Shortly after the Maryland General Assembly convened in January for their 2025 session, I wrote a commentary with the title -- Doing the right thing ... [Continue Story]
Spy Highlights
Beyond Cinderella: Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks by Anke Van Wagenberg
Working at the American Federation of Arts is just about as exciting as an art curator’s job can be curating international and American exhibitions, ... [Continue Story]
- Spy Concert Review: All-Mozart, Start to Finish by Steve Parks
- From and Fuller: Trump Liberation Day and Wisconsin Election Results
- From and Fuller: What does the Signal Chat Signal for Team Trump
- From and Fuller: Are the Courts Strong Enough to Push Back Trump and the End of JFK Conspiracies?
- Spy Theater Review: ‘Never the Sinner,’ Leopold and Loeb by Steve Parks
- From and Fuller: The Politics of a Government Shutdown and Trade War Impact
Public Affairs
Watermen Closing Out Wild Oyster Season
A warm and sunny afternoon in late March. Light winds. A dozen or so deadrises still oystering out on Broad Creek. Many of the boats have already ... [Continue Story]
The Arts
Earth Music: Two Painters, One Song
What if the earth could sing—and we stopped to listen? That’s the idea behind Earth Music, a new exhibit opening April 4 at Spiralis Gallery in ... [Continue Story]
- Sci-Fi Comes to Oxford: A Chat with The Man from Earth Director Cece Storm
- Cuban Links in Cambridge by Anke Van Wagenberg
- “NightCats” Kicks Off Sultana’s 2025 First Friday Season
- Garfield calls for Playmakers 2025 counselors and interns
- MassoniArt showcases collaborative Hostetler and Crocetta installation
- Rembrandt Comes to America by Anke Van Wagenberg
Chesapeake Ecosystem
The Solar Land Rush—A farmer’s perspective with Judy Gifford
http:// Over the past 50 years, the pursuit of renewable energy has been driven by advocates who see large solar arrays as a crucial step toward reducing ... [Continue Story]
- New polling finds strong Eastern Shore support for offshore wind
- Bay Journal: Nonprofits, states scramble as Trump administration pauses funding for many Chesapeake restoration programs
- Invasive catfish, west coast oyster shells fueling Chesapeake renaissance
- Intense Maryland Energy Debates in Annapolis Fill a Single Afternoon
- ShoreRivers now accepting summer internship applications
- Turn your Christmas tree into a home for local wildlife
On the Hill at Washington College
Upper Shore STRT1UP Roadshow Open to the Public at Washington College
Business minded residents of the Eastern Shore are invited to an exciting showcase of regional entrepreneurship at the 2025 Upper Shore STRT1UP ... [Continue Story]
- Chesapeake Changemakers and Natural Maryland Exhibits Coming to Washington College’s MuSE
- Rare first edition of Isaac Mason’s autobiography on Life as a Slave comes to Kent County
- Top 10 birds migrating through MD’s Eastern Shore
- Drafting Dissent: The Use of Drawings in Cuba’s Recent Activist Scene; now at Washington College Kohl Gallery
- 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
Health
HomePorts: A talk with John Murphy and Karen Carr
http:// As America’s population ages, more and more seniors are choosing to remain in their own homes rather than move into assisted living. In ... [Continue Story]
- Keys to Treating Stress By Lisa J. Gotto
- Let’s Talk about It: Dare to Lead Training Shapes Mid-Shore Leaders with For All Seasons Beth Anne Dorman
- Mid-Shore Health: Getting to the Heart of Heart Disease with Dr. Ian Davis
- Let’s Talk About It: A Different kind of Valentine with For All Seasons CEO Beth Anne Dorman
- Mid-Shore Health: The role of forensic nursing with survivors of sexual and physical assault
- Qlarant Foundation takes a big step forward with first executive director Amanda Neal
Education
WC launches updated DEI website pages By Heather Fabritz
At The Chestertown Spy, we believe in the power of the written word to bear witness, to provoke thought, and to strengthen the bridge between generations. In this spirit, we ... [Continue Story]
- MD Senate Panel’s vote on Blueprint bill straddles House, Administration Versions
- Wood Foundation awards $100K grant to Radcliffe Creek School
- KCPS Substitute Job Fair Saturday, Feb. 1
- Walls retires after 51 years
- Morgan State professor fined for presenting himself as licensed architect
- My year in books, 2024 edition by Nancy Mugele
Maryland News
Sheriffs defend cooperation with federal officials on immigration enforcement
Supporters of a bill that would force sheriff’s departments to cancel agreements with federal immigration officials said deputies could still enforce ... [Continue Story]
- Tensions boil over in shouting match during final House vote on fiscal 2026 budget
- Ferguson warns of ‘Maryland Recession’
- Federal layoffs pose workforce threats beyond Prince George’s, Montgomery counties
- Services tax added to ‘menu of options’ as state grapples with budget deficit, looming federal cuts
- Maryland has reported high child fatalities for years. Now they say they’ve overreported.
- Delegates renew medical aid-in-dying bill, but Senate hurdle remains
Brevities
Agent 7 Review: Caroline’s Table in Denton worth the Drive
It was a nice day for a weekend drive to lunch. For many, Denton is a place they drive by, but it is increasingly a place to visit and explore. Sitting on the Choptank River; ... [Continue Story]
Food Friday
Food Friday: Radishes
Early spring brings us delicious young vegetables: peas, asparagus, garlic, and radishes. Radishes are the pink darlings of early spring. Cherry red, fuchsia, magenta, hot ... [Continue Story]
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith
Looking at the Masters: Primavera
It is Primavera, or Spring in English. The term is derived from the Latin primus tempus. Spring began this year on March 20, and it will come to an ... [Continue Story]
Design with Jenn Martella
Design with Jenn Martella : Thinking inside the box
This unique house, designed by its Architect/Owner, is sited on a narrow peninsula between the Honga River and the Chesapeake Bay. The 0.9 acre lot ... [Continue Story]
Food and Garden
Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the photo
Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess what is pictured below: The answer to last week's mystery is American sycamore seeds, Platanus ... [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: “In Flight” By Wayne Zussman
And just like, they’re gone. Not to worry: they’ll be back. ... [Continue Story]
- Chesapeake Lens: “Spring” By Nancy Taylor Lee
- Cheasapeake Lens: “Bringing It Home'” By Paul Hanley, Jr.
- Chesapeake Lens: ‘Moon and Osprey’ By J. P. Henry
- Chesapeake Lens: “Across the Narrows” By Chase Morgan
- Chesapeake Lens: “Peace of an Evening” By John Rock
- Chesapeak Lens: “There’s Still Hope” By Donna Callejon
Commerce
Kent County’s META Program Welcomes New Cohort of Entrepreneurs
The Upper Shore Community Development Partners (USCDP), in partnership with the Town of Chestertown, proudly welcomes the newest cohort of ... [Continue Story]
- National Vietnam War Veterans Day March 29
- Employment: Kent County Chamber Deputy Executive Director sought
- KC Democratic Central Committee seeks membership applicants
- Chestertown Earth Day Festival April 26
- The Upper Shore STRT1UP Roadshow Pitch Competition Returns April 15, 2025
- Kent County’s first cannabis dispensary opening soon with social equity license
Community Notes
Kent County Chamber of Commerce honors local leaders at 2025 Community Excellence Awards
The Kent County Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Community Excellence Awards held on January 29th at the Chester ... [Continue Story]
Arts Notes
Free Harmony Music Fest, to collect instruments and donations for Hungry for Music.
Philip Dutton and Marc Quigley are producing a benefit music festival at Red Acres Farm in Worton, MD on Sunday afternoon, April 13, from 1 – 5 p.m. ... [Continue Story]
- The GCA announces cast and production staff for “A Rock Sails By”
- The Fiber Arts Center presents Joanne Scott – Inspiration in Fiber
- “Spring Fling” with Queen Anne’s Chorale!
- Chesapeake Film Festival’s 18th film festival is now open for submissions
- Trippe Gallery awarded Best Art Gallery 2025 on the Eastern Shore
- Studio B Art Gallery welcomes featured artist, Diz Hormel
Education Notes
States ordered by U.S. Education Department to certify school DEI ban or lose funds
This story was updated at 6:44 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education demanded in a letter to state education leaders on Thursday ... [Continue Story]
- Radcliffe Creek School Awarded Grant to Create STEM Workshop
- The Garfield Center calls for directors and title submissions for 2026 season
- “Lion King” team receives Golden Anchors
- Citizen Advisory Committee: Call for applications
- KCPS seeking community support for SB0843
- Receski receives Golden Anchor Award
Health Notes
Kent County Chamber of Commerce honors local leaders at 2025 Community Excellence Awards
The Kent County Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Community Excellence Awards held on January 29th at the Chester ... [Continue Story]
- Spring Patient Volunteer Training at Compass
- YMCA of the Chesapeake highlights Parkinson’s Awareness Month across the shore
- For All Seasons open house celebrates new Chestertown location
- HomePorts: A talk with John Murphy and Karen Carr
- Remembering Tom Timberman
- The Shelter Alliance seeks an Executive Director
Opinion
OP-ED: Mayor and Council: Trust in you has evaporated By Robert Miller
The re-introduction of Chestertown Resolution 06-2023 is more than strange. The resolution is more insult after injury on the citizens of Chestertown ... [Continue Story]
- Kent County and a serious healthcare hit? By Tom Timberman
- Op-Ed: Making American Great Again?
- The Political is Personal: Reflections on DEI by Margaret Andersen
- 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
Letters to the Editor
These Republicans Are Right – Don’t Blame Governor Wes Moore For Maryland’s Long-Projected Budget Deficit
In a recent debate on closing Maryland’s budget deficit, Minority Leader Jason Buckel, a Republican Delegate from Allegany County, made an important ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to the Editor: How did we get here?
- Letter to the Editor: Andy Harris…Where are you?
- Letter to the Editor: What Should the Democrats Be Doing?
- Letter to the Editor: Veterans thrown under the bus
- Letter to the Editor: Testimony to Kent County Commissioners Regarding SB 0931 and HB 1036
- Letter to the Editor: Republican voters will suffer under President Trump & Andy Harris
Columnist J.E. Dean
Burn a Tesla? Don’t even Think about It! By J.E. Dean
Until recently, I had assumed that there were Tesla dealerships on the Eastern Shore even though I had never seen one. There aren’t any. Tesla ... [Continue Story]
- Trump 2.0: A House of Cards? By J.E. Dean
- Worried About Flooding? Donald Trump Doesn’t Have Your Back by J.E. Dean
- Is Andy Harris representing Maryland or Donald Trump? By J.E. Dean
- How to Destroy American Higher Education by J.E. Dean
- Trump 2.0: The good, the bad, the ugly and the insane by J.E. Dean
- Trump’s dangerous tariff game is making the world a more dangerous place by J.E. Dean
Columnist Craig Fuller
Conversations with Craig Fuller: Ambassador and Author Frank Lavin
My friend and former White House colleague Ambassador Frank Lavin has a book coming out in March about his experience in the White House and ... [Continue Story]
- Midair collision over the Potomac: Week two update by Craig Fuller
- 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
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
And then there were three (For Sharon and Andrea) By Laura J. Oliver
I’m at my sister’s horse farm basking in a late-March, Blue Ridge mountain twilight, enjoying a glass of wine around the firepit with my two older ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Al Sikes
“Walking Around Money” by Al Sikes
“Walking around money”, it was called. I was twelve years old and helping my Dad run for a seat on Sikeston, Missouri’s Board of Aldermen. In plain ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Angela Rieck
Scientific revolution by Angela Rieck
Arguably, one of the most important books in the 20th century was Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, published in 1962. Before his ... [Continue Story]
Senior Life
Senior Nation: April Is Parkinson’s Awareness Month by Susan Covey
It is time to spread awareness and understanding of Parkinson’s Disease. This is a chronic condition affecting approximately one million people in the ... [Continue Story]
- It’s American Heart Month by Susan Covey
- 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
