Environmental Health Team to Meet
The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Environmental Health Action Team will meet 10 to 11am Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Fed Layoffs Hit the Contractor Workforce
Layoffs and firings across government agencies have spread into the contractor workforce with 13 Virginia and Maryland contractors reporting 2,425 layoffs as DoD receives guidance on reducing its civilian workforce.
RIP Tommy Courtney
St. Mary’s County waterman and restaurateur Tommy Courtney passed away March 2, 2025. The Cap’n provides some information on his ancestors’ arrival in the early 1600s, during the formative years of Maryland.
At Wine Fest, Raise a Glass to History
St. Clement’s Island Museum will host local wineries and craft beverage makers, as well as crafters and artisans, for the annual First Landing Wine & Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm Saturday, April 12, 2025.
Get Ready for ‘A Night on Broadway’
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative will join more than a dozen community supporters to present COSMIC Symphony and The Newtowne Players in two “A Night on Broadway” performances.
Equipment Auction April 11 @ Flat Iron
Southern Maryland Auction Company will hold its annual spring auction April 11, 2025, featuring heavy equipment, dump trucks, road tractors, vehicles, trailers, attachments and more at Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills.
County Offers Free Mulch While Supply Lasts
Free mulch is available for St. Mary’s County residents to pick up from the St. Andrew’s Landfill.
Register for Art of Innovation STEAM Festival
The Art of Innnovation STEAM Festival will be held from 10am to 2pm April 12, 2025, at the Velocity Center in Indian Head. Registration is encouraged but not required.
Lawmakers Urge States to Prioritize Bridge Safety Tests
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer is joining other lawmakers in urging states to conduct critical bridge safety tests to prevent further tragedy in communities across the country.
MD Guard Divests Its A-10Cs, But White House Nixes F-16 Deal
Maryland Air National Guard LT COL Steven Montalvo gestures farewell to fellow guardsmen while taxiing in an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, MD, on March 26. The aircraft was the first to be sent from the 175th Wing to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ, as part of the initial process of divesting the Maryland Guard’s A-10C fleet. (Photo by Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover) Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community….
