Somd.com Celebrates 10 Years of Serving Southern MD

On April 1, 1996, Southern Maryland Online went live with a few pages and a dream. We were very excited to get our first hit report, showing that 200 visitors had found us. Today, we serve up over six million pages to over 100,000 Southern Marylanders! We'd like to extend special thanks to our original sponsors, who believed in us back in 1996 (when the whole concept of the Internet was brand new) and have continued to help us grow over the years:

• Willows Restaurant and Tavern (April 1996)
• Burch Oil Company (April 1996)
• Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A. (April 1996)
• Long & Foster Realtors -Lex Park/California (May 1996)
• Besche Oil Company (June 1996)
• Bell Motor Company, Inc. (August 1996)
• Town of Leonardtown (August 1996)
• CENTURY 21 New Millenium (August 1996)
• Lighthouse Inn (September 1996)
• RE/MAX Top Professionals (November 1996)
• Eagan McAllister Associates, Inc. (December 1996)
• Barley & Christie DDS, PA (December 1996)

Southern Maryland Online is brought to you by David Noss and Dee Jay Gude and enjoys the distinction of being the most comprehensive and well-known guide for Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's counties.

In our 10 years of service, we've welcomed visitors from all over the world - including folks who are relocating from as far away as Thailand and also those who have lived in southern Maryland their whole lives.  Over the years, we've helped thousands of people find new jobs, new homes and new friends. We've celebrated the births of their children, mourned with them when they've lost a loved one and helped them reconnect with long-lost pals. Every week we receive emails from readers whose lives we've touched, and who have touched our lives in return.

Thank you to all of our visitors, who make every day a pleasure to come to work. And special thanks to our sponsors, without whom there would be no Southern Maryland Online.  It's been a wonderful 10 years, and we look forward to 10 more!