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Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Chesapeake Beach Native Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Chesapeake Beach Native
Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Chesapeake Beach Native Support is surging for an Arlington photographer whose life was turned upside-down following one unexpected cancer diagnosis, and then another. As of Wednesday, Nov. 8, more than $20,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe page for Rachel Hegarty, who was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 cervical cancer that then spread to her lymph nodes. The 40-year-old Chesapeake Beach, MD native says she felt something was off for months. It began in January 2022 with unusual discharge, which Hegarty chalked up to minor infections, or possibly something thyroid related. At the time, she was working non-stop…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Fights With First Responders Amid Medical Emergency In Maryland, Sheriff Says Woman Fights With First Responders Amid Medical Emergency In Maryland, Sheriff Says
Woman Fights With First Responders Amid Medical Emergency In Maryland, Sheriff Says A strange scene played out in Maryland as deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office investigated a potential medical emergency and were accosted by an agitated woman, officials said. Deputies were dispatched to the 6100 block of 6th Street in Chesapeake Beach on Sunday, Sept.18, where there was a reported medical emergency, the agency announced on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Upon arrival, investigators found a man laying on the front porch and Dorthy Elizabeth Pulanco, 28, who has no fixed address, lying facedown in the driveway. As deputies began attending to Pulanco, she became very agit…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Maryland Home During Standoff Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Maryland Home During Standoff
Man Shot By Sheriffs After Barricading Himself In Maryland Home During Standoff A man was hospitalized after being struck by sheriff’s deputies during an armed standoff with multiple Maryland law enforcement agencies in Calvert County. Chesapeake Beach resident Ronald Joseph Garraway, 59, was shot by officers shortly after 9:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19 in the 8300 block of Autumn Crest Lane in Chesapeake as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant on an assault charge, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies began coordinating a plan with the goal of taking the man into custody as safely as possible, officials said, and throughout the early morning h…

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by Zak Failla