SMECO Members Helping Members
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative reminds its members that they can help their neighbors who are struggling to pay their electric bills when they contribute to Members Helping Members. Members can sign up to add $1, $5, or $10 to their electric bills each month.
Museums to Host Holiday Events, Exhibits
Special events and exhibits are being planned for the 2025 holiday season at Piney Point Lighthouse Museum, St. Clement’s Island Museum, and the Old Jail Museum.
Officers Complete Crisis Intervention Team Training
Six members of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office recently completed crisis intervention team training.
Hoyer Supports Lawsuit to Keep FBI Project in Prince George’s
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer has expressed support for MD Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and Prince George’s County’s lawsuit to stop the Trump administration’s attempt to sabotage the new FBI headquarters project in Greenbelt and redirect over $1 billion in congressionally appropriated funding to a different location.
SMECO Holds Emergency Plan Drill
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative team members from across the coop participated in a full-scale drill of SMECO’s Comprehensive Emergency Response Plan last month.
Report: Rebranding DoD Could Come With Hefty Pricetag
A new report finds that the Pentagon name change from the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost up to $2 billion. Officially changing the DoD name can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code, and creating new letterheads, placards, and badges.
Ganz Is Back With Free PianoTalk at SMCM
Brian Ganz will continue his PianoTalk series at St. Mary’s College of Maryland at 11:20am Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The free talk will feature Fryderyk Chopin’s Barcarolle, Op. 60.
Hear the Seipp Kasparian Duo on Dec. 5
The Music from Poplar Hill series will feature Chuck Seipp and Raffi Kasparian in a concert December 5, 2025, in Valley Lee. Trumpeter Seipp recently retired from The US Army Band “Pershing’s Own” and is touring the eastern US as a duo recitalist with virtuoso pianist Kasparian.
Youth Indoor Soccer Registration Opens
Registration for St. Mary’s County Recreation & Parks youth indoor soccer is open for individual players, teams, and volunteer coaches.
Build a Lighthouse, Brick by Brick
The Friends of St. Clement’s Island & Piney Point Museums are sponsoring a competition in honor of the oldest lighthouse on the Potomac River. For the challenge, participants will create a lighthouse model using interlocking building bricks and bring it to the Piney Point museum for display and judging.
