July 21, 2026

Traffic Notice: Wildewood Parkway Road Improvements

Pegg Road

Roadway improvements on Wildewood Parkway from Smoke Hill Road extending to White Elm Court will begin on or about Monday, March 9, 2026.

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Easter Fest Will Roll into Fairgrounds March 28

Easter

The 43rd annual Easter Egg Festival at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds will be held March 28, 2026. The rain-or-shine event will be held from 11:30am to 4pm.

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Get the Scoop on R&P Summer Camps

Summer Camps

Registration for 2026 St. Mary’s County Recreation & Parks summer camps has opened. Programs include day camps, aquatics camps, therapeutic camps, sports camps, and more.

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Cricchi New NAVAIR Deputy Commander

Cricchi

Steve Cricchi has been named the new deputy commander of the Naval Air Systems Command. He replaces NAVAIR Deputy Commander Tom Rudowsky who retired March 2.

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SMECO Linemen to Compete in Gaff-n-Go Rodeo

Linemen

Mark your calendars. Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative linemen will compete at the 2026 Gaff-n-Go Rodeo in Doswell, VA. The public is invited to attend.

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Hegseth: ‘We Have Only Just Begun’

“Four days in, we have only just begun to fight,” DefSec Hegseth said Wednesday about the US-Israel bombing in Iran. “The only limits we have in this is President Trump’s desire to achieve specific effects on behalf of the American people.”

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St. Mary’s Launches New Platform for Accessing Meeting Documents

Platform

St. Mary’s County government has launched a new digital platform to enhance public access to meeting documents and to strengthen transparency in its operations.

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Weed Warriors: PTLT Needs You!

Weed Warriors

Join the Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust for Weed Warriors winter work removing invasive plants from 9am to noon Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Myrtle Point Park.

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Free Trees Available for MD’s Backyard Buffer Program

Backyard Buffer

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is offering free tree seedlings to landowners statewide who have a creek, drainage ditch, stream, or other waterway on or near their property through the Backyard Buffer program.

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Pax Issues March 4 Night Noise Advisory

Noise

Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that a nighttime noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place from 6:30 to 8:30pm March 4, 2026.

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