Public Affairs
Council Will Not Replace Resigning Police Recruit
At the Chestertown Council meeting Monday, June 17, Police Chief Adrian Baker reported that one of two recruits recently hired by the town has resigned to take a position with … [Read More...]
- Foster, Fithian Ready to Work Together on Tax Differential
- Eastern Shore Advocate and MD House Speaker Clayton Mitchell Dies at 83
- Foster, Cerino Scold Commissioners Over Budget
- A Community Unites to Remember John Cassidy
- Schools, Towns Both Unhappy with County Budget
- Chestertown Council Passes Budget, Saves Recycling
Brevities
By the Byways – Chesapeake City by Spy Agent 7
The federally chartered Chesapeake Country Byway begins at its furthermost northerly point in Chesapeake City. A recent journey north from Talbot County took just over an hour … [Read More...]
Mid-Shore Arts
Tonight — June 24 — Peter Heck Joins Joe Holt for Mainstay Monday
Join us for another Mainstay Monday! These eclectic evenings happen every Monday night and are hosted by our own Joe Holt at the piano, partnering … [Read More...]
- “Annapolis Bluegrass” Band Plays Chestertown Music in Park
- Churchhill Theatre’s “Superstar” a Triumph
- Spy Review: Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival – Week Two
- RiverArts Moment: Curator Pat Thompson discusses the June Exhibition “Fine Art and Craft”
- RiverArts Goddard Retires: New Director Sought
- Mid-Shore Arts: The Gift of Improvisation with Joe Holt
Mid-Shore Education
KCPS Students Visit the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore
It was a picture perfect May morning when 49 students from Rock Hall, Galena and H.H. Garnet Elementary Schools and 20 from Kent County Middle School arrived at the the … [Read More...]
- Sultana & Students Help Conserve Radcliffe Creek
- Echo Hill Outdoor School’s Summer EXPLORE Programs Turn 40
- Kent School Kicks Off Campaign at 50th Anniversary Event
- Spy Time Machine: A Vincent Hynson Scholar in 2011 Plans for College and Career
- Maryland’s Congressional Delegation Voices Support for Kirwan Commission Goals
- Good Seeds: a Garden for Garnet School
Sultana Education Foundation
Sultana Education Foundation Welcomes New Senior Staff
The Sultana Education Foundation (SEF) has announced the addition Madison Beres and Aaron Thal as new members of its senior staff. Thal and Beres … [Read More...]
- Sultana Will Host Camper’s Preview this First Friday
- Sultana Might Have a Job For You
- Downrigging: Robert Earl Price and the Unlading Starts October 26
- Revitalized Chestertown Marina One of the Headliners for Downrigging Weekend 2018
- Nice: Sultana Wins Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race for Second Time in Three Years
- Sultana Education Foundation Partners with Gunston School for Chesapeake Watershed Semester Kickoff
- Sultana Snapshots: SEF and Gunston School Kick Off Chesapeake Watershed Semester
- Sultana Snapshots: Scott’s Point Findings to Share
Chesapeake Ecosystem
Interior Announces $6 Million Grant for Blackwater Refuge
The US Department of the Interior announced yesterday that the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Dorchester County will receive just shy of $6 million to conserve 2,500 … [Read More...]
- Clean Chesapeake Coalition-funded Documentary Nominated for Local Emmy Award
- Residents Question Funding of Clean Chesapeake Coalition
- 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
- Kent County High’s Ronald Parker Becomes New Student Ambassador
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
Celebrate the Land with Music and More at LANDJAM!
Want to get outside? Here it is – a fun and festive family-friendly event held on the permanently preserved Leigh Family Farm in Betterton, MD. Eastern Shore Land … [Read More...]
- Mid-Shore Public Transportation: Shared Mobility Coming to Chestertown
- Land Conservancy’s Planning Conference to Focus on Regional Transportation Issues
- ESLC’s Darius Johnson Would Like Your Attention on Bay Bridge Traffic Solutions
- Remembering Harry Hughes by Rob Etgen
- ESLC’s Jim Bass Reports on Eastern Shore’s Preparedness for Rising Seas Levels
- Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Releases Comprehensive Sea Level Rise Study
Health & Recovery
Channel Marker Cuts Ribbon on Regional Wellness Center
Channel Marker, Inc. has completed the final phase of its renovations of its 19,000-square foot Regional Wellness Center on Glebe Park Drive in Easton. The organization’s ribbon cutting celebrates the completion of a $2 million Capital Campaign to provide integrated services to people with severe … [Read More...]
- Kids Grieve Too: Talbot Kids Grief Camp with Becky DeMattia
- Maryland House passes Drug-aided Death Bill
- UM Shore Regional Health Publishes 2018 Community Benefits Report Online
- Death with Dignity: DC Residents Learning about New End-of-Life Law
- Suicidal Behavior In Children And Adolescents: Focus on Awareness and Prevention by Dr. Laurence Pezor
- Maryland Democrats: Trump Health Care curbs could Affect 260,000 in State
Senior Nation
Better to Wear Out Than Rust Out While Aging with Phil Burgess
For the last four years, the Senior Summit, an annual gathering for seniors, children of seniors, and caregivers on the Mid-Shore, has gone out of its … [Read More...]
- Talbot Community Connections Holds Fourth Annual Senior Summit on Aging – Phil Burgess to be Keynote Speaker
- Senior Nation: Ask Irma on Leaving Independent Living Too Soon
- Acts Retirement-Life Communities and Integrace Complete Affiliation
- Senior Nation: Ellen Walbridge Turns 100
- Acts Retirement and Integrace Sign Agreement
- Senior Nation: The Dixon House 99ers by Amy Blades Steward
Mid-Shore Commerce
New Fitness Center to Open at Washington Square in July
A new fitness center is opening at Washington Square Shopping Center right next to Town Stationers, which is soon to close its doors. Sean Madden … [Read More...]
- Maryland DOC settles ADA claims of Blind Inmates Represented by Chestertown Law Firm
- Lamotte Company Honored By World Trade Center Institute
- After the First Decade: Piazza’s Emily Chandler Looks Back and Forward
- The Power of Being Agile: Qlarant Embraces the Agile Manifesto
- Bartlett, Griffin & Vermilye Joins Fleetwood Insurance
- Chesapeake Bank Contributes to Chestertown Marina Project
Mid-Shore Food
Spy Food: Germaine’s Opens its Doors on High Street
Germaine Lanaux celebrated the grand opening of Germaine’s, a carryout with a New Orleans twist, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and serving … [Read More...]
- Mid-Shore Food Notes: Yelp Says Marlena’s in Middletown is one of the Top New Restaurants in US
- Inside the Sprout Kitchen: The Milkman Cometh
- Ecosystem: Through Gaian-Colored Lenses by Leigh Glenn
- Permaculture Profits: Integrating Specialty Crop Production & Livestock Management
- Adkins Arboretum Announces Spring Open House, Native Plant Sale
- Mid-Shore Food Culture: Psst….The Bartlett Pear is Totally Open for Business
Habitat
Spy House of the Week: Craftsman Gem
This house was built in 2015 but its style evokes the craftsman bungalows of the 1930’s with its compact massing, materials, textures and … [Read More...]
Town & County Notes
Kent County Public Library Celebrates Summer Reading Kickoff
Kent County Public Library’s summer reading program is back! This year’s theme, A Universe of Stories, creates the opportunity for kids to explore … [Read More...]
- Dr. Barbara Paca to Deliver Keynote Address at Independence Day Celebration
- Cars on High Adds Kid-Friendly “Touch-a-Truck” Event on June 20
- Centreville Notes: New Courthouse Open for Business June 17
- Sunset on the Choptank: Honoring our Heritage Heroes
- “To Mars and Beyond” Vacation Bible School June 24-27
- Haven Ministries Helps Food Pantry Customers Make the Most of their Food Decisions
Arts Notes
“The Longest Day” — A Poem for the Summer Solstice by Ed Minch
The Longest Day It snuck up on me again timidly allowing tomorrow to be shorter slipping slowly at first then faster til dark … [Read More...]
- Academy Art Museum Announces July Events
- Call for Artists: Patterns of Eastern Shore Life
- Call for Artists: Connections: Work in a Series
- Encore Creativity Presents Four Free Concerts in Chestertown, June 23-27!
- Wild Lines, Environmental Sculpture by Howard and Mary McCoy, at Adkins Arboretum
- Working Artists Forum Announces Artists for Waterfowl Festival 2019
Education Notes
Wye River Upper School Announces New Director of Development
Wye River Upper School is delighted to announce that Lauren Kay Weber has accepted the position of WRUS Director of Development. Lauren brings over a … [Read More...]
- Easton Student Graduates College before High School
- WRUS Senior Torrienne Emery Signs Division II Tennis Scholarship
- Radcliffe Creek School Announces Eighth-Grade Graduation
- Kent School Announces Retirements and New Employees for 2019-2020
- The Benedictine School Recognizes 13 Graduates
- Kent School Celebrates 50th Graduation
Mid-Shore Health Notes
New CT Scanner Now in Use at UM Shore Medical Center
The new GE Revolution EVO CT scanner is now in use at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown. While the majority of the purchase of the GE Revolution … [Read More...]
- Compass Regional Hospice Appoints New Director of Mission Advancement
- EMTs Receive Autism Training as Part of Chesapeake College’s Paramedic Program
- Shore Kids Camp for Children with Type 1 Diabetes Set for July 8-11
- Safe Sitter Class Set for June 27 in Chestertown
- Chester River Health Foundation Golf Tourney Raises $95,000
- Compass Regional Hospice Social Worker Receives Caregivers Award
Maryland 3.0
Thornton 2.0: A Chat with Serial Entrepreneur Charlie Thornton
As they say in New York City, where Charlie Thornton grew up, he's "been around the block" in the field of structural engineering. Almost immediately after graduating from … [Read More...]
- Maryland 3.0: Checking in with KRM’s Bryan Matthews
- Maryland 3.0: TEDCO’s Startup Help on the Shore with Bill Bernard
- Making it Work on the Shore: Reinventing Downtown Easton with Ross Benincasa
- Maryland 3.0: Mid-Shore Small Town Businesses Survive with Google Search
- Everyone, Start Your Businesses! The STRT1UP Road Show Bus Begins Its Fall 2016 Statewide Tour
- Making It on the Shore: Alex Haschen and IAMBOOST
Maryland Politics & Policy
Harris Supports Decision to End Inappropriate Use of Human Fetal Tissue in Research
Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) supports the Trump Administration’s decision to discontinue a contract with the University of California, San … [Read More...]
- Congressman Andy Harris Joins 57 GOP Lawmakers to Vote Against Disaster Aid Bill
- 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
- Harris Applauds Trump Announcement of Conscience Protection Rule
- Md. House of Delegates elects Adrienne Jones as New Speaker
- A Larry Hogan Youth Movement?
Columnist Howard Freedlander
Out and About (Sort of): Healthcare in Our Backyard by Howard Freedlander
As controversy has roiled the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), headquartered in Baltimore, over self-dealing contracts awarded volunteer … [Read More...]
- 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
- Out and About (Sort of): Paying Homage by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Bedside Manner 2.0 by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of) Family Feeds Land Carefully by Howard Freedlander
Columnist Craig Fuller
Power of Community by Craig Fuller
Living in Easton, there are constant reminders of the value a community provides. The value flows from the people, the relationships, the culture and … [Read More...]
Columist George Merrill
Caring by George Merrill
It’s morning and I am sitting on my porch. The wind is strong, out of the south – twenty knots maybe - and the trees on one side of the cove undulate … [Read More...]
Nancy Mugele
My Summer Reading List by Nancy Mugele
We made it! If you are a student or an educator, pat yourself on the back for making it through another academic year. Summer has arrived for the Kent … [Read More...]
Columnist Angela Rieck
On Mental Illness by Angela Rieck
The New York Times recently reported that researchers were able to create some form of brain function in slaughtered pigs whose brain cells had been … [Read More...]
Columnist Al Sikes
The Destruction of the Supreme Court by Al Sikes
Politics and the Supreme Court, intentionally, have a tense relationship. Indeed Franklin Roosevelt, when President, attempted to expand its … [Read More...]
Op-Ed
2020 Issues: 17 Months From Election Day by J.E. Dean
In a healthy democracy votes are based on character and informed policy choices. The balance between the two shifts with the mood of the time—in a … [Read More...]
- Two Weeks Out, Here’s What We Need to See in the Early Democratic Debates by J.E. Dean
- Maryland Has Good Reasons to Take a Close Look at Amy Klobuchar
- Op-Ed: Keep Recycling, Increase Property Tax to 47 Cents by Dan Menefee
- Elites and Visions by Matt Daley
- Oh, it’s just Donald” by Bob Moores
- Tea Party by Nancy Mugele
Letters to the Editor
Letter to Editor: Harris Says Nay on Community-Based Healthcare and Spousal Impoverishment Protections
1st District Representative, Andy Harris, voted against the bi-partisan, healthcare bill H.R. 3253 (5 Republicans and 4 Democrat co-sponsors). This … [Read More...]
- Letter to Editor: Should He be Impeached?
- Letter to the Editor: Does the Clean Chesapeake Coalition Quack Like a Duck?
- Letter to Editor: Our Environment and Federal Legislative Options
- Letter to the Editor: Conversations With Charity and Civility
- Letter to the Spy Publisher: A Response from David Montgomery
- Letter to Editor: Jay Jacobs Got it Right with “War on the Shore” Report Description
