🌱 California, Maryland man faces multiple firearm charges after reported assault
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In today's newsletter:
- California, Maryland man faces multiple firearm charges after reported assault
Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 55 degrees.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 80, low: 57.
- Sunday: Cloudy, showers; not as warm, with a high of 68 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• California Man Charged After Reported Assault Involving Firearm (thebaynet.com) — A resident of California has been charged after an alleged firearm-related assault reported in Leonardtown, with deputies recovering an unserialized handgun and high-capacity magazine. He faces multiple assault and weapons charges and was released on personal recognizance pending trial, a development many local readers may want to follow closely. 
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OPENING WEEKEND at TIKI BAR SOLOMONS with The Reagan Years
Tiki Bar & Grill Solomons Island MD, 85 Charles St, Solomons
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Sunday April 19
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Monthly ARES In-Person Meeting
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum , 22156 Three Notch Rd , Lexington Park
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Southern Maryland Celtic Festival 2026 in California, MD
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum , 10515 Mackall Rd , St Leonard
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Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
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Dining with Diabetes: 4 Week Class
Loffler Senior Center , 21905 Chancellors Run Rd , Great Mills
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Easy Arts & Crafts with Penny
Loffler Senior Center , 21905 Chancellors Run Rd , Great Mills
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Creative Legacy Writing Class
Loffler Senior Center , 21905 Chancellors Run Rd , Great Mills
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A.V.A. Group Industry Panel & Networking Event - May 13th, 2026 — The AVA Group
Elks Lodge 2092 - St. Mary's County , 22649 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Blvd , California
4:30 pm
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Math Blast: Playing with Patterns
Lexington Park Library - St. Mary's County Library , 21677 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Blvd , Lexington Park
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My Library Neighborhood - Informal Story Hour
Lexington Park Library - St. Mary's County Library , 21677 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Blvd , Lexington Park
3:30 pm
Friday April 17
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering (OPPE) is currently recruiting for a Chief of the Program Development Division (Administrator VII) in Baltimore City.
This position is open to anyone who meets the preferred qualifications listed below. Apply here: https://ow.ly/stlt50YJUgR (Nextdoor )
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🗞 Nearby News
Solomons
- Brunch, Bands And Fresh Crushes: Solomons Tiki Bar Is Back And Open Seven Days A Week (thebaynet.com)
- Prehistoric Giant Becomes Maryland's Iconic State Shark (southernmarylandchronicle.com)
- Philip Lemkau (ysnews.com)
Lexington Park
- Turnkey Medical Or Dental Office Ready For Immediate Use (thebaynet.com)
- Bay District Volunteer Fire Department Welcomes Their New Truck After 3 Year Wait (smnewsnet.com)
- Joshua Kyte Seeks Commissioner Seat on Planning Issues (southernmarylandchronicle.com)
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