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## Posts
- [Fire Board Speeds $1\.15M to Volunteer Retirement Fund](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2026/10/17/charles-fire-board-losap-early-transfer-volunteer-retirement-fund/): Charles County's fire board moved this year's $1\.15 million volunteer retirement payment up a month so benefits won't be paid by selling investments\.
- [Calvert Parks \& Rec Keeps National Accreditation](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2026/10/17/calvert-county-parks-recreation-capra-reaccreditation-2026/): Calvert County Parks \& Recreation met 154 national standards to keep its CAPRA accreditation, a status held by about 220 park agencies nationwide\.
- [SoMD Chronicle Week in Review for October 10\-16, 2026](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2026/10/18/somd-chronicle-week-in-review-for-october-10-16-2026/)
- [St\. Mary's Deputies to Check Seat Belts at High Schools](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2026/10/18/st-marys-teen-driver-safety-week-seat-belt-checks-high-schools-2026/): St\. Mary's deputies will run seat belt and distracted\-driving checks at every public high school Oct\. 19\-23 for National Teen Driver Safety Week\.
- [Maryland Returned $103M in Unclaimed Money Last Year](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2026/10/18/maryland-comptroller-unclaimed-property-103-million-quick-pay/): Maryland returned $103 million in unclaimed property in the first year of a new system, including 32,000 automatic checks\. Here's how to search for yours\.

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## Newsletters
- [Charles County's bond issue jumps to $100M, up 33%](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/newsletter/charles-countys-bond-issue-jumps-to-100m-up-33/)
- [Charles Co\.'s rental licensing bill, a year in the making](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/newsletter/charles-co-s-rental-licensing-bill-a-year-in-the-making/)
- [Waldorf man, 24, dies in Fort Washington crash](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/newsletter/waldorf-man-24-dies-in-fort-washington-crash/)
- [Pax River issues 16\-day noise advisory, plus North Beach's longtime leader steps down](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/newsletter/pax-river-issues-16-day-noise-advisory-plus-north-beachs-longtime-leader-steps-down/)
- [32 evacuated in fire at La Plata nursing home](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/newsletter/32-evacuated-in-fire-at-la-plata-nursing-home/)

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- [Fido \& Friends Pet Assistance Program Closes, Citing Volunteer Burnout](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/wprss_feed_item/fido-friends-pet-assistance-program-closes-citing-volunteer-burnout/): Fido \& Friends, a small, volunteer\-run nonprofit that helped local pet owners keep and care for their animals, said this week that it is shutting down right away, ending a program that had come to depend on just a handful of supporters to keep running\. In a Facebook post, the group said it had tried \[…\]
- [Joint Raid Seizes $98K in Cannabis, THC Products](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/wprss_feed_item/joint-raid-seizes-98k-in-cannabis-thc-products/): A joint enforcement operation in St\. Mary’s County resulted in the seizure of more than $98,000 worth of cannabis and THC products from three tobacco and smoke shops, according to the St\. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office\. The operation was conducted Aug\. 11 by the Sheriff’s Office and the Maryland Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission’s Field \[…\]
- [Digital ad sales tax struck down by court](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/wprss_feed_item/digital-ad-sales-tax-struck-down-by-court/): A first\-of\-its\-kind state tax on some digital ads has been struck down as a violation of the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act by the Maryland Tax Court\. The decision issued Friday morning was in response to three legal challenges filed by Apple, Google and Peacock TV, a streaming service\. “In the context of the ITFA \[…\]
- [Grandmother Convicted in 7\-Year\-Old’s I\-97 Death](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/wprss_feed_item/grandmother-convicted-in-7-year-olds-i-97-death/): An Anne Arundel County jury found a 68\-year\-old Hagerstown woman guilty of neglect of a minor in connection with the 2024 death of her 7\-year\-old grandson, who fell from a moving vehicle on Interstate 97 and was struck by another vehicle\. Lorraine Marie O’Neill was convicted Aug\. 12 following a four\-day trial in Anne Arundel \[…\]
- [Calvert Schools Announces Six Leadership Appointments](https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/wprss_feed_item/calvert-schools-announces-six-leadership-appointments/): Calvert County Public Schools has announced six administrative appointments approved during the Aug\. 13 Board of Education meeting, filling leadership positions at three schools and in two district\-level departments as the system prepares for the 2026\-27 school year\. The appointments include Erik Holm as assistant principal at Calvert Elementary School, Ryan Butler as assistant principal \[…\]

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