Chesapeake Country Archives

University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown’s Shore Community Outreach Team Wins Statewide Rural Health Award

November 27, 2024Across Our Desk

CHESTERTOWN, MD The University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown’s Shore Community Outreach Team (SCOT) is being honored by the Maryland Rural Health Association (MRHA) as recipients of its 2024 Outstanding Rural Health Program Award. SCOT team members Emily Welsh, MSN, RN, Nurse Coordinator, Social Worker Michelle Matthews, LCSW, and community health advocates Serenity […]

Maryland’s ‘Gift of Trees’ Available for 2024 Holiday Season

November 27, 2024Across Our Desk

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is offering holiday shoppers a different type of gift this year–one that can be in honor of a loved one, to benefit future generations, and improve the environment. The Gift of Trees is a program where Marylanders purchase native trees — either a single tree or a grove of […]

Celebrate Winter on the Chesapeake at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on December 14, 2024

November 27, 2024Across Our Desk

ST. MICHAELS, Md The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is excited to welcome our local community and friends from across the region and beyond to experience Winter on the Chesapeake on our waterfront campus on Saturday, December 14, 2024 starting at noon. Held in conjunction with Christmas in St. Michaels, this festive celebration will feature live […]

’tis the Season for Small Business

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024Across Our Desk

While the corporate world wants us to go out and shop on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, everyone should be going to their local Small Business every day. The Eclectic Gift Shop, which in part is the Galley/Studio for local photographer SG (Steve) Atkinson, has decided that the Thanksgiving Weekend should be a time […]

Christmas in St. Michaels Brings Holiday Magic December 13-15, 2024

November 25, 2024Across Our Desk

ST. MICHAELS, MD Celebrate the season with the 38th annual Christmas in St. Michaels, a cherished holiday tradition in the heart of this historic waterfront town. From December 13- 15, 2024 enjoy a weekend packed with festive activities, including parades, shopping, music, and the highly anticipated Tour of Homes. The weekend features beloved events like […]

Talbot County’s Plein Air Festival Honored with Maryland Tourism Award

November 21, 2024Across Our Desk

The Avalon Foundation, in collaboration with the Talbot County Department of Economic Development and Tourism, has been awarded the Transactional Opportunities Award at the 2024 Maryland Tourism Awards. This recognition, presented during the 43rd Annual Maryland Tourism & Travel Summit in Harford County acknowledges the significant impact of the Plein Air Easton Competition and Arts […]

Compass Festival of Trees 2024

November 21, 2024Across Our Desk

Join Compass for the opening night of Festival of Trees ion Friday, December 6, 2024 from 6-9pm at the Towers Family Historical Museum in Denton, MD. $60 per person with advance ticket purchase Proceeds benefit hospice care services for Caroline, Kent and Queen Anne’s County.

Maryland Lifts Statewide Ban on Outdoor Burning

November 21, 2024Across Our Desk

Following a review of weather and ground conditions, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has rescinded a statewide ban on open-air burning that was implemented to prevent the spread of wildfires across the state. Extremely dry conditions that had persisted throughout the year led to an above average number of wildfires statewide in October, leading […]

Chesapeake Bay dead zone “near-average” in 2024

November 20, 2024Across Our Desk

Low-oxygen conditions reached an early peak this summer Annapolis, MD—Today, Chesapeake Bay Program partners announced that the Bay’s “dead zone” in 2024 was near the long-time average taken from 1985 to 2023. Dead zone conditions began forming from late April to early May, reaching a peak sometime in June to July and ending in October. […]

Major Funding Award Highlights Collaborative Efforts to Protect Eastern Shore Waterways

November 20, 2024Across Our Desk

EASTON, MD Rivers is proud to announce that it has received the largest award in the organization’s history —more than $9 million in grant funding for six high-impact restoration projects across the Eastern Shore — through the State of Maryland’s Clean Water Commerce Account Program, administered by the Maryland Department of the Environment. Each of […]