June 27, 2026

First Friday July 2 in Leonardtown

First Friday

First Fridays open up Leonardtown, MD, for a one-of-a-kind shopping and entertaining evening. This Friday the town’s business community will be open July 2 from 5 to 8 pm.

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Things Are Gonna STEAM in Piney Point

Museums

Piney Point Lighthouse Museum will hold a four-day outdoor summer educational STEAM program for children ages 6 to 10. The camp will run from 9 am to noon July 19 to 22, 2021.

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Rotary Funds Greenwell Foundation Field Trips

Rotary

The Rotary Club of Lexington Park has awarded Greenwell Foundation a $4,500 grant to bring its “Re-connecting Field Trips” to Great Mills High School this summer.

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Hoyer: Child Tax Credit Will Help Families

Behavioral Health Unit

The newly enhanced child tax credit will help households meet their day-to-day needs as the economy reopens and America continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer says.

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More to Explore Program Continues

More to Explore

The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s More to Explore is back! The program encourages community members to get outside and explore St. Mary’s County’s parks, historic sites, and farmers markets.

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Guard Short of Funds as Role Grows

Even as the National Guard faces drastic cost-cutting measures awaiting its $520 million reimbursement from its months-long mission securing the US Capitol — even grounding aircraft — its top general expects the Pentagon to lean even more heavily on the Guard moving forward.

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SMECO Wants to Prevent Scams

Know What You Owe

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative offers hints to keep its customers from prevent being scammed.

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Army Testing Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine

Walter Reed’s infectious diseases branch is closing in on a “pan-coronavirus” vaccine and on synthetic antibodies that could protect a population before spread. The vaccine is now in the early stages of human trials.

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Bill Would Make So. MD a National Heritage Area

Grants Gateway

Rep. Steny H. Hoyer submitted testimony last week at a hearing on H.R. 2024, legislation he introduced to designate a Southern Maryland National Heritage Area.

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Parking Spaces to Be Restriped at Convenience Centers, Landfills

Parking spaces

Parking spaces at the St. Mary’s County convenience centers and St. Andrew’s landfill will be restriped on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.

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