March 6, 2021
UPDATE 3/8/2021: On March 6, 2021, at 5:10 p.m., firefighters responded to 41021 Cryer Court in Leonardtown, for a large barn fire.
Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a 50 x 100 barn with a large amount of hay stored inside fully engulfed in flames.
The owner has been identified as Douglas Mousseau, with the estimated loss of structure and content valued at $300,000.00
70 firefighters from St. Mary’s, Charles and Calvert County responded to the scene and controlled the fire in approximately 45 minutes.
The fire was discovered by a nearby neighbor, with the investigation determining the fire started in the interior of the barn.
On Friday, February 19, 2021, at 4:35 a.m., firefighters from Seventh District, Leonardtown, Mechanicsville, Hollywood, Bay District, Valley Lee, NAS Patuxent River and multiple departments from Charles County responded to the 39500 block of Potomac Avenue in Leonardtown, for the reported house on fire.
William Clarence Watts, 92, from Breton Bay, in Leonardtown, died Saturday, December 05, 2020, at St. Mary s Hospital. Born July 29, 1928, on his Mother s birthday, in Andover, MA. He was the son of the late Merrill C. and Isabella Leuchars Watts. He was raised and attended school in Andover.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force immediately after graduating from Punchard High School in 1946. He went to basic training at SAACC in San Antonio, TX, then was trained in Boca Raton, FL, as a Radar Mechanic/Operator for Ground Controlled Approach Radar systems. He was stationed at Lajes AFB, in the Azores Islands, a mid-Atlantic refueling stop, during the Berlin Airlift. He was honorably discharged with the rank of S/Sgt in 1949. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the American Theater Ribbon and World War II Victory Medal.