July 23, 2026

CTC Earns Patents for Ammo Cartridge Cases

Patent

Concurrent Technologies Corp. has been awarded two patents for shell case design utilizing metal injection molding. CTC is a member of The Patuxent Partnership.

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Pax Readies for Hurricane Preparedness Exercise

Pax River to Participate in Hurricane Exercise

Naval installations in the region, including NAS Patuxent River, are preparing for the US Navy’s annual Hurricane Exercise/Citadel Gale 2023 set to take place April 24 through May 5.

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Hoyer Secures Funds for Behavioral Health Unit

Behavioral Health Unit

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer recently visited MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown to tour its behavioral health unit. Mr. Hoyer secured $975,000 in federal funding for the project.

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Pentagon: No Evidence of Aliens in UFO Cases

UFO

The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities was told last week that none of the more than 650 unexplained anomalous phenomena, or UAP, incidents under investigation since the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s July 2022 inception were of an alien nature.

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Local Firm Earns Manufacturing Grant

Manufacturing

Twenty-three Maryland small businesses were awarded manufacturing grants to promote industry innovation. Among the recipients was Compendium Federal.

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St. Mary’s Budget Hearing April 25

Labor Day

The St. Mary’s County commissioners will hold a public hearing on the recommended county budget at 6pm Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Chopticon High School.

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SMECO’s Math Challenge Winners

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative co-sponsored the annual Elementary Mathematics Challenge Competition for fourth- and fifth-graders in March 2023.

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DoD: Atlantic Wind Projects ‘Highly Problematic’

The Pentagon is sounding alarms over the Biden administration’s plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic US coast, warning that almost all of the new terrain eyed for development conflicts with military operations.

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A Forgotten Tragedy of the Civil War

Civil War

Head to St. Clement’s Island Museum on April 22-23, 2023, for a weekend commemorating a forgotten tragedy of the American Civil War — the Black Diamond Disaster.

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VA to Host Town Hall Meeting April 22

VA

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer reminds veterans to visit the Charlotte Hall VA Clinic to learn about expanded VA health care and benefits available to vets under the PACT Act. A town hall meeting will be held April 22, 2023.

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