The Birds Are Back! Ospreys Return!
The ospreys return, ahead of St. Patrick’s Day as usual, warming water and air are drawing others birds back to their Chesapeake summering grounds and preparing the tributaries for the return of the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab.
Get Along Little Doggies to the Costume Parade
Returning this year to the Lex Park ArtsParks Cherry Blossom Festival on April 8 will be the popular dog costume parade. Bring Fido in his favorite outfit.
Partnership Seeks Member of the Year Nominees
The Patuxent Partnership is looking for nominees for its 2017 Member of the Year award. Nominations are being accepted now. All nomination packages must be submitted by close of business Monday, April 2, 2018.
Wendell Chesser Continues Tales of St. George Island 1920s
“In the [pungy] Joe Smith, we freighted herring after they were salted and packed in barrels. The barrels weighed more than two hundred pounds, and five hundred barrels was a full load for the Joe Smith.’ And so continues Wendell Chesser’s tales of his father’s work boat of St. George Island, MD, during the 1920s.
2018 Spring Home Buying Starts Early
With interest rates still at historic lows and the supply of homes for sale at record lows as well, buyers are leaping early into the spring home sales season, including making sure their financing is ready to go when they find the home they want.
MedStar Celebrates a Century of Caring
Five years ago, MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown celebrated a Century of Caring. The hospital has been a part of the Southern Maryland community for 105 years now, and the goal has always been the same — caring for neighbors, friends, and family members.
The 1920s on St. George Island, MD
Wendell J. Chesser was 12 in 1920 when he began his “eternity” of “eight long years” working aboard his father’s pungy, the Joe Smith, out of St. George Island, MD.
Quadcopter Initiative Third Session March 11
The next session of The Patuxent Partnership’s UAS/Quadcopter Initiative will be held March 11 from 1:30 to 4 pm, at the Lexington Park Library.
Capt. Jack’s Winter Weather Primer
Cap’n Jack admits to “not knowing jack” about the weather, but that doesn’t stop him from passing along watermen lore and observations of weather indicators and winter weather impacts on the Chesapeake fisheries.
SlackWater: The Fight to Clean Up a River
What began as a simple community effort in the late 1970s to protect the Patuxent River evolved into an epic, unprecedented five-year battle to force the Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Maryland to recognize and remedy the problems of the river.
