June 5, 2026

Morning Coffee Is Off the Burner

Morning Coffee, a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the NAS Patuxent River economic community, is off the burner for Thanksgiving. We’ll be back Monday, December 2, with the same morning updates you’ve come to expect.

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Pax Gate Hours for Thanksgiving Holiday

Gate

Naval Air Station Patuxent River announces gate hours and Pass and ID office/Visitor Control Center hours for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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County Govt. Schedule for Thanksgiving

Operations

St. Mary’s County government Thanksgiving operations — what’s open and what’s not.

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Lifting Caregivers’ Stress

Over the next few months, Walden Wise shifts its focus from caring for the children in your life, to spotlighting the caregivers with a free, new series, Caring for You, Caring for Them.

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Message from the Cap’n – Don’t Rake Those Leaves

Leaving leaves on the ground has advantages for the environment. Over the winter they provide cover and habitat for a litany of tiny lives.

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NASA Sponsors Student Essay Contest

Essay

The Patuxent Partnership is helping to publicize NASA’s fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge. Submissions are due January 31, 2025.

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Women in Combat Debate Reignites

Female F-35 Pilots

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting on the front lines?

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COSMIC Concerts, the More the Merrier

COSMIC

COSMIC Symphony’s concerts “The More the Merrier” will be filled with magical holiday surprises that are sure to be fun for the entire family. The free concerts will be held at 3pm December 7 and 8.

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Rotary’s Flags For Heroes Celebration Honors 76

Flags For Heroes

The Leonardtown Rotary Club held its annual Flags For Heroes celebration on November 10 to recognize personal heroes both past and present with American flags displayed at the College of Southern Maryland’s Leonardtown campus.

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Hearings Set for So. MD Water Utilities Rate Case

Water Utilities

The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold two public comment hearings (one virtual, one in-person) in the collective rate case for nine Southern Maryland water utilities.

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