Likely No End for Shutdown This Week
The federal government shutdown will likely extend past this week as the House will not be in session. Congress failed to reach a funding deal on Friday, as Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over health care subsidies.
Keep MD Beautiful Grant Deadline Dec. 1
The Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants program is accepting applications until December 1, 2025. The program awards grants to help volunteer groups, nonprofits, communities, and land trusts in the state support environmental education projects.
Commissioners, Pax CO Meeting Postponed
The joint meeting of the St. Mary’s County commissioners and the NAS Patuxent River commanding officer scheduled for October 7, 2025, has been postponed. The remainder of the commissioners’ schedule for Tuesday remains unchanged.
Solomons Bridge Work Planned Sunday, Oct. 5
Maryland State Highway Administration will perform routine maintenance on the MD 4 (Governor Thomas Johnson) Bridge starting at 6am Sunday, October 5.
2025 App Challenge Deadline Approaches
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer’s office reminds students in middle and high school that the registration deadline for the 2025 Congressional App Challenge is October 30.
Save the Date: Defense Summit Nov. 19
The Patuxent Partnership’s annual Defense Summit will be held November 19, 2025, at the USMSM Smart Building in California, MD.
At Three Notch, a Twisty, Turny Who-Dun-It
The Newtowne Players are performing Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery, “The Mousetrap.” And it is not to be missed.
Check Out Drayden Schoolhouse Oct. 4 & 18
Free open houses will be held from 11am to 2pm October 4 and 18, 2025, at the historic African American schoolhouse in Drayden.
Trump Enters His 3rd Funding Lapse
US federal government closed at 12:01 am, Oct. 1, amid a bitter partisan fight over funding. Three-quarters of a million employees have been furloughed and others are working without pay indefinitely. This is the third time President Trump has presided over a federal funding lapse, the first since his return to the White House this year.
Hoyer Statement on Government Shutdown
A shutdown is a failure of governance, but that has been the Trump administration’s aim from the beginning, says Rep. Steny H. Hoyer.
