April 16, 2024

Local Sites to Join Nationwide Bell-Ringing Ceremony

Bell-Ringing Ceremony

The bells at St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Lighthouse museums will participate in a nationwide bell-ringing commemoration at 3 pm Aug. 25, 2019, at to honor those who were among the first enslaved Africans to arrive in the English colonies in the New World 400 years ago.

Teen Court Volunteers Recognized

Teen Court

Many of the volunteers who regularly support the Teen Court program in St. Mary’s County were recognized during a Volunteer Recognition Banquet this summer, hosted by the Department of Aging and Human Services.

Learn About Government at Citizens Academy

Citizens Academy

Any St. Mary’s County resident who has ever wondered how or why a department of county government does what it does can gain knowledge of the inner workings of local government at the 2019 St. Mary’s County Government Citizens Academy.

Century 21 Partners With Greenwell Foundation

Century 21

The Greenwell Foundation is happy to announce a new partnership with Century 21 New Millennium’s California, MD, office.

County Committee to Study Possible YMCA

Labor Day

Eleven volunteers are needed for a YMCA Exploratory Committee.

New Express Bus Service Added in St. Mary’s

Bus Service

St. Mary’s Transit System has begun offering a new express bus service in the Great Mills/California area and also has launched a Sunday service to Leonardtown.

Sailor Becomes St. Mary’s Wine Maker

A local sailor has turned his experience of seeing the world with the US Navy into a love for wine, and has become a wine maker as a result.

CTSi Expanding in Downtown Lexington Park

CTSi Coherent Technical

Coherent Technical Services Inc. (CTSi), a locally owned company offering engineering and technology services, has chosen St. Mary’s Square in Lexington Park for its expansion into a 40,000-square-foot facility.

Nationwide Test of Emergency Alert System Set

Emergency Alert System

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System on Wednesday, Aug. 7. The nationwide test will be sent to radio and television stations beginning at 2:20 pm.

MetCom, Deputies Help Kids Beat the Heat

Beat the Heat

The St. Mary’s County Metropolitan Commission is working with the Office of the Sheriff’s Lexington Park Community Oriented Policing Unit to create an ongoing partnership for a public summer water spray program as a part of a community outreach and education initiative.