Elementary school students here got to enjoy a day on the farm — actually a couple of farms — in early June.

University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown has welcomed Michelle Matthews, MSW, LSCW-C, to the Mobile Wellness Team.

Kent School was delighted to host PBS’s A Taste of History Chef Walter Staib and Kent County High School’s Culinary Arts Director, John Keller, at Mowbray Chapel for an evening benefiting Kent School’s Osprey Fund on Thursday, June 16. The event was the culmination of donations sold at Kent School’s spring auction held in April. The donors who partnered to make the special event happen were Chef Walter Staib, Patricia Kirby, proprietor of Mowbray Chapel which is a new event venue in Chestertown and Neyah White, proprietor of The Retriever Restaurant and Decoy Bottle Shop.

Comedy and laughter is the theme for this year’s edition of the Garfield Center’s annual Short Attention Span Theatre. Presenting a diverse set of short plays ranging from the outrageous to the hilarious, this year’s SAST received over 350 script submissions from playwrights across the country and internationally. SAST opens for live performances starting June 24th.

UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown is now recognized by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a Healthy People 2030 Champion.

After a 3-year hiatus, Benedictine staff, families, board and community members and the developmentally disabled and autistic children and adults that Benedictine serves, held its spring gala weekend. Held at the Tidewater Inn in Easton, this event allows for a celebration of the organization’s accomplishments of the past year and to also raise funds to support the needs of Benedictine and those they serve.

For the first time since 2019, the Kent School community gathered in the M. V. “Mike” Williams Gymnasium to celebrate a graduating class. The sixteen members of the Class of 2022 were happy to be the class to resume this time-honored Kent School tradition on June 8, 2022. The class was recognized for their embodiment of academic, artistic, athletic and moral excellence.

Kent Attainable Housing, Inc. (KAH), Kent County’s affordable housing program helping limited-income working families become homeowners, has received an allocation of $30,000 in State tax credits to help fund the construction of a new home on Prospect Street in downtown Chestertown. KAH is one of two Kent county non-profits that Gov. Hogan recently announced as tax credit recipients for FY2022-2023. We’re proud to share this honor with Shore Medical Center in Chestertown (SMCC), who received an allocation to help fund a new hematology analyzer. Whether the investment is in affordable housing or healthcare excellence, Kent County benefits.

Main Street Historic Chestertown (MSHC) has been awarded an allocation of Maryland state tax credits to support its 2022 fundraising efforts. The Community Investment Tax Credits (CITC) are awarded by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development through a highly competitive application process. The CITC program provides a tax credit to donors equal to 50% of any donation of $500 or greater.

Brooks Bradbury, General Manager of Great Oak Manor, has announced the hiring of Executive Chef Winston Guerrero. Chef Winston will be responsible for the new direction of all Great Oak Manor culinary operations. “We are delighted to welcome Chef Winston Guerrero to Great Oak Manor. His expertise will help us achieve our goal of offering a premium dining experience while providing all meals for our guests beyond our current breakfast-only service and to achieve our vision of hospitality excellence.”