June 26, 2026

  • Comp Plan

    Commission Sets Hearings on 2050 Comp Plan

    The St. Mary’s County Planning Commission will conduct hearings June 29 and July 7, 2026, as part of the St. Mary’s 2050 planning process.

  • Leadership

    Leadership So. MD Graduates 18th Executive Program Class

    Leadership Southern Maryland recently graduated it 18th Executive Program class at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland in California, MD.

  • 2020-1: Ethel Is Not My Favorite Osprey

    In 2021, I gave snarky names to 10 Ospreys who spent their summers within range of my middling telescope and I needed a way to differentiate them. There were so many Osprey through 2023 their poop was a community issue. Then it wasn’t an issue anymore.

  • Skate

    Summer Skate Events @ Leonard Hall

    Friday Summer Skate events are back at Leonard Hall Recreation Center in Leonardtown. The skate season continues through August 14, 2026.

  • Noise

    Pax Sets Supersonic Noise Advisory for June 23-26

    Communities surrounding NAS Patuxent River, Webster Outlying Field, Smith Island, and residents of the Northern Neck of Virginia are advised there will be potential for inshore supersonic flights from June 23-26, 2026.

Leader Exclusives

Prepare Now for a Spring Home Buy

Prepare Now for a Spring Home Buy

Mar 20, 2017

Prepare and pre-qualify for your mortgage loan at PRMI; stay ahead of the home sales spring spike and land your dream home in 2017.

SlackWater

Share Home Remedies With Slackwater

Mar 15, 2017

The SlackWater Center at St. Mary’s College of Maryland would like to learn more about use of home remedies, in the past and in the present.

crab scraper

Fisheries Update, Plus Crab Scraping at Smith Island

Mar 15, 2017

Crab season in the Chesapeake won’t open until April. Video of a crab-scraper working the “flats” around Smith Island gives a good taste of a disappearing life. Southern Maryland waters don’t have the type of aquatic grass needed to acccommodate the harvesting method.