Next month the Maryland General Assembly convenes in Annapolis for a ninety-day session. All indications are the discussions, deliberations, and ... [Continue Story]
Public Affairs
Historical Society of Kent County awarded $10,000 SHINE Grant
Maryland Humanities’ funding will support operating expenses and advance equity in the humanities The Historical Society of Kent County is proud to ... [Continue Story]
- Socks from Santa
- Maryland’s flagging economy and transportation infrastructure linked
- Feast of Love Christmas Dinner moves to Christ UMC
- Historic Maryland Inn Invites Public for Its Festive Célébration de Noël Christmas Event
- Shelter Alliance meets today at 7th Day Adventist Church
- Major funding award highlights efforts to protect ES waterways
Spy Highlights
From and Fuller: Budget turmoil and Musk power
Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and ... [Continue Story]
- Let’s Talk About It: A mental health perspective after 10 years with For All Seasons CEO Beth Anne Dorman
- Trumpeter Swans: Two centuries later, a great big beautiful native returns by Tom Horton
- From and Fuller: The selection of a new FBI director under Trump and 1,500 Pardons from Biden
- Destination Dover Station: Craig Fuller talks to Sevan Topjian
- From and Fuller: The Politics of Presidential Pardons and Trump Transition Bumps
- Benedictine’s Nancy Morris and a lifetime career of caring in Ridgley
The Arts
Garfield Center showcases Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: A review by Peter Heck and Jane Jewell
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, playing at the Garfield Center in Chestertown through Saturday, Dec. 21, is a perfect holiday experience for the whole ... [Continue Story]
- Spy Art Review: Start your engines at AAM by Steve Parks
- Rhythm Xpress to Perform at Church Hill Theatre
- Church Hill Theatre and Chesapeake College present “The Belle of Amherst” in January
- Spy Concert Review: MSO’s Joy to the Season by Steve Parks
- December events at the BookPlate
- The Magic of Celtic Music: A Chat with Harp and Soul’s Meredith Davies Hadaway
Chesapeake Ecosystem
Turn your Christmas tree into a home for local wildlife
Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society (CES) is offering an alternative way to recycle your holiday tree. Instead of sending them to the landfill, the staff ... [Continue Story]
- ShoreRivers welcomes new board members, executive committee
- Maryland Levies Fines on Perdue, Valley Proteins for Environmental Violations
- Bay Climate Adaptation: The TNC Guide in Finding the Money for Major Infrastructure Change
- Mid-Shore Arts Plein Air Easton and ESLC Pair Up to Promote Land Conservation
- Wild-Caught Chesapeake Blue Catfish Phenomenon Booming: Thank Goodness
- Blue Crab Populations are Down, But Experts are Not Worried
On the Hill at Washington College
Bluegrass, War in the Middle East, Gut Health, and Women Serial Killers Top WC-ALL’s List of Courses Offered in Spring
Washington College’s Academy of Lifelong Learning’s (WC-ALL) invites the public to preview its spring semester courses ahead of the opening of the ... [Continue Story]
- Washington College’s flurry of December events
- Washington College Joins Forces with ShoreRivers and ESLC to Pursue Whole Watershed Grant
- Washington College’s Cornucopia of November Events
- Boom go the pumpkins: Washington College Chemistry Club rocks Halloween
- Public meetings planned to discuss landmark celebrating African American history and culture in the Bay region
- The Politics of Gen Z and How They Will Affect the Election and Democracy
- Washington College Fellow to explore Eastern Shore history
- Lights Out Alert for Maryland: Help Migrating Birds Find Their Way (28k+ birds over Baltimore)
Health
Mid-Shore Health: The war against lung cancer with Drs. Rashmi Benda and David Oliver
It is very much the case that society's health war against cancer has made significant, sometimes astonishing progress in this century, but there ... [Continue Story]
- UM Shore Medical Center at Shore Community Outreach Team Wins Statewide Rural Health Award
- Health advocates: Maryland needs to improve screening efforts for lung cancer
- Shore Community Outreach Team Helps Local Man Transition from Homelessness to Healing
- Mid-Shore Health: Domestic violence on the Mid-Shore with Angie Price and Jeanne Yeager
- Let’s Talk About It: The reality of intergenerational trauma with For All Seasons CEO Beth Anne Dorman
- Let’s Talk About It: Suicide on the Mid-Shore with For All Seasons CEO Beth Anne Dorman
Education
Morgan State professor fined for presenting himself as licensed architect
The Baltimore Banner reported yesterday that Professor Dale Glenwood Green at Morgan State University was not a licensed architect and had forged his credentials. ... [Continue Story]
- My year in books, 2024 edition by Nancy Mugele
- Slight increases on Maryland’s annual report card, but changes could be coming
- Middle School Moments Matter
- Radcliffe Creek School awarded grant to support students with ADHD and anxiety
- Kent School to host open house November 19
- WKHS makes international contact with amateur radio
Maryland News
Lines drawn in advance of 2025 session, budget debate
Lawmakers and Gov. Wes Moore (D) are staking out budget positions with less than a month before the start of the 2025 legislative session that will ... [Continue Story]
- State confronting ‘two storms,’ Moore tells county leaders
- Supporters optimistic this is the year for beer and wine in grocery stores
- State considers replacing Bay Bridge with new, wider spans along path of current crossing – Maryland Matters
- Tubman receives posthumous commission as general
- Some answers and some questions about what’s ahead
- State pays out $5.4 million following IRS audit
Brevities
Chestertown Flashback: Happy Holidays to all
The eight day festival of Chanukah begins on December 25th this year, coinciding with Christmas, and overlapping with Kwanzaa from the 26th to January 1. These holidays all ... [Continue Story]
- The Magic of Keepsakes by Katherine Emery
- Chestertown Flashback: A request for family information
- Please take the Survey: Help us spy better on Chestertown and Kent County
- Traditions by Katherine Emery
- Chestertown Flashback: A tip of the top-hat to A Dickens of a Christmas Weekend
- Black Friday by Katherine Emery
Food Friday
Food Friday: Thank you, Clarence
Tomorrow is the winter solstice and shortest day of the year. I hope you are all bundled up and ready for the holidays. We left Luke the wonder dog home with another Kong-ful ... [Continue Story]
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith
Looking at the Masters: A Victorian Christmas
Christmas traditions we cherish were established during Queen Victoria’s reign (1837-1901). Others are as old as the ancient Roman Saturnalia ... [Continue Story]
Design with Jenn Martella
Design with Jenn Martella: The New Welcome Center at CBMM
My first introduction to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum was during a visit to my sister over the July 4th weekend in 2003. We joined the throng ... [Continue Story]
- Design with Jenn Martella: A Visit to Wings and Whitetail Farm
- Design with Jenn Martella: A Classic Cape Cod Cottage in Chestertown
- Design with Jenn Martella: 105 Cannon St. After the Work is Done
- Design with Jenn Martella: A Study in Scarlet
- Design with Jenn Martella: Modern Meets Rancher
- Design with Jenn Martella: Haven on High Street
Food and Garden
Wine of the Week: Holiday Trio 2024
Ciao Tutti! As the holiday song says, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year” for it is the weekend at Piazza Italian Market that we offer ... [Continue Story]
Delmarva Review
- Delmarva Review: The “Best of” Anthology
- Delmarva Review: Leitmotif by Rita Plush
- Delmarva Review: Arrogance by Katherine J. Williams
- Delmarva Review: A System of Seeing by Colin Jeffrey Morris
- Delmarva Review: The End of the Story by Patty Somlo
- Delmarva Review: Something More Than Winter Weighs (Upon Me) by John Muro
Chesapeake Lens
Chesapeake Lens: “Christmas Parade” By John Rock
It’s beginning to look a lot like a moon-lit Christmas on the Miles River. ... [Continue Story]
Commerce
Kent County’s first cannabis dispensary opening soon with social equity license
Kent County is on the cusp of a new chapter in wellness with the impending opening of Kent Reserve, the area’s first cannabis dispensary. Set in the ... [Continue Story]
- Three Cheers: Moo Productions Celebrates 20 Years of Creativity in Worton
- The Chestertown Spy Agrees to Stop Bugging Readers by Wednesday at Midnight
- Silver Linings Jewelry Launches New Business on High Street
- What you Need to Know about Maryland’s Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program
- Discovering Discover Easton’s Plans for 2023: A Chat with Director Holly DeKarske
- Mediation Room 8: Benefits of Using Mediation in Divorce
Community Notes
Remembering William “Bill” Matthews III
William B. Matthews III, affectionately known as "Bill," passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer on December 13, 2024, at Compass ... [Continue Story]
- Mid-Shore Gives 2024 raises $102K in 24 hours
- Chester River Chorale’s holiday concerts enthrall audiences
- Lions Club to deliver food boxes and toys to 400 Kent families in need
- Mastering the art of gingerbread cookie decorating
- Lights! Camera! Action! Historic Local Inn To Appear on Bloomberg TV
- Historic Maryland Inn Invites Public for Its Festive Célébration de Noël Christmas Event
Arts Notes
Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra rings in the New Year with soprano Kresley Figueroa at Christ Church in Easton, MD
The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is delighted to announce its annual New Year's Eve concert, featuring Puerto Rican soprano, Kresley ... [Continue Story]
- Front Porch Orchestra’s bluegrass Nutcracker joyful and uplifting
- St. Michaels Art League’s January Mixed Media Exhibit at The Blue Crab
- Holiday shopping at TRA Gallery supports local artists
- Bookplate author event with Josh Pons: “Adolph Pons, Man o’War, and the Founding of Maryland’s Oldest Thoroughbred Farm
- New Year’s Eve pot luck supper at the Mainstay!
- Bookplate author event: John Wasowicz’s “The Old Town Mystery Series”
Education Notes
Chesapeake Forum’s Preview Party lights up post-holidays
After the tinsel has settled and the last of Santa’s helpers has gone back to the North Pole, it will be time to join Chesapeake Forum for its annual ... [Continue Story]
Local Opinion
Op-Ed: Seoul Searching By Tom Timberman
President Yoon Suk Yeah of the Democratic Republic of Korea (ROK) was elected in 2022. And for the past two years his frustration has mounted as the ... [Continue Story]
- A Modest Proposal: Seven Obvious Steps By Gren Whitman
- America, Israel & the Violent Middle East Enigma By Tom Timberman
- Does the End Justify the Means? By Bob Moores
- Underappreciated by Bob Moores
- Op-Ed: Israel/HAMAS War: The US should Completely Change the Subject
- When Peace Visited War: A Christmas Story by Tom Timberman
Health Notes
Primary Stroke Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton earns honors from American Heart Association
UM Shore Regional Health recently was notified that UM Shore Medical Center at Easton’s Primary Stroke Center received the 2024 Get With The ... [Continue Story]
- UM Shore Regional Health announces 2025 childbirth and parent education courses
- UM Shore Regional Health announces 2025childbirth and parent education courses
- Catherine Halen, SPHR, joins University of Maryland Shore Regional Health
- For All Seasons’ Frosty Village Event draws largest crowd yet
- Choptank Health’s Sara Rich named Maryland’s Community Star
- Maryland needs another 30,000 behavioral health workers to meet growing demand
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Trump not out of the woods yet
Not so long ago, once-and-future President Donald Trump was facing time behind bars as well as trials in three criminal cases. Now, because of a ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to the Editor: Your Community Needs You
- Letter to the Editor from Piers Heriz-Smith
- Letter to the Editor: Support for Francoise Sullivan for Kent Board of Ed
- Letter to the Editor: John Queen requests your vote for Kent County Board of Ed
- Letter to the Editor in Support of Francoise Sullivan for Board of Education
- Letter to the Editor: I endorse John Queen for KC Board of Education
Columnist J.E. Dean
Should the press worry about Trump’s threats? By J.E. Dean
Donald Trump enjoyed what may be his second biggest win of the year last Friday when ABC settled Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the network and ... [Continue Story]
- Liz Cheney should not go to jail by J.E. Dean
- Stop the malarky about the Hunter Biden pardon by J.E. Dean
- I’m thankful for Lucca by J.E. Dean
- Trump 2.0: Too real to be funny by John Dean
- Trump looks like he will keep his promises—that is the problem by J.E. Dean
- Trump’s Win is a Tragedy for America by J.E. Dean
Columnist Craig Fuller
MPT, the Chesapeake Bay and Viewers Like You: A Chat with Station Manager Steven Schupak
While there are a number of things that bring all Marylanders together, crabs being the best known, there has always been special affection for ... [Continue Story]
- So Much Money, So Little Time by Craig Fuller
- One Amazing Story by One Amazing Individual by Craig Fuller
- A Presidential Debate: No Commission / No Audience / Perhaps, No Gloves by Craig Fuller
- An Enjoyable and Important White House Story by Craig Fuller
- Biden’s Two Biggest Problems: Perception and Trust by Craig Fuller
- An Important Set of Facts – It’s Up to You to Form an Opinion by Craig Fuller
Columnist Howard Freedlander
Out and About (Sort of): Stars in Different Realms by Howard Freedlander
What did Willie Mays and Donald Sutherland have in common? Nothing. Except an overriding desire to excel in each’s craft. Mays was a true wonder ... [Continue Story]
- Out and About (Sort of): Slavery of Thought by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Higher Education on Edge by Howard Freedlander
- Strike for Democracy by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): American Voter by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Hospice Heroes by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): An Apolitical Document Fails by Howard Freedlander
Columnist Laura Oliver
Do You Hear What I Hear? By Laura Oliver
I ran into Stacey at Whole Foods this week. She is my neighbor who became a massage therapist, and I am the idiot who had to learn to stop referring ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Al Sikes
Who is president? By Al Sikes
This is of course now old news (Tweets have a short life). Republicans and Democrats in the United States House of Representatives concluded ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Angela Rieck
Living in Paradise by Angela Rieck
I have retreated to the warm sunshine of Key West. I know that the weather has been unpleasant at times up North, with cold temperatures and ... [Continue Story]
Senior Life
Enjoy the health benefits of Thanksgiving Day by Susan Covey
Have you always thought the traditional Thanksgiving meal was full of empty calories? Not so! One ounce of turkey, for instance, provides 8 grams ... [Continue Story]
- Upper Shore Aging Hosts the Re-Dedication of the Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center
- Herb Cain Appointed Executive Director of Upper Shore Aging
- Water, Water Everywhere…For Drinking, Playing And Exercising!
- Upper Shore Aging Honors Volunteers
- Talbot County Commission on Aging to host a Senior Resource Fair
- Could Your Core Be Getting Frail? By Susan Covey
