Benedictine celebrated the winner and all the nominees of the distinguished Sister Jeannette award during its annual Staff Appreciation Celebration. The award was established in 2012 by the Benedictine Board of Directors in honor of Sister Jeannette, who served as Benedictine’s leader for over 30 years. The annual award recognizes an employee who exemplifies Benedictine’s values of dignity, integrity, collaboration and excellence. 

Kent County Public Schools staff and supporters spent the evening Thursday, May 9 highlighting the indelible mark soon-to-be-retired Superintendent Dr. Karen Couch has left on the community. More than 100 people gathered in the ballroom of Chester River Yacht and Country Club to celebrate Dr. Couch's career with a dinner that also served as a fundraiser for the Kent County Public Schools Education Foundation Fund.  

Described as an integral part of Kent County Public Schools' special education team, teacher Cheryl Fracassi was honored Monday, May 6 with the Golden Anchor Award. The Golden Anchor is presented by the Kent County Board of Education each month to staff members or groups of school employees who exemplify the system's mission and core values.

As the bonds we share with our beloved pets are unbreakable, so too are the memories we cherish of them. On Saturday, June 15th, at 11:00am, the community is invited to gather at the Millstream Park pavilion in Centreville, MD for a heartfelt Pet Remembrance Service, rain or shine. 

The Kent County Board of Education this month named a new slate of members to the Citizen Advisory Committee.  The committee meets publicly at least four times a year about specific issues impacting educational policy, activities and programs.

Benedictine staff, board members, legislative and government representatives gathered to celebrate a new loop road on the Ridgely campus with a ribbon-cutting, followed by a groundbreaking for the construction of three new student residential wings.

Darius Johnson will be this year's speaker at Kent County High School's graduation ceremony. Johnson is a KCHS alum, having graduated in 2011. He received the coveted Vincent Hynson Scholarship to attend Washington College and graduated in 2015 with a bachelor's in Business Management.

Building on its clean reputation, Mid-Atlantic Facility  Services, LLC agrees to terms with Kent County Health Department for weekly Cleaning  Services.  Mid-Atlantic Facility Services continues to grow our Eastern Shore presence and is proud to be  able to offer our professional janitorial services to an important local government building in Chestertown.  

Three frontrunners have emerged in the Kent County Board of Education's search for the next superintendent of schools. The search process launched in January when Dr. Karen Couch, the current superintendent, announced her plans to retire at the end of the current school year. The board hired the Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) to lead the search for Dr. Couch's replacement. With initial interview rounds complete, the board has announced that the three finalists are: Dr. Mary Boswell-McComas, Dr. LeTrecia Gloster and Dr. Dawn Lucarelli.

UM Shore Regional Health (UM SRH), a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System, has earned re-designation as a Magnet® organization from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program® distinguishes health care organizations that meet rigorous standards for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. The coveted recognition is the highest national honor for professional nursing practice and requires re-designation every four years.