Check out these photos from last week's issue of the Kent County News.
The supplies at a COVID-19 vaccination station include syringes, alcohol wipes and literature about what to expect after you have been vaccinated.
The Rock Hall firehouse was the site of the first of the Kent County Health Department’s traveling COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Health Officer William Webb said 180 people were vaccinated there Monday, Jan. 25.
Students at a local daycare work on crafts in real time with Sultana Education Foundation staff members, and complete writing and art activity worksheets sent out in the Toddler Time materials packet.
Washington College’s mascot Gus the Goose holds the door for students who are returning to their dorms for the first time since last March, when the campus was shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Comptroller Peter Franchot gives the thumbs up as he gets a COVID-19 vaccine in Annapolis. Gov. Larry Hogan has announced plans to open mass vaccination sites throughout the state.
CHESTERTOWN — Al Hammer, right, is recognized by the Kent County Commissioners during a meeting Tuesday for 44 year career as a public servant with 23 of those years spent working in the county’s Public Works Department, Roads Division. After retiring from the U.S. Coast Guard, Hammer was hired as a motor Equipment Operator in October 1997. He was promoted to the roads supervisor position in 2014. Hammer worked through storms including hurricanes Floyd and Isabel as well as several “snowmageddons” and ice storms. With Hammer are from left, commissioners Bob Jacob, Ron Fithian and Tom Mason, president.
Kent County High School students will be returning to the classroom Monday, Feb. 1. For freshman, it will be their first time attending classes in the building as high schoolers were distance learning for the entire first semester.
Scientists conduct a seine net survey along the Chesapeake Bay during the summer. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation gave the Bay a D+ on its 2020 report card.
Volunteers collect seeds to plant additional submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) beds throughout the Eastern Shore. A ShoreRivers program would see 24 acres of SAV restored.
In 2019, RMC executive director Charlotte L. Davis earned the Partners for Rural America (PRA) Ron Shaffer Award. From left, are Jerry Townsend, co-chairman of the PRA Nominating Committee; PRA Chairwoman Jessica AcMoody and Davis, PRA chair emeritus. The award acknowledges individuals who excel at national or state rural development councils.
Horizons of Kent and Queen Anne’s has launched its first-ever school year program to help students and accommodate the needs of families during the pandemic.
In this photo courtesy of the executive Office of the Governor, Gov. Larry Hogan is seen at a news conference held Thursday, Jan. 21, during which he called for schools to re-open by March. Joining Hogan are Acting Deputy Secretary for Public Health Dr. Jinlene Chan and State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon.
This is a patient room in the newly renovated Barnette Center, the Compass facility located in Centreville.
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., meets with the Eastern Shore’s General Assembly delegation on Friday, Jan. 15, via Zoom video call, during which he discussed the insurrection at the Capitol.
Gov. Larry Hogan’s proposed budget, unveiled Jan. 19, includes more than $2 billion in tax cuts and financial assistance for residents and businesses, as well as increased funding for public schools.
Haven Ministries’ new Food Truck Pantry will serve northern Queen Anne’s County.
Devon Neal transitioned from bus aide to Early Head Start teacher at Shore Up! Inc. thanks the agency’s Child development Associate Credentialing program. She now has a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Pictured from left are Jane Selden, Midshore Watershed Advisory Board; Rebecca Murphy, ShoreRivers staff; and ShoreRivers board of directors members Meta Boyd and Barbara Boyd.
Scott Budden of Orchard Point Oyster Co. is one of three new board members at ShoreRivers.
Cardi is a 2-year-old pittie in need of a good home. The Animal Care Shelter for Kent County is open by appointment only. Submit an application at kenthumane.org, and staff will set up an appointment with you.
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