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The St. Mary's Today is a newspaper that is published in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The publisher is [[Kenneth C. Rossignol]]. The paper focuses on crime, law enforcement and local government, often acting as a watchdog. Sometimes affectionately referred to as "The Rag."
== Notable Events == 1999-2005: The newspaper and it's publisher achieved national fame for what has become known as the [[Newspaper Caper]]. The incident has become an important freedom of speech case. 2005: St. Mary's Today won the competitive contract to publish the St. Mary's County Government advertisements. This privilege was long held by the [[Enterprise newspaper]]. The Enterprise serves St. Mary's County and is owned by Southern Maryland Newspapers. That company is owned by Gazette Newspapers Inc. which is a division of the Washington Post Company. County Commissioner President [[Thomas F. McKay]] was not pleased with the decision according to the following Washington Post story: *http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101200074.html
== External Links ==
http://stmarystoday.com/
