Talbot Spy COVID-19 Daily Mid-Shore Update for April 8 (3 PM)
For the next few weeks, the Spy will be aggregating the latest news updates, as well as closings and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the Mid-Shore, every twenty-four hours. If your organization, school or business is not listed, please send us information about programming changes at editor@chestertownspy.org or editor@talbotspy.org.
Summary
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Occurrences
Health Officer Encourages Personal Responsibility
Every citizen has a role to play in helping stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus and keeping the community safe, says Dr. Fredia Wadley, Health … [Read More...]
- Wadley Directs Retail Stores to Implement Social Distancing Protocols
- COVID-19: MSCF’s Buck Duncan on Scholarships and Non-Profit Emergency Funding
- Easton Urges Shoppers to Follow COVID-19 Precautions
- COVID-19: Mid-Shore Public Safety with Sheriff Joe Gamble
- COVID-19: Keeping Communities Together with YMCA’s Robbie Gill
- Talbot County Announces First COVID-19 Death
- COVID-19: Mid-Shore Check-in with Corey Pack on Tests, Masks, and Social Distancing
- Talbot County COVID-19 Cases Rise
- Heron Point Resident Tests Positive for COVID-19, Fifth Case in Kent County
- Dorchester County Health Department Announces Second Case of COVID-19
- Talbot County Perseveres as Health Crisis Continues
- Bulletin: Talbot Halts New Stays at Short-Term Rentals, B&Bs
Maryland Politics & Policy
Gov. Hogan Takes Aggressive Action to Protect Nursing Home Residents, Staff Amid COVID-19 Outbreaks
Gov. Larry Hogan today enacted an emergency order to protect residents and staff at Maryland nursing home facilities, and bolster the state’s … [Read More...]
- Gov. Hogan Announces Financial Relief Initiatives, Accelerates Hospital Surge Plan
- Rep. Harris Blasts Relief Package, Says U.S. Will ‘Learn A Lot’ From COVID-19
- Stay Home, Gov. Hogan Orders Marylanders
- Board Nixes Polling Places for Special Election, Recommends Same for Primary
- Hogan: Non-Essential Businesses Must Close at 5 p.m., Residents Urged to Stay Home
- Chesapeake Crab Industry Remains Crippled by Visa Shortage, Coronavirus
- Hogan Urges Marylanders to Stay Home; Restricts BWI Access, Shuts Enclosed Malls
- Legislature’s COVID-19 Workgroup Set to Ramp Up Quickly
- House Dems Push Through Proposed Constitutional Change, Strip Dissenter of Leadership Post
- House Passes State Budget After Series of Unusual Moves in Truncated Session
- Sweeping Education Reform Bill Headed to Governor’s Desk
- Md. Senate Passes Education Blueprint in Midnight Vote
Town & County Notes
Talbot County Empty Bowls Tops Fundraising Goal
Talbot County Empty Bowls held its 12th annual community dinner on Sunday, February 23. Volunteers for the cause served 325 guests at two sold-out … [Read More...]
- Women & Girls Fund to Distribute Annual Grants Totaling $56,513
- Library to Offer Live Story Time on Facebook for Preschoolers
- Local Quilters Bring Area Residents Together on Common Cause
- SMCC Receives $25k from State to Launch Building Renovation
- Compassion and Empathy Can Help in a Time of Stress and Uncertainty
- MSCF Establishes COVID-19 Response Fund for Mid-Shore Nonprofits
- Haven Ministries Responding with HOPE to COVID-19
- Talbot County DSS Provides Foster and Adoptive Parent Trainings
- A New Kind of Sunday Service on the Shore by Steve Parks
- Virtual Church Service Guide for Talbot County
- Entertainment & Fun for Children at Home, Free from the Library
- YMCA of the Chesapeake Supports Community Needs During COVID-19 Outbreak
Chesapeake Ecosystem
Coronavirus Closes Bay Region Beaches, Some Park Facilities
The coronavirus pandemic that’s keeping many people inside across the Chesapeake Bay watershed is also limiting some outdoor recreational … [Read More...]
- Climate Study Predicts Heavier Rains, Deeper Floodwaters on Eastern Shore
- Shore Ecosystem: A Chat on Eco-Resilience with QAC’s Amy Moredock
- Snow Geese Dumped near Cordova
- Trump’s Proposed Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Cuts Draw Fire
- Oysters and Plastic Waste: A Chat with Horn Point Lab’s Christine Knauss
- Environmental Concern Celebrates World Wetlands Day
- Op-Ed: 36 years after Bay Agreement, Restoration still a Pipe Dream by Gerald Winegrad
- Can the EPA Enforce the Chesapeake Bay’s ‘Pollution Diet’?
- Dirty Air and the Human Brain: Does Pollution Poison the Mind?
- Town Creek Foundation’s Stuart Clarke Signs on with UM’s Center for Environmental Science
- Op-Ed: Thriving – Not Simply Surviving – in the Delmarva Oasis by Jim Bass
- Can Bacteria Help Restore the Chesapeake Bay’s Oysters?
