December 15, 2020
All St. Mary’s County Government administrative offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24 and 25 and again Friday, Jan. 1, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Appointments for many departmental services will resume the following Mondays.
Landfill and Convenience Centers – The St. Andrews Landfill and the six (6) Convenience Centers will be closed Friday, Dec. 25, 2020, and Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. The landfill will be open for regular operations Dec. 24 and Dec. 26.
The six convenience centers will be open for regular operations Dec. 24-Dec. 27.
The St. Andrews Landfill and the six Convenience Centers will be open for regular business hours before and after the New Year’s Day Holiday, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021.
In a little-known place in the tri-county area is the town of Lexington Park.
The area of land is less than 6 square miles and the population is less than 12,000. The Patuxent River encompasses it and the water itself is mixed with salt water from the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River, as well as fresh water from precipitation and watershed runoff. Hunting and fishing are always a treat and there are plenty of beaches and historic places such as Historic St. Maryâs City, Sotterley Plantation, Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Park as well as the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. If it were not for Naval Air Station Patuxent River, built in the 1940s, no one would know about this location. The base is actually larger than the city.
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum reopened its galleries, along with a variety of brand-new exhibits, to visitors with pre-purchased tickets, in November after being closed since March due to COVID-19 related shutdowns. While the pandemic continues, the museum remains a safe source of education and entertainment available to the community.
For now, any interested guests to Piney Point Lighthouse Museum must register online for timed tickets on the museumâs website. The number of tours are currently limited to two per day, each taking approximately 1½ hours. All members of a group will need an admission ticket, and registration includes choosing a preferred visitation time as well as prepayment.