How to submit celebrations

The Maryland Independent publishes celebrations from the community free of charge on a spaceavailable basis. Celebrations include birthdays for 80 or more years, anniversaries for 15 or more years, births, engagements, weddings and generations of four or more. Community news may be submitted through www.somdnews.com/site/forms, e-mailed to community@ somdnews.com, or mailed to Community, 4475 Regency Place, Suite 301, White Plains, MD, 20695. Photos may be e-mailed in the jpeg format and must be at least 1 MB in size or larger. For more information, call 240-561-0854.