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October 2007 News
Post VP and St.
Mary's County resident Ben Bradlee couldn't be too happy about this
flap!
ST.
MARY'S TODAY photo
Get a load of this one...the pompous and politically correct
Emptyprize, owned by the Washington Post company, ran an
racist ad for a local bar which featured "Pimps & Ho's Party"
  
Great family entertainment!
Why not advertise for Ho's on the
front page? Is The Emptyprize becoming a tabloid and going to
shed the old dull and boring image now that readers are turning to
ST. MARY'S TODAY in ever greater numbers? Has the Emptyprize
found that "Ho's" sell papers and despite their image of building
bridges to the African-American community, let Redneck bars like
this one run a blatantly racist ad on their back page on Friday,
Oct. 26, 2007! Wow Batman, say it ain't so! Are
nappy headed Ho's allowed at this redneck bar? Will
the pompous editor of the Emptyprize be fired for this racist ad
being published? All of the politically correct went after
Don Imus for his "Ho's" remark,
what about this guy, Rick Boyd, the editor, who we featured on a
milk carton some years ago and no one knew who he was. Does
the buck stop with him or will those brave guys fire some young girl
for selling the ad while the honchos cover for each other. Last week
the Emptyprize ran a headline about "rumors of guns at Great Mills
High School" while condemning 'a local tabloid' for running rumors
of arson at St. Mary's College, where Post Vice President Ben
Bradlee is on the Board of Trustees. Will the big wigs at the
Post, who slobber over what everyone else does, notice this racist
act on the part of their local subsidiary? Only The Shadow
knows for sure!
The Finer Points of Street Grammar: Ho's,
Hoes, or Hos
Pimps and Ho's on My Space
Trooper Dragged During Traffic Arrest
Bank customer robbed at PNC in LP City in broad daylight
LEXINGTON PARK --- Another day in Lexington Park,
another robbery at a bank: some of the older bank branches
would be able to help their customers by providing better camera
shots to police with newer camera systems instead of relying on the
antique systems they have in place. This latest robbery at a
Lexington Park bank occurred at the PNC bank, which used to be the
Mercantile Bank of Southern Maryland, which used to be the First
National Bank of St. Mary's and about 40 years ago used to be
Horton's Dodge dealership. It's the bank on Great Mills Road
next to the rescue squad building. Other customer robberies
have taken place at the ATM and night drop of this bank at night,
when lighitng was dimmer than it is now. Today's robbery took
place about 2 pm in broad daylight. K-9 officers were brought
in but did not find a track. The aboundance of bums,
prostitutes, crackheads and other colorful pedestrians on Great
Mills Road use the liquor store as their gathering place and cause
destruction in the beautiful churchyard of the Church of the
Ascension, 2 doors down from the bank.
Amos & Andy Mortgage Company
In PG County Ripped Victims for $50 Million
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Comptroller
Franchot Gives Dire Warnings about
Perfect Storm of Unintended Consequences
Maryland
Comptroller Peter Franchot
Should slots be used to enrich track owners?
MORE
four firefighters hurt in DC fire
O'Malley's speech under-whelmed Republicans
ABC 7 Report: Navy
doctor in sex tape scandal may have victim of scam
NBC 4 Report:
Country Music Legend Porter
Wagoner Dies
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TRICK OR
TREAT?
This man is being questioned by St. Mary's Deputy Shawn
Moses in the parking lot of Millison Plaza following a
report of a man with a gun in the Spring Valley area on
Tuesday. Deputy Megan Guy and Dfc. Dale Reppel
assisted with the apprehension of two suspects. Details
developing... ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Cops Seek Wawa Wobber
Women's Softball Champs Deserve Credit
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Maryland
Comptroller Peter Franchot on visit to the Town of
Leonardtown to learn about the extraordinary success
story of the town's waterfront renewal, winery
operation and redevelopment of the historic downtown.
Left, Councilman J. McGuire Mattingly III, Comptroller
Franchot and Leonardtown Mayor J. Harry Norris. Norris
and Mattingly briefed the Comptroller on the progress of
the town over the past ten years. While the
session was underway, the new three story hotel nearby
was making remarkable progress. The hotel has an
exterior consistent with Fredericksburg or Williamsburg
instead of a modern decor.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
LEONARDTOWN --- Comptroller Peter Franchot started
Monday off at the ground breaking of the new Evergreen
Elementary School and went on to meet with officials in
various locations the rest of the day, spending part of
the day learning about the Leonardtown success story
with Leonardtown Mayor J. Harry "Chip" Norris and
Councilman J. McGuire Mattingly III.
In an interview, the Comptroller warned the General
Assembly to not do too much changing to the state's
fiscal structure.
"The less the better," said Comptroller Peter Franchot,
"We have a lot at stake and the regular session allows
for committee hearings and a structured process to keep
us from making mistakes and I hope they would allow the
regular legislative process to conduct any major changes
in our tax structure."
MORE
Governor O'Malley's address to the
joint session of the General Assembly
Famous 7th District Crack House Busted
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STATter 911 controversy over
DC getting ready to can a firefighter
if it
had been a gay hose event would
he be threatened with loss of his job in the Banana
Republic of Washington?
Should it matter if a firefighter
has a woman in his bunk overnight as long as he responds
to a fire call?
Finally,
Obama Wants to tell the truth on Chelsea's Momma
Ford:
If
GOP wants to win, they'll go for Giuliani
Hoyer:
Snoozing Congressman Bilbo Will Take Off on Fridays
Hoyer
Announces Congress Won't Have to Work Hard in '07Say
it ain't so, Steny, we thought Congress would work hard
to get us out of Iraq..but heck if you want to
take off on Fridays, gee, what American won't understand
that?
FEMA's Phony Press Conference
If you are really upset about Congress taking off on
Fridays, how about learning that the mental midgets who
run FEMA staged a
phony press conference
on the California wild fire response, and sharp rebuke
from Homeland Security director, but nobody gets fired
for this fraud...
Thrills and Chills
John
Paul Jones greets new midshipmen, other ghosts haunt U M
at College Park
Just in case you thought Maryland
officials were really stupid, and many are; read about
these bozos in Arizona
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Heroes at Work
LEXINGTON PARK
(Oct. 26, 2007) NAS Pax River firefighters aided Bay
District in responding to a fire in the St. Clements
Crossing Mobile Home Park on Great Mills Road on
Thursday.
ST. MARY'S TODAY PHOTO
CALIFORNIA
(Oct. 26, 2007) --- Hollywood Volunteer Fire
Department's Squad 7 is on the scene on Wednesday with a
two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Rt. 235 and Rt.
4. Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad is
assisting the injured. No one was flown from the
scene. ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
NEWBURG Two
alarm brush fire brings units from all over the region
to assist Newburg Volunteers. Photo courtesy of
Newburg VFD.
Buchanan on Conservatism
Father
of dead marine sues religious whack jobs over funeral
protests
Casino
Operators Were Indian-Givers on Jackpot
Dangerous Latino Gang Targeting
Blacks for Death
Loveville
Man Seriously Hurt in Fall from Tree Stand
Road
Kill Bear Stew Lands Man in Hot Water
One heck of a shot or attempted murder?
Hold the Phone on Septic Claims!
Many failing septic systems are piped to creeks!
Letter to the Editor:
Septic
systems better than fueling Metcom appetite for more
growth
and development in rural preservation districts?
Sports Beat: There
is nothing special about Jason Campbell
Taxes Make O'Malley Droop in Polls as Tax Hiking Frenzy
Gets Underway
Story
Menhaden to be restricted under
Gilchrest bill, Virginia jobs would vanish
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Gunplay at the Walled City Leads to Batter Up!
Leonardtown (Oct. 24, 2007)
UPDATE! Police were seeking a
youth who had a gun, a light skinned black male, 17 yrs
of age, who was being sought in a gunplay incident on
Stephen Young Lane in Leonardtown. A caller to 911
asked for help, that a man with a gun was threatening to
kill a person in the home. One person being sought
was in need of serious medical attention. This guy
reportedly had been worked over pretty good by three men
with baseball bats, just in time for the World Series,
Batter Up! Alert deputies and troopers posted around the
area spotted the suspect's vehicle and stopped in the
New Market area and found the gun along with the young
man who should never have pointed a gun at someone.
This ball player reportedly has an extensive head wound.
Visiting Ball team Goes to Hotel St. Mary's After
Kicking In Front Door
According to Sgt. Steve Hall, on October 24th
at approximately 2:00 a.m., patrol officers from the
Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and St. Mary’s
County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a home invasion on
Stephen Young Court in Leonardtown, Maryland. Prior to
police arriving the suspects fled the scene and were
stopped a short time later by the Maryland State Police
and detained. Detectives from St. Mary’s County BCI
responded and pursuant to their investigation it was
determined that Nico M. Adams 19, from LaPlata Maryland,
Antione M. Watson 20, from LaPlata Maryland, and Garrett
M. Dyson 21, from Port Tobacco Maryland, arrived at the
occupied residence and kicked the front door in. As
Adams entered the home he confronted a resident with a
shotgun and a struggle ensued. All suspects eventually
fled the residence. Detectives charged all three
suspects with 1st Degree Assault, Attempted
Robbery, Breaking and Entering, and Conspiracy to Commit
Robbery. In addition Adams, who was treated and released
at St. Mary’s Hospital for a head and arm injury from
the struggle with the home’s occupants, was charged with
Possessing a Short Barreled Shotgun. All three men were
incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Detention Center.
One male resident in the home was treated at St. Mary’s
Hospital and released for an arm injury from the
struggle.
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Maryland Is Sanctuary for Virginia's Illegal Immigrants
The FREE STATE
is
one of only nine states that
doesn't check immigration status before issuing a
driver's license. Don't bet they'll have insurance
if they don't have to prove citizenship...but that is
what happens when a bunch of dopey liberals run the
General Assembly. You pay for everything and it's
FREE
to all those who jump the border and show up.
Meet the
Officer:
St. Mary's Deputy
Dung T. Ross
ST. MARY'S TODAY
photo
Editorial:
Learn
English if You Want to be an American
American's damn well don't have to
learn Spanish or put up with dial "1" for English and
dial "2" for Spanish. There ought to be one more
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Waldorf: Little Anacostia, where local hoodlums prey on
the weak
and unsuspecting as they arrive home from work or
shopping.
Punks Rob Woman; Steal Her Car at Gunpoint
Teen fled after speeding into guardrail; failed to
report the wreck,
caused massive search
Two Armed Men Rob Box from House
Boozing Sailor from PAX River NAS
fled after causing wreck
Letter to the Editor:
Losing Our Heritage at St. Mary's City
Tons of
Sand and Gravel Leave St. Mary's each day, completely
untaxed
  
Working the
Potomac -- The
work tug Night Heron regularly plies the waters of
Breton Bay and the Potomac River with barges coming and
going from the Maryland Rock gravel mines. The
company has been mining gravel on a temporary permit for
30 years in the Medley's Neck area shipping sand and
gravel from St. Mary's County to locations up and down
the east coast. As state and local governments
search for alternatives to raising taxes, they could
consider enacting a tonnage extraction tax on sand and
gravel much like is imposed on other non-renewable
natural resources.
ST. MARY'S TODAY
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Boat Burned in Patuxent
SOLOMON'S ISLAND (Oct. 8) --- This
burned out hull of a fishing boat is being towed to
Solomon's Island by a tow boat. The fire burned
yesterday aboard the vessel, which the Coast Guard
reported as being a 50' fishing boat.
Photo for ST. MARY'S TODAY courtesy of Brad Hoffmaster.
The old Cocaine Toss
CALIFORNIA (Oct. 8) --- St. Mary's Sheriff's Spokesman
Sgt. Steve Hall reports that on Saturday, 10/06/07 while
conducting a premise check of the San Souci Plaza Deputy
K. Nelson observed a vehicle squealing tires and
initiated a traffic stop. The driver, identified as
Shane Richard Weasenforth, 25, of Lexington Park,
Maryland. Suspect Weasenforth was asked to step from the
vehicle to perform standard field sobriety tests. In
doing so, he threw a package of suspected cocaine under
his vehicle. Weasenforth was placed under arrest and
charged with Possession of Cocaine, Driving Under the
Influence, Driving on a Suspended License and Failure to
Display Registration on Demand. He was transported to
the Detention center pending a bond hearing before the
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FLEECE JOB!
Junket Club Goes To Paris!
    
An
employee of the St. Mary's EDC went to the Paris Trade
Show... did he try to talk the French into locating a
croissant factory in Ridge? Adam Knight went to
Vegas and among his bills was money for "other".
Did he get a "Happy Ending"? Inquiring minds want
to know!
MORE
Man shot
dead on his front porch in Waldorf,
2 killers ran from the scene...just like DC
victim ID'd
Critters:
Southern Marylanders Win Diamond
Jim Finale
Political Junkie:
A clear lead clearly doesn't
always prevail
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Pros
and Cons of America's Broken Borders:
Businesses who obey
the law and only hire legal immigrants are not able to
compete fairly with contractors in construction and
landscaping who do not, should a crack down on employers
be implemented nationwide?
staff1@stmarystoday.com
families refused
taxpayer payments for their loss on Sept. 11, 2001 and
instead focused on failure of airlines to provide security checks
story
PG Arsonist
Suspect Nabbed
series of fires haunted residents
Sadistic bastard suspect
Jeremiah Christopher Jones
Hit TV show knocks foreign medical
schools; Philippines demands apology
...gee we thought it was TV...Philippines was a heroic
ally to the US during Jap onslaught
during WWII
Senate passes bill for defense, includes
$14 Million for Southern Maryland bases
Ideas are more important than ever
guest commentary on The
Appeal of Ayn Rand
 
Del. Tony O'Donnell
(R. Lusby), Maryland House Minority Leader, won't
support Governor O'Malley's slots package after backing
slots in the last few years when Republican Gov. Ehrlich
supported the return of one-armed bandits to Maryland.
Right, Gov. Martin O'Malley while campaigning in St.
Mary's County.
ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos
Republicans backed slots under Ehrlich Administration,
hold off support for O'Malley's gaming plan
Annapolis
Newsline
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Crotch-Rocketeer Rushed to his Death
WITNESS:
Dead Motorcyclist Had Been Racing
Other Crotch Rockets Over 100 MPH
Sean Foley Somerville
Hoyer Blasts Bush on Spending
GOP is two-faced on fiscal policies, typically cheap
with children's health and blowing billions on Iraq
  
House Majority Leader
Steny Hoyer in his Capitol Building office. Former
Congressman and now 3-term Maryland State Senator Roy
Dyson (D. St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles stands in the
commuter parking lot in Waldorf, next to a map of rail
service in Southern Maryland, showing where commuter
rail can be implemented over existing CSX tracks.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Hoyer Intervening to
Get Region Back on Track for Trains
More
Dyson will meet with
Governor on rail this week
GOP
Calls Special Session Wasteful; Says O'Malley
Should Have Faced Deficit During Last Session
story
Thinking
about giving your baby boy a girls name, like Sue or as
in the case of a new burglar emeritus, 'Vivian'?
Go ahead, this is Southern Maryland where eccentric
behavior on the part of public officials or the general
public is expected and encouraged. Giving your son
a girls name may toughen him up for a life of crime.
Cops Nab 'a boy named Sue' After Chase in Stolen
Van
This broken
street sign was the end of the line for a burglar last
week after he ran from cops in a high speed chase.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
LEXINGTON
PARK --- A concerted effort to find Guy
Vivian Butler, 42, believed to be responsible for dozens
of burglaries in St. Mary's ended with the man
wrecking a stolen van on Great Mills Road. see
details and also in
print edition now on newsstands.
Maryland
Soldier Killed in Iraq
UPPER MARLBORO - A Prince
George's County man and member of the D.C. National
Guard was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq Wednesday,
the Department of Defense said Friday.
Staff Sgt. Robin L. Towns Sr., 52, of Upper
Marlboro, died of injuries suffered in blast that hit
his Humvee in Bayji, Iraq. He was a member of 275th
Military Police Company, 372nd Military Police
Battalion, Washington, D.C., National Guard.
Additional details were unavailable. At least 71
people from Maryland have been killed in the war on
Iraq, including 16 this year.
Chocolate
Lt. Gov. Brown kicks off Abortion 'Evening of Chocolate Gala'
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown
( Editor's Note: if
former Lt. Gov. Mike Steele had gone to a chocolate gala
when he held the office, would the liberal press made a
big to-do about him being the first black statewide
official to attend a chocolate event? References
to the 'Uncle Tom' Republican Steele by liberal
Democrats and their puppy dog media pals like the
Washington Post were constant as he is an effective
conservative spokesman and Democrats think all blacks
should think alike because of their color but nobody
ever notes Brown's race or that he too is a chocolate kind of
guy. Indeed, Brown is the 2nd statewide elected official
of color in Maryland, proving nobody ever got noted for
coming in 2nd. Brown, like Steele is a smart guy
who expresses his views in an articulate way and both
work hard and have a good future. Steele lost a
race for US Senate to Boring Ben Cardin last year and
remains a talking head on news shows.)
ANNAPOLIS
– Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown gave the
keynote address at the 18th annual Evening of
Chocolate Gala for NARAL,
Saturday,
in Rockville. This black-tie optional evening is Maryland’s premiere pro-choice event of the year, attended
by more than 400 of Maryland’s leading abortionists and elected
officials who support them.
Brown's staff sent this statement on Friday announcing
his speech: "The event includes a delicious array of chocolate
desserts donated by the regions finest pro-choice chefs,
and a silent auction where guests bid on a wide range of
products, services, and luxury items donated by local
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240 Tanks, Guns, Cannons Will Roll
out of Maryland to Fort Lee in Virginia
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7th District Volunteers Put Out Large Brush Fire Caused
by Hay Baler
 
A
Seventh District Volunteer was part of a large response
which put out a large brush fire in Bushwood.
ST.
MARY'S TODAY photo by Matthew Ivancie
More photos
Letter to the Editor:
Leonardtown Landing residents
ticked over Town approving change to developers plans,
raising building heights, blocking their views
FBI admits failing to implement
security leaks in wake of traitorous agent
Clinton's
cackle may give opponents the last laugh
House Energy Chairman John Dingell Proposes
50 cent increase in gas tax
to reduce global warming while
Gov. O'Bull proposes hike in Maryland gas tax...all the
while doing nothing for commuter rail to So. Md. Get
ready to take longer to get to metro area due to
increased traffic sprawl and pay a lot more to get
there...the Democrats are showing they are as worthless
as the Republicans...
White House 2008 heats up with
Hillary over Rudy in latest Fox
News poll...
Sen. John Edwards thinks that 2nd graders should make up
their own minds on sex ed curriculum
Maryland is spending every last
cent from the Transportation Fund on the Intercounty
connector
running between Montgomery and PG Counties....a pending
court case filed by an assortment of environmental
groups is challenging that decision in federal court.
No serious attention was paid to linking the two
counties with the Purple Line metro paralleling the
Beltway or establishing rail service from Frederick back
to the Baltimore area, just build another highway, much
like the thinking behind building a Waldorf Bypass
instead of getting traffic off of Rt. 301 by bringing
MARC trains down the CSX line to Morgantown and Aquasco.
Coast Guard Plucks Two from
Tippecanoe
Faulty Furnace Causes Fire
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Antonio Warren Gantt
--- Wanted Dead or Alive
That would be what the poster would read were this Dodge
City...it is legal to shoot a
robber but not too many bank tellers are armed...however
it is perfectly acceptable for store owners to shoot and
it is important for gangsters who rob stores to
understand that they can be be blown away, especially if
there is a sign in the store which reads "We don't call
911" over a gun. Criminals need to understand that
others have rights too...
  
This bank camera
obviously is guilty of racial profiling.
LEXINGTON PARK (Sept. 27)
UPDATE ON L P CITY BANK HEIST.....maybe
not dead but he's wanted anyway for the robbery of
Maryland Bank & Trust in Lexington Park, this St.
Leonard resident allegedly robbed the bank on Monday
afternoon about 2 pm and beat feet in the direction of
Raley's Furniture. Gantt, 40, of St. Leonard,
often stays at different households in St. Mary's,
according to St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron.
Police paid a visit to his Calvert County residence
without any luck on Tuesday night and several businesses
in St. Mary's have contacted police to ID him.
While in prison, court records show that he has sued a
variety of state officials including Calvert Circuit
Court Judge Warren Krug, perhaps for simply having the
same name.
Gantt has had a full-time job in dealing with the court
system in that he has been attempting to overturn a 1993
forgery and burglary convictions in St. Mary's Circuit
Court through a series of attorneys with the latest one,
Shane Mattingly, of Leonardtown, withdrawing from his
case just last month, one of at least four attorney's to
represent Gantt since 2001.
Gantt may have wanted to get enough money from the bank
to hire one of those big city lawyers who could show
these local ambulance chasers a thing or two. While in
the Maryland State Correctional Institution in
Cumberland, Gantt was charged with assault on a prison
guard and was found guilty, but in the process, Gantt
must have been visiting the prison library as he filed
motions through half the members of the Allegheny County
bar association as well as the public defender.
Why did Gantt allegedly rob this bank (we say allegedly
as a black man walking past the scene of the bank
robbery, who looked a lot like Gantt, said to ST. MARY'S
TODAY, "WHAT HAPPENED, DID SOMEONE ROB THE BANK?"
When told that was what happened, he said, "THEY'LL
PROBABLY TRY TO BLAME A BLACK MAN". The man,
carrying a gym bag, continued on foot down Shangri-La
Drive in the direction of the townhouses across from Bay
District firehouse.), it has not yet been proven that
Gantt is the man in the photo, it just looks a lot like
him, according to those how know him. Gantt
may simply be lonely for a return trip to the prison and
misses the excellent law library. Robbing a bank
is a handy way to get a free bus ticket back to the
joint.
The man who sauntered past the bank, looked like Gantt,
making this story even more bizarre if that was him
doubling back to watch the cops show up.
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Dunkirk Residents Hopping
Mad About Weekend Ad Signs Spread Throughout
Area
Commuter Rail Now, Says Dyson
Will
Act to Require DOT to Jump Start Commuter Rail
O'Malley traveling tax
show ends after week-long trip; calls for
special session to hike taxes
McCaffrey's Wide World of
Maryland Sports
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Boathouse Battle Axe Blasts Senator
Fireworks Fly When Maggie Fights New Restrictions on
College Buildings
"The College
and the trustees treat the public in a haughty and
dictatorial way."
--- St. Mary's City Preservation Committee spokesman
Brian Siebert.
These words were spoken at a public hearing in
Leonardtown Tuesday night in the presentation of
citizens who are so daggone irked over the Construction
Surge taking everyone by surprise at St. Mary's City
where a super-size boathouse was built on the beautiful
shoreline of St Mary's River, blocking the scenic vista
of tourists, residents and everyone who treasured the
view.
Maggie trots out trustees and one admits the boathouse
size took him by
surprise, says: "...it is possible it can be relocated..." ---
Mike O'Brien...
There will be hell to pay for that candid remark when he
gets back to the next trustees meeting
WTOP Reporter Tossed Out of White House
What did he do?
Did he eat too much shrimp? Did he pass gas?
Nope, he asked the First Lady if she supported expanded
voting rights for District residents. Was this an
embarrassing question? Many folks believe that if
DC residents want expanded rights they can move to
Maryland or Virginia, as the founding fathers intended
that this was to be a city, not a state, but gee whiz,
Mark Plotkin just did
his job and asked a question.
More from WTOP
Wind Turbine Farm off Ocean City
from the Sun:
All those tree-hugging Kennedys want to save the world
from fossil energy, except when it requires
a minor change in their view.
Lawyers Argue Mandel Years, Conviction and
Resurrection by Supreme Court
Story
Governor
Marvin Mandel autographs a greeting card for former St.
Mary's County Commissioner George Aud at a Walden Roast
of Aud. Right, is the late former
First Lady Jeanne Dorsey Mandel.
ST. MARY'S TODAY
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The Captain of the Maryland Dove supervises as the crew
sets sail to leave the blessing of the fleet and set
sail to return to St. Mary's City. At right, a
Priest blessed passing boats. ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
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Fleet Blessed in Potomac
COLTON'S POINT (Oct. 8, 2007) --- After a slow Saturday
for crowds at the annual Blessing of the Fleet, a
sparkling afternoon led to a large crowd of pleasure
boats and an occasional workboat coming out in force on
Saturday night to the Potomac River where one of the
finest displays of fireworks witnessed by fans of any
age was put on from a barge in the river. What
Saturday lacked in attendees, was made up for on Sunday
when people swarmed to the Potomac River Museum at
Colton's Point and a constant shuttle of vessels carried
thousands out to St. Clements Island so they could see
the newly built lighthouse and see the cross which marks
the site of the landing of the settlers from England on
March 24, 1634 as well as the first Catholic Mass in the
English colonies was said by Father Andrew White. The oyster buyboat Samuel M.
Bailey brought a Catholic priest out to bless the crew
of the Maryland Dove and then blessed sailboats, cabin
cruisers, jet skis, speed boats and a few work boats
which circled through the channel between the mainland
and the island.
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This section of the old
US Navy railroad right of way may one day be used again
for rail traffic, if Sen. Roy Dyson (D. St. Mary's,
Calvert, Charles) has his way. Today, the section
near the Wal-Mart at California, is being used for a
bike trail for a short stretch where black topping will
accommodate bicyclists, ATV and dirt bike traffic along
with occasional hikers, who presently already have a
sidewalk from Rt. 4 to the main gate of NAS with few
walkers on it. Another section of a bike trail is being
built in the Charlotte Hall area. St. Mary's
County owns the right of way and in past years has
allowed many easements across the right of way in spite
of a MDOT feasibility study which warned against
degrading the value of the right of way for future rail
use by granting easements to cross it.
St. Mary's County remains unable to come to a decision
on building FDR Blvd, but a section of road which could
connect it was built by the Wal-Mart to connect it to
the Laurel Glen Shopping Center.
At right, is a mile marker on this same railroad right
of way in Charlotte Hall near the Veterans Home.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
St. Mary's Commissioners Approve Curtailing
Residential Development Close to Pax River NAS
LEONARDTOWN (Oct. 2, 2007) --- The St. Mary's Board of
Commissioner approved a text amendment to the county's
zoning ordinance restricting residential development in
the APII zone which encompasses 1100 acres and will
prevent about 800 homes from being built. Existing
lots of record and two subdivisions which were already
in the planning pipeline will be grandfathered in as
part of the amendment. Details later
Mary R. DiStefano
dead at 93
Lillian Augusta Stephens
dead at age 90
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More from the St. Mary's Board of Appeals
meeting...
Fantasy FDR Blvd Forces Property Owners to Seek
Approval, Denial or for the County to Buy Their
Property
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This "T" Bone wreck on
Rt. 4 at Brickhouse Road
is one more pileup caused by drivers who fail to pay
attention.
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Meet the Officer
Cpl. Harold
Young has served for close to 20 years on the St. Mary's
Sheriff's Dept. and has for much of his career been
assigned to road patrol in the Lexington Park area.
At right, of Cpl.
Young at work checking a driver's ID and arresting
another driver for DWI.
Harold Young completed his police training in 1992. He
was promoted to Deputy first Class 06/04/05. Promoted to
Senior Deputy First Class 12/05/06 and to the rank of
Corporal on 08/29/07. After this promotion he was
assigned to the Special Operations Division, where he is
currently serves as a First Line Supervisor.
Sheriff Tim Cameron
has this to say about Cpl. Harold Young: Cpl.
Harold D. Young was hired as a Deputy Sheriff in January
1992, after serving four honorable years in the U. S
Navy. Cpl Young has spent almost his entire career in
the Road Patrol Division and as such, he is one of the
most experienced and valued members of the agency. Cpl.
Young is known for his enthusiasm for police work and
the energetic nature in which he performs his duties. He
is a committed public servant which is evident by the
hundreds of letters of appreciation he has received from
citizens and the many awards of recognition he has
received from the Sheriff's Office.
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Shrink Who Blabbed
on Spy Loses at Court of Appeals
story
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Construction of Yacht Club and Super-size Boathouse Just
the tip
 
Shoreline look familiar?
If you boat
and fish on The Chesapeake Bay, it might.
The guy on the left
in this fishing party is President George W. Bush with a
crowd from ESPN fishing on the Chesapeake Bay near St.
Michael's on the Eastern Shore. Note this boat
from Virginia had to come to Maryland to find the best
fishing. The Coast Guard assisted
in providing a security zone around the president.
The President visited with Congressman Wayne Gilchrest,
who is in a heated GOP primary race this coming year and
the
Prez was on hand to issue an
Executive order protecting Red Drum and Rockfish from
over fishing.
U.S. Coast guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ayla
Stevens.
Photo at right is of the President and First Lady
holding a screech owl (not the old bat Helen Thomas, the
White House reporter) in a visit to the Patuxent
Research Refuge in Laurel, Md., where President Bush
discussed steps his Administration is creating for a
series of cooperative conservation steps to preserve and
restore critical stopover habitat for migratory birds in
the United States. White House photo by Eric Draper
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of the iceberg for St. Mary's College...
College Diverts Funds to Italy
Maggie is setting up
a satellite campus, not in Hagerstown, or Easton or
even Snow Hill, all towns in Maryland
where one might expect a state college to locate a second campus...nope,
the elitists in St. Mary's City have
started a new campus in
Alba, Italy!
St. Mary's College students in Italy.
photo from
the St. Mary's College Office of International Education
Maggie O'Brien not the only
Maryland college prez living large on education as
tuition soars
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Top Cop Nails Bank Robber in Halloween Heist
EXCLUSIVE REPORT:
Sprayed gasoline on bank tellers; threatened to torch
them
 
Happy to Help Halloween Horror Story End with a Smile!
This brazen bank robber got the same bank again on
Halloween in what could have been a horrific result had
he set fire to the tellers. Left Gantt is being
led into the Sheriff's headquarters for questioning by
St. Mary's Deputy First Class Stephen Myers and Dfc.
Patrick Handy. ST. MARY'S TODAY photo; center is
the bank photo of Antonio Gantt, as he posed for the
cameras in the bank making one wonder if he just wanted
to get back to prison for "three hots and a cot". Right
is Capt. John Horne who was happy to help Gantt meet his
destiny of a decade in prison unless some bozo judge
lets him out on probation. This man terrified the
bank tellers by spraying them with gas and threatening
to set them on fire.
Bank photo via St. Mary's Sheriff's Dept.
MORE STORY AND
PHOTOS
Chuck
Kimball tells inside story of bank robbery
Businessman inside bank during
holdup
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Cops
Arrest Bat Man
Two
Men Robbed Three Youths at Baseball-bat Point
  
Three youths robbed with threat of being killed by bozo
with baseball bat, cops make collar
ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos by Matthew Ivancie
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Man Stabbed to Death When Gang of Thugs Showed Up
Police make
quick arrest of alleged killer
Career gangster
at such a young age faces the death penalty
--- Christopher Doran Whisman
BROOME'S ISLAND (Sept. 27, 2007) --- The second murder
in a week in the normally peaceful Calvert County ended
in an arrest by Calvert detectives from the joint team
of the State Police and Calvert Sheriff's Department.
Police report that at about 9:28 pm on Tuesday, officers
responded to Ball Road for a stabbing. Rodney Gray Jr.
20, was the stabbing victim, say police. Gray was
likely dead on the scene but was taken to PG Shock
Trauma by Maryland State Police Med-Evac helicopter and
was pronounced dead shortly after landing.
Witnesses told police that a green 1998 Ford
Explorer fled the scene in an unknown direction. Per
witness statements obtained on the scene and further
investigation it was determined that the 1998 Ford
Explorer was occupied by 5 individuals to include
Christopher Whisman, 21 years old from Broomes Island;
Whisman was said to be in possession of a knife. When
patrolling for the suspect vehicle, officers observed 5
individuals exiting the wood line near the intersection
of Broomes Island Road and Hance Road.
The subjects entered a vehicle that was waiting for them. A traffic stop
was made on the vehicle they entered and all the
occupants were transported to the Sheriff’s Office for
questioning.
Investigators
learned that the occupants of the Explorer had gone to
the Ball Road residence to settle a dispute when the
physical altercation irrupted.
Due to witness statements given by the individuals
involved in the altercation, Christopher Doran Whisman
was charged with Second Degree Murder, First and Second
Degree Assault, and carrying a Dangerous Weapon.
Whisman was transported to Calvert County Detention
center to await a bond review with the District Court
Commissioner. The lead investigator in this
case is Det. V. Bortchevsky.
Whisman, a white male resident of Broome's Island, has a
long criminal record reaching back years and has spent
time in prison for burglary and theft, but instead of
serving a sentence of 7 years was let out of prison
after only 18 months. He was charged with various
charges for an incident this summer when he allegedly
provided booze to kids, committed assault, resisted
arrest and interfered with an arrest, all of which come
up in court in October.
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NAACP, ACLU sues State Police over
compliance with prior agreement
Maryland Has New Oyster Advisory
Commission
FBI Investigating Suspected 'Sabotage' of Commuter Train
Tracks in Chicago
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Bus
driver's gas pedal stuck
Photo for ST.
MARY'S TODAY courtesy of a reader
CALIFORNIA --- A report
from another bus driver about the school bus wreck this
morning at the intersection of Rt. 235 and Chancellors
Run Road reveals that the bus driver had just finished
dropping off her students at Green Holly School on
Millstone Landing Road and was turning from Rt. 235 onto
Chancellors Run when her gas pedal stuck with her bus
then vaulting across the median strip, over a curb and
into the Sheetz gas station where the bus hit a pump.
The manager of the Sheetz quickly cut off the pumps and
Bay District Volunteers were on the scene in minutes.
The bus driver was injured but no kids were on board,
however some children may have been nearby and gathered
to watch the scene, causing an early report from fire
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Cashiers at Sam's Club in Waldorf Boosted Credit Cards
from Customers
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Making the County Fair safe, one cotton candy and one candy
apple at a time
These St. Mary's deputies, no longer part of the donut squad,
keep an eye on food vendors to make sure they are safe
at the drive-in window.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
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Traffic Backups on
Rt. 5 and Rt. 246 Caused by Great Mills Bottleneck
...not exactly a news flash for those who use these
highways to travel to work at Pax River and Webster
Field...
 
The traffic on Rt.
246 backs up more than a mile all the way back to Great
Mills High School each afternoon as traffic funnels
through the Great Mills bottleneck. The building
at right no longer stands in the way of an extra rush
hour lane.
Story
ST. MARY'S TODAY
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Calvert Sheriff's Cpl. Tony
Moschetto at scene of a crash where the driver fled.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie
Calvert Cop Tracks Down Fleeing Flipper
more
 
Were your
teens hanging with these over 21 Kool Kats on Saturday
night?
BROOME'S ISLAND (Sept. 17) ---
Do you know where your teenie-bopper
was on Saturday night? When Calvert Corporal
Tony Moschetto showed up at Broome's Island the kids
made a bee-line for the woods. When Cpl. Moschetto
and Dfc. Gatton went to the door of the home, one of the
kids told the officers that they weren't wanted. As the
officers weren't delivering pizza they did manage to
check ages and ID's leaving behind a citation for Gary
Goins who was hosting the party and allegedly furnishing
booze to underage kids. Goins had a bad attitude towards
the cops, perhaps because they didn't bring pizza. The
legal drinkers at the party were amused over the entire
affair and made a number of cracks at the cops. The
underage teens at the party were separated by age and
booze content from the adults.
More photos
Terror on Wall Street:
From the files of
the FBI;
30 killed, 300 injured when bomb
went off on New York's Wall Street
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Rocket's Red Glare Lighting
Up Lexington Park?
Parks directors brings request for model rocket firing
at Chancellors Run Park to table...could rockets land
on nearby homes? Who knows, for anyone who
remembers the Skydivers at the county airport, this
simple
request could be a lot more volatile and fun...MORE
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Who didn't know that?
What genius posed Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley over
this sign for Red Bull at the Budd's Creek Motocross
race this past weekend? With the Governor's
campaign promises last year to bring commuter rail to
Southern Maryland and his unveiling of his
transportation plan for the state leaving out any
mention of MARC trains to this region, this sign seems
to be a sign of the times and an accurate reflection of
the promises of the Governor.
Photo for ST. MARY'S TODAY courtesy of
the taxpayers of Maryland and the Governor's website.
Senator Dyson
Blasts O'Malley for
De-Railing Area Commuters
angry letter to Governor
This ST. MARY'S TODAY
news graphic shows Governor O'Malley in a photo with
Congressman Steny Hoyer, Senators Roy Dyson and Mac
Middleton, Delegates John Bohanan and Sally Jameson and
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, posing on CSX tracks in Waldorf
and promising to bring commuter rail to the region.
O'Malley Seeks Slots to Fill Budget Gap
Story
Night Shift Over the Patuxent River
SHA
Admits It Has No Contingency Plan for Closure of
Solomon's Bridge
SOLOMON'S ISLAND (Sept. 26) --- Work on the deck of the
Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge is underway with sections
of decking being torn up and replaced while traffic is
reduced to one lane. Officials of the State
Highway Administration last week assured the St. Mary's
Commissioners that "the bridge is safe". The
bridge opened to traffic in 1977 and in 1988 was shut
down for 3 months due to large cracks appearing in tops the
of all of the support beams of the bridge. Large
steel "rubber bands" were wrapped around the tops to hold
the piers together. Traffic on the bridge now is
much heavier, yet the SHA told ST. MARY'S TODAY on
Friday that the contingency plan for another bridge
closing would be to direct traffic to use the Benedict
Bridge on Rt. 231, another 2-lane bridge which is more
than 50 years old. In the event of another
closure, state officials could contact North Carolina
and Delaware for spare large car ferries which may be
available, especially in the off season for those
states. In 1988, hapless state of Maryland officials
simply hired a half dozen small boats to motor
pedestrians back and forth across the Patuxent. If
you work at NAVAIR, which was not located at Pax River
in 1988, and you live in Calvert County think of the fun
you'll have if the bridge is closed once again for
repairs. ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos
Nice and Easy
Mechanicsville volunteers take it
easy with a crash victim at Rt. 5 and Rt. 236 in
New Market on Tuesday. ST.
MARY'S TODAY photo
Peace Walk Gathered More Than 100
in Calvert
Mexican pleads guilty to running
sex slave ring of illegal aliens in Carolinas
Dirtbags conduct ghoulish theft of
flower vases from headstones in Waldorf
Mustang Bill 3 time DWI driver
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Viewscape?
ST. MARY'S CITY (Sept. 26) Why is SHA blowing $300,000
on saving the view of motorists on Rt. 5 at St. Mary's
City, at the request of the St. Mary's City/College
elitists while spending millions to block the view of
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Slots
Returning to Maryland? The
one-armed bandits which were voted out by the do-gooder
liberals in other parts of Maryland left a big void in
the Southern Maryland economy. The biggest payoff
to the region was the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge,
which was closed in 1988 for 3 months due to structural
problems just ten years after it opened. Learn more
about the slot machine era in Maryland, when from 1947
to 1966, slots were legal in Charles, St. Mary's,
Calvert and Anne Arundel Counties. Because the
Potomac River belongs to Maryland, Coles Point Tavern
and other bars which were and still are located out on
piers extending from Virginia, also had Maryland slots.
Even today, they are Maryland lottery agents.
A panel discussion at St. Mary's
College on Friday, Sept. 28th. The man who
killed slots, former Sen. J. Frank Raley, who served one
term in the Maryland Senate and was defeated for
reelection for his role in eliminating slots, will be on
the panel.
J. Frank Raley, who was defeated in the Democratic
Primary in 1966 by Walter B. Dorsey following his
leading the effort to ban slot machines, will be part of
the panel discussion on slots on Friday as the Maryland
General Assembly prepares to legalize the one-armed
bandits once more. ST.
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Chesapeake Beach Woman Killed When
Driver Failed to Yield
St. Inigoes Man Pleads Guilty to
Buying Kiddie Porn
O'Malley prepares to raise gas tax
to fund transportation needs
Letter to the Editor:
Parent Objects to Staff Shuffle at
Ridge Elementary
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Are you buying toys in the dollar stores because they are cheap?
Will the illegal alien who crashed into you have insurance?
Watch out, the toys are loaded with lead paint, most with 16
times the amount allowed to be safe, some 180 times the
amount...."Made in China" should amount to be a warning label
not to buy a product....more recalls coming....The Republican
Administration of George Bush has flooded America with illegal
aliens and illegal toys...send your views on these topics to
staff1@stmarystoday.com Bush should be worrying
about the working stiff who's job at toy plants went overseas to
make unsafe products and now has to compete for the jobs which
are left with a flood of illegal aliens. Don't expect the
limousine liberal Democrats to care anymore than the country
club Republicans....
Man who killed Arizona police officer was
illegal alien
Daughter Iced Mom
PRINCE FREDERICK
(Sept. 20) --- In a scene right out of the
Sopranos, a woman was found in the trunk of her car
which was parked in the garage of her home after she was
reported missing. Calvert Sheriff's detectives and
State Police detectives obtained a search warrant for
her home and found the body in the trunk of her 2006
Honda.
On Tuesday, police say that Pamela Varner failed to show
up for work, a remarkably similar case as to that of
Bonnie Gray who was killed by her husband and then
stuffed in the trunk of her car more than 10 years ago.
That car was found on a side road off of Rt. 231.
Barbara Louise Hampton,
Varner’s 28 year-old
daughter, was taken into
custody for the murder.
Hampton, who resided with
her mother at the Westlake Blvd.
address, was apprehended at
approximately 9:00 p.m. on
September 19 in the Cove
Point Road area of Lusby
without incident.
Hampton
admitted involvement in her
mother’s death. She was
charged with 2nd
degree murder and 1st
and 2nd degree
assault. She is currently
being held at the
Calvert
County
Detention
Center
awaiting a
bond review with the
District Court
Commissioner. A motive for
the crime is unknown at this
time.
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Varner's car was found
in the garage of her home located at 105 Westlake Blvd.,
Prince Frederick. The cause and manner of death will be
determined by the Maryland State Medical Examiner.
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Mrs. Democrat of St. Mary's County, Jane Fish Yowaiski,
working for Hillary and proud of it. Republican
Central Committee Chairman Tom Haynie along with
Republican Women activist Mary Bailey hold up a bumper
sticker proclaiming 'Welcome to O'Malleyland,
What's in
Your Wallet?'
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
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Bridge work continued
last week on Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge, which state
officials continue to proclaim to be safe. Twice
this past week the bridge was shut down for hours at a
time, once due to a single flat tire. Public
hearings on the changes which may be made to the Rt. 4
corridor from Rt. 235, including a new span, to Rt. 2 at
Solomon's will take place at Dowell Elem. on Oct. 9 and
Town Creek school on Oct. 2nd, both from 5 pm to 8 pm.
The close up photo shows the steel rubber bands holding
together the cracked concrete piers which support the
bridge. Many area drivers traverse the bridge with
open windows. ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
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4 Saved on Sinking Houseboat by
Coast Guard
 
2 Maryland Firefighters
Among Those Set to be Honored at National Fallen
Firefighters Memorial
Crab Packers Lament Loss of
Seasonal Visa Workers: Native Marylanders Won't Work
Bill
Clinton Says He Was More Experienced Than Obama
Duke Apologizes to Lacrosse
Players
Newt backs off from race; sticks
with dash for the dough
Will energy hour for LA turn into
an hour of crime?
Defending Muslim Doc Who Advocated Jihad
Commentary
Al
Qaeda's 6,000-plus Web sites supply the ability to
liberate and dominate at the same time
Sellers paying big bucks towards
closing costs on top of slicing prices to seal deals
Analog TV's without satellite or
cable will show only snow when switch is made
Fairfax subsidizes rent for
wealthy families
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St. Mary's Public
Works Sends 17 Senior Staffers
Home with County Vehicles Every Night
See story in this week's print edition, now on
newsstands, as local governments tighten their belts in
preparation for less funding coming from the State,
which is now grappling with huge tax hikes to close a
$1.5 billion gap and less money from the federal
government which has spent $600 billion in Iraq War.
While some public works emergency staff need vehicles,
most appear to simply be assigned to senior staffers as
perks. How many of these cars and trucks are
dispatched in the middle of the night to replace a
stolen street sign, to fill a pothole or to inspect a
road construction project, which are all conducted
during the day?
Its all
about how they spend your money.... on newsstands
now...
How
Big is O'Malley's Package?
It depends on who you ask, such as Del. Tony O'Donnell
who calls parts of Governor's plan a fraud, or Sen. Mike
Miller who says the details aren't secret, the bills
aren't even drafted yet thus the proposal has yet to be
ironed out completely....MORE
NEWS
FLASH!
7
PG County high schools show improvements in test scores,
come off of state watch list...a rare positive news
story from PG County which is a cess pool of crime and
corruption...MORE
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Burglar is a member of a dangerous
street gang of killers and drug dealers!
Burglar who hit the Famous Footwear in San Souci 4 times
in a month is from Los Angeles, California and according
to St. Mary's Sheriff's Spokesman Sgt. Steve Hall, is a
member of the Surenos 13 gang and is being held on a
bond of $150,000.
..will the store management wise up that a burglar alarm
could come in handy? Burglars hit the old
Sears store so many time when it was located at San
Souci, using the old railroad right of way as a Burglar
Expressway to escape that Sears closed the store.
With the prices they charge for shoes, Famous Footwear
ought to be able to afford a burglar alarm...
STORY
St.
Mary's Schools See Boost in Enrollment
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Sports Beat with Bill McCaffrey
Retired from MARC but not from Sports...Maryland's
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