June 8, 2026

St. Mary’s Taxpayers Realize a Good Deal

Higher than average incomes, lower than average property taxes give St. Mary’s taxpayers a bigger bang for their tax dollars than nearly anywhere else in Maryland.

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DoD Defends Troubled F-35 Rollout

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F-35 complexities involve millions of lines of code, an integrated stealth design that includes advanced sensors, radars and electronic warfare capability.

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GMHS Students’ Stand Up! App Wins Award

To compete in Rep. Hoyer’s first app competition, GMHS students created Stand Up!, an app aimed at raising awareness of cyber bullying for teen girls, bystanders, and parents.

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Mattingly Calls for Veterans Treatment Court

Veterans Treatment Court is a special court to deal strictly with military veterans allows vets to enroll in treatment programs and avoid incarceration.

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Broitman Resigns Key DoD Contracting Post

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Ms. Broitman’s position serves as a principal, and vital, contact between the DoD and defense contracting industry leaders.

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SMECO Again Tops in Customer Satisfaction

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Posted for SMECO Pax III Overall customer satisfaction with residential electric utilities increases year after year with improvements in corporate citizenship and outage communications, according to an industry study that again finds SMECO with top marks. The J.D. Power 2014 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study, now in its 16th year, measures customer satisfaction with electric utility companies by examining six factors: power quality and reliability; price; billing and payment; corporate citizenship; communications; and customer service. “Residential electric utilities have done a great job adding capabilities for proactive communications about outages and upping their corporate citizenship involvement. As a result,…

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MD Rural Health Prez from MedStar St. Mary’s

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital associate Lori Werrell will serve as president of the MD Rural Health Assoc. this year, an advocacy nonprofit for quality rural health care.

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Defining the Future of K-MAX

NAVAIR is now working with the Marine Corps on formal requirements and new concepts of K-MAX operations.

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$135,800 Federal Grant for Ridge Vol. Fire Dept.

Congressman Steny Hoyer helped create the federal Assistance to Firefighters Grants in 2001 to enhance response capabilities for all emergency service workers.

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Chaptico Classic Race & Walk

Join us Aug. 30 for the 29th Chaptico Classic run, walk, boogey, or crawl for the Three Oaks Shelter and other charities.

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