The Kent County Arts Council has brought to Chestertown Heroin and Healing: An Exhibition Project. The exhibition is curated by Peter Brunn, New Day Campaign One of the pieces of art is a self portrait of his Daughter, Elisif, who died of an heroin overdose 20 days after completing it. Next to it is a […]
Continue ReadingEarly March is that time of the year — after the holidays but before spring — when many people decide they need to take off a few pounds. But it’s a struggle and most become frustrated and give up. In observance of March as National Nutrition Month, Mary King, RD, LD, CDE, of Nutrition Services […]
Continue ReadingA distinguished panel of women from journalism, academia, politics, and public policy are headlining on March 22, 2013 what is sure to be a compelling and timely panel on the dynamic and evolving role of women in the political arena in general and in the 2018 elections in particular. The Louis L. Goldstein Program in […]
Continue ReadingKent School is among the nation’s first schools and the only Preschool through Grade 8 school in Maryland to join a new national campaign to mobilize middle and high schools to prepare young people to be constructive community members and citizens who create a better world. Led by Harvard’s Making Caring Common project, the Caring […]
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Haven Ministries Resource Center at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 301 S. Liberty Street in Centreville, MD, was established to offer a place of referral and case management services to residents of Queen Anne’s County who need information on financial counseling, job training, and wellness, as well as limited pastoral counseling and enrichment classes. The […]
Continue ReadingFlynn Bowman, and eighth grade student at Kent School, has been notified by theNational Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2018 Maryland National Geographic State Bee. The contest will be held at Maryland Public Television Studios in Owings Mills on Friday, April 6, 2018. Kent School’s school […]
Continue ReadingWashington College’s first director of sustainability, Greg Farley, didn’t start his career as what he calls the “we-need-to-recycle-that-please-turn-off-your-lights guy.” But, it wasn’t a long stretch from his work as a biology teacher at Chesapeake College. The science, he says, “demands that you do something.” So Farley has been doing something—helping Chesapeake College become a regional […]
Continue ReadingUniversity of Maryland Shore Regional Health CEO Ken Kozel has announced that Kathy Elliott, RN, MSN, REA- BC, Director of Nursing at Shore Medical Center in Chestertown, has been appointed to serve as Interim Executive Director of UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, following the resignation of Scott Burleson, effective Monday, February 26, 2018. Elliott, […]
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The Garfield Center for the Arts will be pulling out the popcorn on Friday, March 9th 2018 for a FREE screening of the film, Charade at 7pm. This will be the third in a series of films to be shown at the theatre in 2018. Since the September installation of the Garfield’s new projector screen, […]
Continue ReadingWashington College’s Center for Environment & Society continues its new Edible Education series with a public lecture, In Pursuit of a Better Food System: Lessons from the Berea College Farm, by Sean Clark on Wednesday, March 7 at 4:30 p.m. This event, in Hynson Lounge, is free and open to the public. Sean Clark is […]
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