June 24, 2026

  • 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.

  • Violence

    Violence, Injury, & Trauma Team to Meet

    The Violence, Injury, and Trauma Action Team of the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership will meet from 1 to 2pm Thursday, June 25, 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.

  • Sotterley

    Join Sotterley for History & Wine Tasting Event

    Historic Sotterley will host a special presentation honoring both America’s and Maryland’s 250th year of independence paired with a wine-tasting from 7 to 8:30pm June 25, 2026.

Leader Exclusives

Slackwater

Knights of the Round Table

Apr 12, 2016

By the 1960s, the military had come to define Lexington Park. The new boom town became the center of new consumerism in St. Mary’s County.

Land for Future School Acquired

Apr 11, 2016

St. Mary’s County Public Schools has a new location for its next elementary school.

Prepare Now for a Spring Home Buy

Homelessness @ Functional Zero

Apr 10, 2016

Three Oaks Center, a leader in battling homelessness, recently reached the landmark of “functional zero” homelessness in Southern Maryland, a success attributable to support from the US Department of Veterans Affairs.