Cybersecurity + COVID = Worldwide Impact
It’s Cybersecurity Month: “Cybersecurity starts with you. Everything you do dictates how secure or insecure something is. Be wise when you are online. Be careful what you share. Remember the internet is forever.” — Lakisa Ferebee
WARM Meets COVID: Grants Sought
WARM Season 11 ended abruptly in March 2020 with the outbreak of COVID-19. Season 12 is adjusting.
Spring Ridge MS to Have School-Based Health Center
St. Mary’s County’s first school-based health centers are under construction at Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington Park and Margaret Brent Middle School in Helen. They will launch with certain services by December 2020.
Franchot Calls for Small Business Grants
There’s not a lot of good news on the horizon, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot told a So.MD webinar, but the state is in a position to weather the pandemic-created economic downturn, and now it’s time to move some of that state money into the hands of small business owners to assure everyone recovers. Small businesses are leading the way — including pushing forward Franchot’s introduction of legislation permitting carry-out and delivery dinners to include a margarita.
South China Sea Topic of TPP Webinar
Gregory Poling of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative will lead the upcoming “Rock & Rules: American and the South China Seas” webinar Oct. 21. The Patuxent Partnership and St. Mary’s College of Maryland Center for the Study of Democracy will co-sponsor the event.
MD Adjutant General: Always Recruiting
Adjutant General of Maryland Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen of Leonardtown is in charge of the Maryland Army National Guard, Maryland Air National Guard, Maryland Emergency Management Agency, and Maryland Defense Force. “It’s not your grandfather’s National Guard,” he says, recruiting for the Maryland National Guard.
Entwined Histories of Lex Park & Lady Lex
Lexington Park began as a single housing project, named for the Lexington, the Navy’s first really big aircraft carrier. The ship went down in 1942, before the housing project was completed, and in 2018 was found two miles deep on the floor of the Pacific.
Barkhimer Named to Nat’l Small Biz Leadership Council
Tracy Barkhimer, president of Tracy A. Barkhimer Acquisition Strategies & Consulting, LLC (TABAS&Co) of Scotland, MD, was recently named to the National Small Business Association Leadership Council, the nation’s oldest small-business advocacy organization.
Low Rates, Quick Sales Spur Borrowers to Pre-Qualify
With prices rising, rural properties gaining in popularity, and interest rates staying low, home buyers are encouraged to pre-qualify for their mortgages to assure they are ready to buy when their dream home becomes available.
SMECO Discounts Energy-Efficient Building Classes
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative is offering members a substantial discount to attend the National Sustainable Structures Center course on the Fundamentals of Energy-Efficient Buildings Operations. Register now for a $796 savings.
