Public Affairs
Public Service Commission Can Overrule Local Government, Court Says
The Maryland Court of Appeals reaffirmed on Tuesday that the Maryland Public Service Commission is the final arbiter on the location and approval of … [Read More...]
- Bay Hundred Senior Center’s New Leader: Ann DeMart
- Staff Shortage at Kent Center Blamed on Low Wages and Stress
- Easton named Maryland’s newest Arts & Entertainment District
- A Conversation with Easton Council Member (Ward 3) Ron Engle
- Mid-Shore Culture: Celebrating Motors, Cars and Design at the Classic Motor Museum
- Catching Up on St. Michaels Plans with Commissioner Bill Boos: Summer 2019
Brevities
Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: After the Race
This entertaining Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday photo seems like the perfect post for this hot muggy July weather! Doubt if that tiny … [Read More...]
The Arts
Plein Air Easton: East Meets West with Master Jove Wang
Given the abundance of local and regional participants in Plein Air Easton, it's something hard to remember that the Plein Air movement is an … [Read More...]
- Spy 7 Files a Report: Knightly Provides Night to Remember for Plein Air Easton
- Plein Air Easton Minute: A Kick Off on Tilghman Island
- Joan Levy is New Executive Director of Talbot County Arts Council
- Four Poets and a Family Farm: Wendy Ingersoll Perry on “Walking the Sunken Boards”
- Delmarva Review: Bodrum Hamam By Katherine Gekker
- Spy Review: The Rolling Stones “No Filter” Tour
Health
Local Qlarant Foundation Awards $384k in Grants
The Qlarant Foundation, the mission arm of Qlarant Inc., held a reception and information-sharing event at their Easton headquarters on July 12th to … [Read More...]
Chesapeake Ecosystem
QACA Hails Balloon Release Legislation
July 9, Centreville--Queen Anne’s Conservation Association (QACA), the oldest environmental group on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, today announced its … [Read More...]
- Proposal to Aerate Bay: Breath of Fresh Air or Pipe Dream?
- Interior Announces $6 Million Grant for Blackwater Refuge
- Large Summer ‘Dead Zone’ Forecast for Chesapeake Bay
- CBF Report: The State of the Blueprint
- Chesapeake Report Card: Bay Health Decreased Last Year due to Rainfall but General Trend Improving
Mid-Shore Education
Former Washington College President Sheila Bair Hits $1 Million Mark with Donation to School
Former Washington College President Sheila Bair donated $20,0000 to the school's Washington Scholars program, bringing to $1 million her personal … [Read More...]
Mid-Shore Food
Food Friday: Summer Bounty
We are suddenly overwhelmed by the burgeoning of our half dozen tomato plants. We planted them early in May in the raised garden bed on the side of … [Read More...]
Mid-Shore Habitat
House of the Week: Georgian Splendor in the Grass
George III may have lost the American Colonies but he and the other three Hanoverian Georges who ruled England from 1714-1830 gave their name to the … [Read More...]
Senior Nation
A Fit Retirement with Janet Pfeffer: Peggy Ford
Editor’s note: From the moment the Spy profiled Janet Pfeffer with the YMCA of the Chesapeake, a few years ago, we hoped that our paths would cross … [Read More...]
- Better to Wear Out Than Rust Out While Aging with Phil Burgess
- Talbot Community Connections Holds Fourth Annual Senior Summit on Aging – Phil Burgess to be Keynote Speaker
- A Fit Retirement with Janet Pfeffer: Anne Moran
- Senior Nation: Ask Irma on Leaving Independent Living Too Soon
- Acts Retirement-Life Communities and Integrace Complete Affiliation
- Senior Nation: Ellen Walbridge Turns 100
Arts Notes
Working Artists Forum Announces Winners of Local Color Art Show and Sale
The Local Color Art Show, sponsored by the Working Artists Forum (WAF), with the support of the Avalon Foundation and Plein Air Easton, is pleased to … [Read More...]
- Academy Art Museum Opens Three New Exhibitions
- The Chesapeake Film Festival Presents a Program of 62 New Independent Films
- Heroes – A Gala Celebration of the Chesapeake Film Festival on August 3
- At the Trippe this Weekend
- Legendary Singer-Songwriter John Gorka at The Mainstay July 26
- “Off the Axis” Gallery Exhibit by Master Knitter Sue Wright
Ecosystem Notes and Events
The Nature Conservancy to Release Report on the Deployment of New Solar Energy
The Nature Conservancy in Maryland and DC today announced that it will release a new series of analyses on the deployment of new solar energy … [Read More...]
Education Notes
Talbot County Public Schools Announces First Student Apprenticeship
The Talbot County Board of education recognized the Eastern Shore’s first student participant in the Apprenticeship Maryland Program at their June … [Read More...]
- White Marsh Elementary 5th Grader Wins Sodexo Future Chef Culinary Competition
- Talbot Mentors Free Infosessions
- Easton Middle School Musicians Benefit from Artist-in-Residence Program Returning
- Seven Finalists Named for $50,000 George Washington Prize
- 18th Annual Chrome City Ride scheduled for Sunday, July 28th
- Benedictine Announces Appointment of Cheryl Keamy to Board of Trustees
Health Notes
New Provider Joins The Orthopedic Center
University of Maryland Shore Regional Health and The Orthopedic Center have announced the addition of Easton-based orthopedic care provider Nicolas E. … [Read More...]
- Talbot County Community Input Needed
- SANE Nurses to Provide Continuum of Care for Sexual Assault Survivors
- Mid-Shore Overdose Awareness Day Event Set for August 31 in Easton
- Shore Kids Camp Focuses on Fun, Learning for Kids with Diabetes
- Shore Medical Group – Pediatrics Welcomes New Provider
- Mobile Integrated Healthcare Program Kickoff
Town & County Notes
Tree Maintenance and Reliable Power
Trees are one of the biggest drivers of power outages in the United States, ranking in the top four with squirrels and other wildlife, weather and … [Read More...]
- Milestone: The Wittman Post Office Celebrates 150 Years
- Public Service Commission Can Overrule Local Government, Court Says
- Free Family Law Assistance Available at Easton Library
- Upcoming Programming at the Library July 29 to August 1
- St. Michaels Museum Walking Tours
- CBMM Invites Families to Boatshop Program
Senior Nation Notes
Bay Hundred Senior Center August Calendar of Events
Friday, Aug, 2 Friday Aug 2 Bay Hundred Senior Center 8:00 am Coffee & Social Hour Friday Aug 2 Bay Hundred Senior Center 8:30 am Sketching … [Read More...]
- Bay Hundred Senior Center Calendar of Events July 2019
- Londonderry’s Toce & Smith Recognized as Face of Retirement on the Eastern Shore
- Helen Crow Celebrates 100th Birthday at Dixon House
- Londonderry Hosts Community Hoe Down
- Comfort Keepers Centenarian Celebration May 14
- Londonderry Welcomes New Executive Chef, Chelsea Coombs
Mid-Shore Commerce
Easton named Maryland’s newest Arts & Entertainment District
Maryland Secretary of Commerce Kelly M. Schulz recently announced Easton as one of two new Arts and Entertainment Districts in Maryland. Easton will … [Read More...]
Maryland 3.0
Maryland 3.0: The Long View from Main Street Cambridge
From a variety of perspectives, the growing awareness on the Mid-Shore that Cambridge has become a hot foodie destination should make anyone involved … [Read More...]
- Maryland 3.0: The Award Winning Inspiration of Plum Dragon Herbs
- Maryland 3.0: Checking in with KRM’s Bryan Matthews
- Maryland 3.0: A New Kind of Garage for the Car Lovers of the Mid-Shore
- Legal Marijuana Arrives on the Shore: Meet Ash + Paige of Centreville
- Maryland 3.0: LaMotte Chemical Hits Paydirt
- Making it Work on the Shore: Reinventing Downtown Easton with Ross Benincasa
Maryland Politics & Policy
Talbot Democratic Women Celebrate Year of Service
U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin. D-MD keynoted the Talbot County Democratic Women's Club at their June 2019 Annual Meeting held at the Democratic … [Read More...]
- Harris Supports Decision to End Inappropriate Use of Human Fetal Tissue in Research
- Congressman Andy Harris Joins 57 GOP Lawmakers to Vote Against Disaster Aid Bill
- Talbot Dems Rally with Congressman Cummings
- Congressman Harris Announces Military Academy Resource Forums for Maryland’s First District
- Federal REAL ID Implementation will Prompt Recall of Driver’s Licenses and ID Cards
Columnist Howard Freedlander
Out and About (Sort of): Defending the Delicious by Howard Freedlander
An article in a major newspaper that tries to capture Eastern Shore culture and idiosyncrasies often falls flat and fails to be funny and clever. Such was the case last week in a Washington Post story in the Style section entitled “Crabby about picking.”
The subject was picking and eating hard-shell crabs. The writer interviewed […]
- Out and About (Sort of): Free Press Fights On by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): 1968 and 2019 – Parallel Universes by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Healthcare in Our Backyard by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Shamelessly Ignored by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Ethics on the Edge by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Anguishing Anniversary by Howard Freedlander
Columnist Craig Fuller
Memories Are Meant to be Shared by Craig Fuller
Those of us who have this periodic opportunity to share something of ourselves with readers of the Spy in our commentaries reveal, when we are at our … [Read More...]
Columnist George Merrill
Troubled Waters by George Merrill
Ever watch a bird bathing? It’s delightful. The other day a yellow finch descended from a tree onto the rim of our bird bath. The finch looked … [Read More...]
Columnist David Montgomery
$2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Opens the Door for Boondoggles by David Montgomery
If reports that President Trump will recommend $2 trillion in infrastructure spending are true, he is once again putting himself in very bad company. … [Read More...]
- President Trump is Once Again Worrying his Supporters and Feeding his Critics by David Montgomery
- Howard Schultz’s Special American Latte by David Montgomery
- Never Interrupt When They are Making a Mistake by David Montgomery
- White Nationalism by David Montgomery
- Green New Deal: An Economist’s Perspective by David Montgomery
- Trump, Mattis and Syria by David Montgomery
Columnist Angela Rieck
The Invisibility Cloak by Angela Rieck
In conversations among women of a certain age, we sometimes reveal when we became invisible, usually due to age, weight gain or the absence of time to … [Read More...]
Columnist Al Sikes
Bring in the Clowns – Whoops They Are Here by Al Sikes
Bring in the Clowns—Whoops They Are Here
Trump sows dissent, it spreads. Farmers are envious.
Trump smiles and tweets.
The dissenters lash out at Pelosi and then Biden. They miniaturize the sane.
Where is Amy of Minnesota? Well she is at the end of the debate line trying to avoid the spittle of de Blasio […]
Op-Ed
The Squad Is Democracy at Work by J.E. Dean
Before the President’s most recent display of leadership, I had a clouded view of the four Democratic Congresswomen collectively known as “The Squad.” … [Read More...]
- Focus on Talbot: A Book Review by Dan Watson
- POV: A Message from Vivian Dodge, Executive Director of Talbot Hospice
- Op-Ed: Should Dogs be Taxed? By J.E. Dean
- Op-Ed: Are “Impossible Promises” The Dems Achilles Heel? By J.E. Dean
- 2020 Issues: 17 Months From Election Day by J.E. Dean
- Two Weeks Out, Here’s What We Need to See in the Early Democratic Debates by J.E. Dean
Letters to the Editor
Letter to Editor: Back to the Telephone Party Lines of the 1950s by Corey Pack
People who know me, realize that I seldom write a Letter to the Editor, in fact in the last 10 plus years on the Talbot County Council, I probably … [Read More...]
- Letter to Editor: Rep. Andy Harris Response to Mueller Report Appalling
- Letter to Editor: The Flaws in Current Bay Grass Protection
- Open Letter to School Superintendent Griffith from State School Librarian Association
- Letter to Editor: Harris Says Nay on Community-Based Healthcare and Spousal Impoverishment Protections
- Letter to Editor Get Ready for Oxford’s Cardboard Boat Race
- Letter to the Editor: Conversations With Charity and Civility
