William Hogarth was born and raised in London’s East End, a poor and rough part of London. His father was a failed Latin school master and writer ... [Continue Story]
Public Affairs
Town Council Holds Open Meeting on Proposed Human Rights Commission
Chestertown Town Council held an open meeting on October 26 to hear from the public regarding the proposed ordinance to create a human rights ... [Continue Story]
- Washington College Issues Statement on School’s Financial Situation
- COVID-19 on the Shore after Eight Months with Dr. William Huffner
- Town Council Open Meeting Tonight for Human Rights Commission
- Maryland In-Person Early Voting Begins Monday
- ShoreRivers Board Names Isabel Hardesty as new Executive Director
- What’s Next: A Conversation with Arlene Lee on Ctown Human Rights Commission
Spy Highlights
From and Fuller: Final Predictions for the 2020 Presidential and Senate Races
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]
- From and Fuller: Hunter Biden’s Laptop and Donald Trump’s Rejection of his own Campaign Strategy
- From and Fuller: Trump Low Poll Numbers, Amy Coney Barrett, and COVID Relief Package
- Rising Waters: Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay
- Election 2020: The Spy Bay Ecosystem Forum with Rob Etgen, Alan Girard, Isabel Hardesty and Tom Horton
- From and Fuller: The President’s COVID Condition and the VP Debate
- A Bright Light for Private Education at Gunston School with John Lewis
COVID-19
Spy COVID-19 Daily Update Oct. 29
Key points for today • Kent County cases remains at 343. • The county's 7-day average positivity rate is 1.67%. • The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maryland ... [Continue Story]
The Arts
Les Poissons Gallery: Plein-Air Salve for Our Time
The Plein-air season may be over, but before you get distracted by nature’s autumn palette, you should drop by or make an appointment to visit Les ... [Continue Story]
- Keeping Art Alive and Selling During COVID with Carla Massoni
- Academy Art Museum Craft Show 2020 Profile: Jeweler Amanda Hagerman
- Chesapeake Arts: Avalon Foundation Announces the Stoltz Pavilion
- Chesapeake Arts: Maryland Federation of Art Coming Back Strong
- Avalon Takes to the Stage Again: The Spy Chats with Tim Weigand
- Review: Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Opens Season
Health
Exit Interview: Patti Willis Looks Back at Healthcare’s Transition on the Mid-Shore
The Spy "Exit Interview" series is part journalism and part oral history. Over the last eleven years, the Spy has interviewed dozen of local leaders ... [Continue Story]
- COVID-19: In the Vortex with Shore Regional Health’s Ken Kozel
- For All Seasons Initiates Texting Hotlines During COVID-19
- Grieving During a Pandemic: A Conversation with Talbot Hospice’s Becky DeMattia
- COVID-19 Preparations in Full Swing at UM Shore Regional Health
- Shore Regional Health Announces Imaging Changes due to COVID-19
- UMMS Announces Visitor Restrictions At All Facilities
Chesapeake Ecosystem
CBF and ShoreRivers Sue Trump Administration on Clean Water Rule
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and ShoreRivers plan to sue the Trump administration for repealing the Obama-era Clean Water Rule, which provided robust protections for ... [Continue Story]
- Climate Study Predicts Heavier Rains, Deeper Floodwaters on Eastern Shore
- Money Comes Through to Resume Oyster Reef Work on the Tred Avon
- Environmentalists, Shore Officials Oppose Conowingo Settlement
- White House Targets Chesapeake Cleanup Funding for 91% Cut in 2021 Budget
- Striped Bass Fishing Cuts to Hit Bay Anglers Harder than Watermen
- Results of Crab Pot Placement Research Too Close to Call it Either Way
Maryland News
Elections Officials’ Advice: Bring Mail-in Ballots to Drop Boxes
With reports of slow mail delivery across the country, Maryland election officials are urging voters to return their mail-in ballots at drop-boxes ... [Continue Story]
- Maryland Breaks State Record for Single-Day Early Voting Turnout
- Question 1: Md. Voters Will Weigh in on Increased Budgetary Power for State Lawmakers
- Hogan Announces Second $250 Million Business Relief Plan
- Franchot Urges Hogan to Help Md. Small Businesses
- Report: Two Lower Shore Counties Have Unhealthy Levels of Nitrate in Drinking Water Due to CAFOs
- What Happens in Md. if the Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care Act?
Brevities
Take the Chestertown Spy Survey #32 – Right Direction/Wrong Track
With just a few days left before Election Day in the United States, we want to know if our country is going in the right direction or taking the wrong track. Take the ... [Continue Story]
Town & County Notes
Haven Ministries Hosts Harvest for Hope Online Auction
Haven Ministries has announced it will be hosting a Harvest of Hope Online Auction between November 12 and November 14 to benefit its essential ... [Continue Story]
- Mid-Shore Pro Bono Awarded $183,688 Grant from the Maryland Opioid Operational Command Center
- Local Management Board Puts forth Community Plan to Reduce Child Poverty by Half
- Stories of the Chesapeake to Provide Small Grants for Heritage Projects
- Promoting Child Protection During COVID-19
- FarmersWagon.org to Deliver Thanksgiving Turkeys to Households Facing Hardship
- Maryland State Board of Elections Issues Statement on Ballot Drop Boxes
Education
Washington College Faculty Seek Union
The faculty of Washington College has submitted a petition for voluntary union recognition to College Administration and the Board of Visitors and Governors. The unionization ... [Continue Story]
- The Radcliffe Creek School’s Change of Board of Trustees
- Schools to Stay Closed Through May 15, With Talk of Extended Summer School
- Chesapeake College supports Students, Community in COVID-19 crisis
- Kent Schools Plan for Extended Closure
- Character Really Does Count During a Pandemic: A Chat with Lauren Kay Weber
- Mid-Shore Kids: Mr. Remesch Shares a Song
Commerce
SCORE of the Mid-Shore Profiles: Ed French
While the volunteer organization, SCORE, has been around since 1964, carrying on its mission is to foster vibrant small business communities through ... [Continue Story]
- What’s the Annual Economic Impact of the CBMM? Try $11.6 million. A Spy Chat with President Kristen Greenaway
- Corporate Philanthropy: Preston Motors Takes on COVID-19
- Kent County CARES Enough to Get Outside Help
- New Leadership Comes to Kent County Chamber of Commerce
- Hospitality: Tidewater Inn Adjusts to Post-COVID World
- Commerce: When an Alcohol Distillery Takes on COVID-19
Senior Nation
Senior Nation: The COVID Challenge for Senior Centers on the Shore
While the news is filled these days of organizations and social groups slowly coming back to life as the country adjusts to a new "normal" world ... [Continue Story]
- Back on Track: Eight Ways to Re-Establish a Healthy Routine in Uncertain Times
- Senior Nation: One Housing Option after 55
- At Compass: A Different Kind of Daughter and Father Story
- Ask Irma: COVID-19 and Social Isolation
- Ask Irma: How’s Londonderry during COVID-19?
- Senior Nation: Sharing Enjoyable Activities with Those with Dementia by Barbara Vann
Habitat
House of the Week: Telescope Treasure
This charming house that was built in the 1920’s telescopes down from two to one stories and is conveniently located in a small village just off 213 ... [Continue Story]
- House of the Week: Gambrel Cottage
- Habitat: WC’s Semans-Griswold Environmental Hall Nominated for AIA Award
- House of the Week: Rural Forms with a Contemporary Flair
- House of the Week: Three Chapters in the Life of a Remarkable House
- House of the Week: Bungalow Bliss
- Habitat House of the Week: On Gratitude
Food
Adkins Arboretum’s Mystery Monday: Bright Pink Seeds
Happy Mystery Monday! Last week we highlighted the beech blight aphid, otherwise known as the "boogie woogie aphid." These aphids feed on beech trees ... [Continue Story]
- Weather Looking Good for September First Friday
- Shore Food: A Master of Cakes Opens Up in Easton
- COVID Makes New Partners with the Avalon, Tidewater Inn, and Wylder Tilghman Island
- Sweet: Chestertown Farmers’ Market Comes Back to Downtown July 4
- June Gardening Tips
- It’s a Family Affair (and Farm) by Val Cavalheri
Arts Notes
Academy Art Museum Announces November Events
EXHIBITIONS The following Academy Art Museum exhibitions are sponsored by the Talbot County Arts Council, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the ... [Continue Story]
- MSO Holiday Joy Gift Tickets: A Great Way to Spread Seasonal Cheer
- Virtual Exhibit by Jason Patterson: On the Black History of Kent County and Washington College
- The Garfield Center Receives Much Needed Community Support from its Recent Emergency Appeal
- Waterfowl Festival Creates New Virtual Art Gallery for 2020
- The Mainstay Livestream Concerts Continue: Pianist Daryl Davis
- “Shouting at the Wind” by Marc Castelli Exhibit at MassoniArt Gallery
Education Notes
WRUS Makes Library Donation to Centreville
Wye River Upper School (WRUS) students donated a hand built MakerCart to the Queen Anne’s County Library in Centreville on Tuesday, Oct. 20, sturdy ... [Continue Story]
- Washington College Announces Revision to Spring 2021 Semester Plan
- Washington College 237th Commencement Exercises Set to Premier on October 17
- Golfing Tournament Raises over $30K for the Gunston School
- Dr. Alisha Knight Earns Cromwell Award for Innovation in Teaching
- Washington College Announces Fiscal Reductions
- Dr. Scott Newstok Hosts “How to Think Like Shakespeare” Lecture
Health Notes
Choptank Health Welcomes Director of New Behavioral Health Services
Vicki Rahenkamp, MA, LCPC, CCTP has joined Choptank Community Health System as Director of Behavioral Health Services, a new division joining Choptank ... [Continue Story]
- UM Shore Regional Health Installs New State-of-the-Art MRI, Breast Coil
- Milburn Joins UM Shore Medical Group-Surgery
- UM Shore Regional Health Welcomes New Radiologist
- Philanthropic Organization to Provide Funding to Eligible Groups
- Krempasky, Speech/Language Therapist, Joins UM Shore Rehab at Queenstown
- UMMS “Don’t Delay Mammogram” Public Service Announcement
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Election Jitters by George Merrill
Got election jitters? I have. One fear I have is that when the election is over we will have no skills left to us to share its results as one ... [Continue Story]
- Admitting that Sometimes We’re Deplorable is the First Step to Recovery by Maria Grant
- Op-Ed: Are you Voting your Core Values? By Johnny O’Brien
- Op-Ed: Time to Create more Space for People in our Towns by Owen Bailey
- Op-Ed: Columbus, Courageous and Lucky by Bob Moores
- Op-Ed: Do We as a Country Know Where We’re Headed? By Maria Grant
- Op-Ed: What a Debate by Steve Carns
Letters to the Editor
Letter to Editor: An Academy Art Museum Craft Show Like No Other
This weekend, the Academy Art Museum hosts its 23rd Annual Craft Show. While the annual event has been enjoyed for two decades, this year the Show is ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to Editor: Biden Sign Still Standing in Chestertown
- Letter to Editor: Name Those Leaders!
- Letter to Editor: Consider Joining the Chester River Health Foundation Board
- Letter to Editor: Introducing ‘Camp Trump’ at Ellis Island
- Letter to Editor: Democratic Club Statement on Farmers’ Market Political Booths
- Letter to Editor: Thanks and Farewell to Chestertown
Columnist Craig Fuller
The Only Relevant Question After the Debate by Craig Fuller
The final debate of the Presidential campaign….and, the winner is? Kristen Welker, the moderator! She actually managed to moderate a discussion of ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Howard Freedlander
Out and About (Sort of): Mission Implausible by Howard Freedlander
As much as I have a warm spot for the Maryland National Guard (MDNG) after 30-plus years of service, I was dismayed to learn of its participation in a ... [Continue Story]
- Out and About (Sort of): Anger Unleashed by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Socialism, Misused Criticism by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Another Giant by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Denting Digital Divide by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Amazing Athlete by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Say It Isn’t So by Howard Freedlander
Columist George Merrill
Snapshots of Daily Life: Cardinals
The cardinal from hell is back. This time, he’s assaulting my studio windows. Many years ago, I had a disturbing experience with a cardinal. He ... [Continue Story]
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Slugs by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Vulnerability by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Knowing by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Fungi by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Artifacts by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Love by George Merrill
Columnist Angela Rieck
Life’s Lessons—The Last Chapter
The retirement chapter of life has been my most challenging. Perhaps because I was thrust into it without a plan. Like many readers, I have lived a ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Al Sikes
Post-Debate by Al Sikes
This column was finished several days ago but held because of last night’s debate. Believing the debate offered no fresh insights, these are my pre- ... [Continue Story]
