Sophomore attacker Katelyn Blondino, No. 16, and the Leonardtown High School girls lacrosse team celebrate Tuesday their first undefeated SMAC season with 10 wins after a come-from-behind 15-8 victory against Patuxent High School in Lusby. As the No. 2 seed, the Raiders – 13-1 overall – clinched a first-round bye in the Class 4A⁄3A regional playoffs and will next face off on their home turf Saturday against the winner of Thursday’s scheduled Huntingtown-Great Mills game. See story in Sports.
St. Mary’s state’s attorney sought on Wednesday a transcript of court testimony on the handling of funds from electronic gambling machines, which the prosecutor said will lead to a grand jury investigation.
School officials have shaved a day off of the school calendar, making the last day for St. Mary’s public school students Friday, June 6.
Leonardtown Mayor J. Harry Norris III was re-elected Tuesday to the post he has held since 1995, staving off a challenge by town zoning appeals board member Harry S. Lancaster Jr.
Being a mother is more than just having a child. It is a 24-hour job with rewards only a mother could know. In Southern Maryland and across the country mothers of all walks of life will be recognized on Sunday.
It’s a big change going from a school of a few hundred students to one with around 1,000. Add to that class changes, lockers, gym clothes and older children, the switch to middle school can be daunting for fifth-graders.