🎃 The Insider’s Halloween Guide Is Here + Kneaded Baking Co.

78 Halloween events, three-day croissants, Southern Maryland’s first YMCA, and this week’s best local plans.

Behind the Business: Kneaded Baking Co. 🥐

The story behind the croissants, the scones and the bakery people keep trying to get into.

🎃 The Insider’s Halloween Guide

One costume. A whole month to wear it.

🚀 Apollo 13 on the Flight Line & a Bookstore on Wheels

Meet Read & Rally, plan your First Friday, and catch a fall festival, Flutter Fest, and music under the oaks.

🎡 Fair Weekend, Juice Buzz & a Statue of Liberty Corn Maze

Your county fair weekend plans, plus what’s new in Leonardtown

🍴 Food Trucks, Planes & a Demolition Derby

A Leonardtown 7-Eleven proposal, First Watch’s opening date, Taste of St. Mary’s, and a packed Saturday.

☕ Gate 2 Gets a Starbucks Friday & Family Fest

Starbucks opens at 5 AM across from Pax River Gate 2. Plus Abell’s October farewell, free FamilyFest, and a packed St. Mary’s weekend.

🍔 The Story Behind Smash House & a New Planet Fitness

Inside Smash House, a confirmed Planet Fitness near Gate 2, and 15 ways to spend Labor Day weekend.

Behind the Business: Smash House 🍔

🌴 St. Mary’s Gets a Caribbean Festival & Two World Champions

The local guide to what’s actually happening

🐉 Ever Seen a Dragon Boat Race? This Weekend Is Your Chance

The local guide to what’s actually happening

📷 School-Zone Cameras Are Coming & A New Business Opens

The local guide to what’s actually happening

🗼 Climb a Lighthouse & See Shakespeare Under the Stars

The local guide to what’s actually happening

To the People Betting on St. Mary’s County

What it actually costs someone to open the doors you've been asking for.

Insider Eats: Bluegrass BBQ & Dogs

Kentucky barbecue roots, homemade food, and a local family worth knowing.

🗺️ The Stuff Nobody Tells You Before Moving to St. Mary’s

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

🏟️ A $320 Million Sports Complex & Boats Racing Through Leonardtown

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

🏋A New Gym Arrives, Free Concert Tickets and PAX Family Day

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

🦀 New Coffee in Mechanicsville & One Last Trolley Ride

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

🍔 Applebee's closes, Freedom Fest returns, and America turns 250

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

🫐 Three New Businesses, One Big Blueberry Festival

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Insider Eats: La Vida Mexican Bar & Grill

An Insider look at one of our great local Mexican spots.

✈️ The Blue Angels Take Over St. Mary's This Weekend

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

🦀The Crab Festival Returns This Saturday

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

🦀 St. Mary's Most Dangerous Debate...

Tuesday, June 2, 2026