Behavioral Health Action Team to Meet
Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Behavioral Health Action Team will combine its April and May meetings. The team will meet on Friday, May 9, 2025, from 10 to 11am via Google Meet.
For TPP, ‘Another Fantastic SPARK!’ Career Fair
More than 700 students from 17 schools participated in the third annual SPARK! Student Career Awareness Fair on March 13. The career fair is part of The Patuxent Partnership’s SoMD 2030 workforce development initiative, funded by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aviation Division.
SMECO Board Members Earn NRECA Certification
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative congratulates Directors Charles Bowling Jr., David Cross Jr., and Edward Holland on earning their National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Credentialed Cooperative Director certificates.
Budget Adds $150B for Defense
A GOP-led budget resolution adds up to $150 billion for defense without resolving where that money goes, how to cut up to $1.5 trillion elsewhere while extending previous Trump-era tax cuts, or raising the debt ceiling.
Earth Day Celebration Set @ Summerseat Farm
The St. Mary’s County Earth Day Celebration will be held at Summerseat Farm in Mechanicsville from 10am to 2pm Saturday, April 26, 2025. The family-friendly event will take place rain or shine. Vendor applications are being accepted.
Learn How to Cook on a Budget
University of Maryland Extension will offer a “Shopping and Cooking on a Budget” class on April 16 at the Lexington Park Library. Learn tips and tricks for saving money in the kitchen.
Hoyer: Positive Report Does Little to Dispel ‘Economic Uncertainty’
The March 2025 jobs report’s positive numbers “do little to dispel the grave economic uncertainty that Americans are feeling …,” Rep. Steny H. Hoyer said.
Environmental Health Team to Meet
The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Environmental Health Action Team will meet 10 to 11am Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Fed Layoffs Hit the Contractor Workforce
Layoffs and firings across government agencies have spread into the contractor workforce with 13 Virginia and Maryland contractors reporting 2,425 layoffs as DoD receives guidance on reducing its civilian workforce.
RIP Tommy Courtney
St. Mary’s County waterman and restaurateur Tommy Courtney passed away March 2, 2025. The Cap’n provides some information on his ancestors’ arrival in the early 1600s, during the formative years of Maryland.
