June 23, 2026

  • Noise

    Pax Sets Supersonic Noise Advisory for June 23-26

    Communities surrounding NAS Patuxent River, Webster Outlying Field, Smith Island, and residents of the Northern Neck of Virginia are advised there will be potential for inshore supersonic flights from June 23-26, 2026.

  • Sotterley

    Join Sotterley for History & Wine Tasting Event

    Historic Sotterley will host a special presentation honoring both America’s and Maryland’s 250th year of independence paired with a wine-tasting from 7 to 8:30pm June 25, 2026.

  • Dove

    Maryland Dove to Join SAIL250 Event

    Historic St. Mary’s City’s tall ship Maryland Dove will represent Southern Maryland as part of the SAIL250 Maryland & Air Show Baltimore celebration taking place June 24 through 30, 2026.

  • Lex Park to Celebrate Community, Culture & Cuisine

    Join the fun at the Community, Culture & Cuisine event from 11am to 4pm Saturday, June 27, 2026, by the Lexington Park Business Association and St. Mary’s County Arts Council! The event will be held in St. Mary’s Square on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, MD.

  • Emerging Leaders

    Applicants Sought for Emerging Leaders Program

    Leadership Southern Maryland is accepting applications for its Emerging Leaders Program, or LEAP, a six-month leadership academy for early- and mid-career professionals living or working in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties.

Leader Exclusives

St. George Island

The 1920s on St. George Island, MD

Jan 22, 2018

Wendell J. Chesser was 12 in 1920 when he began his “eternity” of “eight long years” working aboard his father’s pungy, the Joe Smith, out of St. George Island, MD.

Quadcopter Initiative

Quadcopter Initiative Third Session March 11

Jan 16, 2018

The next session of The Patuxent Partnership’s UAS/Quadcopter Initiative will be held March 11 from 1:30 to 4 pm, at the Lexington Park Library.

winter weather

Capt. Jack’s Winter Weather Primer

Jan 10, 2018

Cap’n Jack admits to “not knowing jack” about the weather, but that doesn’t stop him from passing along watermen lore and observations of weather indicators and winter weather impacts on the Chesapeake fisheries.