At the August meeting, the Caroline County Board of Education approved the recommendation of Anna E. Howie as Assistant Principal at Federalsburg Elementary School (FES). Following the interview process, Ms. Howie began serving as the interim assistant principal in July. FES Principal Ms. Brohawn was unable to be at the meeting but earlier shared with […]
Continue ReadingDid you know that on Labor Day, September 5, 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to Maryland’s Eastern Shore where he delivered a nationally broadcast speech from Denton, Caroline County. Newspaper accounts said that were 5000 to 10,000 people in attendance to watch Roosevelt deliver his speech from a podium across the street from the […]
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The Caroline Dorchester County Fair kicked off with a Ribbon Cutting by the Caroline and Dorchester Chambers of Commerce on August 7, 2024. The Fair runs through August 10th. The Fair want us to join them for exciting rides, delicious fair food, live music, and fun for the whole family! Check out the full schedule […]
Continue ReadingFrederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln are the two preeminent self-made men in American history. Lincoln was born dirt-poor and became one of the nation’s greatest presidents. Douglass spent the first twenty years of his life as a slave and became the most famous black man in the Western world. Although these two men did not […]
Continue ReadingThere have been many different reasons that cities and towns have been established. In the case of Ridgely in Caroline County Maryland the town was planned. The town was planned to be a regional trading city as the railroad system was expanding after the Civil War. As a spur off of the Delmarva Railroad that […]
Continue ReadingDenton, Maryland Choptank Community Health System is celebrating National Health Center Week 2024 this August 4-10, 2024 to highlight the essential role Community Health Centers play in improving public health and advancing health equity. Health centers represent the nation’s largest primary care network, serving 31.5 million patients nationwide and powered by a workforce of nearly […]
Continue ReadingThe Caroline County Council of Arts (CCCA) is excited to announce our first annual online community fundraising campaign happening throughout August! 30 Days of Giving is our dedicated drive to boost individual and corporate donations to support the arts in Caroline County. Your donation will make a significant impact on our community, funding a variety of […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD Prepare for fall in the garden! Adkins Arboretum, offering the Chesapeake gardener the best selection of landscape-ready native plants for more than two decades, announces its Fall Native Plant Sale. All proceeds benefit the Arboretum’s rich catalog of education programs that teach about the Delmarva’s native plants and their connection to a healthy […]
Continue ReadingA slim woman lies tucked between the roots of a huge sycamore tree in Judith Peck’s haunting oil painting “Give Me Shelter.” Why she is there is a mystery, but a compelling story slowly unfolds in Peck’s exhibit, Arboreal, on view at Adkins Arboretum’s Visitor’s Center through August 15, 2024. There will be a reception […]
Continue ReadingAdkins Arboretum has been awarded a three-year environmental education grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust in support of its “Eating the Sun” project. The goal of this project is to embed a systemic, Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience in Caroline County Public Schools’ seventh grade life science curriculum. The project will support curricular development, teacher professional […]
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