SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 LOCAL DIGEST MARYLAND
Fatal hit-and-run probed in Hyattsville Hyattsville and PrinceGeorge’s
County authorities are investigat- ing a fatal hit-and-run that oc- curred about 2:21 a.m. Saturday in the 5000 block of 38th Avenue inHyattsville. The victim was identified as
Wilber Ramirez, 18, of the 8200 block of Flower Avenue in Tako- ma Park. Police responding to a report of a pedestrian being hit found him lying unconscious in the road, authorities said. Prince George’s fire and emergency- medical officials pronounced Ramirez dead at the scene. Police said a preliminary inves-
tigation determined that Ramir- ez was trying to cross 38th Ave- nue and was struck by a south- bound vehicle. The vehicle con- tinued on its way without stopping, police said. Police ask anyone with infor-
mation on the incident to call 301-731-4422 or 1-866-411-TIPS. —Keith L. Alexander
Arrest in alleged road rage incident A Gaithersburg man was
charged with two counts of as- sault in connection with a road- rage incident Saturday after he allegedly waved an unloaded shotgun at another driver on In- terstate 270,Montgomery County police said. Police charged Scott Clayton
Ford, 33, of the unit block of Brighton Drive in Gaithersburg with one count of second-degree assault and one count of attempt- ed first-degree
assault.Ford alleg- edly waved the shotgun out the driver’s-side window of his sport- utility vehicle during a moving altercation with another driver. Cpl. Dan Friz, a police spokes-
man, said that Ford was behind the other driver on I-270 near the I-370 interchange and that the other driver would not speed up or move to another lane. Ford allegedly honked his horn and flashed his high beams at the other driver. Then Ford sped off and was followed by the other motorist, Fritz said. The other driver re- ported that Ford waved the shot- gun out the window, and a pas- senger in the second vehicle al- leged thatFord pointed thegunat them, according to police. Ford pulled over on I-270 near the Old Georgetown Road exit, police said.
During the incident, Friz said,
both drivers were on the phone with authorities. Police are inves- tigating.
—Keith L. Alexander
Pr. George’s request meets with rebuke A request from PrinceGeorge’s
County for $139 million more in state education aid than was bud- geted this year brought a rebuke Friday from the administration of
Gov.Martin O’Malley (D). “Your proposal . . . suggests
that you believe that the gover- nor’s winning reelection is the equivalent to winning the lot- tery,” T. Eloise Foster, O’Malley’s budget secretary, wrote in a letter
to Prince George’s Schools Super- intendent William R. Hite Jr. “Like themomsanddadswholive in Maryland, government must learn to live within constrained budgets. I would suggest that you look to streamline administrative and non-classroom functions.” O’Malley is preparing a fiscal
2012 budget proposal that seeks to close a shortfall of more than $1.2 billion. Aides have suggested that no programs are likely to be exempt from budget cuts, includ- ing education. The county school system’s re-
quest for additional state aid is intended largely to offset the dis- appearance of federal stimulus money, which has propped up state and local spending on edu- cationandother programsfor the past two years.
—John Wagner
Montgomery unveils snowplow Web site In response to angry snow-
bound residents who were befud- dled by county information on neighborhood plowing last year, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) called on his staff to come up with something better. Now, just in time for this win-
ter’s storms, Montgomery offi- cials are touting a new tool for residents, montgomerycoun-
tymd.gov/SnowMap. A searchable, color-coded map
will have progress reports on plowing and links to feeds from 200 traffic cameras. The system also will accept reports on missed streets and damaged mailboxes. Because the state is responsi-
ble for roads such as Georgia Avenue and Rockville Pike, the system will also link to informa- tion from the Maryland State Highway Administration. —Michael Laris
Police investigate Pr. George’s slaying A North Brentwood homicide
is under investigation after offi- cers were called to a home in the 4500 block of Banner Street about 10:50 p.m. Friday and discovered a man with a gunshot wound to his upper body, Prince George’s County police said. Authorities identified the vic-
tim as Ronald Christian Heskee, 33, of the same address. Heskee was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives investigating the fa-
tal shooting had no additional information, police said. —Keith L. Alexander
Bowie man, 25, killed in car crash A 25-year-old Bowie man was
killed Saturday morning after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving. Prince George’s County police
identified the man as Michael Nell Casey of the 13500 block of Ivy Way. Police said Casey was westbound in the 7000 block of Racetrack Road in Bowie about 2:10 a.m. when the 2005 Dodge SRT struck a curb, overturned and struck a tree. Casey was taken to a hospital,
where he was pronounced dead. Afemale passenger in the vehi-
cle was taken to a hospital with injuries that did not appear life- threatening, authorities said. Police said they were trying to
determine whether speed or road conditions contributed to the ac- cident.
—Keith L. Alexander VIRGINIA
Tysons Connector shuttle service to end In November 2009, a free mid-
day shuttle service began carry- ing people among the office buildings and shopping malls in Tysons Corner. The Tysons Connector was
part of a long-term plan to im- prove bus service in the business center and, eventually, to serve the four Metrorail stations being built there. But the Tysons Connector just
didn’t catch on. The bus service will stop run-
ning Dec. 30 because of low rider- ship, officials said. Sharon Bulova (D), chairman
of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, said that although the intentions were good, the shuttle was not a convenient way to get around. “I think, first of all, there was
no time savings for people,” she said. “They didn’t have to get into their car, but, on the other hand, they were still caught in the traf- fic.”
Bulova said the end of the
Tysons Connector will not affect the shuttle bus system the county plans to launch once the Metro- rail stations open. The bus service was funded by
the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project and operated by Fairfax County. TheTysonsConnector will con-
tinue to operate at 10-minute intervalsfrom10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 30. Riders can still get around
Tysons Corner using the follow- ing Metrobus or Fairfax Connec- tor routes: Tysons West*Park transit sta-
tion: Metro routes: 2T, 3T, 5A, 23A,
24T, 28T. Fairfax Connector routes: 401,
402, 425, 427, 574. Tysons Corner transit station: Metro routes: 2T, 3T, 15K, 15L,
15M, 23A, 28A, 28T, 28X. Fairfax Connector routes: 401,
402. —Kafia A. Hosh ANIMALWATCH
Group offers groundhog some TLC
ASHBURN, Gloucester Park-
way, Dec. 5. An animal control officer who was in the area was stopped by several people who had surrounded a groundhog in the road, thinking it was injured. The groundhog appeared healthy and alert. The animal was moved across the road and to the wild.
Among cases handled by the Loudoun County Department of Animal Care and Control.
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(You’re a Fine Girl)” by the Look- ing Glass. It still moves him every time he hears the lyric, “Brandy, you’re a fine girl (you’re a fine girl!),what a good wife you would be (such a fine girl!), but my life, my love andmy lady is the sea.” The sea can do that to people. So apparently can the river, if
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that river is the Potomac. This is all a long way of saying that AnswerMan has additional read- er comments, corrections and questions about his recent series of riverine columns. Alexandria’s Jim Churchill said
he used to enjoy the viewfrom the SS Mount Vernon — not looking out, but looking in: “I was so fascinated watching the engine room through the open bay, I rarely saw the shore until either Mount Vernon orMarshallHall.” Jim pointed out that many
ships plied the waters 50 years ago, including the SS District of Columbia, which made overnight trips to Norfolk, and an ex-Hud- son River sidewheeler named the SS BearMountain. Mike Toth remembers Wilson
Line owner Joseph Goldstein landing his helicopter on the roof of the ticket office. After Gold- stein turned his attention to smaller catamarans, another Wil- son Line vessel, the SS George Washington, was mothballed nearby for years. “I see she is still afloat in good condition, now for sale as a sailing vessel inHawaii,” wroteMike. Yes. The George Washington
was bought, tricked out with fake masts and a bowsprit, renamed the Kulamanu (the Golden Bird) and used to take tourists around Hawaii. Several readers wondered
whether the ship beached near the Wilson Bridge was Harry S. Truman’s former presidential yacht, the USS Williamsburg, not the Mount Vernon. For most of the 1980s, the Williamsburg did sit idle in the Potomac, but on the other side of the bridge, docked at Blue Plains. The 243-foot vessel is now rusting at a shipyard in Italy, awaiting a very brave buyer. Rockville’s Dee Metz wrote,
“Could you please tell those of us who can’t remember exactly where Marshall Hall was located and what is there now? Also, could you even get there by car? Half the fun tomewas in the boat
CLINTON ADDISON MarshallHall Amusement Park, in Charles County, closed in 1980.
ride to reach the amusement park.” The amusement park was di-
rectly across fromMountVernon, in Charles County. And yes, you could drive down Indian Head Highway to it, though most peo- ple took the boat. The park took its name from the old Marshall family plantation house, which burned down in 1981, a year after the park closed. There’s no trace of the amusement park, though the frame of the old house is still visible. Jim Trimble of Alexandria
pointed out that the key to Mar- shall Hall’s popularity was the fact that gambling was legal in Charles County and the park had the only slotmachinesin the area. Anna M. Hart-Payne wrote to
correct the spot where the SS Mount Vernon berthed (and sank).Her family lived across the street from the Wilson Line ticket office. The ships docked at Sixth and Maine SW, not Fourth and Maine. Roberta Maykrantz of Sea-
ford, Del., saw Elvis Presley per- form aboard theMountVernon in 1956. She wrote: “The promoter you referenced — known and loved by all in those days — was Connie B. Gay. Never, ever — in public at least — was the B omit- ted from his name. Great man, responsible for the beginning of many a lifelong career in country
music.” Robert K. Jenkins Jr. is 63, a
native Washingtonian and Afri- can American. “I remember both blacks and whites boarding the ship at the Wilson Line pier,” he wrote.“Many of the whites got off atMarshallHall but notany of the blacks. I recall asking my father why. He responded: ‘Don’t fret. Spending time learning about history atMount Vernon is much more important to your educa- tion than a wasteful day of frolic atMarshallHall.’ “So this attorney/banker heart-
ily thanks the bigoted Marshall Hall owners for their inadvertent contribution to his education and success.”
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