Kay Daugherty Gallery Opens with a Reunion
The stunningly successful opening of the Kay Daugherty Gallery with Charlie Hewitt’s “The Banquet Years” show drew old friends and artists and buyers.
Online Competition Winners Announced
For several years now, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer has been hosting the Member Online All-Star Competition in Congress, where Democratic members of the House compete for the most new social media followers, and the 2016 members have just been announced.
Day of Caring Kicks Off With Breakfast
Get ready to kick off the 2016 United Way of St. Mary’s County Day of Caring at the Campaign Kick-Off Breakfast. This year’s Day of Caring is scheduled for Sept. 9, 2016, and the day will begin with breakfast at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center in Leonardtown, MD.
Hoyer Speaks at Roundtable on Veterans
The College of Southern Maryland has found a unique way to make students who are former military feel welcome on the La Plata campus, and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer recently visited this Veterans Lounge to participate in a roundtable discussion on veterans issues.
GM Student Earns Drexel Scholarship
Jonathan Yu’s interest in science fairs and wind turbines has earned him a scholarship to Drexel University.
Bridging the Gap in a Multigenerational Workforce
In 2015, the Pew Research Center concluded that Millennials had surpassed Gen X-ers as the largest generation in the US labor force. This information raised questions and concerns for older generations about communication styles, values, and structure at The Patuxent Partnership’s latest panel discussion.
Hewitt’s ‘Banquet Years’ Opens Kay Daugherty Gallery
Painter, sculptor, and printmaker Charlie Hewitt graduated from Great Mills High School and spent formative years in St. Mary’s County, MD. His work will be shown in the new Kay Daugherty Gallery at Annmarie Garden beginning Aug. 12. “The Banquet Years” runs through Sept. 25.
SMECO: Avoid Payment Scammers
Criminals are always finding ways to target new victims, and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative is warning its customer-members to be on the lookout for a new round of scammers. Technology has made scammers more proficient, and phone scams are becoming more common.
Grant Will Help Upgrade MetCom Facility
A $945,000 grant has been awarded to the St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission to upgrade the methane co-generation system at the Marlay-Taylor Treatment Facility. The grant is from the Maryland Department of the Environment and will be used for engineering design, construction and start-up services related to the facility’s upgrade.
‘The Banquet Years’ Opens at AMG
Once upon a time a cultural renaissance cloaked St. Mary’s County, a brief decade over by 1985, that seems both quite a long time ago and just the other day to Katie Watts as she muses about the mezzanine gallery — the Kay Daugherty Gallery — at Annmarie Garden named after her mother, and its opening exhibition, “The Banquet Years,” by Charlie Hewitt.
