Original sentence: Home prices have nearly quadrupled in the past decade, with many four-bedroom homes in the northern half of the county averaging over $800,000.It is a bedroom community of Washington, DC.It is a peninsula bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River.The current elected sheriff is Mike Evans (R), first elected in 2002 and reelected in 2006
Edited sentence: A wealthy bedroom community of Washington, DC and Annapolis, it is a peninsula bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River.Calvert County is home to one of the strongest school systems in the state of Maryland.Home prices have nearly quadrupled in the past decade, with many four-bedroom homes in the northern half of the county averaging over $900,000.It is home to two Catholic schools - Cardinal Hickey Academy in Dunkirk, and Our Lady Star of the Sea on Solomons Island.The Calverton School, a prep school located in Huntingtown, sends its graduates on to some of the best colleges and universities in the United States