Maryland Capital Enterprises Women’s Business Center is hosting their 8th Annual “Aspire to Succeed & Lead” Women’s Business Conference. Keynote speaker, Maisie Dunbar is an award-winning beauty business leader with 30 years of industry experience. Guest Speaker, Jessica Koch has been a National Sales Professional for more than 25 years. She has worked with Fortune 1000 clients like Disney and Verizon.

Kent County High School's student radio station 90.5 WKHS hosted a trio of special guests in the studio earlier this month. Kate Brett, Jared Styles and Bruce Warren drove down from WXPN in Philadelphia Thursday, Feb. 9 to visit the high school and speak with the broadcasting students about their careers in radio.

Choptank Health is building awareness about the importance of pediatric dental health in recognition of February’s designation as National Children’s Dental Health Month and National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month.

 It is going to be a post-Labor Day start for students here in the next school year.  The Kent County Board of Education unanimously approved the 2023-24 school calendar at a meeting Monday, Feb. 13.

Thanks to the generosity of local residents, the courtyard at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown has undergone a much-needed refresh. The courtyard is a secure outdoor space used by patient and team members for meals, relaxation and occasional meetings.

Melissa Kelly of Easton has recently joined the Board of Directors of For All Seasons. Kelly is currently the Eastern Shore External Affairs Manager for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst). Before this, she was the Eastern Shore Regional Director for U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen. She has an extensive background in health care, having served as Operation Coordinator for the Diagnostic & Imaging Center for the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health and Practice Manager for the University of Maryland Community Medical Group, as well as Coordinator of the University of Maryland Clark Comprehensive Breast Center.

It is not widely known that TV’s Columbo first originated as a character in the play “Prescription: Murder,” by William Link & Richard L. Levinson. The play never made it to Broadway - it was first performed at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco on January 2, 1962, and ran on tour for 25 weeks playing to enthusiastic audiences. It tells the story of a brilliant psychiatrist and his mistress who hatch a plot to murder his neurotic, possessive wife. Auditions are scheduled for Saturday, February 18 at 2:00 PM, and Tuesday and Wednesday, February 21 and 22, both in the evening starting at 6:30 PM. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

Kent County Middle School students in a special mentoring program got a behind-the-scenes look at college life late last month. On Jan. 27, students in the middle school's Achieving Academic Equity and Excellence for Black Boys (AAEEBB) program took a field trip to Washington College.

University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton has been recognized for the second time as High Performing in Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for Maternity Care. Among nearly 650 hospitals providing labor and delivery services nationwide, fewer than half received the “high performing” designation; in Maryland, UM Shore Medical Center at Easton was one of only five hospitals so designated.

Maryland has one of the highest rates of "domestic" human trafficking in the nation. In Maryland, human trafficking affects all parts of the State. Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. According to the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services, three major airports, inexpensive bus transportation, train service along the east coast, large sporting events, and disposable income makes Maryland an attractive destination for traffickers. Over the last three years, there have been sex trafficking arrests across the Eastern Shore including in Easton, Cambridge, Federalsburg, Denton, and Salisbury. Again this year, For All Seasons is raising public awareness of this global issue, as well as sharing its impact locally, during the month of January which is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month.