Healthy Eating Team Meeting Planned
The Healthy Eating and Active Living Action Team will meet 1 to 2 pm April 26, 2017, in Leonardtown.
300 Marines Deploy to Afghanistan
The 300 Marines deployed from Camp Lejeune comprise the largest US force in Afghanistan since 2014.
Business Incubator Created in St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s County is looking for an entity to manage the county’s new business incubator, which is currently under construction at the St. Mary’s County Regional Airport. The county has issued a Request for Proposals in the amount of $1,350,000.
Sponsors Sought for Hospice Fundraiser
Jay Armsworthy, promoter of the annual Bluegrass for Hospice fundraiser, is seeking sponsors for the 2017 one-day, family-style concert to be held Saturday, Oct. 24, 2017, at Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills.
SMECO Makes Changes to Annual Meeting
In 2017, the SMECO annual meeting will be a simple business meeting, and election of board members and bylaw changes will be voted on by mail.
Marines’ Helicopters Bring Sticker Shock
The Marine Corps got a costly surprise with approval to start buying Lockheed Martin’s new heavy lift helicopter program, costs increased 6.9 percent to $31 billion.
Nonprofit Panel Includes Walden’s O’Brien
Dr. Kathleen O’Brien of Walden Behavioral Health will be a member of the panel at the College of Southern Maryland Nonprofit Institute’s 2017 conference, Jump-Start Your Leadership, to be held Friday, April 28, in La Plata.
BHAT to Plan Suicide Prevention Panel
Members of the Behavioral Health Action Team, supported by MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, will meet April 25, 2017, from 11 am to noon at the Lexington Park Library to begin working on plans for an upcoming Suicide Prevention Panel event.
Blackhawk Down in Leonardtown
A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on Breton Bay Golf Course during a routine training exercise out of Fort Belvoir, Virginia, killing one crew member and injuring two others.
Season Ends … Season Begins – Message From the Captain
The Cap’n writes, as spring engulfs the Chesapeake ……. End of one season and beginning of another…. and also begins meanderings upon “birds of a feather”
