Its funny that this article is so one sided. Did you
paper mention that only a certain group was locked
up? Or that certain students were allowed to return
to school. Or that one of proud students vandalized
a home prior to this? What did these kids do fight
themselves? It would be nice to report the entire
story with some definite facts instead of National
Enquirer reporting.
Kim Harley
(Editor's Note: The owner of the Washington Post
doesn't live in this community and doesn't know the
teachers and students at Great Mills who have
difficulty in being part of a fine center of
learning due to the actions of disruptive punks and
heathens who fight instead of studying.
Newspapers seldom depart from dispassionate
presentation of the facts, which may be why most of
them are losing reader interest and suffering
declining circulation, such as the Post, which is
dropping like a rock. When a publication fails
to serve it's community and be an advocate, it means
nothing to nobody, thus the Emptyprize, which is the
plaything of the local Looney liberals, also owned
by the Post. We not only will label
heathens, punks and idiots who fight at school,
assault school bus drivers and sell drugs at school,
terrible names, but we will continue to call for
them to be thrown out of school. It the shoe
fits, wear it. If you like these "kids" so much, go
hang out with them and stop taking up space in
school.)
More Reader Feedback
New
Jersey High School installed video cameras with live
feed to police lap tops to control school
violence
High Flying Raghead Can Make
His New Palace in the Sky
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Younger Brother of Deceased
Calvert Teen Driver Also Died from Injuries
Now two have
died in this tragic crash one week ago on Rt. 4 north of
Sunderland. A teen driver failed to yield
the right of way, costing her he life, her brother's
life and injured 5 others.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie
Charles Cop Nabs St. Mary's Man With Knife, Pot
Did it taste like
chicken?
Studies suggest the virus first
entered the human population in about 1930 in central
Africa, probably when people slaughtered infected
chimpanzees for meat.
Report says Aids came from Haiti
in 1969 to United States
So much for the illustrious weather
forecasters and the hyper active hurricane season they
said we were going to get, all due to Global Warming of
course, so far its a dud, in fact, the southeast United
States could use a a good dousing of rain to break the
drought.
Report
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Supreme Court May Hear 2nd
Amendment Case
Former Senator Bromwell to be sentenced on Friday
 
Senator Thomas
Bromwell, left, with Del. Murray Levy, who was then
Charles Commissioner President, visited La Plata in 2002
after the tornado hit the region. The leaders of the
General Assembly used a tour bus to view the damage and
then ate lunch at the county office building, which was
still standing. In background are Sen. Miller, Del.
George Owings and Del. Johnny Wood. ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos
BALTIMORE ---
Former Baltimore County Senator Thomas Bromwell, who
once posed a coup to depose Senate President Mike Miller
when he was a General Assembly powerhouse, will be
sentenced this week to prison after his guilty plea to
corruption charges. U.S. District Judge J.
Frederick Motz will sentence former Maryland State
Senator Thomas L. Bromwell Sr. and other defendants in
related cases, all of whom pleaded guilty to various
charges in connection with a scheme to corruptly use Mr.
Bromwell’s official position in exchange for payments
and other benefits, on the following dates in 2007:Nov.
16 beginning at 9:30 am - Thomas L. Bromwell, Mary
Patricia Bromwell; Nov. 26 at 9:00 am – James Eick; Nov.
26 at 11:00 am – David Stoffregen; Nov. 27 at 4:30 pm –
David Jackman; Dec. 5 at 9:15 am – James Digman; Dec. 6
at 9:00 am – Jeanie Ashfield-Testa; Dec. 7 beginning at
9:30 am – Michael Forti, Geraldine Forti
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Child Molester Allowed
Out On Work Release by Judge Karen Abrams Who Attacked
Another Child,...
Worked as
Substitute
Teacher at Greenview Knolls;
Security Guard at Wal-Mart
and Volunteered with
Rescue
Squad
Parent Furious Over
Molester Being Let Out In Violation of What Victims Were
Promised by States Attorney
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ABC 7 Reports: CSX says brakes were not set on train,
causing it to roll onto closed bridge
More Bananas in the Republic and the Wimpy Washington
Post...
Post Cowers to Crack Head Marion Barry
after Washington
Post Reporter
Tim
Page
Sends Ex-Mayor
Crack Barry Blistering Email
How about that
crackhead Marion Barry that the voters of DC elected
once more to the city council...who would these morons
elect to the Congress if they were given full
representation?
1990 cocaine arrest
Famous forever
for stating: "The Bitch Set Me Up!" . This police photo
of then Mayor Barry smoking crack cocaine in a hotel
room in DC.
Romney forced to defend his
religion again...
Drunken Soccer Fans Fight
and Stab After Game
Photo courtesy of WUSA 9
Crash Sends Two
Flying to Trauma Units
MECHANICSVILLE
(Nov. 12, 2007) ---- A collision involving a F-250 Super
Duty truck which was pulling a trailer with a car on
hit, and at least one other vehicle at Harper's Corner
Road and Rt. 5 just south of the Wawa intersection with
Rt. 235 resulted in two helicopters being called to fly
out seriously injured crash victims on Sunday night.
The first helicopter to take off took that patient to
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.
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Man serving time for
child
molesting allowed to roam free
on work release, molested another
child in motel parking
lot
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King of Spain Tells
Hugo Chavez to
Shut Up
OBama Wants More out of Your
Wallet If Elected
Cory Ryder, of Valley Lee, caught
in sting trying to hire slaying of his mother, faces
jail time till 21,
then he will be out free as a bird
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O'Malley Plays Perils of Pauline Over Budget
story
Gov. Martin O'Malley ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
In
replay of 1992 Schaefer ploy, Gov. O'Malley threatens to
close two State Police Barracks: College Park, the same
one Gov. Schaefer closed and Annapolis, in the home
county of Speaker Mike Busch, the critical opponent of
slot machines.
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Burglars Must Be Shot Inside Your
Home, Don't Shoot Them on the Patio!
If you are awakened tonight and find this guy breaking
into your house, just shoot him and then call
police...if you can't find your gun, are out of ammo or
don't want to waste the shot, then call the Charles
County Sheriff's Department as they want him for
allegedly committing a series of burglaries.
Charles County Crime Solvers are asking for the public’s
assistance in locating Anthony Anderson Kinzer, 33, of
Hughesville who is wanted for three burglaries that
occurred in Hughesville between Sept. 24 and Sept. 26.
Anyone with information about Kinzer’s whereabouts is
asked to contact the Charles County Sheriff’s Office at
301-932-7777 or Charles County Crime Solvers at
1-866-411-TIPS. Crime Solvers is offering a reward of up
to $1,000 for information that leads to Kinzer’s arrest.
All callers may remain anonymous. |
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Help for the Helldorfers?
LEONARDTOWN (Oct. 22, 2007) --- St. Mary's Commissioner
Larry Jarboe says St. Mary's should extend the time
frame allowed for property owners to be able to restore
the use of their property following a fire, storm,
hurricane, tornado or other catastrophe. With the
tornado which swept La Plata off the map in 2002, then
continued on to Hughesville, hit the northern tip of St.
Mary's County and then whipped through Calvert, killing
5 people, and then in 2003 Hurricane Isabel blowing a 9
foot storm surge up on land, many learned that the
damage cannot be reversed in just a year or two.
Property owners are at a loss of how to deal with all of
the zoning codes, agencies and insurance companies in
the time allowed, one year, before losing their
allowable and prior uses of their property.
More
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Bohanan Calls Budget Bill Fiscally
Sound,
Making $500 Million in Cuts;
O'Donnell Says Its All Smoke and Mirrors
ANNAPOLIS - The
Maryland House of Delegates voted to cut
$500 million from next year's state
budget, as lawmakers continue working
toward closing a projected $1.7 billion
budget deficit. The cuts include
eliminating 750 vacant state jobs,
reducing Thornton aid and drawing $77
million out of the Health Insurance Fund
balance. Republicans protested that they
should have cut more, and that it is
useless to propose any cuts anyway
because there is no budget just yet.
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Dyson One of 9 Democratic Senators
to Vote Against Tax Hikes
   
Senate
President Mike Miller with Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, left,
and Gov. Martin O'Malley. Sen. Roy Dyson and Del. John
Bohanan. Del. Anthony O'Donnell is in blue shirt and
Sen. Mac Middleton who voted to raise taxes, is at
right.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by James Davis and file photos
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Fishing Contest Winners Announced
Maryland High Court Rules State
Cannot Set Higher Standards for
Medicare Coverage Than
Feds
Leonardtown High Psycho Student
Sent to Reform School for Up to 4 Years for Trying to
Murder Mom
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Another Teen Killed in a Wreck
Speed and driver error in a
canary
yellow
hot rod
provided by who? parents?
How about letting high school students ride the big
yellow school bus
and banning
parking for students at schools...
Who will tell the kids the truth: speed kills
Photo
courtesy of ABC 7
15-year-old Stephanie Weir, a student from Thomas Stone
is dead; 2 from Northern High School in Calvert were
killed on Nov. 5th, 4 from La Plata on Nov. 6th, all as
a result of driver error on the part of the teen
drivers...failing to yield, speeding, just in case your
parents didn't tell you, kids, the rules of the road are
designed to keep you and everyone safe...its better to
follow them than to stand around with candles at a
vigil...
  
Photos from the scene
courtesy of NBC 4 Left,
the bright yellow sport Chevy which went off the road
and hit a tree with a teenage girl at the wheel.
She killed her passenger.
 
Right, is a canary yellow Mustang provided to a teen driver by his
father. This kid left Patuxent High School in 1998 and
was drag racing another student when he hit a U-Haul
truck, killing the driver of the truck, himself and his
two passengers.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
Two
Calvert teens killed when driver failed to yield
Four Charles teens killed when
driver lost control while speeding
Read what teen drivers think in
this survey
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Peace at hand?
ANNAPOLIS --- Could it be that whacko's outside the main
gate of the Naval Academy and the representatives of
more than 40 nations inside attending the peace
conference are more weird than the town's biggest
attraction, the Maryland General Assembly?
 
President
George W. Bush is flanked by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,
left, of Israel, and President Mahmoud Abbas of the
Palestinian Authority as
they walk Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, from the Buchanan House on the grounds
of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, to
Bancroft Hall during the Annapolis Conference. The
leaders agreed to immediately resume Mideast peace
talks. White House photo by Chris Greenberg |
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