When the Zebra Gallery owner, Susan Schauer John, was talking to her husband about her new gallery in downtown Easton, he made a point of saying that ... [Continue Story]
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]
- Congressman Jamie Raskin Speaks at Cambridge Town Hall
- Congressman Jamie Raskin speaks at Cambridge town hall
- A chat about public interactions with City Manager Glenn Steckman
- Our Cold, Snowy Winter could Benefit Rockfish Population
- Conversation with Dorchester County Commissioner Detmer: Budget Concerns and Federal Project Cuts
- Speaking with the League of Women Voters on its Relevancy in 2025
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
- Dorchester Community Services and Daycare: A Chat with CEO Andy Hollis and Daycare Director Petrae Simpson
- Sci-Fi Comes to Oxford: A Chat with The Man from Earth Director Cece Storm
- Promises kept: Tom Ryan’s Mission to save Feral Cats
- From and Fuller: What does the Signal Chat Signal for Team Trump
Brevities
Cambridge Time Machine: Getting a prescription at Craig’s
Craig's Drug Store was founded at 521 Poplar Street by Charles P. Craig in 1867. In the early 1900s, the store took on Charles "Pop" Kelly, who ... [Continue Story]
- Lyrids and morning planets April 2025 sky-watch by Dennis Herrmann
- Cambridge Time Machine: Catching a show at the Dorset
- The healing power of dogs by Katherine Emery General
- Cambridge Time Machine: Hanging out at Jim’s Drive In
- Deja Vu by Katherine Emery General
- Cambridge Time Machine: Hurricane Hazel attacks Ward 2
Community Notes
CBMM kicks off 60th anniversary celebration
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is thrilled to share its 60th-anniversary celebration with its expansive community in 2025. Throughout the year, ... [Continue Story]
- Kathy Deoudes and Beth Anne Dorman to receive Women & Girls Fund community awards
- Delmarva Community Services offers free tax preparation
- Congressman Jamie Raskin speaks at Cambridge town hall
- Budget agreement could generate more than $1 billion in new revenue
- Dorchester Chamber Announces 2025 Spedden Service Award Recipient
- Burke & Herbert Bank donates to Delmarva Community Services
The Arts
Studio B Check in: Betty Huang with Artist Diz Hormel
Studio B Art Gallery is thrilled to announce its participation in the return of the First Friday Gallery Walk for 2025, featuring a special exhibition ... [Continue Story]
- Earth Music: Two Painters, One Song
- Cuban Links in Cambridge by Anke Van Wagenberg
- Rembrandt Comes to America by Anke Van Wagenberg
- Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld
- Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism by Anke Van Wagenberg
- Spy Concert Review: Jordan Tice Showcases New and Old at the Stoltz Listening Room
Ecosystem
Westward Ho! Easton’s Rails to Trails Expansion with Project Manager Kody Cario
One of the few bits of good news that the town of Easton experienced during the rough days of COVID was the explosion of the use of the current ... [Continue Story]
- Election 2022: Environmental Forum For Talbot County Council Election
- ShoreRivers Safe to Swim Weekend Report
- Md. Lawmakers Check In with new Agency Leaders on Bay Cleanup Progress
- Keeping the Soul of Cambridge’s Packing House with ESLC’s Carol Bean
- Bay Ecosystem: A Chat with Riverkeeper Annie Richards
- Ecosystem: Gary & Justine Reinoehl Love the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
Health
Let’s Talk about It: Dare to Lead Training Shapes Mid-Shore Leaders with For All Seasons Beth Anne Dorman
The opportunity to participate in For All Seasons’ Dare to Lead™ training last month opened my eyes to learning who I am as a leader and how I want my ... [Continue Story]
- 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
- Mid-Shore Health: The war against lung cancer with Drs. Rashmi Benda and David Oliver
- Health advocates: Maryland needs to improve screening efforts for lung cancer
Opinion
Letter to Editor: Congressman Harris, DOGE needs Oversight
Dear Congressman Harris, I received your response to my email regarding DOGE operatives entering secure government databases. Your response was that you wholeheartedly ... [Continue Story]
Letters to Editor
Letter to Editor: Tell the Community Why Trump Tariffs Make Sense
I am hoping that someone out there with an economics background can explain for me and other Spy readers how Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” announced yesterday make any sense. In responding, you might want to consider: Trump’s justification for these tariffs is based on a formula that divides the value of U.S. exports to a given […]
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 point: “The man upstairs has only been there for two, three years. I don’t blame him for our economic failures of the last 10,” referring to Democratic Governor Wes Moore, who was elected […]
Letter to Editor: What is Happening to Our Land of the Free and Home of the Brave?
For weeks I have been watching the slow dismantling of my America, the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. I have also sensed the confusion and frustration of my friends and neighbors. I am sad. Not depressed, but a kind of sadness that seems almost universal. What is happening to us, I […]
Letter to Editor: Maryland’s Program Open Space at Risk
Program Open Space was created in 1969 and was funded through of a transfer tax of 0.5 percent on every real estate transaction in the state. This new special tax was designed to directly tie development to available funding for open space and recreational facilities for the public good. Now because of the State budget […]
Letter to Editor: Raskin Replaces ‘AWOL Andy” at District 1 Town Hall
On Saturday, March 22nd, 800 people filled the Mace Lane Middle School in Cambridge to capacity for a Town Hall to discuss President Trump’s policies and District 1 Representative Andy Harris’ role in supporting them. Harris was invited but refused to attend, leading to the placement of a large milk carton on the stage with […]
Letter to Editor: Hundreds in Talbot and Dorchester Sent a Message to Rep. Andy Harris
On March 6th, we joined 300+ of our friends and neighbors in a protest outside of the Tidewater Inn in Easton, where Rep. Andy Harris was having a fundraising event. Last night, March 13th, another protest greeted Rep. Harris on Route 50 in Cambridge, at the entrance to the Hyatt. Protesters gathered to show Mr. Harris […]
Letter to Editor: DOGE and Constitutional Balance of Power
David Reel’s recent articles about President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) miss some important constitutional problems. None of us know exactly how the Supreme Court will rule on DOGE, but it clearly undermines the balance of power between the branches of government. The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the authority to create and fund government […]
Letter to Editor: There was a Time Andy Harris
There was a time when Rep. Andy Harris would brag about being Co-Chair of the Ukrainian Caucus in Congress. There was a time, too, many times in fact, when Harris would wax poetic about his mother, describing her as an “Ukrainian immigrant who fled Soviet tyranny.” There was a time when Harris supported providing lethal […]
Letter to Editor: In Defense of Social Security and Other Safety Net Programs
Elon Musk and Congress are waving a chainsaw towards the American safety net which has kept most of us healthy and provided some security in old age for 90 years. Talbot County is especially vulnerable as a rural area with older residents. 1. Social Security is an insurance program that all workers pay into until they lose […]
Letter to Editor: Congressman Harris, DOGE needs Oversight
Dear Congressman Harris, I received your response to my email regarding DOGE operatives entering secure government databases. Your response was that you wholeheartedly support what DOGE is doing. I would like to point out that multiple media reports show that, not only are most of these DOGE operatives less than 25 years old with no […]
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
Commerce
What you Need to Know about Maryland’s Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program
As prices for everyday necessities continue to rise, families with limited means are having to make tough choices on where to allocate their money. In ... [Continue Story]
- CWDI Completes Cambridge Harbor Demolition Phase
- Discovering Discover Easton’s Plans for 2023: A Chat with Director Holly DeKarske
- Mediation Room 8: Benefits of Using Mediation in Divorce
- CULTA Announces Partnership with National Cannabis Brand Old Pal
- The Mediation Room 7: Bad Debt – Getting Beyond It
- The Mediation Room: The Role of Lawyers in Mediation
Art Notes
The Fiber Arts Center presents Joanne Scott – Inspiration in Fiber
Joanne Scott is more widely known on a national scale for her visual art - watercolor, acrylics, etchings and lithographs. She had many one woman ... [Continue Story]
- Shore Lit and the AAM host book talk with acclaimed author Sara Nović, author of True Biz.
- 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
- Spy Review: Graham Nash Launches 2025 Tour in Easton
- 21st Annual Local Color Exhibition Juried Artists List announced
Senior Nation
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 ... [Continue Story]
