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University of Maryland Extension will hire ‘Creating Leadership and Professional Development Through Extension Internships

January 18, 2023January 17, 2023Across Our Desk

This Spring, the University of Maryland Extension will hire the second Cohort for ‘Creating Leadership and Professional Development Through Extension Internships,’ Summer 2023. The University of Maryland Extension received a grant on April 15th, 2021. The grant was endowed by the United States Department of Agriculture and sponsored by the National Institute of Food and […]

Art, Science and Sturgeon at Choptank Elementary School

January 14, 2023Across Our Desk

Did you know there’s an enormous, ancient, endangered fish swimming throughout the Chesapeake Bay? If not, the third- and fourth-grade students at Choptank Elementary School in Cambridge have a lot to tell you! Over the winter, students gathered with school staff and community partners to install a mural celebrating this fish—the Atlantic sturgeon—as the culmination […]

Justin Nash Wins $65,000 Sophie Kerr Prize

May 22, 2021Across Our Desk

Justin Thomas Nash, a 22-year-old from Smyrna, Delaware, has won the 2021 Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary prize in the nation. He was among six finalists considered for the prize, worth $65,580 this year. Named after an Eastern Shore author who made her fortune in New York writing women’s fiction during the 1930s […]

“Sky Lanterns” are Prohibited in Maryland

June 25, 2020Across Our Desk

State Fire Marshal Geraci would like to remind Maryland residents and visitors that using aerial luminaries, commonly referred to as “Sky Lanterns,” is prohibited throughout the State. The Office of the State Fire Marshal regularly receives requests from the public concerning these devices, typically constructed with oiled rice paper on bamboo frames, which are released […]

The Chestertown Rotary Club Presents Its Annual Soup & Sip to Benefit KCPS Technology Programs

September 19, 2019September 18, 2019Across Our Desk

Chestertown, Maryland – The Chestertown Rotary Club is hosting its third annual “Soup & Sip” event at The Kitchen at The Imperial at 208 High Street in Chestertown, October 26th 2019 from Noon to 3:00pm. This popular fundraising event, now being held for the second year to benefit the Kent County Maker’s Space Technology Program, […]

Delmarva Forestry Seminar is Returning

September 11, 2019Across Our Desk

The Delmarva Forestry Seminar, hosted by multiple agencies including the University of Maryland Extension, Maryland Forest Service, Delaware Forest Service, Virginia Division of Forestry, The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, will return this year after several years on hiatus. The seminar will be held on Saturday, September 21, 2019 […]

Healthy Animals, Healthy YOUth

August 6, 2019Across Our Desk

COLLEGE PARK, MD – A University of Maryland Extension (UME) education project for youth in agriculture is helping students understand zoonosis — the transference of diseases between animals and humans. Led by Chris Anderson, senior agent and 4-H youth development specialist at UME, the “Healthy Animals, Healthy YOUth” Zoonoses Education Project for Youth in Agriculture […]

Easton Middle School Musicians Benefit from Artist-in-Residence Program Returning

July 8, 2019Across Our Desk

This past school year, band students from Easton Middle School (EMS) enjoyed having the University of Maryland’s Mid-Atlantic Brass visit them as part of the Talbot County Art’s Council’s ongoing Artist-in-Residence Program. The brass quintet made four visits to EMS, providing master classes with EMS band students. This year students in four sixth-grade band classes […]

Wye River Upper School Students Create and Install Mural at the Mainstay in Rock Hall

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019Steve Atkinson

At the beginning of 2019 Main Street Rock Hall had a “Call for Artists” to re-envision, re-design and recreate three deteriorating murals in downtown Rock Hall while eliciting input and participation from both local school children and community members. Students from the Public Art class at Wye River Upper School along with Art Teacher Katie […]

Church Hill Theatre’s Green Room Gang Theatre Camp Selects Summer Shows

May 19, 2019May 18, 2019Across Our Desk

The instructors of Church Hill Theatre’s annual Green Room Gang summer camp have chosen the shows for the 2019 Green Room Gang summer camp. GRG Jr will present Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS and GRG Senior will perform Disney’s Alice in Wonderland JR Registration for Church Hill Theatre’s 21st consecutive year of the […]

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