Many residents in the north of St. Mary’s County assumed Pax River was a temporary, war-time arrangement, but Jack Daugherty, a Marine pilot stationed at the Pax at the end of the war, and other ex-Navy personnel thought otherwise, and decided to stay.
Category Art & Lifestyle, Leader Exclusives, Leader Features · Tags Barbara Ives, Christine Senese, Delores Magnani, Dr. John Roache, Dr. Robert Goldsmith, Ernest Bell, Historical Society, Hon. Roy Dyson, Jack Daugherty, Jason Babcock, John Houser, Keith Buzby, Michael Mummaugh, Nancy Dodge, Patrick Woodburn, Peter Himmelheber, Peter LaPorte, Silas Hurry, St. Mary's County Historical Society, St. Mary’s Historical Society, Susan Dyer, Walter Dorsey
A lot more than naval aviation was going on around Southern Maryland during World War II. Bob Tourville of the Pax River Naval Air Museum has photos and footage to prove it — flying boats, drones from the 1940s, and blimps retrieving torpedoes in the Potomac River.
Category Art & Lifestyle, Leader Exclusives · Tags Barbara Ives, Christine Senese, Delores Magnani, Dr. John Roache, Dr. Robert Goldsmith, Ernest Bell, Historical Society, Hon. Roy Dyson, Jason Babcock, John Houser, Michael Mummaugh, Nancy Dodge, Patrick Woodburn, Peter Himmelheber, Peter LaPorte, Silas Hurry, St. Mary's County Historical Society, St. Mary’s Historical Society, Susan Dyer
St. Mary’s County Historical Society and the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum bring “Pax River’s Forgotten Cold War Warriors” to video to inaugurate the society’s Historically Speaking series.
Category Art & Lifestyle, Leader Exclusives, Leader Features · Tags Amy Davis, Barbara Ives, Bob Tourville, Christine Senese, Delores Magnani, Dr. John Roache, Dr. Robert Goldsmith, Ernest Bell, Historical Society, Historically Speaking, Hon. Roy Dyson, Jason Babcock, John Houser, Michael Mummaugh, Nancy Dodge, Patrick Woodburn, Pax River naval Air Museum, Pete Butt, Peter Himmelheber, Peter LaPorte, Silas Hurry, St. Mary's County Historical Society, St. Mary’s Historical Society, Susan Dyer
St Mary’s County Historical Society and the Lexington Park Lilbrary are hosting the traveling exhibit, Early Women of Architecture in Maryland through March 1; Exhibit curator Jillian Storms to speak March 1.
Category Leader Exclusives, Leader Features · Tags Barbara Ives, Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Christine Senese, Cremona Estate, Delores Magnani, Dr. John Roache, Dr. Robert Goldsmith, Ernest Bell, Gertrude Sawyer, Historical Society, Hon. Roy Dyson, Jason Babcock, Jillian Storms, John Houser, Jubilee Farm, Lexington Park Library, Michael Blackwell, Michael Mummaugh, Nancy Dodge, Patrick Woodburn, Peter Himmelheber, Peter LaPorte, Rose Greely, Silas Hurry, St. Mary's County Art Council, St. Mary's County Historical Society, St. Mary's County Libraries, St. Mary’s Historical Society, Susan Dyer, Tudor Hall
“Baseball has long been a staple of entertainment and recreation in St. Mary’s County,” finds Historical Society writer Pat Woodburn, but to get the sport into the hands of youth took the US Navy and Lexington Park Lions.
Category Leader Exclusives, Leader Features · Tags Barbara Ives, Christine Senese, Connetti, Delores Magnani, Dr. John Roache, Dr. Robert Goldsmith, Ernest Bell, Fred H. Hendricks, Garners, Gelrud, Historical Society, Hon. Roy Dyson, Jack Daugherty, Jason Babcock, John Houser, Lexington Park Lions, Michael Mummaugh, Nancy Dodge, Norris, Patrick Woodburn, Peter Himmelheber, Peter LaPorte, Raley's, Russells, Silas Hurry, St. Mary's County Historical Society, St. Mary’s Historical Society, Susan Dyer, Tiburzi, Yocklovich, Zedick
Theodore L. Harwood was re-appointed to chair of the College of Southern Maryland Board of Trustees at its June 20 meeting.
Category Nonprofit News · Tags College of Southern Maryland, college-southern-maryland, CSM, CSM Board of Trustees, CSM President Dr. Maureen Murphy, Dr. John Roache, Jay Webster, Lois DiNatale, Margaret C. Dunkle, Samuel C. Jones, Shawn Coates, Sonja Cox, Ted Harwood
Shawn Coates of White Plains has been appointed to serve on the College of Southern Maryland Board of Trustees.
Category Leader Features · Tags Bradley O. Bates, College of Southern Maryland, college-southern-maryland, CSM, CSM Board of Trustees, Dorothea Smith, Dr. John Roache, Jay W. Webster, Jim Di Misa, Lois E. DiNatale, Margaret Dunkle, Shawn Coates, Ted Harwood, Veronica Coates
Three new members of the College of Southern Maryland Board of Trustees have been appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. Margaret C. Dunkle and Jay W. Webster of Calvert County and Bradley O. Bates of St. Mary’s County are now members of the governing body that provides leadership and oversight of the college’s mission and policies. They will serve five-year terms as part of the nine-member board.
Posted by Lexi Leader on July 16, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Dr. John Roache has touched the lives of countless patients in St. Mary’s County, many of whom are multiple generations of the same family, as well as friends, co-workers, and neighbors, for more than 42 years at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. As the respected and renowned surgeon retired from his long career, the St. Mary’s County commissioners honored him with a ceremony to thank him for all his years of service.
