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ShoreRivers Receives Funding for River-Friendly Yards Programing

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024Across Our Desk

ShoreRivers is thrilled to announce that it has received a three-year grant from the Robert F. Schumann Foundation to support its River-Friendly Yards program. ShoreRivers’ River-Friendly Yards program combines community education with hands-on, roots-in-the-ground restoration planting projects. With this generous funding, ShoreRivers will be able to activate more planting projects with more communities, and provide […]

The Chestertown Rotary Club Presents its Annual Soup & Sip to Benefit Kent County Public Schools, “One School, One Book” program at Galena Elementary School

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024Across Our Desk

Chestertown, Maryland The Chestertown Rotary Club is hosting its seventh annual “Soup & Sip” event at the Chester River Yacht and County Club, 7738 Quaker Neck Road, in Chestertown, October 26, 2024 from Noon to 3:00 pm. This popular fundraising event will benefit the “One School, One Book Program for Galena Elementary School. It features […]

Emergency Team Members at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown Honored as “EveryDay Heroes”

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD Steven Lucas, MD, and Agnes Galiano, RN, team members of University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown’s Emergency Department, were recently honored as “EveryDay Heroes.” The award was presented by a local realtor, Cindy Genther, of Rock Hall, Md, who nominated them through a contribution to the University of Maryland Chester River […]

Illustrator/author duo Robbi Behr, left, and Matthew Swanson and their children prepare to board their tiny-home school bus in front of H.H. Garnet Elementary School two years ago as they launch the Busload of Books tour

Busload of Books to visit Kent County’s Garnet Elementary School

September 25, 2024Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN Children’s author/illustrator team Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are bringing the second phase of their national literacy access and awareness initiative Busload of Books to H.H. Garnet Elementary School, the first step of an ongoing partnership with Kent County Public Schools in which the duo will visit each of the district’s three elementary schools […]

MassoniArt Presents “On Beauty”

September 24, 2024Across Our Desk

MassoniArt is proud to announce its latest exhibition, “On Beauty,” a compelling showcase of diverse works from celebrated regional and national artists. The exhibition opened on Friday, September 14, 2024, and continues until October 12. Visit MassoniArt on October 4 First Friday and meet some of the featured artists. “On Beauty” explores the concept of […]

Help Guide the Future of Kent County Public Library

September 21, 2024Across Our Desk

Apply to Join the Board of Trustees Are you enthusiastic about Kent County Public Library’s continued ability to create and sustain innovative and responsive services for the community? Are you able to commit to volunteering your time and energy to support the future of the library? If so, please consider becoming a Trustee! The Board […]

Funds Raised for by the 2024 Pink Polar Bear Golf Tourney to Benefit University of Maryland Shore Medical Center’s Leh Women’s Center Top Previous Years’ Proceeds

September 11, 2024Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD The 14th annual Pink Polar Bear Golf Tournament raised $15,550 – the largest amount in the tournament’s history – to fund the purchase of equipment that will allow state-of-the-art breast MRIs to be performed in the Eleanor and Ethel Leh Women’s Center at University of Maryland (UM) Shore Medical Center at Chestertown. Held […]

Kent County Middle School teacher Kaitlyn Wright named state finalist for Teacher of the Year

September 10, 2024Across Our Desk

BALTIMORE Kent County Middle School teacher Kaitlyn Wright is among seven finalists announced for the Maryland Teacher of the Year. Wright, who teaches English and leads the drama program at Kent County Middle School, was named Kent County Public Schools Teacher of the Year last spring. In that time, she and a cohort of Teachers […]

Alden Swanson, student member of the Kent County Board of Education, is sworn in by President Joseph Goetz during a meeting held Monday, Aug. 12. Also seen are Vice President Francoise Sullivan and board member Frank Rhodes.

Swanson takes seat on Kent County Board of Education

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024Across Our Desk

ROCK HALL, MD The newest — and youngest — member of the Kent County Board of Education officially took her seat at the meeting table earlier this month. Alden Swanson is a rising junior at Kent County High School and this year’s student member of the Board of Education. While her one-year term began in […]

Chester River Chorale singers entertain audiences in Austria and Germany

August 28, 2024Across Our Desk

On July 2, 2024, 42 members of the Chester River Chorale and their support contingent departed the US, bound for Europe to take part in the Cantus MM Music and Culture Festival Salzburg. The Festival is a yearly event where music and dance ensembles from around the world gather in Salzburg, Austria, to share their […]