Female Draft in Congress Again
It’s the same set-up as last year, the annual defense bill includes a provision requiring women as well as men between the ages of 18 and 25 to register with the Selective Service System against the possibility of a military draft. Same as last year, conservatives oppose “drafting our daughters.”
SMECO Members to Be Issued Credits
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative will refund members’ capital credits totaling nearly $7.1 million.
Local VFDs Win Grain Rescue Equipment
Nationwide Insurance has awarded two St. Mary’s County volunteer fire departments with grain rescue tubes and hands-on training to prepare them to respond when local grain entrapments occur.
Future Unclear on Littoral Combat Ships
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said he will offer an amendment to save five US Navy littoral combat ships from an early retirement. Three separate congressional committees have approved defense budget plans that would block the Navy from scrapping five vessels from the problem-plagued ship class.
Reminder: AeroPark Update Thursday
Learn about the growth and expansion of the AeroPark Innovation District with The Patuxent Partnership from 8:30 to 10 am Thursday, June 30, 2022.
Askey Welcomes New Partners
Christa Hood, CPA, and Monica Kempson, CPA, became the new partners of Askey, Askey & Associates, CPA, LLC, June 1, 2022. Founders Bob and Cathy Askey are sticking around as consultants, but after 25 years handed off the business to its new partners.
BAMS-D Aircraft Welcomed Back to Pax
The US Navy’s Global Hawks are back home at NAS Patuxent River after its more than a decade-long mission. Returning after a 13-year deployment that was initially supposed to be six months, the remaining Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator program, or BAMS-D, aircraft are on their way to tying off a storied career.
Jazzy First Friday All Weekend in Town
First Fridays open up Leonardtown, MD, for a one-of-a-kind shopping and entertaining evening, and invite visitors to join in the fun. This Friday the town’s business community will be open July 1 from 5 to 8 pm. But wait … there’s more! Leonardtown is starting the Jazz Festival celebration early with the Jazzy First Friday All Weekend Celebration.
Archaeologists to Share Discoveries at Newtowne
Archaeologists Aaron Levinthal and Sarah Janesko will share discoveries from the homes of the enslaved community that lived on the Jesuit’s Newtowne Plantation between the late 17th century through the mid-19th century.
Wheeler Seeks Clerk of Circuit Court
Faye Wheeler is running for Clerk of the St. Mary’s County Circuit Court. The Clerk’s office records land deeds, mortgages, plats, conveyances, and other precious documents; administers oaths; issues business and marriage licenses; and performs civil marriage ceremonies.
