June 14, 2026

MedStar to Celebrate Cancer Survivors

Access to Care

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown will hold a community picnic in conjunction with National Cancer Survivors Day beginning at 1 pm Sunday, June 4, 2017, on the hospital’s front lawn.

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Training Helps With Sensitivity to LGBTQIA Patients

LGBTQIA

On June 14, the St. Mary’s County Health Department, College of Southern Maryland, and the Behavioral Health Action Team, supported by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, will provide a free training on providing affirmative behavioral health care for people who identify as LGBTQIA.

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Candidates for SMECO Board Named

Meeting

Five seats are up for election on the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Board of Directors, and the nominees for those seats have been announced. The SMECO board nominating committee met May 13 to decide on the candidates for this year’s election.

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Spend a Night on Broadway

Spend a Night on Broadway

Come join The Newtowne Players as they take theatergoers on a magical journey to the heart and soul of Broadway. This year’s show, “A Night on Broadway. Sight, Sound and Song,” runs through June 4.

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Youth Mapping Project Seeks Coordinator

Youth Mappers

Young people will conduct a block-by-block inventory of resources in the Lexington Park area this summer. They will comb the community, surveying the public in commercial areas, and interview representatives of agencies and local businesses to collect information on the community’s need for a youth center.

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Work Asks: “How Does Fear Play Out … Between Unmanned Systems?”

Artificial intelligence changes conflict, says DepDefSec Robert Work about the nature of war, which is.a collision of will, fear, uncertainty, and chance.

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Navy Seeks Multi-Domain, Collaborative Capabilities with IMPAX

It will take innovation and invention to regain undisputed US military superiority in all domains. NAWCAD is trying to accelerate the process. RADM Mark Darrah and Mike Williamson introduce IMPAX at a Pax Partnership briefing on Advanced Weapons Capabilities in the Multi-Domain Environment.

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Hoyer Honors Outstanding Teachers, Principals

outstanding teachers

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer recently hosted the annual Fifth District Educators of the Year Luncheon, held in honor of the outstanding teachers and principals in the community.

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Cardiac Rehab Gives Patients a Second Chance

cardiac rehab

Lew Armistead knows that when you find something that works, you stick with it. That’s why, when he needed cardiac rehab after a second heart surgery, he came back to Grace Anne Dorney Pulmonary & Cardiac Rehabilitation Center at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown.

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China Invited to Rim of the Pacific Exercises

China

Despite tensions in the South China Sea & tense aerial confrontations, China has been invited to attend next year’s US-hosted Rim of the Pacific exercises.

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