June 9, 2026

Youth Gun Violence is Topic of Annual Meeting

Youth Gun Violence

Youth gun violence in the community is just one of the topics that will be discussed during the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership annual meeting Sept. 19, 2019. MedStar St. Mary’s supports the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership.

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Grant Will Fund Quantum Computing, Networking

Quantum Computing

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer and US Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen have announced $1.74 million in grant funding from the Department of Energy to the University of Maryland, College Park for two projects that will advance the development of quantum computing and networking.

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80,000 Pounds of Bombs Dropped on Iraqi Island

bombs

The first F-35s deployed to the Middle East joined with F-15s to bomb an Iraqi island to prevent its use as an ISIS refuge. The 80,000 pounds of bombs dropped continues the US-led coalition countering ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

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SMECO Members Elected at Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative held its 81st annual meeting Aug. 29, 2019, at Middleton Hall in Waldorf, and after counting close to 8,000 votes, members from all three Southern Maryland counties were elected to the board of directors.

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Business Group Promotes Md.’s Space Community

Space Community

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer attended the Aug. 20 meeting of the Maryland Space Business Roundtable, a nonprofit organization that partners with business, academia, and industry leaders to promote the space community.

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Nation Observes 18th Anniversary of 9/11

9/11

The 18th anniversary at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum continues the traditions of six moments of silence to commemorate the strikes and falling of the South and North towers, the strike into the Pentagon, and the crash at Shanksville, PA, during the reading of the names of the victims.

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Festival of Trees Seeking Sponsors

Sponsorships are now available for the 2019 Hospice of St. Mary’s Festival of Trees to be held Saturday, Dec. 7.

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DefSec Warns US Allies: Be Wary of China

China

A warning from DefSec Mark Esper to US European allies: Be wary of China. It is beleived that Beijing seeks greater global influence by leveraging economic power and stealing technology.

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Hoyer Applauds Opening of Army Reserve Center

Army Reserve Center

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony last month that officially opened the region’s new Army Reserve Center.

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Try Walking Therapy for Artery Disease

Walking Therapy

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown is offering a Walking Therapy program, known as Supervised Exercise Therapy, for people who suffer from Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease, or PAD. 

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