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POSTPONED: Town Of Chesapeake Beach Independence Day Celebration
CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md. – The Town of Chesapeake Beach Fireworks Display scheduled for Wednesday, July 3, 2024, is postponed due to the expected high wind gusts and wave action in the Chesapeake Bay, Wednesday evening. While the decision is difficult, it is imperative to ensure that the Town can provide a safe display for both our spectators and the crew aboard the vessels required to transport the Town’s display of over 9,000 pyrotechnic shells for launch.
Liquor license for legendary night spot transferred
The familiar location Vera’s White Sands was a destination for visitors to Calvert County for several decades under the ownership of the colorful Vera Freeman, who was famed for her flamboyant island attire and home filled with international artifacts. More than 17 years after its iconic owner passed away, the Lusby restaurant and bar lives on and is about to experience another change in management. During the June 27 meeting of the Board of License Commissioners of Calvert County — the liquor board — a...
Prince George’s County Business Updates
Get the top stories of the day around the DMV. Penn Forest Shopping Center Sells for $7.4 Million. Facilitated by Marcus and Millichapp, Forestville’s Penn Forest Shopping Center was sold to Alexandria-based Woodmont Properties for $7.4 million on June 20. The plaza’s Dollar General and CSL Plasma, which opened...
Planners split on Prince Frederick residential project advancement
The remaining phase of a residential project in the Prince Frederick Town Center received conditional preliminary subdivision plan approval from the Calvert County Planning Commission June 26, but only by the narrowest of margins. When completed, Magnolia Ridge West will have 79 townhouse lots and open space on a 26 acre tract. For the second month in a row, three planning commission members indicated skepticism about the contention that traffic...
Register Now For Calvert County Camp D.A.R.E. This Summer!
OWINGS, Md. – During this weeklong camp, July 22-26, certified D.A.R.E. officers from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office will present the 10-lesson “Keepin’ it REAL” elementary curriculum to incoming fifth graders (ages 9-10) who were unable to participate in the D.A.R.E. after-school program during the school year.
Republican women announce Terhes scholarship winner
The Republican Women Leaders of Calvert recently announced that Theresa Grover and Trevor MacWilliams are the recipients of the 2024 Joyce Lyons Terhes Memorial Scholarship A news release said the students “demonstrated their commitment to the philosophy and initiatives of the Republican Party and their support of conservative causes.” The scholarship honors the memory of the trailblazing educator who worked as a social studies teacher, curriculum developer, and school administrator....
Charles officials talk about private burial ground discoveries
During a gravel mining operation in June 2021, contractors found the remains of six bodies in what would later become the Parklands neighborhood in White Plains. Construction was halted and work was done to determine the scope of the burial ground. Mining plans were revised and the development faced some redesign, according to Doria Fleisher, the community engagement coordinator for Charles County. At the June 25 meeting of the Charles...
Collating equity in Southern Maryland
What began as a topic of conversation less than a decade ago, the Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition has since expanded into a grand sum of 31 organizations working together to elevate the history of Black, Indigenous and other people of color across Southern Maryland. Although the local history of Black and Indigenous people in the region is referenced in books, members and organizers of the coalition have sought to make it more accessible through a comprehensive and easily searchable website. Their mission is...
Resident sues Prince George's County over firefighter staffing reallocation
A Berwyn Heights resident is suing Prince George’s County over its decision to relocate firefighters out of her community. Prince George’s County Fire & EMS’s chief plans to move dozens of firefighters from four stations to other parts of the county to address a critical staffing shortage.
A day of daring: Dozens participate in 5K
The cloud cover gave way to sunshine Saturday morning just before 8 a.m. and the start of one of Calvert County’s unique running events. What makes the Daring the Blaze 5 kilometer race notable is the time of year it’s run and the topography of the community where it’s held. The eighth annual “Blaze” was run June 29 in Dares Beach. The race is the brainchild of Noah Wood, a...
July 8th Joint Public Hearing to be Rescheduled
The Joint Public Hearing of the Prince George’s County Council, sitting as the District Council, and the M-NCPPC Prince George’s County Planning Board on the Staff Draft West Hyattsville-Queens Chapel Sector Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment (SMA), scheduled for Monday, July 8, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. has been canceled. The hearing will be rescheduled for September. The record of public hearing testimony will remain open until the rescheduled hearing closes in accordance with the local zoning laws. Testimony and any affidavits already submitted remain valid and do not need to be resubmitted, unless circumstances otherwise require resubmission in accordance with law.
High Schoolers Help Create Inexpensive Water-Monitoring Buoys on St. Marys River
The newest technology in Chesapeake Bay water quality monitoring is here, and high school students are partly responsible for creating it—at a fraction of the cost of typical water quality monitors. Southern Maryland students and their teacher have been building and deploying automated buoys called Bay Observation Boxes (BOBs)....
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