April 16, 2024

Libraries’ Top 10 Downloaded Books

Top 10 Downloaded Books

As Southern Marylanders practice social distancing, they are catching up on their reading lists and taking advantage of digital books offered through their public libraries. The region’s Top 10 downloaded books include memoirs, an older fantasy favorite, and recent bestselling novels.

Adopt an Egg, Help Piney Point Museum

Adopt an Egg

The Piney Point Lighthouse Museum has come up with an “egg-cellent” way to help its newest exhibit.

Hurricane Season Officially Starts June 1

hurricane

The St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services reminds the community that the Atlantic hurricane season officially starts June 1, 2020, and goes through November 30.

Public Can Weigh In on Historic Seawall Repairs at Pax

project seawall

The US Navy is planning to rebuild the East Seaplane Basin at Naval Air Station Patuxent River and is seeking public comments on the project.

4th Building Opens at Patuxent Cove

Patuxent Cove

Safety precautions, telecommunications, and social distancing allow leasing to continue at St. Mary’s newest apartment complex, Patuxent Cove, 1 1/2 miles from Gate 1 of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, with a wide range of accessible and adaptable 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom affordable apartments.

Tobacco-Free Living Action Team to Meet Online

Health Department

The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership will resume its HSMP action team meetings virtually. The Tobacco Free Living Action Team will meet from 1-2 pm May 19.

Healthy SM Partnership Takes Its Meetings Online

Action Team

The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership will resume its HSMP action team meetings online.

LexPark Gives Nurses Wings and a “Thank You”

LexPark

Larger-than-life, the nurses and medical workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic are thanked with a new set of wings on Art Alley in Lexington Park, MD.

STS Buses to Add Additional Route

STS county buses

St. Mary’s Transit System has added Bus Route 3 and will begin running the service every other hour along Route 5 from Lexington Park to Leonardtown from 6 am-6 pm Monday-Friday starting May 13.

Expect Traffic Pattern Changes at Base Gate 1

Noise

Drivers can expect traffic pattern changes Monday, May 11, at NAS Patuxent River’s Gate 1 due to road work.