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Instagram Star Rallies Support For VA Firefighter In Need Of Wheelchair Van For Son Instagram Star Rallies Support For VA Firefighter In Need Of Wheelchair Van For Son
Instagram Star Rallies Support For VA Firefighter In Need Of Wheelchair Van For Son A social media star helped a Virginia fire union more than triple their fundraising goal as they help one of their members purchase a special new mobility van for her son. In Fauquier County, more than $170,000 was raised in just days as support swells for firefighter Gilda Martinez, whose son Aiden suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy and is in need of a new mobility van after theirs broke down on the side of the road. The single mother of two purchased a wheelchair van to take him to and from doctor appointments, family get together, and other transportation needs, but the outdated vehicl…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Marine Murder: Darnell Stanley Remembered For Selflessness Maryland Marine Murder: Darnell Stanley Remembered For Selflessness
Maryland Marine Murder: Darnell Stanley Remembered For Selflessness A US Marine from Maryland was killed by a gunman who remains at large. Darnell Stanley, 45, is being remembered for his selflessness following his shooting death on Friday evening, Nov. 24, on the 600 block of Audrey Lane in Oxon Hill. The Temple Hills resident was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Following his death, his family and community have been rallying to raise money for the man who spent his years helping his fellow veterans "get the medical treatment they needed to live full, happy, and productive lives after their time in serv…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Mother With Weeks To Live Keeping Focus On Family Maryland Mother With Weeks To Live Keeping Focus On Family
Maryland Mother With Weeks To Live Keeping Focus On Family This is not how Kourtni Smith planned to celebrate her 34th birthday. A community is rallying behind a beloved mother of five in Maryland who is looking to spend her last months on Earth working to support her family in any way she can. Tens of thousands of dollars have already been raised on behalf of Smith's family after she was diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma and underwent eight rounds of Chemotherapy and 15 radiation sessions, all of which proved fruitless as she fell more ill and decided to call it quits.  I find it funny when I stopped Chemo because it was SO POISONOUS…

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by Zak Failla
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Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Arlington Photographer Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Arlington Photographer
Cancer Diagnosis Is Lesson In Love For Newly-Engaged Arlington Photographer 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
Obituaries
'Unimaginable:' Teen Boy, Aunt, Grandparents Killed In Maryland Weekend Crash 'Unimaginable:' Teen Boy, Aunt, Grandparents Killed In Maryland Weekend Crash
'Unimaginable:' Teen Boy, Aunt, Grandparents Killed In Maryland Weekend Crash A community is reeling following an "unimaginable tragedy" that took the lives of four people over the weekend in Maryland. New Windsor resident Charles Black III, 72, was driving a Chevy Equinox late on Saturday afternoon in Westminster when he was involved in a fatal crash with a pick-up truck that claimed the lives of three others in Carroll County on Saturday, Nov. 4.  Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Black was driving when he was involved in a three-vehicle crash that also left New Windsor residents Barbara Black, 69, and Debbie Hill, 63, dead. Two other passengers, Gage Black 17…

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by Zak Failla
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Motorcyclist Remembered For 'Amazing Heart,' 'Goofy Personality' After Fatal Crash In Maryland Motorcyclist Remembered For 'Amazing Heart,' 'Goofy Personality' After Fatal Crash In Maryland
Motorcyclist Remembered For 'Amazing Heart,' 'Goofy Personality' After Fatal Crash In Maryland David Alan Nutter was truly a jack of all trades, and his death has left friends and family reeling. Late last month, the 32-year-old Severna Park resident was killed while riding his motorcycle when he struck a BMW in Annapolis, was ejected from his bike, and was pronounced dead near the intersection of Legion Avenue and West Street. Following the fatal incident, his community and other well-wishers have begun rallying around his family, raising thousands of dollars just days after the fateful crash in Anne Arundel County. "(His) flame burned bright and strong. Some would say he burned b…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Man Raising Tens Of Thousands For Brother Killed In Maine Mass Shooting Maryland Man Raising Tens Of Thousands For Brother Killed In Maine Mass Shooting
Maryland Man Raising Tens Of Thousands For Brother Killed In Maine Mass Shooting A Maryland man is rallying support for his beloved brother who was among the victims in the Lewiston mass shooting in Maine. Ralph Wellman Brewer has raised tens of thousands of dollars in the week since his 40-year-old brother Peyton Brewer-Ross was one of 18 innocent people who were murdered by suspected gunman Robert Card.  Brewer-Ross was among 18 people killed in the mass shooting that left 13 others with various injuries. Card, an Army reservist, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a two-day manhunt. "I live in Maryland, but my heart will always be in Maine as m…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
WRONG GUY: Charges Dropped For Driver Falsely Accused In Crash That Killed Virginia Dad WRONG GUY: Charges Dropped For Driver Falsely Accused In Crash That Killed Virginia Dad
Wrong GUY: Charges Dropped For Driver Falsely Accused In Crash That Killed Virginia Dad DNA evidence has led to dropped charges for one man wrongly accused in a crash last spring that killed a Virginia dad, and fresh charges for another. A 55-year-old Woodbridge man had initially been accused of blowing a red light in a Ford F-150 pickup truck, killing passenger, 30-year-old Eric Kuhn on April 29 at the intersection of Old Bridge Drive and Colby Drive in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. However, that man named 33-year-old Austin Michael Woolf, of Fredericksburg, as the true driver, and testing of DNA evidence proved that Woolf was actually the driver behind the w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Lodged In Windshield Dumped Miles From Maryland Crash Scene: Police Driver Lodged In Windshield Dumped Miles From Maryland Crash Scene: Police
Driver Lodged In Windshield Dumped Miles From Maryland Crash Scene: Police The search is on for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a beloved 28-year-old man in Prince George's County and dragged his body for miles.  New Carrollton's Franklin Membreno Mendez has been identified as the person struck and killed in a hit-and-run in Lanham on Saturday morning after he was involved in a separate crash and got out of his car to survey the damage, police say. Franklin Membreno Mendez GoFundMe Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the 7500 block of Ardwick Ardmore Road shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, where the…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Dad Killed In Wrong Way Tractor Trailer Crash On I-83 In PA Maryland Dad Killed In Wrong Way Tractor Trailer Crash On I-83 In PA
Maryland Dad Killed In Wrong Way Tractor Trailer Crash On I-83 In PA A fatal crash is now known to have been caused by a tractor-trailer going the wrong way on Interstate 83 in York County, Pennsylvania, authorities explained late on Monday night.  Hendry Tamarez Nunez, 47, of the 800 block of Showell Court, Baltimore, Maryland has been identified as the man who died at the scene of the crash, York County Coroner Pam Gay said.  Shortly before 3 a.m. a tractor hauling an empty trailer entered I-83 South incorrectly driving north from Market Street on Oct. 9, the coroner Gay explained citing police.  Gay noted the correct onramp for I-83 was closed for maint…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Roofer Electrocuted In Work Accident In Maryland Remembered As 'Gentle Giant' Roofer Electrocuted In Work Accident In Maryland Remembered As 'Gentle Giant'
Roofer Electrocuted In Work Accident In Maryland Remembered As 'Gentle Giant' A Maryland family is mourning a soft-spoken gregarious giant who was killed in an unexpected accident while working a job he loved. On Friday, Sept. 22, family members say that Christopher Glasco went to work as a roofer when an inconceivable tragedy happened, sending his loved ones scrambling to give him a proper sendoff.  According to his family, Glasco was getting a ladder out when it struck a power line, electrocuting him, and he was pronounced dead after paramedics were unable to revive him. "Chris was not just a brother; he was a son, a friend, and a hardworking roofer who touch…

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by Zak Failla
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Dad Suffers Spinal Cord Injury Swimming In Ocean City, Support Rises Dad Suffers Spinal Cord Injury Swimming In Ocean City, Support Rises
Dad Suffers Spinal Cord Injury Swimming In Ocean City, Support Rises Support is on the rise for a Maryland man who suffered a life-threatening spinal cord injury while swimming in Ocean City. Patrick O'Malley was flown to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery to fuse his C3 through C6 vertebrae on Saturday, Sept. 16, his daughter-in-law Lauriann O’Malley, said on a GoFundMe page. He remained in critical condition battling pneumonia on a ventilator as of Sept. 23, Lauriann said. He had limited feeling and no movement, she said. "Our family is anticipating a long and difficult road ahead and we are asking for your support," Lauriann added. A…

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by Cecilia Levine