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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]]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:
