July 22, 2026

  • Public Forum

    Commissioners to Host Public Forum July 28

    The St. Mary’s County commissioners will host a public forum at 6:30pm Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in the Chesapeake Building at 41770 Baldridge St. in Leonardtown.

  • Chronic Disease

    Healthy Recipes Sought for Cookbook

    St. Mary’s County community members are invited to submit a healthy recipe by August 31 to be included in the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s virtual community cookbook.

  • More to Explore

    Don’t Forget. There’s More to Explore

    The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership has launched the annual More to Explore program. Visit local parks, farmers markets, and historical sites to collect codewords until September 7, 2026.

  • SMECO

    SMECO Issues Credits to Members

    Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative is refunding members’ capital credits totaling nearly $7 million. Of that total, a general refund of approximately $4.6 million will be issued in July.

  • Action Team

    Violence, Injury, & Trauma Action Team to Meet

    The Violence, Injury, and Trauma Action Team of the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership will meet from 1 to 2pm Thursday, July 23, 2026.

Leader Exclusives

Bird Stamp

MD Migratory Game Season ’22-’23 Begins

Sep 5, 2022

Mourning dove and early Canada goose seasons are now open. Maryland’s Guide to Hunting and Trapping in the ’22-’23 season has posted.

Free Civil Legal Help at Lex Park Library

Sep 1, 2022

Maryland Legal Aid and St. Mary’s County Library presents Lawyer in the Library, a community lawyering project, September 29, noon – 2 pm.

TPP Thanks Educators at STEM Summer Camps

Aug 31, 2022

With schools reopening, summer camps soon will be a distant memory.  The Patuxent Partnership was pleased to support, and enjoyed visiting, some 2022 STEM Student Summer Camps in Southern Maryland. TPP was able to provide funding for the camps through the Maryland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Leonardtown Middle School hosted the 2022 Thinkers’ Space program in July. The camp provided a variety of STEM activities for students entering grades 2 through 8. students explored concepts such as Engineering, Rocketry, Aeronautics, Coding, Robotics, Space Science, and Space Citizenship over the 4 days, with small group breakout sessions specializing in group…