News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
ST. MICHAELS, MD: Dozens of education professionals met critters living in CBMM’s oyster cages in the Miles River, grooved to live music, and enjoyed some sweet treats at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s first Education Professionals Gratitude Day. Teachers, paraprofessionals, school and district administrators, and support staff were invited to spend a day by the […]
Continue ReadingEach year the Working Artists Forum (WAF), under the auspices of the annual Plein Air Easton (PAE) Competition and Arts Festival, sponsors the well-known annual art exhibit and sale Local Color during Plein Air Easton. This year’s dates for this beautiful, well-attended show are July 20 through July 23, 2023, when participating artists will be […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: University of Maryland Shore Medical Group – Women’s Health recently welcomed Janyne E. Althaus, MD, a University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) perinatologist who specializes in managing high-risk pregnancies, and Abbie L. Fields, MD, a leading gynecologic oncologist with UM SOM. Dr. Althaus and Dr. Fields are seeing patients at the Easton-based […]
Continue ReadingST. MICHAELS, MD In celebration of Independence Day, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will host Big Band Night on July 1, 2023 inviting guests to bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets for an evening of music, dancing, and fireworks along the Miles River. The Shades of Blue Orchestra brings its signature sound starting at 7pm, […]
Continue ReadingST. MICHAELS, MD: With a collective push, a group of middle school students from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Rising Tide after-school program trundled the St. Michaels sailing scow they’ve spent the spring constructing onto the water for the first time on Monday evening. The 12-foot wooden boat, dubbed Pickle by a consensus vote of […]
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EASTON, MD: Shannon Hart, RN, clinical nurse coordinator on the 2 East Multispecialty Unit at University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, has been named SRH’s Nurse of the Year. Hart was chosen by the SRH Nurse Excellence Awards Committee from over 30 nominations. The annual award recognizes nursing excellence achieved through leadership, professionalism, commitment to […]
Continue ReadingEASTON, MD: University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton, a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), has received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade in The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2023 reporting period. This marks the sixth consecutive period that the hospital has received an ‘A’. Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade is a […]
Continue ReadingST. MICHAELS, MD: The St. Michaels Community Center’s Concerts in the Park Series is returning to the waterfront Muskrat Park on Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. beginning June 8 and continuing through Aug. 31, 2023. The sounds of summer begin with Rosewood performing on June 8. The Eastern Shore-based band features the dynamic and […]
Continue ReadingTalbot County business leaders gathered on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in the Tidewater Inn’s Gold Ballroom for the 16th Talbot County Business Appreciation Breakfast and presentation of the 2023 Community Impact Awards. Winners included Channel Marker, Inc. Residential Crisis Services, Chesapeake Landing Seafood Restaurant, Choptank Community Health System, Ferry Cove Oyster Hatchery, and McDaniel resident […]
Continue ReadingST. MICHAELS, MD: The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s upcoming Oyster Gardening Workshop will provide participants with all the information and materials needed to grow oysters off their own dock. The program, consisting of an informational class and cage-building workshop, will be held next Saturday, May 13, 2023 from 9am-noon in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium. The […]
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