Calvert County
Calvert Sells $78.9M in Bonds at 4.66%, Keeps Triple-A: Calvert County’s 2026 bond sale ended up larger than the number the county had been quoting for weeks.
Calvert Has Surplus Cash and a $15.3M Gap. Can It Cut Taxes?: Calvert County is on track to finish the fiscal year that ended June 30 at least $10 million ahead of budget.
Calvert Fills Board of Appeals Seats Despite Court Fight: At the Sept. 29 meeting, the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to fill seats on its Board of Appeals while a lawsuit over the board is pending.
A $2.36M Federal Grant Rescues Calvert’s Leaky Arts Center: A $2,358,774 federal grant will pay to repair the leaking exterior of the Mary D. Harrison Cultural Arts Center.
Charles County
Charles Resident Presses Board on Inspector General Delay: A resident used the end of a long Oct. 6 meeting to ask the Charles County Commissioners what happened to the county’s inspector general.
Charles Home Permits Lag: 339 Units Through Three Quarters: Charles County approved no new preliminary subdivision plans in the first three quarters of 2026 and permitted 339 housing units, Planning staff told the Planning Commission Oct. 5.
Charles Cuts Ribbon on Cliffton Wastewater Plant: Charles County commissioners cut the ribbon Sept. 29 on the upgraded Cliffton Wastewater Treatment Plant near Newburg.
Meals on Wheels Cost Rises to $8.75 as 85–90 Seniors Wait: A meal delivered to a homebound Charles County senior now costs the county $8.75, and 85 to 90 approved residents are waiting for a spot.
St. Mary’s County
Sheriff: Domestic Violence Up While Other Crime Falls: At the Oct. 6 Domestic Violence Awareness Month proclamation, Sheriff Steve Hall told the St. Mary’s commissioners domestic violence is rising even as other crime falls.
St. Mary’s College Ranks No. 6 Among Public Liberal Arts: St. Mary’s College of Maryland is No. 6 among national public liberal arts colleges in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.
East Coast’s Last Active-Duty P-3 Leaves Pax River: For decades, one of the most unusual aircraft at Naval Air Station Patuxent River has been a heavily modified, four-engine turboprop that spent its days flying into hurricanes, mapping war zones and carrying experiments no ordinary patrol plane would touch.
Kotoun ’00 Wins 2026 Melges 24 World Championship: Anthony Kotoun, a 2000 St. Mary’s College of Maryland graduate, won the 2026 Melges 24 World Championship on Little Traverse Bay.
State of Maryland/National
Maryland Sheds 8,200 Jobs in August; Unemployment 4.1%: Unemployment rates in all three Southern Maryland counties were lower in August than a year earlier, even as Maryland’s employers cut 8,200 jobs during the month, according to state and federal labor figures.
Poll: Majority of voters oppose data center construction anywhere in Maryland: A majority of Maryland voters are opposed to building data centers in the state and have a dim view of artificial intelligence, which they believe will have a negative impact on society, a new poll shows.
Brown’s Office Paid $1.3M to Law Firms That Donated to Him: Nearly all of the $1.3 million that the Maryland Attorney General’s office has paid to two outside law firms since 2023 went out after Anthony Brown became attorney general, and both firms have also written checks to his campaign.
Six Months After Potomac Spill, New Tests Find River Normal: More than eight months after one of the largest sewage spills in American history, the Potomac River is testing normal again, according to the utility that caused it.
