Partisanship is the poison that renders representative democracies dysfunctional. National needs, and often the Constitution, are ignored in the interest of defeating the opposing party and seizing ... [Continue Story]
Public Affairs
The Door Finally Opens for Future Use for Easton’s Abandoned Safeway Site
While there is no truth in the rumor there is a support group for downtown residents still traumatized by the closing of the Safeway on Washington ... [Continue Story]
- 1st District GOP Candidates Debate without Incumbent Andy Harris at LWV Forum
- Congressman Harris Votes No on Bill Supporting Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
- Spy Report: Cambridge Waterfront Development, Inc Hosts Public Update Session
- County Council Update: Lakeside Resolutions Discussed and More
- House, Senate Send $63 Billion Budget to Governor
- Maryland House and Senate leaders Say They have a Budget Agreement
Spy Highlights
From and Fuller: The Political Impact of Student Protests in 2024
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 Fuller discuss the political impact of dozens of student protests at some of the nation’s leading universities protesting Irasel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. This video podcast is approximately […]
- The Tale of Taylor Swift and Taylors Island’s Clara Bow
- From and Fuller: On NY Times David Brooks Pessimism on Biden and Speaker Johnson’s Survival
- When Whistler looked at City Streets with the Curator David Park Curry and AAM’s Lee Glazer
- Chicken Scratch: Are You Feeling Stressed Today? By Elizabeth Beggins
- The Art and Importance of Festivals at the CBMM with Shannon Mitchell
- From and Fuller: Speaker Johnson’s Foreign Aid Pickle and Trump Trapped in the Courtroom
The Arts and Local Design
Darlene Taylor at the AAM: Reclaiming Untold Stories Through Heirloom Memories
Currently on view through July 14th at the Academy Art Museum (AAM) is "Heirlooms," - a profound and meaningful mixed media series by ... [Continue Story]
- Spy Art Reviews: From Heirlooms to Master Antiquity Prints by Steve Parks
- Spy Review: They’re All Winners in this Contest by Steve Parks
- TAP Time: Tred Avon Players Liz Clarke and Cavin Moore on “Vanities”
- Two Art Grants Programs that Might Change Lives with Talbot Arts’ Joan Levy
- Spy Music Review: Concerto to Die For by Steve Parks
- Spy Arts Diary: A Stands for Art in April by Steve Parks
Chesapeake Ecosystem
QAC County Takes Major Step in Building Bike and Hiker Trails System
Last night, the Queen Anne's County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board presented their new master plan to county commissioners, outlining a vision ... [Continue Story]
- Maryland’s Oyster Sanctuaries Show Promising Signs by Joe Zimmermann
- Deena Kilmon Appointed Executive Director of Waterfowl
- The Eagle’s Owl Nest: After Years of Teasing, This Great Horned Owl Couple Finally Delivers
- Mid-Shore Ecosystem: Record Breaking Farm Land Saved by QAC but Future Funding Looks Bleak
- Md. Offshore Wind Project Loses Energy: Developer Announces ‘Repositioning’ Of Project
- A Conservation Journey From Cordova to Palaka and Back to Delmarva by Norman Greenhawk
Maryland News
Kent Island Has Its Day by Brent Lewis
This year’s Kent Island Day, an annual family-friendly event organized by the Kent Island Heritage Society to celebrate the historical and cultural ... [Continue Story]
- State Officials Seek to Resolve CWDI and City of Cambridge Conflicts
- Early Voting Begins Thursday: Here’s How and Where to Do It
- Here are Some Bills to Watch on the Final Day of Session
- Should People with Severe Mental Health Needs get Court-Ordered Treatment?
- MD House Fiscal Leader Can’t Rule Out Extended Session on Budget
Health
Compass in Review: A Chat with CEO Heather Guerieri
Every year, the Spy makes it a point to talk to Heather Guerieri, the CEO of Compass, the Mid-Shore's largest nonprofit hospice organization, for an ... [Continue Story]
- Working Together on Senior Care: A Chat with Talbot Health’s Carrie Ottey and Upper Shore Aging’s Andy Hollis
- Mid-Shore Health: The Road to Recovery at Shore Medical Center’s Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Clinics
- Mid Shore Health Improvement Coalition Launches Health Careers Website
- Mid-Shore Health: The New Science of Orthopedic Care with Drs. Myron Szczukowski and Dr. Sheila Taylor
- The Moore Budget Shows $100M for Proposed Medical Center
Education
Maryland’s School Superintendent Announces Accountability Task Force
Five days after the Maryland State Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint Carey Wright as the state’s permanent superintendent of schools, ... [Continue Story]
- Breakdown Of Funding For Blueprint Plan Comes Into Focus
- Horn Point Professors Named U.S. Fulbright Scholars
- Maryland Blueprint: Implementation in Dorchester County
- Blueprint Implementation Continues: New Plans Reveal Ongoing Challenges For Schools
- Chesapeake Forum’s New Era of Lifelong Learning with James Adams and Claudia Dziobek
Food & Garden Highlights
From and Fuller: The Political Impact of Student Protests in 2024
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]
- Kent Island Has Its Day by Brent Lewis
- Looking at the Masters: Sliman Mansour
- CORRECTION: The Art of Storytelling: Panel Discussion and Workshop with Filmmakers at the Talbot County Free Library is now on Sunday, September 29, at 10:30 a.m.
- State Officials Seek to Resolve CWDI and City of Cambridge Conflicts
- Larry Hogan is a Good Man, But Please Don’t Vote for Him by J.E. Dean
Brevities
May 2024 Sky Watch: Meteors and Morning Planets by Denis Herrmann
After the spectacular Solar Eclipse last month, our attention shifts in May to one of the year’s better Meteor Showers; The Eta ... [Continue Story]
- Agent 86 Reconnaissance Report: Oxford Day 2024
- Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: I Hear the Avalon is Sold Out for that Show
- Agent 86 Reconnaissance Footage: Chestertown by Air
- COVID 2024 by Kate Emery General
- Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Getting Ready for the Big Game
- Move Over Horny Goat Weed, Here Comes Pollen
Commerce
From and Fuller: The Political Impact of Student Protests in 2024
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]
- Kent Island Has Its Day by Brent Lewis
- Looking at the Masters: Sliman Mansour
- CORRECTION: The Art of Storytelling: Panel Discussion and Workshop with Filmmakers at the Talbot County Free Library is now on Sunday, September 29, at 10:30 a.m.
- State Officials Seek to Resolve CWDI and City of Cambridge Conflicts
- Larry Hogan is a Good Man, But Please Don’t Vote for Him by J.E. Dean
Community Notes
Shore Legal Access offers free expungement clinic at Grace Street
A free legal clinic this month in Easton can help people with criminal convictions learn about wiping the slate clean. Shore Legal Access, a ... [Continue Story]
- Yoga on Navy Point returns to CBMM in May & June
- Talbot County Celebrates Birthday and Announces Citizen of the Year
- Tilghman Watermen’s Museum Announces Splendor for 2024
- The Spy to Offer Election Interviews with all St. Michaels Commissioner Candidates
- CBMM to celebrate first responders & frontline workers May 13-17
- YMCA of the Chesapeake Announces Changes to Leadership Team
Senior Life Highlights
Talbot County Commission on Aging to host a Senior Resource Fair
The Talbot County Commission on Aging is thrilled to announce its inaugural Senior Resource Fair, a much-anticipated event to enhance seniors' lives ... [Continue Story]
- 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
- Senior Life: Stepping Out by Susan Covey
- Cruisin’ with Christine: For the Love of Rotary at Londonderry with Robert Grill
- Londonderry on the Tred Avon Welcomes Brian Cotter to Board of Directors
- Housekeeping Team Contributes to Superior Lifestyle at Londonderry on the Tred Avon
Arts Notes
CORRECTION: The Art of Storytelling: Panel Discussion and Workshop with Filmmakers at the Talbot County Free Library is now on Sunday, September 29, at 10:30 a.m.
Chesapeake Film Festival: Celebrating Independent Cinema in Historic Easton and Chestertown, Maryland The Chesapeake Film Festival invites you to the ... [Continue Story]
- The Secret Life of Adkins, Photographs by Kellen McCluskey, on View through June 29 at Adkins Arboretum
- 8th Annual Art of the Garden opens at The Trippe Gallery
- Plein Air Pop Up Exhibit First Friday May 3 on the Waterfowl Building lawn
- The Tidewater Singers Spring Concerts
- Studio B Art Gallery Presents “Flourish: a Celebration of Spring”
- Chesapeake Music Announces Winners of 11th Biennial Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition for Young Professionals
Ecosystem Notes
Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the Picture!
The answer to last week's mystery is barred owl, Strix varia, pictured below: Known colloquially as the hoot owl, the barred owl is not ... [Continue Story]
Education Notes
Gunston’s Chesapeake Watershed Semester Welcomes New Director Brad Hirsh
The Gunston School is delighted to announce the appointment of Brad Hirsh as Gunston’s new Director of the Chesapeake Watershed Semester and ... [Continue Story]
- Wye River Upper School Invites Regional Experts and Advocates
- What’s All The Buzz About Bees?
- St. Michaels Branch presents Delivering Donated Ambulances to Ukraine with Terry Mangan
- Gunston’s Tony D’Antonio Named ‘Counselor of the Year’
- Get Your Groove On! Learn How to Jam With Others
- Drink Tequila, Explore the Serengeti or Read a Book In April at Chesapeake Forum
Health Notes
UM Shore Regional Health Receives 4th Magnet® Designation
UM Shore Regional Health (UM SRH), a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System, has earned re-designation as a Magnet® ... [Continue Story]
- For All Seasons Inaugural Paddles Up for Mental Health Tournament Offers Former Raven Celebrity Match for Viewing
- UM SMC in Chestertown in Becker’s Rural Access Hospital Listing
- Birthing Center at UM Shore Regional Health’s JADA System Proves a Lifesaver for Salisbury Mother
- Talbot Goes Purple will collect medications for National Take Back Day
- Shore Regional Health Celebrates Donate Life Month
- Queen Anne’s County Emergency Services to Host Community Emergency Response Team Training (CERT)
Commerce Notes
From and Fuller: The Political Impact of Student Protests in 2024
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]
- Kent Island Has Its Day by Brent Lewis
- Looking at the Masters: Sliman Mansour
- CORRECTION: The Art of Storytelling: Panel Discussion and Workshop with Filmmakers at the Talbot County Free Library is now on Sunday, September 29, at 10:30 a.m.
- State Officials Seek to Resolve CWDI and City of Cambridge Conflicts
- Larry Hogan is a Good Man, But Please Don’t Vote for Him by J.E. Dean
- Design with Jenn Martella: A Diamond on Diamondback
Food Friday
Food Friday: Prepare for Al Fresco
We have had just enough warm weather this month to get us acclimated to the notion of summer, and now it is about to get cooler, but in a zesty, spring-y fashion. (We can wear ... [Continue Story]
Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith
Looking at the Masters: Sliman Mansour
Sliman Mansour was born in 1947 in Birzeit, a small village north of Ramallah. He is an internationally recognized Palestinian artist. He studied art ... [Continue Story]
Design with Jenn Martella
Design with Jenn Martella: A Diamond on Diamondback
Waterfront houses with shorelines facing south enjoy the ideal solar orientation for sunny rooms throughout the day. Today’s featured house was sited not only to capture the southern light but also to maximize its spectacular 180-degree vistas up and down the Miles River. This charming house began its life as a guest house for the […]
From and Fuller Podcast
From and Fuller: The Political Impact of Student Protests in 2024
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: On NY Times David Brooks Pessimism on Biden and Speaker Johnson’s Survival
- From and Fuller: Speaker Johnson’s Foreign Aid Pickle and Trump Trapped in the Courtroom
- From and Fuller: A Deep Dive into Battleground State Wisconsin and MAGA Move for Trump Airport
- From and Fuller: Trump Antisemitism, Ohio Primary Results, and Hogan Poll Numbers
- From and Fuller: Biden’s SOTU Doesn’t Change Polls and the RFK, Jr. Third Party Threat
- From and Fuller: A Super Tuesday Download and the High Stakes of Biden’s State of the Union Address
Columnist J.E. Dean
Larry Hogan is a Good Man, But Please Don’t Vote for Him by J.E. Dean
Partisanship is the poison that renders representative democracies dysfunctional. National needs, and often the Constitution, are ignored in the ... [Continue Story]
- Why is Trump Begging the Court to Convict Him? By J. E. Dean
- Trump’s “Historic Trial” by J.E. Dean
- The Trump Melt-Down Continues by J.E. Dean
- Keeping Idiots Out of Congress by J. E. Dean
- Pence Declines to Endorse the Man Who Wanted Him Hanged by J.E. Dean
- How is Joe Biden’s Reelection Campaign Going? By J.E. Dean
Columnist Howard Freedlander
Out and About (Sort of) On Being Humble by Howard Freedlander
As I view student protests at an increasing number of colleges and universities, I disdain the disruption but respect free speech. I feel conflicted. When I ponder the dysfunction in Washington, D.C. and extreme difficulty recently in passing legislation to support Ukraine and Israel, I can see reasons for voting for and, not easily, against […]
- Out and About (Sort of): Good Deed, Awful Behavior by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Wondering by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Calming the Waters in Oxford by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Compromise and Cars by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Noteworthy History by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Race To Watch by Howard Freedlander
Columnist Hugh Panero
Let’s Retire the Word “Retired” by Hugh Panero
We need a new word to better describe being "retired.” While there are multiple ways to talk about gender, there is only one measly, grossly ... [Continue Story]
- Top 15 Indicators That You Are Too Old For Technology by Hugh Panero
- Dune Part 2 and My Son Got Me Back Into a Movie Theater by Hugh Panero
- Governor Moore is About to Have a Moment by Hugh Panero
- The List of the 15 Most Upside-Down Things of 2023 by Hugh Panero
- New Hospital Dreams and Long ER Wait Time Nightmares by Hugh Panero
- New Hospital Dreams and Long ER Wait Time Nightmares by Hugh Panero
Columnist Craig Fuller
A Technologically Driven Holistic Approach to Healthcare: Craig Fuller Chats with Dr. Rubin Pillay
In a recent insightful interview with Dr. Rubin Pillay, an innovative voice in modern healthcare, the Spy's Craig Fuller was offered a glimpse into ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Jamie Kirkpatrick
Dreamland
I love to dream. My most fantastic creations come in the hours just before dawn, after I’ve wakened and done what was needed to be done, and then ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Laura Oliver
The Road Ahead by Laura J. Oliver
This is the story of how I didn’t become what I might have been. And for once I’m not talking about my effort to be a fully evolved spiritual human ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Angela Rieck
Looking for Zebras by Angela Rieck
I have two dogs, Gus and Annie, who are frequent inspirations for my columns. These two dogs could not be more different. Gus is a 12-pound little ... [Continue Story]
Columnist Al Sikes
What Happens When the City Upon A Hill Quits Shining? By Al Sikes
It is astonishing! At times deeply disappointing. But inevitably, it reflects how we think and act. It, in the overarching sense, is the quality of elected leadership in Washington. And, It is paired with the commercial drumbeat to borrow and drink more and if you are watching games, bet on them—making money justifies any means. […]
Opinion
When Peace Visited War: A Christmas Story by Tom Timberman
Americans approach Christmas 2023 in a dark angry environment that has divided millions, even families and friends. Bethlehem, even Santa Claus and ... [Continue Story]
- A Christmas Carol 2023 by Maria Wood
- The Carbon Darwin Award by Bob Moores
- America’s Civil War of Weaponized Words and the Middle East by Tom Timberman
- Here’s a Test: Can You Recognize a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? By Maria Grant
- What Happens Next to Israel, Hamas, Palestinians and the US? By Tom Timberman
- Still No Planning? By Carol Voyles
- America is Losing Control of the Israel/Palestinian Global Narrative by Tom Timberman
- Things To Do In A Deer Stand by Rob Etgen
- Towards A National Directory Of Gun Violence by Stan Salett
- Wars, Political Chaos, Confusion and Anger: What to Do? By Tom Timberman
- Are We Judged by the Company We Keep? By Maria Grant
- October 7 Perspective by Bob Moores
- Rockfish Conservation by Rob Etgen
- Thoughts from the Mayor Of Crisfield on the Tawes Crab Feast and Clam Bake by Darlene Taylor
- The House is Dysfunctional; Where’s the Contingency Plan? By Tom Timberman
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: We Need To Talk….
y wife, Paula, and I came to Oxford in 2006, drawn by the beauty and serenity of this town. We came to love the friendly atmosphere, saying “Good ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to Editor: Using All of St. Michaels Accommodations Tax Revenue on Marketing is Wrong
- Letter to Editor: Why I’m Running for St. Michaels Commissioners
- Letter to Editor: Farmers, Watermen, and Citizens Around the Bay Need More Effective Shoreland Zoning And Funding.
- Letter to Editor: Rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge
- Letter to Editor: Legal Challenge To Striped Bass Regulations Gets Wide Support
- Letter to Editor: Planning Commission Decisions On Lakeside This Tuesday