Last night, I had a dream that I was in the spin room following a Trump rally. Spin rooms are set up at political events to provide journalists with a ... [Continue Story]
Public Affairs
Petition to fast-track safety signs for Maple Avenue and Kent Street given to SHA and MTS
On Tuesday, Michael McDowell arranged to meet with Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld and State Highway Agency Administrator William ... [Continue Story]
- Heather Mizeur announces endorsement of Francois Sullivan for KCPS Board of Education
- Watch Last Night’s Avalon-Spy Town Hall Meeting with School Board Candidates
- Avalon Spy Town Meeting Tonight with School Board Candidates and Guide to Voting
- CDC Says Maryland, AND Most of The Nation, has had Fewer Overdose Deaths In 2024
- Is this Nuclear Power’s Moment in Maryland?
- Rep. Andy Harris Becomes Chair of the House Freedom Caucus
Spy Highlights
From Kent County to building protected wells in Africa By Doug West
Monday, I returned home from volunteering with Marion Medical Mission, in Malawi and Zambia. The shallow wells are similar to those built on the ... [Continue Story]
- From and Fuller: The net-net of VP debates and did JD Vance really win?
- From and Fuller: The Pennsylvania Challenge and is it the End of the Harris Honeymoon?
- Irma’s Got a Brand New Gig: A Chat with Eden Green’s New CEO Irma Toce
- From and Fuller: Politics and Rhetoric After 2nd Attempt on Donald Trump and Andy Harris’s Freedom Caucus
- Publisher Notes: A Spy Journal Comes to Life and Other Footnotes
- Chicken Scratch: Speak to me of resilience and possibility (in the aftermath of Apalachee)
The Arts
Spy Review: Isidore String Quartet Interlude by Steve Parks
The Isidore String Quartet, riding high after back-to-back years as winner of Canada’s prestigious Banff International String Quartet ... [Continue Story]
- Charlotte Potter Kasic is the Next Director of the Academy Art Museum
- Ziggy Carter Featured Artist for Rock Hall FallFest By Bob Ford
- Spy Review: Saturday’s Piano Concert at the Ebenezer was One for the Ages
- At 89, My Father Takes Up Swearing by Sue Ellen Thompson
- Academy Art Museum Announces Bugatti: Reaching for Perfection
- 17th Annual Chesapeake Film Festival and the Man Behind It All by Steve Parks
Chesapeake Ecosystem
Maryland Levies Fines on Perdue, Valley Proteins for Environmental Violations
Two major agricultural companies ramped up operations recently on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and the environment paid a price, according to the Maryland Department of the ... [Continue Story]
- 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
- First Baby Eagles Hatch on Reborn Chesapeake Island
- A Defining Moment for the Lakeside Development? A Chat with County Council Member Pete Lesher
On the Hill at Washington College
Town of Chestertown Partners with Washington College for Interactive Tree Survey
The Town of Chestertown has partnered with Washington College’s Geospatial Innovation Program (GIP) to create a comprehensive tree survey, made ... [Continue Story]
- George Washington Prize – David Waldstreicher Selected Winner of the Prestigious 2024 Literary Prize
- Washington College Thrills with October Events
- Washington College Electric Boat Team Sets New World Record for Distance on a Single Charge
- Washington College Unveils Fall Events
- Washington College’s Innovation Plant Project Receives Major Grant from Ratcliffe Foundation
- Purple Rain, American Fiction, The Muppet Movie Top Washington College’s 2024-2025 Film Series: “The Creative Life”
- Bald Eagle Rescued from Chester River by College Staffers
- Living Writers Poetry Series Brings Pulitzer Prize Winning Talent to Washington College
Health
Let’s Talk About It: The reality of intergenerational trauma with For All Seasons CEO Beth Anne Dorman
Some wonderful things get passed on from generation to generation in families, but that is not the case with intergenerational trauma. The ... [Continue Story]
- Let’s Talk About It: Suicide on the Mid-Shore with For All Seasons CEO Beth Anne Dorman
- Having a Baby in the 21st Century with Shore Health’s Jessica Genrich and Stephanie Blades
- Six Marylanders hospitalized so far in listeria outbreak tied to deli meats
- Easier, Shorter Radiation Treatment for Early Stage Breast Cancer Now Offered at Shore Regional Health Cancer Center
- Everyone with Cancer Needs a Navigation Team: A Chat with UM Shore Regional Health’s Robin Ford and Rochalla Jones
- Compass in Review: A Chat with CEO Heather Guerieri
Education
Kent School welcomes best selling authors
Kent School’s 2024 Kudner Leyon Visiting Writers are Cara Natterson, MD and Vanessa Kroll Bennett. Natterson and Bennett are the authors of This is so Awkward: Modern Puberty ... [Continue Story]
- Kent School to host annual secondary school fair
- Prekindergarten Expansion For Private Providers Off To A Slow Start
- Mid-Shore Education: A Chat with Gunston’s John Lewis on AI in the Classroom, Centreville and Growth
- Spy Survey Summary on Learning for a Lifetime on the Mid-Shore
- Radcliffe Creek School Initiates Search for Head of School
- Kids Count: Maryland fell behind majority of states in childhood health indicators
Maryland News
Easton Council Highlights: Neighborhood Service Center leaders warn of heating assistance crisis
The Easton town council heard a sobering report from two leaders of the Neighborhood Service Center about a pending crisis in seniors and low-income ... [Continue Story]
- The Maryland Department of Juvenile Services announces launch of commission on juvenile justice, reforms detention policies
- Is the Tawes Crab Feast Losing its Luster?
- ‘Modest’ Budget Projections Are Cause For Cautious Optimism
- Alsobrooks Property Tax Revelations: A Political Hiccup Or Something More?
- Talbot Councilmembers Stepp and Callahan Raise Concerns on Imbalance in County Election Judges
- Raskin to introduce first suicide prevention legislation since his son’s death
Brevities
Live and in Person: From and Fuller talk election politics at the Avalon
On October 16th, Al From and Craig Fuller will take the stage at the Stoltz Listening Room for a live performance of the Spy's popular From and Fuller podcast. In a series of ... [Continue Story]
Food Friday
Food Friday: Autumnal pork chops
Like Milo, the little boy in The Phantom Tollbooth, I am often looking ahead, which diminishes the piquancy of the current moment. Milo wanted to know what would ... [Continue Story]
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith
Looking at the masters: autumn in Europe
“Autumn Frost” (1874) (18”x22”), by Impressionist painter Alfred Sisley (1830-1899), is a depiction of what French travel advisors describe as “one of ... [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
Free talk on Marjorie Post’s estate and gardens
Talbot County Garden Club welcomes guest speaker, Jessica Bonilla, director of Horticulture at Washington D.C.’s Hillwood’s gardens, on October 22nd ... [Continue Story]
Delmarva Review
- Delmarva Review: Cadence by K. Alma Peterson
- Delmarva Review: You Learn Transaction, Before Anything Else by Marlowe Jones
- Delmarva Review: Now Dimming by Mercedes Lawry
- Delmarva Review: Un Bouquet de Debra, a Story by Curt Saltzman
- Delmarva Review: Last Swim Class by Pam Crow
- Delmarva Review: Petrarch’s Cat a story by John J. McKeon
Chesapeake Lens
Chesapeake Lens: “Icons” By Tim Mangus
A Skipjack and a Buy Boat; twin icons of the Chesapeake Bay and its oystering past. ... [Continue Story]
Commerce
Three Cheers: Moo Productions Celebrates 20 Years of Creativity in Worton
Moo Productions proudly announces its 20th-anniversary milestone. Since its inception in 2004, Moo Productions has been providing excellence in ... [Continue Story]
- 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
- CULTA Announces Partnership with National Cannabis Brand Old Pal
Community Notes
Petition to fast-track safety signs for Maple Avenue and Kent Street given to SHA and MTS
On Tuesday, Michael McDowell arranged to meet with Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld and State Highway Agency Administrator William ... [Continue Story]
- Women & Girls Fund grant applications are due by November 1 for programs serving the needs of women and girls.
- Heather Mizeur announces endorsement of Francois Sullivan for KCPS Board of Education
- Remembering David Alan Turner
- Don’t miss CBMM’s OysterFest on Oct. 26
- Smooth Jazz from the Bratcher Project at Church Hill Theatre October 19
- Agent 86 Reconnaissance Footage: Concours d’ Elegance 2024 on Kent Island
Arts Notes
Tred Avon Players announces auditions for PLAZA SUITE
Tred Avon Players (TAP) invites actors of all experience levels to audition for our upcoming production of PLAZA SUITE by Neil Simon which will be ... [Continue Story]
- Third annual Plein Air Adkins is Nov. 2 at Adkins Arboretum
- Jazz Pianist Dick Durham returns to The Mainstay for his much awaited annual concert
- Working Artists Forum to showcase at 2024 Waterfowl Festival
- Cast chosen for Ride The Cyclone at Church Hill Theatre
- Kent Cultural Alliance launches 2025 project grant cycle for arts and culture initiatives
- Studio B Art Gallery to Showcase Workshop Artists and New Works by Master Jove Wang
Education Notes
State banquet celebrates Wright, fellow top teachers
Educators from throughout the state joined in celebrating Maryland’s top teachers last week, among them Kaitlyn Wright of Kent County Middle ... [Continue Story]
- Cast and production team announced for Garfield Center’s “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast”
- Kent School welcomes best selling authors
- KCPS wants to hear from you!
- Kent School to host annual secondary school fair
- Washington College Electric Boat Team Visits Radcliffe Creek School
- Prekindergarten Expansion For Private Providers Off To A Slow Start
Local Opinion
America, Israel & the Violent Middle East Enigma By Tom Timberman
Introduction: It's useful to have some understanding of what motivates Middle Eastern males to violence and war, before addressing the current ... [Continue Story]
Health Notes
Ruehrmund retires from UM Chester River Health Foundation
Maryann Ruehrmund, CFRE, ACHE, Executive Director and Chief Development Officer of the University of Maryland Chester River Health Foundation (UM ... [Continue Story]
- Emergency Team Members at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown Honored as “EveryDay Heroes”
- An Internationally-Recognized Expert On Aging To Speak In Easton, Chestertown
- Friends of UM Shore Regional Health Providing Financial Support For New Regional Medical Center
- The Arc Central Chesapeake Region Wins Three National Awards for Innovative Employee Benefits
- Choptank Health announces new pediatrician in Denton
- Two Tree Integrative Health hosts Sept. 24 fall gathering, ribbon cutting
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: An Open Letter in Reply to Brian Speer of Washington College
Mr. Speer, I typically refrain from engaging in ‘back and forth’ colloquy in an unreviewed public forum, However, after a year and a half of ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to the Editor: Historic District Standing in Jeopardy
- Letter to the Editor: “Welcome to America”
- Letter to the Editor: Welcome to America
- Letter to the Editor: Will Rogers
- Letter to the Editor: Chestertown Landscape is Rapidly Changing
- Letter to Editor: High Impact of Morgnec Road Solar Field on Chestertown Gateway
Columnist J.E. Dean
The utter shamelessness of the Trump agenda by J.E. Dean
Last night, I had a dream that I was in the spin room following a Trump rally. Spin rooms are set up at political events to provide journalists with a ... [Continue Story]
- J.D. Vance Wins the Vice-Presidential Debate, With Help from Walz by J.E. Dean
- A Second Assassination Attempt on Trump by J.E. Dean
- Remembering September 11—and January 6 by J.E. Dean
- The Foul Odor of the Trump-Kennedy Alliance by J.E. Dean
- The Trump Spell Has Been Broken by J.E. Dean
- What I Learned from the Paris Olympics 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
Renaissance By Laura J. Oliver
The last time I was at the Renaissance Festival accompanied by children, my son was a 5- year-old-towhead sporting an America’s Cup t-shirt, and my ... [Continue Story]
Senior Life
Upper Shore Aging Hosts the Re-Dedication of the Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center
Upper Shore Aging (USA) recently hosted a re-dedication of the Amy Lynn Ferris Adult Activity Center in Chestertown. The Constance and Carl Ferris ... [Continue Story]
- 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
- Working Together on Senior Care: A Chat with Talbot Health’s Carrie Ottey and Upper Shore Aging’s Andy Hollis
