Figg’s Ordinary, LLC has announced that it has launched an investment campaign with Honeycomb Credit to support the development of Ingrid’s Crackers, a line of packaged crackers to be distributed commercially at the wholesale and retail level. Figg’s partnered in 2022 with Union Kitchen, a Washington, D.C.-based food business accelerator, to grow its line of crackers and scale up its production to take the business to the next level of operation.

Registration opens next month for Kent County Public Schools' pre-kindergarten and kindergarten programs. The school system offers full-day pre-K at all three of elementary schools. Pre-K is open to students who will be 4 years old on or before Sept. 1. To register for the 2023-24 school year, contact your child’s home school to schedule an appointment.

For All Seasons has been offering neurofeedback, a type of biofeedback that utilizes a person’s brain activity (EEG) as a tool for therapeutic intervention, for quite some time. Now, the agency has three clinicians in its Easton, Denton, and Chestertown offices who are trained to provide the treatment which can reduce the effects of many emotional and physical conditions without medication for people across the lifespan. The treatment is done in conjunction with psychotherapy to reduce compulsive behaviors and/or improve self-regulation.

A counselor at Kent County High School was honored this month at a Board of Education meeting for her dedication to students. Jessica Bennett was presented with the Golden Anchor Award at the Monday, March 13 board meeting. The award is given each month to staff members or groups of employees who exemplify the mission and core values of Kent County Public Schools.

ShoreRivers is pleased to announce the return of its highly anticipated State of the Rivers events—a series of free presentations held each spring to inform the public about the current state of our Eastern Shore waterways and what we can all do to protect and restore them.

Kent County High School is once again playing host to the Soup-er Bowl. Organized by the high school's chapter of the National Arts Honor, this Empty Bowls project helping families in need will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23.

The Garfield Center for the Arts opens their second production of the 2023 season with Richard Levinson and William Link’s mystery “Prescription: Murder.” The production runs weekends from April 14 through April 30, with 8:00 PM performances on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 PM performances on Sundays.

Everybody needs a coach, someone to help them take their game to the next level. Kent County Public Schools is taking that concept from the sports field to the classroom, giving students the boost they need. Kent County Public Schools was able to harness grant funding to create a new program for the 2022-23 school year, hiring students support coaches — or SSCs — for every building.

Willow Construction of Easton, Maryland, was recognized in the Associated Builders and Contractors’ fifth annual Top Performers publication as one ABC’s Top 250 Performers and Top General Contractors nationwide. ABC’s Top Performers lists—the only rankings of their kind—recognize member contractors’ achievements in safety, quality, inclusion, diversity, equity, project excellence and special designations, ranked by work hours.

Kent County Public Schools celebrated Engineering Week Feb. 20-24, with one highlight being a field trip for middle schoolers. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, a cohort of Kent County Middle School eighth graders visited the high school. The nearly 45 students on the trip are in the middle school's Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Program. Three sessions were organized for the students. Two of the sessions featured special guests: engineers from Dixon Valve.