June 6, 2026

Navy Orders Aviation Stand-Down After Crashes

Two crashes in the past week prompted a Naval Aviation stand-down to focus on operational risk management and mitigation. Two military officers died in the crash of a training aircraft in Alabama.

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Sandbags Available at 6 County Sites

Self-Service Sandbags

Self-service sandbags will be available Tuesday and Wednesday, October 27 and 28, 2020, for St. Mary’s County citizens wishing to prepare for possible flooding conditions later this week due to Tropical Storm Zeta.

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Local Innovators Ready to Pitch Ideas

Crab Pot Pitch

Southern Maryland Innovates will hold its Crab Pot Pitch virtual event at 6 pm Thursday, October 29, 2020.

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WARM Meets COVID: Grants Sought

WARM Season 11 ended abruptly in March 2020 with the outbreak of COVID-19. Season 12 is adjusting.

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Army-Navy Game Moves to West Point for 2020

Army-Navy Football

For the first time since 1943, the Army-Navy football game will not be played in Philadelphia.

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Halloween @ St. Mary’s Square

Free Halloween Celebration at St. Mary’s Square — Oct. 31, 2020, 1-4 pm — 21600 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park, MD.

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Hoyer: MPT Awarded Ready to Learn Grant

Behavioral Health Unit

Maryland Public Television has been awarded $100,000 to develop personalized learning experiences for children, especially those in low-income communities, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer’s office announced.

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Two Killed in Crash of Navy T-6B Texan II

T-6B Texan II

An instructor pilot and a student aviator aboard a US Navy T-6B Texan II were killed Friday when the two-seat airplane crashed in Alabama.

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Spring Ridge MS to Have School-Based Health Center

Health Centers

St. Mary’s County’s first school-based health centers are under construction at Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington Park and Margaret Brent Middle School in Helen. They will launch with certain services by December 2020.

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Zoom on Halloween to Sleepy Hollow

Twin Beach Players are presenting “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” via Zoom for a scary family story performed Oct. 30, 31, and Nov. 1. Tickets are $15 per individual or $20 per family.

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