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Cherry Trees Bloom Ahead of April 9 Festival

cherry trees bloom

The blooms of the Yoshino cherry trees are temporal, a trait bestowing a not inconsiderable amount of the species’ cachet. This year they bloomed early.

Mary Jackson Takes Over CNIC Command

Mary Jackson

Vice Adm. Mary Jackson will be taking over as Commander, Navy Installations Command, as she relieves Vice Adm. Dixon R. Smith from his command during a change of command ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard at 10 am Friday, March 31, 2017.

Cherry Blossom Festival Opens at 11 April 9, Costumed Dog Parade at Noon

artspark cherry blossom festival

Great Mills High School Marching Band to open the 2017 ArtsPark Cherry Blossom Festival and followed by Broadway, Salsa, Gospel, Chorale, and Orchestral emsembles throughout the afternoon. Winner of Lexington Park Alive! mural competition announced at 4 at the Three Notch Theatre.

Guitar Festival Features Workshop, Concert

Guitar Festival 2017

Grammy Award-winning musicians Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer will headline the fifth annual Guitar Festival by Power Jam Music Alliance on Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Callaway. Guitar lovers will unite for an afternoon guitar workshop and an evening concert and art show.

Turn Spaghetti Into Art

Spaghetti Dinner

Showtime Deli in Lexington Park will host a spaghetti dinner fundraiser Wednesday, March 8, 2017, to support the ArtsPark Cherry Blossom Festival in April.

LHS Student Heads to State Poetry Finals

State Poetry Out Loud

Leonardtown High School’s Katherine Cognard-Black earned second place in the regional Poetry Out Loud competition held at the College of Southern Maryland Leonardtown Campus.

Comments Sought on Pax River’s Site 21

pax remediation

The Department of the Navy is inviting the public to comment on the engineering evaluation and cost analysis for Site 21 – Sludge Drying Beds under the environmental restoration program at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. The comment period ends March 10.

Inaugural Cherry Blossom Festival April 9

ArtsPark

Artists, musicians, actors, even costumed dogs are joining in to launch an ArtsPark at the former Lexington Manor neighborhood with an inaugural Cherry Blossom Festival on April 9, 2017.

Meet New SBDC Business Consultant

CSM SBDC Wynne Briscoe

A Small Business Development Center open house will be held from 10 am to 4 pm Thursday, Feb. 16, in Leonardtown. Wynne Briscoe, the newest SBDC business consultant for St. Mary’s County, will be introduced.

Theater Presenting ‘Dial M for Murder’

Night on Broadway

The Newtowne Players will present Frederick Knott’s classic thriller “Dial M for Murder” through Feb. 26 at Three Notch Theatre in Lexington Park.