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Celebrate The Start Of Summer At The Splash Bash Pool Party!
GREAT MILLS, Md. – St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Recreation & Parks (R&P) has the announced the upcoming temporary closure of the Great Mills Swimming Pool in preparation for summer, outdoor operations. The Great Mills Swimming Pool will be closed from Thursday, May 16, 2024, through...
St. Mary's commissioners designate nonprofit funding
County nonprofits received a glimpse of what their checks from the government might be next fiscal year during Tuesday’s county commissioners’ budget work session. County Administrator David Weiskopf and an internal group drafted recommendations for fiscal 2025 nonprofit funding. These include the following: agencies that received a grant in fiscal 2024 will receive the same amount for fiscal 2025; new grant applicants approved will receive $2,500 for fiscal 2025 (not 10% of their request); agencies that are entering their second year will receive their 2024...
Hollywood couple charged with sign thefts
A real estate agent best known for his colorful antics at the local minor league baseball stadium has been charged along with his wife for stealing a competitor’s signs, according to police. According to documents on file in district court, a Hollywood couple is charged with the thefts of several real estate signs in St. Mary’s County. Deputy J. Senatore of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office reported the incident...
As early voting wraps up, the big day looms
With the primary election looming early next week, mail-in ballots that have been received and counted in the Southern Maryland counties are surpassing the number of voters who have shown up in person during the first several days of early voting. Data from the Maryland State Board of Elections shows that as of Wednesday with one more day of early voting remaining, 2,465 people, or about 3.5% of eligible voters in Calvert, voted early in person compared to over 5,000 mail-in ballots received. In Charles,...
St. Mary's County commissioners move bond bill funds
Leftover funds from bond bills are headed toward three projects, the St. Mary’s County commissioners announced at Tuesday’s meeting in Leonardtown. The $30 million consolidated public improvement bonds were closed in 2022, and identified projects to receive the bond proceeds. A total of 13 projects did not require the use of a total of $1,524,038, which will now be put toward airport Improvements ($998,588), recreational facilities and park improvements ($394,656)...
St. Mary's briefs
Two museums free for moms this Sunday On Mother’s Day, May 12, St. Clement’s Island Museum in Colton’s Point and Piney Point Lighthouse Museum in Piney Point will offer free museum admission for moms from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular admission prices apply to others in the party. For more information on this promotion, hours of operation, programs, prices and more, go to Facebook.com/SCIMuseum and Facebook.com/1836Light. Animal shelter reopens ...
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