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Choptank Health marks 25 years of school-based health during National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month

February 26, 2024Across Our Desk

Denton, MD: Choptank Community Health System is celebrating 25 years of providing school-based health services to Mid-Shore students. The milestone is being recognized in February as part of the National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month. Choptank Health is celebrating its successes and raising awareness about how school-based health centers improve access to healthcare services for […]

Worcester Health Says Take control of your health this spring with Their Healthy Lifestyle Balance Program

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024Across Our Desk

Snow Hill, MD- Take control of your health this spring with the newest session of Worcester Health’s Healthy Lifestyle Balance Program. This program is proven to prevent or delay the onset of Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, and other chronic diseases. Healthy Lifestyle Balance is a free class that will help you […]

Delaware to Offer Webinar on Living Shoreline Cost Share Program for Home and Property Owners

February 23, 2024Across Our Desk

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will host a free webinar Wednesday, February 28, 2024 to introduce property owners to DNREC’s Living Shoreline Cost Share Program, which provides funding that can help Delawareans in selected watersheds install living shorelines using natural materials. The hour-long webinar begins at 10 a.m. and registration can […]

Ocean City Is Not For Sale

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024Across Our Desk

Ocean City, MD: Recently, US Wind, the company planning to build 940 tall wind turbines as close as 10.9 miles off the coast of Ocean City, has engaged in discussions with our neighboring Delaware Resort Communities offering them Community Benefit Packages. The packages offer payments up to 2M dollars to be dispersed to these communities […]

Kent County High School Students Present ‘Fame’

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024Across Our Desk

WORTON, MD Performing arts students at Kent County High School are set to take the stage as performing arts students at a New York City high school in their upcoming show “Fame.” The curtain goes up on the Kent County High School production at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2 and at […]

Town of Ocean City Hosts Annual Job Fair

February 20, 2024Across Our Desk

Ocean City, MD: If you have dreamed of working at the beach, here is your chance! The Town of Ocean City is hosting a job fair on Saturday, March 9, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center. The job fair will provide you with access to supervisors seeking […]

Kent County Public Schools Using Science and Reading to Build Strong Literacy Foundations

February 20, 2024Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD: More and more school systems are adopting an approach already entrenched in Kent County Public Schools to build strong literacy foundations in students. In January, the Maryland State Board of Education issued a resolution calling for a comprehensive literacy policy aligned with the Science of Reading. The Science of Reading applies a body […]

Maryland Park Service Graduates 21 New State Park Rangers

February 17, 2024February 17, 2024Across Our Desk

The Maryland Park Service graduated 21 new State Park Rangers following four weeks of training. The rangers were honored in a ceremony at Elk Neck State Park and NorthBay Adventure Camp. “As I have visited our public lands across the state, I have been impressed by the preparedness and dedication of Maryland State Park Rangers,” […]

Maryland State Police Asking For Public’s Assistance In Fatal Shooting Investigation In Wicomico County

February 17, 2024Across Our Desk

SALISBURY, MD: Maryland State Police are asking the public assistance in the investigation of a fatal shooting that occurred Friday in Wicomico County. At about 8:10 p.m, Maryland State Police responded to the 900 block of North Division Street in Salisbury, Maryland for a report of a shooting. According to a preliminary investigation, the victim, […]

Queen Anne’s Chorale Presents the Choral Classics

February 16, 2024Across Our Desk

-Accompanied by String Quintet The days are definitely getting longer, and the chance of snow is getting less. It must be SPRING in DelMarVa. Queen Anne’s Chorale, accompanied by a string quintet, presents a program of choral masterworks with selections by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn and more! Centreville Methodist Church will once […]