Each May, University of Maryland Shore Regional Health recognizes excellence in nursing at a formal awards ceremony held at the Todd Performing Arts at Chesapeake College. This year, due to COVID-19, the six awards were presented via an online event celebrating the 32 nominees for the individual awards, three nominees for the unit awards, and the six winners.

Yard signs expressing thanks to local Frontline workers in the COVID-19 crisis are available through an initiative created by the Downtown Chestertown Association and Main Street Historic Chestertown to benefit the Chester River Health Foundation.

The Kent County Small Business COVID-19 Emergency Grant Fund offers working capital to assist Kent County for-profit, small businesses with disrupted operations due to COVID-19. Grant assistance is intended to provide interim relief complementing arrangements with the business’ bank, business interruption insurance, financial institutions, federal and state partners.

Advanced medical tents will replace the triage tents that had been installed earlier this month at UM Shore Medical Centers at Chestertown, Dorchester, and Easton, hospital officials announced.

Distance Learning officially began on Wednesday, March 18. In advance of the launch, the administrative team prepared notebooks, materials and textbooks for each student to “grab and go” from the front porch of the school. Jenny Cernak, Assistant Head of School for Academics said, “Our remote teaching toolbox includes things we were already using, such as the Seesaw App, YouTube, and other Apps associated with our curriculum.

Despite recent challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak, Mid-Shore Pro Bono (MSPB) continues to provide access to civil justice to low-income residents of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.