Dec. 21, 2 p.m.  St. Mary’s County
District Court is closed today, Dec. 21.

St. Mary”s County Senior Activity Centers and Ripple Center are open today and tomorrow; no transportation to the Centers will be available today or tomorrow due to the conditions of the secondary roads.

Transportation is also not available today or tomorrow for SSTAP clients.

Meals On Wheels will not be delivered; recipients should use emergency meals which have previously been provided to them. Meal delivery of both daily and frozen will resume on Monday, December 28, weather permitting.

Browse to http://www.stmarysmd.com/emergency for more information

9 a.m.- St. Mary’s County
St. Mary”s County Libraries will open one hour late, at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 21.  
St. Mary”s County Circuit Court will open at 10 a.m., with proceedings beginning at 10:30 a.m. 
District Court is closed.
St. Mary”s County Senior Activity Centers and Ripple Center will be open with no transportation.

St. Mary”s County Government will be open with liberal leave policy in effect.   Browse to http://www.stmarysmd.com/emergency for more information.

Dec. 21, 9 a.m. – Charles County
Due to the recent inclement weather Van Go will run on an altered schedule today.Fixed route service will start two hours late. There will be no morning dialysis subscription service. There will be no Nanjemoy subscription service.

Senior Centers will open at 10 a.m. Subscription service will be provided.For more information please contact the Transportation Office at (301) 934-9305 or (301) 870-3388

Dec. 21, 6:45 a.m. – St. Mary’s County Government is open Dec. 21 with a liberal leave policy in effect for employees.
St. Mary’s County Libraries are opening one hour late at 10 a.m.
St. Mary’s County Circuit Court is opening at 10 a.m. and proceedings will begin at 10:30 a.m.
St. Mary’s County Dept of Aging Activity Centers and Ripple Center are open with no transportions. There will no home delivered meals tomorrow; patrons are encouraged to use Emergency Meals.

Charles County Recycling Pick-ups Postponed

Due to the recent inclement weather, Charles County’s recycling routes will be affected. Routes scheduled for Monday, December 21, 2009 are expected to be picked up on Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Routes scheduled for Tuesday, December 22, 2009 are expected to be picked up on Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Recycling routes scheduled for Friday, December 25, 2009 will be
picked up on December 26, 2009.

For more information, please contact Recycling at (301) 932-3440 or (301) 870-2778

Charles County Government to Open 2 Hours Late, Liberal Leave in Effect

Please be advised on Monday, December 21, 2009 The Charles County Government will open 2 hours late and liberal leave is in effect for employees.

Dec. 20, 2:15 p.m. Officials from NAS PAX report that the base will operate on its normal schedule on Monday.

Dec. 20, 2 p.m. – Weather Update – St. Mary’s received approximately 16 inches of snow throughout this event.

According to St. Mary’s County officials, this is in the top five snow storms since 1893. Highway officials warn that during the day, snow will melt, but because of night cold temperatures, will refreeze each night at the beginning of the week. Meteorologists are keeping a watch on the weather that predicts a rain/snow mix for Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day.

Should that weather system impact Maryland, residents are cautioned that the additional precipitation added to the melting snow pack from this weekend’s