May 2, 2024

Survey Needs Spanish-Speaking Volunteers

Environmental Health Action Team

The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Access to Care Action Team has been working to develop a Hispanic Needs Survey to better assess the needs of the local Hispanic community. The Hispanic Outreach Team is looking for Spanish-speaking volunteers for a community canvassing event.

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Hospital Hosting Opioid Lecture

Chronic Disease

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital and the St. Mary’s County Health Department will present a lecture June 27 by Michael V. Pantalon, “Encouraging Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.”

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Next at Three Notch Theatre: ‘9 to 5’

9 to 5 at Three Notch Theatre

More music and comedy is on tap at Three Notch Theatre! The Newtowne Players will present the hit musical “9 to 5” from July 6-29, 2018, at the theater at 21744 South Coral Drive in Lexington Park.

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State Providing Promise Scholarships

Promise

Maryland joins a growing number of states working to make community college more affordable for recent high school graduates at its 16 community colleges, including the College of Southern Maryland.

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MedStar Helps in Battle Against Colon Cancer

Colon Cancer

Virginia Wills went a long way between 2016 and 2017: from battling Colon Cancer with the help of medical professionals at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital one year to celebrating a daughter’s wedding and the arrival of her first grandchild the next.

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Poverty Listening Tour Visits Texas

Poverty Listening Tour

A congressional project known as the Pathways Out of Poverty Listening Tour visited Dallas, Texas, on June 1 to go to three sites that are developing innovative solutions to help reduce poverty and expand opportunities.

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Senate Blocks F-35 Sale to Turkey

F-35

US Senate blocks Lockheed’s $10 billion sale of F-35s to Turkey, fearing the fighter jet’s secrets are at risk since the NATO ally’s decision to buy the Russian S-400 air defense system.

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Undersecretary Griffin to Speak July 13

Griffin

The Patuxent Partnership has arranged a briefing by Dr. Michael D. Griffin, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, from 8 to 9:30 am Friday, July 13, 2018, at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center at 44219 Airport Road in California, Maryland.

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Document Shred Set for June 23

Shred

The annual community document shredding event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 23, 2018, at the St. Andrew’s Landfill in California, MD.

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Trump Calls for 6th Branch — Space Force

space force

President Donald Trump directed DoD to establish a military space force to add a sixth branch of the military.

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