Editorial Boards are Calling on Senate Democrats to Pass a Solution
Editorials Back GOP’s Market-Based Student Loan Solution, Call on Senate Democrats to Act With just nine days left until student loan rates are set to double, editorial boards are calling on Senate...
View ArticleSummer Food Service Program Comes to St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS) is participating in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided free of charge to all children ages birth to age 18. There will be no...
View ArticlePax Partnership Series Approaches 2025 Thinking
Given the current speed of technology, the here and the now of The Patuxent Partnership’s Strategic Thinking “Brown Bag” Series with Dale Moore is somewhere around the year 2025. By then five billion...
View ArticleCounty Commissions Revise Meeting Schedules
The St. Mary’s County Human Relations Commission will now meet quarterly. The next scheduled meeting will be Thursday, June 20, 2013. Also, the St. Mary’s County Commission for People with Disabilities...
View ArticleArson & Assault at Storage Unit Leads to Arrest
Around 12:35 am, June 22, 2013, the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office was requested to respond for a fire at Affordable Mini Storage off of 72 Industrial Park Drive in Waldorf, Charles County. An...
View ArticleGuitars for Vets and Les Paul Foundation Join Forces
Guitars for Vets, a program headquartered in Milwaukee, helps veterans with the “healing power of music.” And now, thanks to the Les Paul Foundation, more vets will get that chance. Founded in 2007,...
View ArticleAbandoned Boat and Debris Removal Program Available
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ Waterway Improvement Program allots funding each year to St. Mary’s County for removal of objects in waterways that are obstructions to navigation. The...
View ArticleFirst Wave of Smooth Operator Completed
The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office just completed the first wave of the Smooth Operator Initiative. The Smooth Operator Initiative is a joint effort between law enforcement in DC, Maryland and...
View ArticleHoyer on the Nomination of John Berry
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after President Barack Obama nominated former Director of the Office of Personnel Management, John Berry, to be the next...
View ArticleKline Urges President Obama to Lead on Student Loans
“Our students deserve better,” House Education & the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) says in the Weekly Republican Address, in which he urges President Obama to persuade Senate...
View ArticleBoehner Speaks at Manufacturing Summit
Delivering the keynote address at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 2013 Manufacturing Summit yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner highlighted the Republican Plan for Economic Growth...
View ArticleNorth Point Athletics Important Date – August 1st
North Point Player/Parent meeting for Fall Sports is Thursday, August 1, at 6 pm. Please plan to attend this important event in the North Point Gym. Fall Sports begin on August 14. There will be no...
View ArticleAlbert Russell “Rusty” Medford, III, 54
Albert Russell “Rusty” Medford, III, 54 of Lexington Park passed away surrounded by his loving family on June 18 in Washington, DC. Born on May 5, 1959 in Atlantic City, NJ, he was the son of Albert...
View ArticlePolice Make Quick Arrest in Hughesville Shooting
On June 23 at 1:30 p.m., officers responded to the 7400 block of Leonardtown Road in Hughesville for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 28-year-old male with gunshot wounds....
View ArticleBody Found in Patuxent River Identified
On Thursday, June 20, 2013 a missing person was reported to the Maryland State Police. Selvin A. Vasquez, 22, of Alexandria, Virginia was fishing and swimming in the area of Myrtle Point Park after...
View ArticleCSM Twilight Performance Series
Performances July 16-20 at Leonardtown, La Plata, Prince Frederick campuses CSM Twilight Performance Series: “HONK! – A Musical Play for the Entire Family.” 6:45 p.m., July 16, College of Southern...
View ArticleIndependence Day Celebrations June 29 – July 6
Saturday, June 29 Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department (24801 Three Notch Road, Hollywood). On Route 235 just north of the Leonardtown-Hollywood Rd (Rt 245) intersection. Come to an Independence Day...
View ArticleBidders Wanted for Inmate Services
St. Mary’s County Government is seeking bidders to provide Inmate Banking, Commissary and Video Visitation Services for the Adult Detention Center. Interested bidders can view/download the solicitation...
View ArticleWhip Hoyer Participates in NOH8
On The Hill Campaign for Marriage Equality House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) participated in the third annual NOH8 On The Hill event, joining nearly 70 Members of Congress in posing for a...
View ArticleExpanding Energy, Creating Jobs, & Restoring Builders
This Week in the House: Expanding American Energy, Creating Jobs & Restoring Our Nation of Builders While President Obama is preparing to roll out a new ream of red tape that will make American...
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