Some of the richest, most prominent, older, white men in the world are scrambling to find the best crisis management public relations help with the release of the latest three million documents in the ... [Continue Story]
Public Affairs
Eastern Shore Ministers Witness Minneapolis ‘Truth and Freedom’ Protests
Two Eastern Shore ministers—each sharing their experience as a “Faithful Witness at the Minneapolis Truth & Freedom Strike and Protest”—opened ... [Continue Story]
- Talbot Council Highlight: About 4,000 Talbot County Residents Receive SNAP Benefits
- MD Senate Panel Advances Bills To Ban Agreements With Ice, Face Coverings For Law Enforcement
- Grading Policy Draws Scrutiny at Talbot School Board Meeting
- Maryland House Take Congressional Redistricting Bill with Big Changes for 1st District
- Council Highlights: Town of Easton Hits the Brakes on Parking Plan
- Concerns Mount Over Condemned Robert Morris Inn in Oxford
Spy Highlights
Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: The Annapolis Legislative Session Enters the 2nd Inning
Every week, Maryland political analysts Len Foxwell and Clayton Mitchell break down the politics and personalities shaping the state and the region on the Spy podcast Maryland Caucus. This week, Len and Clayton discuss the possible winners and losers as the Maryland General Assembly entered the top of the second inning in its annual session […]
- From and Fuller: Homeland Security Funding Becomes the Line in the Sand
- Caring for the Academy’s Collection at the Freeman Annex and Hormel Center: A Chat with Bianca Scialabba
- From and Fuller: Will the GOP Pushback Against Trump’s ICE Hold and the FBI Raids a Georgia Election Office
- Foxwell and Mitchell: The Annapolis Politics of the High Costs of Energy
- From and Fuller: The Trump-Greenland TARFU
- Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: Should Maryland Start Melting ICE?
The Arts and Local Design
Review: Caryn Martin at Academy Art Museum By Mary McCoy
There’s something simultaneously ecstatic and terrifying about Caryn Martin’s 60-foot installation, “The Skin of Water,” on view through February 22 ... [Continue Story]
- Spy Review: MSO Trio and Quartet Chamber Ensembles by Steve Parks
- Scholarship Honors the Legacy of Mainstay Founder Tom McHugh
- Looking the The Masters: Gustave Courbet and Nature
- Spy Art Review: Centennial Salute to a Printmaking Icon by Steve Parks
- Looking Back and Forward with Talbot Arts: A Chat with Director Joan Levy
- Shrek the Musical Comes to the Avalon Just in Time for the Holidays
Chesapeake Film Festival Podcast
The Spy-Chesapeake Film Festival Podcast: A Chat with Filmmaker Lance Kramer
This year, the Spy is expanding its commitment to the Chesapeake Film Festival by co-producing a monthly podcast with CFF Executive Director Cid ... [Continue Story]
- The Spy-Chesapeake Film Festival Podcast: A Chat with Filmmaker and CFF Artistic Director Cid Collins Walker
- The Spy-Chesapeake Film Festival Podcast: A Chat with Filmmaker Monda Raquel Webb
- The Spy-Chesapeake Film Festival Podcast: A Chat with Casting Director Kimberly Skyrme
- The Spy-Chesapeake Film Festival Podcast: A Chat with Director/Producer Ted Adams
- The Spy-Chesapeake Film Festival Podcast: A Chat with Rebekah Louisa Smith
Chesapeake Ecosystem
Conowingo Dam Appeal Dropped, Allowing $340M Settlement To Go Forward—Maryland Matters
Maryland’s $340 million settlement with the owner of the Conowingo Dam can now move forward, after a group of Eastern Shore counties dropped their ... [Continue Story]
- Dorchester and Kent Drop out of Challenge to $340 million Conowingo Settlement
- The Next Chapter for ShoreRivers
- ShoreRivers Director to Step Down, Search for Successor Begins
- FEMA Cancels $1 Billion for Flood Prevention Projects in Chesapeake Bay Region
- Intense Maryland Energy Debates in Annapolis Fill a Single Afternoon
- Md. leads in carbon emissions reductions – Maryland Matters
Maryland News
Redistricting Bill Sails Through House, Faces Troubled Waters in the Senate
The House gave final approval Monday to a bill that would redraw the state’s eight congressional districts, following an exhaustive four hours of ... [Continue Story]
- MD Senate gives Preliminary OK for Prohibiting mask Use by Law Enforcement
- Moore’s Budget Fixes Current Deficit, but Analysts Pessimistic about Future
- Eastern Shore Delegation Presses Harris on Local Concerns
- Moore’s Redistricting Commission Recommends ‘Congressional Map Concept’
- Moore, other PJM Governors Push for Changes at the Nation’s Biggest Electric Grid
Health
Let’s Talk About It with For All Seasons’ Lesa Mulcahy: Loneliness at Every Age
Loneliness touches people at every stage of life, but it doesn’t always look the same. In this conversation, the latest installment of our "Let's Talk ... [Continue Story]
- Demystifying Palliative Care with Shore Regional Health’s Christina Ball
- Mobile Dental Care Team Expands Access for Dorchester County Students
- Lets Talk about It with Beth Anne Dorman: Making Sure Our Veterans Get the Help They Need
- Senior Nation: Nature’s Multicolored Autumn Farewell by Susan Covey
- A Spy Chat with Shore Regional Health’s New Clark Breast Center Director Dr. Kathryn Kelley
Brevities
Seasoned Skiers by Kate Emery General
The 1968 Winter Olympics were a defining moment for my brothers and me. At fourteen, twelve, and nine years old, we were already seasoned skiers, and ... [Continue Story]
- Talbot Historical Society Project: It’s Time to Bring Out the Heavy Equipment
- Imbolc By Katherine Emery General
- February 2026 Sky-Watch By Dennis Herrmann
- Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: It’s Time to Start Shoveling Boys
- Ice Storms, Dismal Oyster Market and Frost’s Birches
- Endurance, Patience, and Lessons from the Snow
Education
Gunston Gearios Wrap Up Historic Robotics Season with Awards
After five months of intensive engineering, coding, and strategic collaboration, the Gunston School’s robotics team, the Honey Nut Gearios (Team ... [Continue Story]
- Scholarship Honors the Legacy of Mainstay Founder Tom McHugh
- Dorchester Education Foundation Launches Wyatt Scholarship
- Good News and Not So Good News: Talbot County Schools Gets their 2025 Report Card
- Benedictine’s Next Chapter: A Chat with Executive Director Scott Evans
- Bryan Matthews Returns to Steady the Helm at Washington College
Food & Garden Highlights
The Chesapeake Bay Herb Society Feb Meeting: “How To Save the World From Your Own Backyard.”
The Chesapeake Bay Herb Society invites the community to its monthly meeting on Thursday, February 12, at 6:00 PM, held at Christ Church Hall, 111 S. ... [Continue Story]
Commerce
A Fabulous February! — Shopping, Exhibits and Events at The Market at Dover Station
A fabulous February awaits you at the Market at Dover Station! Melt away your winter blues by shopping with our Market partners and enjoying our ... [Continue Story]
- Mr. Arnold Williams, CPA Selected as Board Chair for Qlarant, Inc. By Board of Directors
- A Great New Year — Shopping, Exhibits and Events at The Market at Dover Station
- Maryland Lost 25,000 Federal Jobs in 2025, Latest Data Show
- Chesapeake Fire & Ice is Back For 2026
- Fello Secures $500,000 State Grant for Easton Crossing Community
Community Notes
Mid-Shore Community Foundation Honors Local Leaders and Organizations at it’s Annual Awards Breakfast
Mid-Shore Community Foundation honored people making a difference across the region during its 2025 Annual Awards Breakfast Dec. 5 at the Tidewater ... [Continue Story]
- Londonderry on the Tred Avon Reflects on a Year of Community, Investment, and Recognition and Looks Ahead to 2026
- Tilghman Watermen’s Museum Scholarship Available
- Talbot County Announces Inaugural Community Repair and Reinvestment Fund Funding Round
- Newly Expanded St. Michaels Library to Reopen March 2026
- Hold the Mustard: Easton Parks Board Pulls the Plug on Food Trucks at Town Sports Complex
- Important Dates Set for 2026 St. Michaels Commissioner Election
Senior Life Highlights
Cruisin’ with Christine: A Group Chat with Duval Mills, Jennifer Hughes, and Ericka Taylor
Over the last ten years, the Spy and Londonderry on the Tred Avon have collaborated on stories about this unique retirement community, which educates ... [Continue Story]
- Cruisin’ with Christine: A Chat with Londonderry’s Susan Andrews
- Londonderry on the Tred Avon Welcomes Chef, Brendan Keegan, Jr.
- Senior Nation: Embrace Your Age, Live Your Best Life by Susan Covey
- Cruisin’ with Christine: A Chat with Londonderry’s Jennifer Hughes
- The Difference Between Try And Triumph Is A Little Umph! By Susan Covey
- Cruisin’ with Christine: A Chat with Londonderry’s Ken Sadler
Arts Notes
Visionary Museum Founder and New Urbanism Pioneer to Discuss Future of Easton’s Hospital Site
The Spy Nights series returns to the Avalon Theatre on March 3 at 6:00 PM with two nationally recognized leaders in creative placemaking: Rebecca ... [Continue Story]
- CBMM’s Bear Me Into Freedom Exhibition Opens Feb. 27
- Symbiosis: an Exhibition Inspired by Lichens at Adkins Arboretum
- New Organ at The Church of the Holy Trinity
- Chesapeake Music Presents Jazz and Chamber Music this Winter
- Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Announces Finalists for the Elizabeth Loker International Concerto Competition
- Call to Artists: Art in Motion Seeks Work for Its 2026 Exhibition
Ecosystem Notes
Film Screening to Spotlight Hidden Dangers of Microplastics
A free public screening of the documentary Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics will be held Thursday, January 29, at the Hyatt Regency ... [Continue Story]
Education Notes
Tilghman Watermen’s Museum Speaker Series: John Rock
On Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 1:00 PM, the Tilghman Watermen’s Museum Speaker Series will feature John Rock, from Neavitt, Maryland. John is a ... [Continue Story]
- Friends of the Library to Donate $50,000 for St. Michaels Library
- Now Accepting Applications: R. Gordon Graves Community Service Scholarship
- The United States Colored Troops from Queen Anne’s County: Additional Stories of USCT from the Eastern Shore” with Chris Pupke
- Critchlow Adkins Expands Pre-K Programming Through the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future
- Chesapeake Forum Launches a Diverse Lineup of February Courses for Inquiring Minds
- Reza Jafari Appointed to Association of Community College Trustees Board of Directors
Health Notes
For All Seasons: 40 Years of Meeting Community Needs
What began in 1986 as one woman’s determination to serve children who had experienced sexual assault has grown into a mental health lifeline for ... [Continue Story]
- Choptank Health Joins National Campaign to Highlight School-Based Health Care
- For All Seasons Hosts One-of-a-Kind Valentine’s Auction
- University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Announces Winter Weather Closures
- UM Shore Regional Health Announces 2026 Safe Sitter® Dates
- All About Your Image: A Local Non-Profit Supporting Individuals Living with Mental Illness
- First Baby of 2026 Arrives at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton Birthing Center
Commerce Notes
A Fabulous February! — Shopping, Exhibits and Events at The Market at Dover Station
A fabulous February awaits you at the Market at Dover Station! Melt away your winter blues by shopping with our Market partners and enjoying our ... [Continue Story]
- Mr. Arnold Williams, CPA Selected as Board Chair for Qlarant, Inc. By Board of Directors
- A Great New Year — Shopping, Exhibits and Events at The Market at Dover Station
- Maryland Lost 25,000 Federal Jobs in 2025, Latest Data Show
- Chesapeake Fire & Ice is Back For 2026
- Fello Secures $500,000 State Grant for Easton Crossing Community
- Business Owners Encouraged to Enroll in Talbot Works Business Academy
Food Friday
Food Friday: Halftime Plays
The Super Bowl is this Sunday night, in case you wondered. New England is playing Seattle. And that is the extent of my sports update. Otherwise, I am all about the snacks, ... [Continue Story]
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith
Looking at the Masters: The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (Part 2)
The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington DC holds in its collection several 15th Century Italian Renaissance masterpieces. The ... [Continue Story]
Spy Poetry
Spy Poetry: In This Brief World by Deidra Greenleaf Allan
Editor’s Note: In the spirit of the approaching new year and its opportunity for resolutions and personal change, this poem explores the poet’s journey toward self-acceptance and her understanding of the path to happiness. This is the last poem from Spy Poetry for the foreseeable future until more funding can be secured to support this […]
Food and Garden Notes
The Chesapeake Bay Herb Society Feb Meeting: “How To Save the World From Your Own Backyard.”
The Chesapeake Bay Herb Society invites the community to its monthly meeting on Thursday, February 12, at 6:00 PM, held at Christ Church Hall, 111 S. ... [Continue Story]
- Talbot Co. Garden Club Focuses On Community Gardens in February 24 Lecture
- Wine of the Week: Grosjean Torrette Vallee d’Aoste
- Wine of the Week: Otto Uve
- Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the Photo!
- Wine of the Week: Barbera d’Alba 2024 DOC from the Albino Rocca Winery
- Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage Opens Talbot Tour Ticket Sales
Design with Jenn Martella
Design with Jenn Martella: Bungalow Bliss in St. Michaels
I have been besotted with bungalows since early childhood, when my family would drive every Sunday to visit my paternal grandparents. Instead of the rectangular brick rancher that was my childhood home, my grandparents’ red brick one and a half story bungalow had a steep roof and deep front porch that wrapped halfway around each […]
From and Fuller Podcast
From and Fuller: Will the GOP Pushback Against Trump’s ICE Hold and the FBI Raids a Georgia Election Office
Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, Al and ... [Continue Story]
- From and Fuller: The Trump-Greenland TARFU
- From and Fuller Morning Brief: One Year of Trump
- From and Fuller: Trump Attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and Foreign Affairs Distractions
- From and Fuller: A New Year of Foreign Conflict and an ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
- Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: The 3 Top Maryland Issues to Watch in 2026
- From and Fuller: A 2025 Year in Review
Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell
Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: The Annapolis Legislative Session Enters the 2nd Inning
Every week, Maryland political analysts Len Foxwell and Clayton Mitchell break down the politics and personalities shaping the state and the region on ... [Continue Story]
- Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: Maryland Politics After Alex Pretti Death
- Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: MD’s $1.5 Billion Deficit and the Land of No Easy Answers
- Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: Top Maryland Stories and a Few Winners and Losers in 2025
- Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: An Annapolis Future with a Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk
- Maryland Caucus with Len Foxwell and Clayton Mitchell: The Worrisome Case of Kelly Madigan
- The Maryland Caucus: Maryland’s Budget Crisis + Redistricting Plans Set in Motion
Columnist J.E. Dean
Donald Trump Has Mastered Roy Cohn’s Three Rules by J.E. Dean
The nation is outraged by the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Neither victim deserved to die. And the images of both being ... [Continue Story]
- Why I Worry About War and a Lot More By J.E. Dean
- What Will Trump’s Legacy Be? By J.E. Dean
- Trump Has Killed the Kennedy Center, So Let’s Build a New One By J.E. Dean
- If You Can’t Say Anything Nice… By J.E. Dean
- The Self-Destruction of Trump by J.E. Dean
- The Hegseth “Kill Them All” Order is Trump’s—and America’s—Nightmare By J.E. Dean
Columnist Hugh Panero
Longevity Expert Peter Attia and the Epstein Files By Hugh Panero
Some of the richest, most prominent, older, white men in the world are scrambling to find the best crisis management public relations help with the ... [Continue Story]
- The False Nostalgia of Movie Theaters by Hugh Panero
- Netflix Makes a Blockbuster Move for Warner Bros by Hugh Panero
- AI is Coming for the Music Industry
- ICE Trauma and Drama on the Shore by Hugh Panero
- Homeland Security Threatens Canada Goose Migration by Hugh Panero
- Balancing the Maryland Budget in Extraordinary Times by Hugh Panero
Columnist Craig Fuller
Conversations with Craig Fuller: Ambassador and Author Frank Lavin
My friend and former White House colleague Ambassador Frank Lavin has a book coming out in March about his experience in the White House and ... [Continue Story]
- Midair collision over the Potomac: Week two update by Craig Fuller
- A midair tragedy last night in Washington by Craig Fuller
- The Classic Motor Museum starts a new trip in St. Michaels: Craig Fuller talks to Mike Iandolo
- A Community Town Hall focuses on education in Talbot County by Craig Fuller
- MPT, the Chesapeake Bay and Viewers Like You: A Chat with Station Manager Steven Schupak
- So Much Money, So Little Time by Craig Fuller
Columnist Jamie Kirkpatrick
Ten By Jamie Kirkpatrick
No cake or candles; no cards or gifts; just a memory… It was the first Saturday of February 2016. I was walking over to the Farmers Market when I ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Laura Oliver
Snow Angels By Laura J. Oliver
I watched the snow pile up through the window by the fire, grateful that I wouldn’t be shoveling out my car when it stopped. I live on a street ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Angela Rieck
Numbers, Numbers, Everywhere By Angela Rieck
I love numbers. I love everything about them. I love how they give me information. I love how they categorize things. I love how they provide a window ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Al Sikes
The Super Bowl By Al Sikes
This morning is in the wake of Super Bowl 60—and its progeny, another chapter in our culture war, aided and abetted this year by the beginning of the Olympic Games. Reporting on the President’s role is easy. The divider. He got, as is his insistent want, in the middle of things. If the narrative attracts […]
Opinion
Will Trump Immigration Policies Threaten the Eastern Shore Economy? By Wilson Dean
Since assuming office, President Trump has initiated several aggressive policies designed to remake (some say destroy) the entire U.S. immigration ... [Continue Story]
- Let’s Send the Message that Easton is Open for Business by Al Silverstein
- Donald the Red: The Modern Viking by Jim Bruce
- Election 2026: Heather Mizeur and Rick Hughes on Respectful Civic Engagement
- Horn Point Cuts Put Chesapeake Oyster Recovery at Risk by Sarah Gavian
- This Bears My Love to You Pooh by David Wheelan
- When Money Buys the Right to Be Heard, the People’s Voice Is Drowned Out by Tom Dennis
- “Fail First” is a Failure Always Ali Asghar Kassamali
- Remembering Mike Hiner by Robbie Gill
- Character Is Policy by Johnny O’Brien
- Trump Policies Disrupt the Eastern Shore Soybean Market by Wilson Dean
- As the Supreme Court Term Begins… Some Reflections by Margaret Andersen
- Opinion: Marylanders Need Pro-Business Policies by Jamie McNealy
- Spy Daybook: Just Because You Can; Does Not Mean You Should by Calvin Yowell
- Reflections on the YMCA Legacy of Ellen Rajacich by Robbie Gill
- The Imprisonment of Judge Carmichael and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus by Paul Callahan
Letters to the Editor
Letter to Editor: Wins for Easton!
To the Editor, We want to offer a sincere thank-you to the Town of Easton for the steady, practical work underway to make it safer and easier to get ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to Editor: Grade for Learning, Not Punishment in Talbot County
- Letter to Editor: ICE Surges are Rehearsals for 2026 Midterms
- Letter to Editor: Questions Talbot Leaders Must Answer on Education
- Letter to Editor: Our Moral Test on Immigration
- Letter to Editor: When Does the Madness End?
- Letter to Editor: Renee Good needs a Talbot County Vigil
