Check out these photos from last week's issue of the Kent County News.
Tika Sisco is one of the people interviewed for “People Worth Knowing,” a poster series curated by Lani Seikaly. In a quote featured beneath her photo for her poster, Sisco talks bout learning to cope with “the hand that you’re dealt.” She said, “You have to play the hand that you are dealt, that’s all you can do.”
Milford Murray is featured in the “People Worth Knowing” series. Murray, who was interviewed by Lani Seikaly, spoke about discrimination he experienced in Chestertown, saying “none of the restaurants in town would serve us. In Stam’s (which closed in 2016 and has since reopened as a luncheonette under different ownership) you could get ice cream but you couldn’t sit down and eat it.”
Sherise Kennard, Clerk of the Circuit Court for Kent County, is a recent graduate of the Maryland Judiciary Institute for Court Management certification program developed by the National Center for State Courts.
WORTON — Rain, snow and freezing temperatures made fields at Kent County High School unplayable for fall sports practices earlier this week. Above, senior quarterback Thomas Goldsborough sets the offense during football practice Tuesday, Feb. 16 in a school parking lot.
This portrait photo of Henry Highland Garnet was taken a year or two before he died by James U. Stead.
This picture of Henry Highland Garnet, which lists him as the ambassador to Liberia, was part of a larger lithograph published in the 1880s of distinguished Black men, with Frederick Douglass in the center.
Students walk past this portrait of Henry Highland Garnet every day when they enter the elementary school in Chestertown named after him. The portrait appears to be a color reproduction of an image of the famed abolitionist and Kent County native used in the late 1800s in The Afro-American Press.
Gordon Wallace moderates an online discussion about the life and legacy of Henry Highland Garnet for Sumner Hall Saturday, Feb. 13.
Retired Washington College professor George Shivers discusses Henry Highland Garnet during an online presentation Saturday, Feb. 13.
CHESTERTOWN — Chestertown Lions Bob Knapp, left, and Herb Wilkerson manage traffic at the Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center parking lot. Chestertown Lions Club members assisted the Kent County Health Department with its COVID-19 vaccine effort by managing patient flow at the Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center’s parking lot on Friday, Feb. 5. The club also supporting the vaccine efforts at the Galena and Rock Hall firehouses.
Vita Pickrum has been awarded the 2021 Commonfund College and University Foundation Award.
Chestertown Mayor Chris Cerino reported Tuesday, Feb. 16 that the town council was found to have violated the Maryland Open Meetings Act in November when it continued to hold a meeting despite no livestream being available to the public.
State board ruling: Chestertown council violated Open Meetings Act
Aly and Anna Edwards deliver care packages to the Millington Post Office.
Megan Speakman and Olivia Jones, members of the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown Youth Group, drop off care packages at the Georgetown Post Office.
Anna and Emily Shirk drop off care packages to the Rock Hall Post Office.
Beth Anne Langrell, left, CEO of For All Seasons, accepts the Chesapeake Charities 2020 Nonprofit of the Year Award from state Sen. Addie Eckardt, R-37-Mid-Shore.
Gunston 10th graders Nina Friedman and Leo Santoboni participate in a green chemistry lab in February 2020.
Ellie Byers works with 10th grade Gunston students Colin Lang and Daniel Dang.
Gunston 10th grade students Lucy Bamford, left, and Jimmy Fraser are seen with Sarah Lipchock during a green chemistry lab in February 2020.
Tenth-grade Gunston students participate in a green chemistry lab in February 2020 with Ellie Byers. From left are Danielle Simmons, Daniel Dang, Leo Santoboni, Byers and Ben Cunningham.
Gunston 10th graders Nick Scribner and Alec Sanderson conduct a green chemistry lab in February 2020.
Knight the pit bull terrier is a 59-pound pup looking for a good home. The Animal Care Shelter for Kent County is open by appointment only.
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