🌱 How a deadly Route 228 crash is prompting new safety warnings
La Plata, Maryland Patch AM: a 4 min readHey hey La Plata! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☕️️
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- How a deadly Route 228 crash is prompting new safety warnings
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- Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 58 degrees.
- Tuesday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 84, low: 63.
- Wednesday: An afternoon t-storm or two, with a high of 76 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 36-Year-Old Dies in Charles County Motorcycle Collision (southernmarylandchronicle.com) — A serious motorcycle crash investigated by troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack killed a 36-year-old Waldorf rider at Route 228 and Mill Hill Road Thursday night. Lanes were closed for over three hours as investigators worked the scene, and police are emphasizing safe speeds, full protective gear for riders, and extra vigilance from drivers to prevent similar tragedies. 
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- Can someone give me a referral to someone who can make a card themed cake (that taste even better than it looks 👀) Not stuck on the design.
It’s for a man’s 60th birthday party. It needs to feed 30-40 people. Also open to a smaller cake with enough cupcakes combined to feed 50-60. (Nextdoor Centennial/N.Fairground)
- College of Southern Maryland posted a job opening for Standardized Patient and Participant (Actors and Actresses) in La Plata. Apply here.
- Outback Steakhouse - Bloomin' Brands, Inc. posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager in La Plata. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near La Plata here.
🗞 Nearby News
Waldorf
- St. Charles High Firearm Updates: Warrants Yield More Guns (southernmarylandchronicle.com)
- Two Women Charged In Armed Robbery Scheme After Pepper Spray Used On Employees At Beauty Store (thebaynet.com)
- Crabs Falter Late in Loss to Rockers (oursportscentral.com)
Bryans Road
- Pedestrian Struck Multiple Times on Indian Head Highway; Patient Transported to Shock Trauma Center (thebaynet.com)
Hughesville
- CSM Inducts Record 41 Students Into Business Honor Society (southernmarylandchronicle.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He is a fungi (Thank you Liz N. for sending it in!)
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