Potomac Flotilla Searches for St. George Island

The captain of the Maryland Dove scans the horizon for the missing island.

The Maryland Dove and the Captain Sam Bailey joined the search for the island over the weekend along with several dozen other boats.

St. George Island Indian Casino Gains Support from Commissioners Eager to Balance Budget; Island Soon to Separate from Bridge

St. George Island bridge from mainland

PINEY POINT (Special) — In spite of warnings from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the O’Malley Administration has failed to act to secure and safeguard St. George’s Island from drifting away from the mainland at the same time that the local politicians have been conducting secret negotiations with the Mattaponi Indian tribe to use the [...]

Island Shows New Signs of Slippage from Mainland; Indians Set to Turn it Into Casino

St. George's Island Bridge

ST. GEORGE ISLAND, Md. (SPECIAL) — A serious disturbance in the Gregorian Fault which lies underneath the Potomac River and affects an island attached to the mainland of St. Mary’s County only by a bridge is once again showing signs of shifting. Not since 1989 when the island actually broke loose from the mainland, causing [...]

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