MD & Pax Top in DoD Spending
TPP’s 2019 Annual Meeting reports on Maryland’s largest industry: Defense. DoD spending: Maryland ranks #4 in federal spending among the 50 states and St. Mary’s County ranks #3 in Maryland for most defense contracts.
Flat Iron Christmas Opens Thanksgiving @ 5 pm
Flat Iron Farm Christmas 2019 opens at 5 pm Nov. 28, 2019 — Thanksgiving evening. Santa will be there through the Thanksgiving weekend from 5 to 9 pm, Thursday through Saturday Nov. 30, plus Fridays and Saturdays up to Christmas Eve.
TPP Directors Introduced at Annual Meeting
TPP is led by a Board of Directors, the incoming board members were introduced at The Patuxent Partnership’s annual meeting. Meet the 2020 TPP Directors here.
Lexington Park VA Clinic Opens
The Veteran Administration’s Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Lexington Park, MD, opens Dec. 2, 2019 at Great Mills and Chancellor’s Run roads — 45870 East Run Drive, Suite 300, Open 8 am to 4:30 pm 240-237-1625
Top Safety Grade for MedStar St. Mary’s
For the third consecutive award cycle, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD, has earned the top safety grade from The Leapfrog Group.
Food Bank Soon to Open in St. Mary’s
Feed St. Mary’s, St. Mary’s County’s only food bank, continues to pursue additional partnerships to provide the staffing, volunteers, and food to make adequate nutrition available to those who need it. They need you.
Hoyer Warns Members of Slowing Economy
The latest jobs report continues to reflect an economy struggling with current trade wars. The slower wage growth is impacting millions of American workers and their families, according to Rep. Steny H. Hoyer who has begun sending weekly economic reports to members as concern with a slowing economy grows. Some of his points on the heels of the release of the October jobs report are here.
USMSM Planning Open House Nov. 14
The University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland will hold an open house Nov. 14, 2019, on the USMSM campus in California, MD.
Amateur Boxing Nov. 16 @ SMCM
Knowledge Boxing Center in Lexington Park will host its very first live amateur boxing show Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at the O’Brien Athletic Center on the campus of St. Mary’s College of Maryland in St. Mary’s City, MD.
State Gives Woodland Acres 235 Access
Traffic along Maryland Route 235 at its intersection with MD 4 continues winning state highway safety projects, based upon the annual report Maryland Department of Transportation delivered last month to St. Mary’s County government.
