Calvert County NEWCOMERS DISCOVERY GUIDE 2024
Table of contents
Calvert County museums. ............................................................................................ Page 4
Calvert County parks ...................................................................................................... Page 6
Hospital and hospice ...................................................................................................... Page 7
College of Southern Maryland .................................................................................... Page 8
Calvert County government ........................................................................................ Page 9
Calvert Library Page 11
Welcome to Calvert County
Calvert County is the hidden gem of Maryland, nestled between the Chesapeake Bay and Patuxent River. It has low crime and an excellent school system, not to mention great seafood and unlimited access to waterways and parks. According to the Southern Maryland News staff, all agree that this is the place to get out and enjoy nature, whether it is on the boardwalks of North Beach and Solomons, or on a trail in Lusby or Huntingtown.
How to reach us
Southern Maryland News (Maryland Independent, The Enterprise, The Calvert Recorder) is published weekly on Fridays, at 204 Washington Ave., Suite 104, La Plata, MD 20646 by APG Media of Chesapeake, LLC.
For more information, call 301-645-9480 or visit the website www.somdnews.com.
To contact advertising, call Brook Ash, multimedia ad manager, at 240-561-1390 or email bash@chespub.com.
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For information about legal advertisements or public notices, call 1-877-659-2190 or email legals@chespub.com.
For obituary information, call 1-877-242-1110 or email obits@chespub.com.
To contact the newsroom, send an email to:
Executive editor: Jim Johnson at jjohnson@chespub.com
Managing editor: Jesse Yeatman at jyeatman@somdnews.com
Charles County news: Matt Wynn mwynn@somdnews.com
St. Mary’s County news: Michael Reid at mreid@somdnews.com
Calvert County news: Marty Madden at mmadden@somdnews.com
Sports news: Ted Black at tblack@somdnews.com
Memorial Bridge, which was completed in 1977, connects the southern half of Calvert County to St. Mary’s County.
Calvert County museums
ANNMARIE SCULPTURE GARDEN & ARTS CENTER
13470 Dowell Road, Dowell, MD 20629
Phone: 410-326-4640
Website: www.annmariegarden.org
Located just outside Solomons, Annmarie Garden features a walking path meandering through woods past works on loan from the Smithsonian Institution along with other artful surprises, a children’s natural play space and native gardens.
The center hosts exhibits, a unique gift shop, Nature Nook and the artLAB, a creative re-use space.
All ages will enjoy events and festivals, hands-on activities, public art programs and a beautiful setting.
Pet friendly (leashed) excluding special events.
BAYSIDE HISTORY MUSEUM
4025 4th St., North Beach, MD 20714
Phone: 410-610-5970
Website: www.baysidehistorymuseum.org
Cultural history museum featuring exhibitions like Day at the Beach, Amusement Park at Chesapeake Beach, Camp Roosevelt (Maryland’s first permanent Boy Scout camp) and The Cottage. Visitors will also find information about Captain John Smith, Twin Beaches history and numerous seasonal exhibits.
CALVERT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
70 Church St., Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Phone: 410-535-2452
Website: www.calverthistory.org
Located in historic Linden (c.1868), the society offers a research library, family papers describing first-person accounts of historical events, wills, family Bibles, original manuscripts, photographs, published histories, maps and recorded interviews.
CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM
14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, MD 20688
Phone: 410-326-2042
Website: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com
Rich maritime history, local fossils and aquariums of life in the Chesapeake Bay come alive in the only museum on the East Coast that is home to two lighthouses. See skates and rays, hand-crafted model boats, marine engines, wood carvings, aquariums, fossils and Chesapeake work boats. Outdoor exhibits include a boat basin, river otter habitat and a salt marsh.
Including in admission is the Drum Point Lighthouse, which was constructed in 1883 to mark the entrance to the Patuxent River.
The 1.37-mile Gov. Thomas Johnson
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Calvert Marine Museum hosts Patuxent River Appreciation Days every fall. A taste of maritime history
Decommissioned in 1962, the lighthouse has been beautifully restored, complete with furnishings of the early 20th century.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH RAILWAY MUSEUM
4155 Mears Avenue, Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732
Phone: 410-257-3892
Website: chesapeakebeachrailwaymuseum.com
The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum (CBRM) is the last remaining train station and depot from the Chesapeake Beach Railway, which officially operated from 1900 to 1935.
Sitting on its original site in Calvert County, Maryland, the CBRM is registered with the National Historic Trust as a federally preserved site.
The museum houses documents from the early days of the railway’s development, pictorial/postcard collections and stories, along with objects from the early to mid-20th century.
The Chesapeake Beach area started as a dream to attract a high-end clientele and was originally planned as the “new Monte Carlo of the East”.
Beach Railway.
The Dolores is located behind the museum for visitors to enjoy while touring the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum. Free admission.
CHESAPEAKE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY VISITOR CENTER
200 Farren Ave., Solomons, MD 20688
Phone: 410-326-4281
Website: www.umces.edu/cbl
As part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, the lab allows visitors to experience the scientific atmosphere of the research facility and learn about the ecology and natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay.
Tour information available online.
COVE POINT LIGHTHOUSE
3500 Lighthouse Blvd., Lusby, MD 20657
Website: www.calvertmarinemuseum. org/200/Cove-Point-Lighthouse
Experience history at Maryland’s oldest continuously working lighthouse.
The early proposed plans included two grandiose luxury hotels, gaming, and horse racing.
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The “dream” never came to fruition, however the railway was able to thrive as an economical way to escape from the heat and humidity of the city to the bay.
The railway’s history, along with the early history of the resort area, the boardwalk (which featured the Great Derby roller coaster over the water) and later, the Chesapeake Beach Amusement Park on land, are depicted as well.
Part of the storytelling also includes steamships from Baltimore arriving in Chesapeake Beach while passengers by train came from Washington, D.C.
The museum is also home to the “Dolores”, an original 1880’s parlor car, and just like the CB Railway station, is the only remaining railcar from the Chesapeake
Grounds include the lighthouse tower built in 1828, a 1901 fog signal building and visitor center.
The six-bedroom keeper’s home is available as a high-end vacation rental and special events venue.
The grounds are open during specific hours and are free to tour.
A museum interpreter is on site.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Limited wheelchair access.
J.C. LORE & SONS OYSTER HOUSE
14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, MD 20688
Website: www.calvertmarinemuseum. com/191/Lore-Oyster-House
Visit this restored 1934 seafood packing
FILE PHOTO
Patrons visit the Dolores parlor car during the Chesapeake Beach Railway Founder’s Day celebration in June 2017. The car was dedicated as the Loveless and Finlon Education Center in honor of Bernard Loveless and Mildred Finlon who founded the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum in 1979. Outside of the car are painted glass panels of Finlon and Loveless with his wife Dorothy, done by local artist Maceao Leatherwood.
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house to learn about the boom and decline of the region’s commercial seafood industries.
The exhibits explore all aspects of oyster processing, from receiving oysters at the dock to storing, shucking, washing, packing and shipping the product to markets across the region.
The oyster house is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Open free, May through September. Check museum website for schedule.
JEFFERSON PATTERSON PARK & MUSEUM
10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, MD 20685
Phone: 410-586-8501
Website: jefpat.maryland.gov
Nearly 70 archaeological sites on the property reflect more than 8,000 years of human occupation.
Included are a visitor center, exhibit barn, gift shop, hiking trails, a re-created Indian Village and canoe/kayak launch.
Also on the grounds is the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.
Call about scheduling a tour of the facility.
OLD WALLVILLE SCHOOL
1450 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Phone: 410-474-3868
Website: www.oldwallvilleschool.org
ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE
3080 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, MD 20676
Website: calvertoneroomschool.org
Port Republic School No. 7 has been in this shady grove for more than 100 years and is filled with authentic memorabilia.
Open by appointment only. For more, visit Calvert County’s tourism website at www. choosecalvert.com/.
STAFF PHOTO BY MARTY MADDEN
The McWhorters of Chesapeake Beach, Zing, left, Amanda, Ford and Josie, enjoy free ice cream, courtesy of Mrs. Moo’s, at the Calvert One-Room Schoolhouse’s annual ice cream social on Aug. 11, 2021. The historic, restored structure is located off Broomes Island Road in Port Republic. Attendees also enjoyed live music from Calvert Dance Band.
Calvert County parks
AMERICAN
CHESTNUT LAND TRUST
676 Double Oak Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Phone: 410-414-3400
Website: acltweb.org
ANNMARIE SCULPTURE GARDEN & ARTS CENTER
13470 Dowell Road, Dowell, MD 20629
Phone: 410-326-4640
Website: www.annmariegarden.org
BISCOE GRAY HERITAGE FARM
2695 Grays Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Phone: 410-535-5327
Website: www.co.cal.md.us/BiscoeGray
CALVERT CLIFFSSTATE PARK
10540 H.G. Trueman Road, Lusby, MD 20657
Phone: 443-975-4360
Website: https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/ southern/calvertcliffs.aspx
COVE POINT PARK
750 Cove Point Road, Lusby, MD 20657
Phone: 410-394-6248
Website: www.calvertcountymd.gov/Facilities/Facility/ Details/Cove-Point-Park-1
DUNKIRK DISTRICT DOG PARK
10750 Southern Maryland Blvd., Dunkirk, MD 20754
Phone: 410-257-9654
Website: www.calvertcountymd.gov/Facilities/Facility/ Details/2
FLAG PONDS NATURE PARK
1525 Flag Ponds Parkway, Lusby, MD 20657
Phone: 410-586-1477 or 410-535-5327
JEFFERSON PATTERSON PARK & MUSEUM
10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, MD 20685
Phone: 410-586-8501
Website: https://jefpat.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx
KINGS LANDING PARK
3255 Kings Landing Road, Huntingtown, MD 20639
Phone: 410-535-2661 or 410-535-5327
Website: www.co.cal.md.us/KingsLandingPark
Website: www.calvertcountymd.gov/1192/Flag-PondsNature-Park
GRAYS ROAD DOG PARK
2695 Grays Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Website: www.calvertcountymd.gov/Facilities/Facility/ Details/3
HALLOWING POINT PARK
MARK R. FRAZER SUNRISE GARDEN PARK
3rd St and Bay Ave, North Beach 20714
Phone: 301-855-6681
Website: www.northbeachmd.org/welcome-north-beach/ pages/sunrise-garden
MARLEY RUN RECREATION AREA
1455 Mairfield Lane, Huntingtown, MD 20639 Phone: 410-535-2707
Calvert County's only on-site ematory.
4755 Hallowing Point Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 Phone: 410-535-1295
Website: www.calvertcountymd.gov/Facilities/Facility/ Details/4
Website: www.calvertcountymd.gov/Facilities/Facility/ Details/17
SOLOMONS TOWN CENTER PARK
13320 Dowell Road, Dowell, MD 20629
Website: www.calvertcountymd.gov/Facilities/Facility/ Details/7
WARD FARM RECREATION AND NATURE PARK
10455 Ward Road, Dunkirk, Md. 20754
Open mid-March to mid-November Phone: 410-474-0888
WETLANDS OVERLOOK PARK
4020 11th St., North Beach, MD 20714
Phone: 301-855-6681 or 410-257-9618
Website: www.northbeachmd.org/welcome-northbeach/pages/wetlands-overlook-park
For more, visit Calvert County’s tourism website at www.choosecalvert.com.
STAFF PHOTO BY CAROL SOLAR
Calvert Cliffs State Park is one of several parks in the region offering First Day Hikes to kick off the new year this weekend.
STAFF PHOTO BY CALEB M. SOPTELEAN
A directional sign on American Chestnut Land Trust land off Double Oak Road shows the Horse Swamp Trail, which is part of the PF2BAY Trail that begins behind St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Prince Frederick.
CalvertHealth Medical Center and Calvert Hospice
CalvertHealth Medical Center
100 Hospital Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Phone: 410-535-4000, 1-888-9068773
www.calverthealthmedicine.org
CalvertHealth Medical Center, formerly Calvert Memorial Hospital, is a 130-bed not-for-profit, community-owned hospital. It is currently in the midst of a $51 million expansion project. There are 220 active and consulting physicians on staff, representing more than 40 medical specialties. Since opening its doors in 1919, the hospital has been an important part of the community it serves. Today, CalvertHealth is known for providing quality health care that is cost-effective, service-oriented and compassionate. With satellites in Dunkirk, Lusby, Solomons and the Twin Beaches, residents have ready access to primary care, specialists and diagnostic services — no more than 15 minutes from anywhere in Calvert County. Other services include a state-of-the-art emergency department, an infusion therapy center and community cancer program, a psychiatric unit with adolescent services and emergency evaluations, full outpatient services with an endoscopy suite, a pain management center, a sleep disorders center, radiology and complementary therapies.
The CalvertHealth Medical Arts Building is home to the Sheldon E. Goldberg Center for Breast Care, which features leading experts in breast imaging, surgery and oncology as well as the latest technology to provide comprehensive and coordinated care for breast cancer patients.
CalvertHealth is accredited by The Joint Commission, licensed by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and certified for Medicare and Medicaid. For information about any CalvertHealth program, call 410-535-4000 or 301-855-1012. The toll-free number is 1-888-906-8773. Go to www.calverthealthmedicine.org to find out more.
CalvertHealth Medical Office Building
Located on main hospital campus
110 Hospital Road, Prince Frederick CalvertHealth Medical Arts Building
Located on main hospital campus
130 Hospital Road, Prince Frederick
Twin Beaches Community Health Center
Located next to the North Beach Town Hall
8924 Chesapeake Ave., North Beach 410-257-7279
Dunkirk Medical Center
10845 Town Center Blvd., Dunkirk 410-650-4346
CalvertHealth System Community Dental Care
11840 H.G. Trueman Road, Lusby 410-535-8402
Solomons Medical Center
14090 H.G. Trueman Road, Solomons 888-90-8773
Patriot Urgent Care Dunkirk Clinic (in the Dunkirk Medical Center)
10845 Town Center Blvd., suite 108, Dunkirk 410-650-4346
Patriot Urgent Care Prince Frederick Clinic
(on the hospital campus at the Medical Arts Building)
130 Hospital Road, suite 102, Prince Frederick 410-535-8911
Patriot Urgent Care Solomons Clinic
14090 H.G. Trueman Road, suite 1300, Solomons 410-394-2800
Calvert Hospice/Hospice of the Chesapeake P.O. Box 838 4559 Sixes Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Phone: 877-462-1101
www.calverthospice.org
Calvert Hospice, a Hospice of the Chesapeake affiliate, cares for those in our community who are living with a serious, life-limiting illness. Hospice provides a team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient’s needs and wishes. It provides 24/7 on-call nursing services as well as home health aide services, social work, a chaplain, volunteers and bereavement support to the patients and families.
Calvert Hospice also offers bereavement services to anyone in the community who is grieving.
Services include adult support groups, support groups and summer camps for children and teens, and individual grief counseling.
College of Southern Maryland
Regional campuses offer host of opportunities
WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
The College of Southern Maryland is proud to serve this unique region of the state and promote social and economic mobility for its students through high-quality, low cost, and relevant instructional programs. The college meets this task everyday by collaborating with governments, businesses, local organizations and community members like you to build coalitions and meaningful partnerships that benefit all students and the region’s workforce.
In 2023, Southern Maryland newspaper readers voted CSM the “Best of the Best” in the college/university category — confirming that the college is living up to its mission of being the “region’s first choice for accessible, inclusive and innovative education that transforms communities.”
Here are a few of the college’s other points of pride:
• CSM serves more than 14,000 credit and continuing education students at its campuses in Hughesville, Leonardtown, La Plata, Prince Frederick, the Center for Transportation Training and the Velocity Center — the innovation hub and makerspace in the town of Indian Head;
• CSM was designated as the Best Online College in Maryland for 2023 and was recognized for having the Best Faculty among Maryland’s community colleges by Intelligent.com last December;
• And Intelligent.com’s 2024 rankings were released in fall 2023 that ranked CSM the fourth best community college in Maryland overall and fourth best college in the country for its Online Information Technology and Systems Degree programs;
• CSM was named the 36th best community college in the nation out of 677 and the 77th best college in the nation when it comes to career outcomes for its students by WalletHub;
• CSM has twice been recognized among the top 150 community colleges in the country by the Aspen Institute in its Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence program and the college is a member of the Achieving the Dream Network;
• CSM’s Cybersecurity programming is designated by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense for 2-year programs. Its Computer Science programs follow the Association for Computing Machinery curriculum guidelines;
• CSM is very proud to have received a Military Friendly school designation for the 7th consecutive year. We are ranked as one of the top community colleges to offer post-secondary school for veterans and their spouses;
TRANSFORMING LIVES AND STUDENT SUCCESS
When you enroll at CSM, you don’t just get an education; you get the support of a community of faculty, staff and fellow students committed to helping you succeed in your studies and beyond — starting at the top.
With its tuition and fees about half the cost of that of a state four-year public university, CSM offers a range of associate degree programs, certificate programs, letters of recognition and continuing education courses for professional and career development. CSM now offers more than 300 transfer agreements with more than 70 partnering universities nationwide and in France. The college also joined five other Maryland community colleges to form
the Maryland Education Alliance to further boost students’ opportunities to earn associate degrees or certificates across the state.
The college offers interactive personal enrichment classes for all ages, driver education and motorcycle training, Kids’ and Teen College, cooking and wellness classes, homeschool classes and summer enrichment programs.
Dual Enrollment and Early College programs at CSM are an exciting opportunity for Southern Maryland high school students to take college-level classes and earn college credit while in high school. Public, private and homeschool students can experience the pace and rigor of college-level coursework, while earning transferable college credit and fulfilling graduation requirements for their high school diploma. Families can save hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their students’ college education, with reduced- or no-cost tuition.
CSM partners with community organizations and the Maryland Food Bank to provide free food to students experiencing food insecurity through Hawk Pantries on three campuses.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
At the College of Southern Maryland, employees believe it takes collaborative communities to build an equitable region and the college’s role is to serve as this region’s “hub” of learning, credentialing and mobility for all students. Such efforts are central to creating more socially and economically vibrant communities. CSM builds bridges from where students are coming from to where students are going to — and the college keeps offering lifelong learning pathways throughout their lives.
Some CSM students decorated their caps for the occasion.
In 2023, a new chapter began for health care in Southern Maryland when CSM’s new Center for Health Sciences opened for classes at the Regional Hughesville Campus. The state-of-the art building serves as a central, convenient location for the college’s health programs and instruction.
Consistent with the college’s vision, the CSM nursing program strives to be the region’s first choice for accessible, inclusive and innovative nursing education. The program is dedicated to decreasing healthcare disparities through the development of a strong, diverse nursing workforce and is proud of the diversity in its nursing program, which is consistent with the demographics of the Southern Maryland area and exceeds national data regarding the nursing workforce.
The Regional Hughesville Campus also hosts the college’s Center for Trades and Energy Training. The Regional Hughesville Campus represents a significant milestone not only for the college but for the region by creating a campus that is centrally located and accessible
and that will provide specialized offerings and programs to serve workforce development in a more cost-effective and convenient way.
The CSM Velocity Center in the town of Indian Head is a place where the community has access to CSM courses, neighborhood children can attend CSM Kids’ and Teen College, and college STEM students and clubs can explore possibilities in the state-ofthe-art makerspace. The makerspace is equipped with a variety of maker equipment including 3D printers, laser cutters, subtractive machines, soldering irons and open-air space for robotics and prototyping.
The college refers to it as “one giant professional playground for innovation.”
Located outside of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, at the Velocity Center Navy scientists and industry leaders can interact with students and have a place to tinker or conduct unclassified research.
The Nonprofit Institute at the College of Southern Maryland has been supporting local nonprofits for 13 years. The Institute provides professional development, networking opportunities,
referrals, and other specialized services.
The College of Southern Maryland is an extraordinary place to work. As a regional, open admissions community college, contributing to and supporting the community is at the heart of what we do as an institution. All are invited to explore the information, resources and employment opportunities available on the college’s human resources webpage and to consider the endless possibilities that make a career at the College of Southern Maryland a rewarding experience.
CSM FOUNDATION
The College of Southern Maryland Foundation promotes academic excellence, growth, progress and the general welfare of CSM by raising and managing funds, and providing support to strengthen and develop the college and its objectives. The foundation has awarded more than $6.3 million in support of credit and workforce development scholarship and programs — including the arts, athletics, nursing, STEM and technology. Learn more about the College of Southern Maryland at www.csmd.edu or call 301934-2251.
Calvert County government
CALVERT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE
Kathy Smith (D), clerk
175 Main St., Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-1660
Fax: 410-535-1787
Clerk’s office is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
President: Earl “Buddy” Hance (R), at large
Vice president: Catherine M. Grasso (R), District 3
Mike Hart (R), District 1 Todd Ireland (R), at large
Mark Cox Sr. (R), District 2
175 Main St., Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-1600, ext. 2214, 301-855-1243, ext. 2202 (metro), 410-535-2160 (direct)
Fax: 410-535-5594
All following county extensions must be preceded with 410-535-1600 or 301-8551243, unless otherwise indicated.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
J. Mark Willis, county administrator, 410-535-1600, ext. 2214
Linda Turner, deputy county administrator, 410535-1600, ext. 2214
Eryn Lowe, senior communications program manager, 410-535-2003, 301-8551880, 410-535-4585 (fax), Eryn.Lowe@calvertcountymd.gov
Sarah Ehman, pio.calvertcountymd.gov
CLERK TO COMMISSIONERS
Katie Brittain, katie.brittain@calvertcountymd.gov
Finance and budget
Bruce Miller, director of finance and budget, ruce. miller@calvertcountymd.gov
Sharon Strand, deputy director, Sharon.Strand@ calvertcountymd.gov
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Jennifer Moreland, director,
ext. 8803, Jennifer.Moreland@calvertcountymd.gov
OFFICE ON AGING
Ed Sullivan, division chief, EdwardSullivan@calvertcountymd.gov
450 West Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-4606 or 301-8551170
Calvert Pines Senior Center: 410-535-4606
North Beach Senior Center: 410-257-2549
Southern Pines Senior Center: 410-586-2748
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
410-535-4583 or 301-8551880
Julie Oberg, director, Julie. Oberg@calvertcountymd.gov
Sheebah Smith, deputy director, Sheebah.Smith@ calvertcountymd.gov
Hilary Dailey, tourism, Hilary.Dailey@calvertcountymd.
Calvert’s 64th board of county commissioners take the oath of office at College of Southern Maryland’s Prince Frederick campus. The five Republican board members are Mark Cox, left, Catherine Grasso, Earl F. “Buddy” Hance, Mike Hart and Todd Ireland.
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Caroline Trossbach, agriculture development specialist, Caroline.Trossbach@ calvertcountymd.gov
ELECTION BOARD
Gail Hatfield, elections administrator
30 Duke St., Lower Level, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 410-535-2214 or 301-8551243
PARKS AND RECREATION
Shannon Q. Nazzal, director, ext. 2224, Shannon.
Nazzal@calvertcountymd. gov
Calvert Marine Museum
Jeff Murray, director, Jeffrey.Murray@calvertcountymd.gov
14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, MD 20688
HUMAN RESOURCES
Melanie Woodson, director; Melanie.Woodson@ calvertcountymd.gov
PLANNING AND ZONING
Courthouse Square Building, 2nd Floor, 205 Main
Street, Prince Frederick, 410535-2348 or 301-855-1243, ext. 2356
Mary Beth Cook, director, MaryBeth.Cook@calvertcountymd.gov
Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter, www.calvertcountymd.gov/AnimalShelter
PUBLIC SAFETY
Dave McDowell, director, psmanagement@calvertcountymd.gov
Michael Grierson,
www.DickinsonJewelers.com The community’s most trusted jeweler, ser ving for over 65 years
emergency management division chief, ext. 2537
James Richardson, fire/rescue/ EMS division chief, ext. 2406
PUBLIC WORKS
John “JR” Cosgrove, director, john. cosgrove@calvertcountymd.gov 410-535-2204
Thomas Jones, deputy director, general services, Tom.Jones@ calvertcountymd.gov
James Ritter, deputy director, enterprise fund operations
James.Ritter@calvertcountymd.gov
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Stephen Pereira, Stephen. Pereira@calvertcountymd.gov Register of wills
Margaret Phipps (D), 410-5350121
ORPHANS’
COURT JUDGES
Thomas M. Pelagatti
Theodore Philip LeBlanc
Leslie M. Downs Sheriff’s office
Ricky Cox (R), sheriff Lt. Col. David Payne, assistant sheriff
Sheriff Ricky Cox (R) addresses deputies, correctional deputies and civilian employees of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office at a ceremony held at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Solomons.
410-535-2800 or 301-855-1194
MARYLAND STATE POLICE
PRINCE FREDERICK BARRACK
Lt. Jimmie D. Meurrens III, barrack commander
F/Sgt. Everett D. West, assistant barrack commander
F/Sgt. Bruce Bevard, criminal investigations/domestic violence
410-535-1400 or 301-8551975 (non-emergency); msp.
princefrederick@maryland.gov
STATE’S ATTORNEY
Robert Harvey (R), ext. 2426 Treasurer Nova Tracy-Soper (R), ext. 2277
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
30 Duke St., room 103, P.O. Box 486, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 410-535-3662 or 301-855-1150
Calvert County State’s Attorney Robert H. Harvey
full term following the 2022 election.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
975 Solomons Island Road, P.O. Box 980, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-5400 or 301-855-1353
Dr. Laurence Polsky, health officer, ext. 305
Champ Thomaskutty, deputy health officer, ext. 304 Mental health, 410-535-5400, ext. 328
Environmental health, 410-5353922
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Substance Abuse Services, 410535-3079, 410-414-5429
HOUSING AUTHORITY
480 Main St., Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-5010
SOCIAL SERVICES
200 Duke St., Prince Frederick, MD 20678
443-550-6900
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Calvert Library
The Calvert County Public Library has four branches across the county. Each has its own set of events and activities for kids, adults, families and more.
Libraries are open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays; noon to 5 p.m. Fridays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; and closed Sundays. For more, visit www. calvertlibrary.info.
PRINCE FREDERICK BRANCH
850 Costley Way in Prince Frederick 410-535-0291, 301-8551862
Branch manager: Sarah Avant savant@calvertlibrary.info
FAIRVIEW BRANCH
8120 Southern Maryland Blvd. in Owings 410-257-2101
Branch manager: Lisa Tassa ltassa@calvertlibrary.info
SOUTHERN BRANCH
13920 H.G.Trueman Road in Solomons 410-326-5289
Branch manager: Meg Faller, mag.faller@calvertlibrary.info
TWIN BEACHES BRANCH
3819 Harbor Road in Chesapeake Beach 410-257-2411
Branch manager: Melissa Gray mgray@calvertlibrary.info
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Calvert County also has a bookmobile. Sixty-two years after it first became a relied upon service in Calvert, the county’s library system resurrected its bookmobile in late 2021. It has already had a long journey — literally and figuratively — but last November marked the official debut of the new library on wheels. And this reincarnation is strictly modern, state-of-the-art technology.
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online synopsis post on the Washington County Free Library website reveals the vehicle was a wagon and the brainchild of the county’s first librarian, Mary Titcomb. The posted accounts indicate the library wagon was always a welcome sight in areas it would visit.
Calvert jumped on the bookmobile “bandwagon”in 1959, when library service started. The service heavily relied on the library, as the lone bricks and mortar location in Prince Frederick was only open on Fridays.
20 years later, the library’s outreach fleet doubled with the edition of a sport utility vehicle.
A brief ceremony was held at the Harriet Elizabeth Brown Community Center in Prince Frederick.
Purchasing and equipping the 26-foot vehicle was a process that began a few years ago. In 2018, Pat Nutter, a former county commissioner and school board member, led the charge to get a new bookmobile that would provide fully equipped outreach vehicle for the library.
Carrie Willson, Calvert
Library director, stated $200,000 provided in the county government’s 2019 budget, combined with $24,000 from a state library services and technology grant and a $23,000 contribution from Friends of the Library, made the plan a reality.
Willson, who worked in the Western Maryland county of Washington prior to coming to Calvert, noted that jurisdiction had the nation’s first mobile library in 1905. An
Calvert’s original bookmobile was replaced in 1970 by Rolling Tomes and, 11 years later, additional branches were established in the Twin Beaches area and at the old Fairview Elementary School on Route 4 in Owings.
According to the library’s account, in 1988 the Southern Branch was opened in Lusby inside the Southern Community Center. At that point, Rolling Tomes was replaced by a van called Traveling Editions. Over
“One of the biggest challenges Calvert County has is that you really can’t walk to most destinations. Other transportation is required,”library officials noted in a press release in September 2021 when the bookmobile’s pending dedication was first announced.“We have quite a few citizens for whom that is a struggle, children especially. And while each physical location of Calvert Library is on the county public transit system, that transit system is limited and children rarely use it.”
Commissioner President Earl F.“Buddy”Hance (R) recalled growing up in Calvert when the original bookmobile made its rounds. He predicted the new bookmobile would reach citizens “who aren’t aware of the library’s services.”
The new bookmobile includes two computer workstations for customers, a printer, Wi-Fi service, a wheelchair lift and an awning that will help staff provide outdoor service.
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