http:// Chestertown Mayor David Foster continues to fight for a fairer tax balance between the town and county and he’d like your support at the ... [Continue Story]
Spy Highlights

From and Fuller: Trump Gazaland and the Muse DOGE Peeks into Federal Payment Systems
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: Trump chaos and RFK Jr. confusion
- Have another? By Roger Vaughan
- From and Fuller: The Trump executive order blitzkrieg
- Equal and opposite, summer-winter, and poor man’s fertilizer by Dennis Forney
- From and Fuller: A Middle East Cease Fire and the Legacy of the Biden Years
- Capturing a life in focus with Ruth Wittersgreen
Public Affairs

A new president and immigration policies changes: A chat with ChesMRC’s Matthew Peters
As the new Trump Administration begins to roll out its approach to border control and immigration policies, one group on the Mid-Shore is watching ... [Continue Story]
- Maryland deploys icebreaker to clear channels for watermen
- Sheila Austrian wins Ward 1 council seat
- Rebuilding Together: A bold new chapter as Rebuilding Together Eastern Shore
- Ward 1 Special Election Candidates Forum
- Checking in with Sheila Austrian: Ward 1 Councilmember Candidate
- Checking in with Dawson Hunter: Ward 1 Candidate
The Arts

A Work of Heart: How Museums Can Strengthen Your Relationship by Daedelus Hoffman
It's a Tuesday night in February. The dinner plates have been cleared, the glow of the TV remote feels uninspiring, and the winter chill outside makes ... [Continue Story]
- Resonance welcomes back acclaimed vocal artist Meagan Sill Feb. 16
- TAP Takes on Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite: A Chat with Maureen Curtin and Brian McGunigle
- Elizabethan and chamber music virtuosity by Steve Parks
- MSO International Concerto Competition and more by Steve Parks
- The Garfield Center announces the cast for the hilarious farce “Noises Off”
- The Kent Cultural Alliance announces 2025 Independent Artist Grants for Kent County Artists
Chesapeake Ecosystem

Intense Maryland Energy Debates in Annapolis Fill a Single Afternoon
For the last few years, the nuclear energy industry has stood on the precipice of the Maryland energy policy debate, waiting for its close-up. Industry leaders and their ... [Continue Story]
- ShoreRivers now accepting summer internship applications
- Turn your Christmas tree into a home for local wildlife
- 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
On the Hill at Washington College

Drafting Dissent: The Use of Drawings in Cuba’s Recent Activist Scene; now at Washington College Kohl Gallery
Washington College’s Kohl Gallery will launch "Drafting Dissent: The Use of Drawings in Cuba’s Recent Activist Scene" with an opening reception on ... [Continue Story]
- Art, activism, and history events open to public at Washington College this February
- Washington College hosts Maryland Corps for Day of Civic Engagement
- Educators Invited to Apply for Innovation Plant Curriculum Fellowships
- Acclaimed poet James Allen Hall awarded 2025 NEA Literature Fellowship
- Robert Blackson Takes Helm at Washington College’s Kohl Gallery
- African American History Project Gets Federal Boost
- Middle East talks & author readings top Washington College’s fresh January events
- Bluegrass, War in the Middle East, Gut Health, and Women Serial Killers Top WC-ALL’s List of Courses Offered in Spring
Health

Mid-Shore Health: The role of forensic nursing with survivors of sexual and physical assault
For the Spy's continued interview series with UM Shore Regional Health, we asked Shannon Temple, their long-tenured forensic nurse coordinator, to ... [Continue Story]
- Qlarant Foundation takes a big step forward with first executive director Amanda Neal
- Mid-Shore Health: The war against lung cancer with Drs. Rashmi Benda and David Oliver
- 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
Education

Wood Foundation awards $100K grant to Radcliffe Creek School
Radcliffe Creek School (RCS) was recently awarded a generous grant from the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation to support needs-based scholarships for deserving students. The ... [Continue Story]
Maryland News

Moore delivers State of the State address that lays out ‘tough choices’ for lawmakers
Gov. Wes Moore used his third State of the State address to call for bipartisan cooperation from lawmakers to solve the mounting fiscal challenges ... [Continue Story]
- Hundreds of developmental disability advocates rally against DDA budget cuts
- O’Malley’s bid for DNC chair falls well short; Ken Martin new chair
- No survivors found in crash between military helicopter and jet over Potomac
- State leaders scramble to understand impact of Trump’s surprise funding freeze
- Get ready for a dizzying debate on energy policy
- GOP lawmakers on Moore administration budget: Not enough cuts, too many taxes – Maryland Matters
Brevities

Lunar New Year by Katherine Emery
In a cab in London years ago, we were heading to Jamie Oliver’s restaurant for dinner. My ever charming husband struck up a conversation with the cabdriver about how excited ... [Continue Story]
Food Friday

Food Friday: Purple prose
You’ll have to go somewhere else for your Super Bowl snacks ideas this year - although - between you and me - you really can’t do much better than a party-size bag of nacho ... [Continue Story]
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith

Looking at the Masters: Hendrick Avercamp
A 17th Century Dutch artist, born in Amsterdam, Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) specialized in winter landscapes. His father Barent Avercamp was the ... [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: Terrazze Toscana IGT
Ciao Tutti! This weekend at Piazza Italian Market, we will taste the Terrazze Toscana IGT ($19.50) from the Beconcini winery in San Minato, near ... [Continue Story]
- Do tea and herbs mix? CBHS hosts discussion with owner of the Doehrn Tea Company
- Wine of the Week: Vernaccia di San Gimignano
- Sale begins for Talbot County Garden Club’s “Hot Ticket” Spring Symposium
- Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the photo
- Wine of the Week: Barale Fratelli Dolcetto d’Alba Le Rose
- Adkins Arboretum Mystery Tuesday: Guess the photo:
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: “Quitting Time” by David Sites
At the end of another long shift, workers on the Bay Bridge head home. ... [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

Shelter Alliance to meet Thursday, January 23rd
Shelter Alliance will hold its next meeting at 4 pm on Thursday, January 23 at the 7th Day Adventist Church, 305 North Kent Street. A January 9, ... [Continue Story]
- Tax cuts, increases part of Moore’s ‘growth agenda’ – Maryland Matters
- Chestertown advances traffic safety with major improvements
- Remembering Yvonne W. Arrowood
- Remembering William “Bill” Matthews III
- Mid-Shore Gives 2024 raises $102K in 24 hours
- Chester River Chorale’s holiday concerts enthrall audiences
Arts Notes

MassoniArt Gallery presents new exhibition: Joe Karlik, Kathryn O’Grady and Blake M. Conroy
MassoniArt Gallery is thrilled to present a dynamic new exhibition featuring the works of Joe Karlik, Kathryn O’Grady and Blake M. Conroy, three ... [Continue Story]
- The Artists’ Gallery Presents “Mini Masterpieces”
- The Baltimore Consort headline The Mainstay’s first classical music series of 2025
- Early American Acoustic “Blues Before Chicago” at The Mainstay
- Academy Art Museum announces new Trustees
- Academy Art Museum Announces New Trustees
- Londonderry on the Tred Avon resident, Ken Sadler, wins People’s Choice Award in Queen Anne’s County art show
Education Notes

High Priority: KCPS seeking community support for HB0736
Kent County Public Schools is asking everyone to support its efforts to seek more money from the state to build a new Kent County Middle ... [Continue Story]
- Moore, Pelto receive Golden Anchors
- Governor’s education bill slows growth of per pupil funding, worrying advocates
- Gunston welcomes Mike Hardesty as Director of Facilities
- Share the Chesapeake story as a CBMM volunteer interpreter
- Chesapeake Forum’s Preview Party lights up post-holidays
- New members sworn in to Board of Ed
Health Notes

Kent SCOT wins award from Chamber of Commerce
Kent Shore Community Outreach Team (SCOT) has been honored by the Kent County Chamber of Commerce as recipients of its Community Excellence Award – ... [Continue Story]
- Choptank Health welcomes medical provider in Easton
- 12th Annual Spring Classic Bike Tour: Cycle for a Cause and enjoy great food
- 12th Annual Spring Classic Bike Tour: Cycle for a Cause and enjoy great food
- Dawn Gordon named Medical Staff Office Director for University of Maryland Shore Regional Health
- Cancer Center at University of Maryland Shore Regional Health welcomes Adam Goldrich, MD as Medical Director
- For All Seasons is the mental health partner for the 2024 Military Bowl
Opinion

The Political is Personal: Reflections on DEI by Margaret Andersen
As the women’s movement was unfolding in the late 1960s, all across the country women gathered in small, informal groups called consciousness raising ... [Continue Story]
- New report reveals value of resource conservation for Shore businesses by John Horner
- History of US Territorial Acquisitions By Tom Timberman
- Presidential pasts and an impending future by Steve Parks
- Maryland’s fiscal apocalypse by Clayton A. Mitchell, Sr.
- Analysis: Moore’s delicate balance as the session gets under way
- Electric Workboats on the Chesapeake? By Rob Etgen
Letters to the Editor

Letter to Editor: Representative Harris snubs the ‘Beagle Brigade’
Politics can be as unpredictable as the weather. And a recent vote by the Eastern Shore’s Congressman, Andy Harris, proves that point. Though Harris ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to the Editor: A Cowardly Senate Capitulates to Trump
- Letter to the Editor: Root Cause By Bob Scofield
- Letter to the Editor: Maryland’s fiscal apocalypse By Clayton A. Mitchell, Sr.
- Letter to the Editor: Trump not out of the woods yet
- Letter to the Editor: Your Community Needs You
- Letter to the Editor from Piers Heriz-Smith
Columnist J.E. Dean

Trump’s dangerous tariff game is making the world a more dangerous place by J.E. Dean
The world held its breath the morning of February 3, 2025. Trump’s tariffs on Canadian, Mexican, and Chinese goods were scheduled to go into effect. ... [Continue Story]
- In praise of Inspectors General by J.E. Dean
- President Biden should have walked out by J.E. Dean
- Trump asks Congress to abdicate its constitutional responsibility by J.E. Dean
- Remembering Jimmy Carter by J. E. Dean
- Wishing You Non-Snarky Holidays by J.E. Dean
- Should the press worry about Trump’s threats? By J.E. Dean
Columnist Craig Fuller

Midair collision over the Potomac: Week two update by Craig Fuller
There is news in every direction these days, but I still follow the press conferences by the National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) concerning the ... [Continue Story]
- A midair tragedy last night in Washington by Craig Fuller
- The Classic Motor Museum starts a new trip in St. Michaels: Craig Fuller talks to Mike Iandolo
- MPT, the Chesapeake Bay and Viewers Like You: A Chat with Station Manager Steven Schupak
- 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
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

The Reformer By Laura J. Oliver
My smart older sisters have blazed a trail through life for me by example. If I hadn’t received my driver’s license on my first try, for instance, I’d ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Al Sikes

Trump versus free speech by Al Sikes
My time was a generation ago. I chaired the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) during the George HW Bush administration. Censorship was not on ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Angela Rieck

Butterflies are not just pretty by Angela Rieck
Butterflies and moths, with their vibrant colors and intricate patterns, are more than just enchanting creatures flitting through our world. They play ... [Continue Story]
Senior Life

It’s American Heart Month by Susan Covey
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Every year, one in four deaths are caused by heart disease. The ... [Continue Story]
- Enjoy the health benefits of Thanksgiving Day by Susan Covey
- 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