July 21, 2026

  • Public Forum

    Commissioners to Host Public Forum July 28

    The St. Mary’s County commissioners will host a public forum at 6:30pm Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in the Chesapeake Building at 41770 Baldridge St. in Leonardtown.

  • Chronic Disease

    Healthy Recipes Sought for Cookbook

    St. Mary’s County community members are invited to submit a healthy recipe by August 31 to be included in the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s virtual community cookbook.

  • More to Explore

    Don’t Forget. There’s More to Explore

    The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership has launched the annual More to Explore program. Visit local parks, farmers markets, and historical sites to collect codewords until September 7, 2026.

  • SMECO

    SMECO Issues Credits to Members

    Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative is refunding members’ capital credits totaling nearly $7 million. Of that total, a general refund of approximately $4.6 million will be issued in July.

  • Action Team

    Violence, Injury, & Trauma Action Team to Meet

    The Violence, Injury, and Trauma Action Team of the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership will meet from 1 to 2pm Thursday, July 23, 2026.

Leader Exclusives

Uncertainty Is Exhausting, for Kids Too

Jul 6, 2026

Uncertainty is exhausting. Kids feel it too. The background noise of grown-up stress. The questions about their world.  We can’t promise stability in everything, but WaldenWise has some easy activities to give kids a steady presence to help them make sense of it all.

MATRIX Lab

Open House Set @ UMD MATRIX Lab

Jul 1, 2026

The University of Maryland MATRIX Lab’s Industry Open House will be held from 9am to 3pm Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland SMART Building in California, MD.

2021-1: A Telescope, Anthropomorphism

Jul 1, 2026

A telescope on the Island Creek Ospreys in 2021 led to anthropomorphism, specifically, snarky names to the 10 in the nests lined up in front of the island house.