Kent County Public Schools’ food service staff was honored with this month's Golden Anchor Award for the team’s hard work and dedication.

UM Shore Regional Health recently was notified that UM Shore Medical Center at Easton’s Primary Stroke Center received the 2024 Get With The Guidelines®- Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Award and Rural Stroke Award, which are quality achievement awards presented by the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA). UM SRH’s Primary Stroke Center also is included in the AHA/ASA’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. This is the ninth consecutive year that UM SRH’s Primary Stroke Center has received the Stroke Gold Plus award. This is the first year that the AHA/ASA has awarded the Rural Stroke Award to hospitals.

The YMCA of the Chesapeake is pleased to announce the return of its annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28. The 2024 event will be hosted virtually and in person at seven locations across the Eastern Shore. 

Kent County Public Library is proud to be participating in the 10th Maryland STEM Festival  with a variety of events for all ages! For more details about these and other upcoming library events or to register for programs,  please visit kentcountylibrary.org or call 410.778.3636. 

On Saturday, October 12th, volunteers, friends and homeowners of Rebuilding Together Kent County (RTKC) came together for a “Family Fun Day” on a beautiful autumn afternoon at Piney Grove Farm. Food, drinks, live music and amazing interactions were a wonderful way to celebrate 20 years of the organization helping more homeowners in Kent County live in safe and healthy homes!

Barely more than a month after the September opening of school, the Kent School Board of Trustees is turning its attention to completing the $2.3 million Together We Soar campaign. And the response has been electrifying.  

The Maryland Capital Enterprises (MCE) Women’s  Business Center is excited to announce three upcoming no-cost webinars in November, offering  valuable insights for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. 

Kent County is recognized for its outdoor spaces: the open farmland, nature preserves like the park at Turner’s Creek and the scenic, thriving waterways leading to the Chesapeake Bay.

For All Seasons recently hosted two Human Trafficking roundtable discussions for professionals in child advocacy, law enforcement, and social services in the Mid-Shore region.  One session took place at the new Talbot County Health Department in Easton for participants from Talbot, Caroline, and Dorchester counties. The second was held at Queen Anne’s County Library for participants in Queen Anne’s and Kent counties.

Choptank Community Health System’s dental practice recently welcomed Andrés Álvarez-Deal, DMD, and Megan Patterson Poteat, DDS to its Cambridge Dental Center and David Martin, DDS to its Federalsburg Dental Center.