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July 20, 2025

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Public Affairs

Easton Planning Commission Unanimously Votes Down Fox Chase Estates

On July 17, Easton’s Planning Commission voted 5-0 to reject the proposed Fox Chase Estates, a mixed-use development planned for 1.6 million square ... [Continue Story]

  • Dorchester County Superintendent Discusses Budget, School Closures, and Student Performance
  • County Short-Term Rentals: Do Proposed Updates Address a Real or Imagined Problem? 
  • Latest Update with Cambridge Police Chief Justin Todd
  • Governor Moore Launches “Just Communities” on Juneteenth to Address Racial Wealth Gap
  • Public Comments on 2026 City Budget Highlight Need to Support Homeless Shelter
  • No Kings in Easton: Hundreds Peacefully Protest against President Donald Trump

Spy Highlights

From and Fuller: Special Guest Author Joe Klein

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]

  • Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: Route 50 Traffic and 3rd Span for the Bridge
  • From and Fuller: Elon Musk’s 3rd Party and the Epstein Files MAGA Civil War
  • A Baltimore Banner Tribute to Darren Foxwell
  • Publisher Notes: Heartfelt Thanks, Welcome Zack Taylor, Foxwell/Mitchell Back July 9th
  • From and Fuller: Is the Iran Bombing a Win for Trump and NYC Politics
  • From and Fuller: Trump’s Big Iran Problem, Military Parades and No Kings

Brevities

Cambridge Time Machine: Visiting the Simmons Family

The house at 700 Race Street was occupied by Thomas W. Simmons and spouse in the late 19th century. BJ Linthicum's Sons car dealership took its place ... [Continue Story]

  • From Motels to the Mandarin by Katherine Emery
  • Cambridge Time Machine: Getting Jewelry at Lednum’s
  • Planes, Trains, Buses, and Automobiles by Katherine Emery General
  • Agent 86 Reconnaissance Footage: Cambridge by Air
  • Cambridge Time Machine: Shopping at Wroten Market
  • Spy Agent Report: A Morning of Log Canoe Races

Community Notes

Celebrate Bay Heritage at Watermen’s Appreciation Day Hosted by CBMM on Aug. 10

Watermen’s Appreciation Day is back at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on Sunday, Aug. 10 from 10am-4pm, inviting guests to experience the unique ... [Continue Story]

  • Women & Girls Fund 9-Hole Golf Tournament Set for September 8, 2025
  • In Tense Exchange, Cambridge City Council Concedes More Land to Proposed Solar Project
  • The Reverend Sue Browning Retires From Unitarian Fellowship 
  • Dover Station presents: “Brunch & Couture: An Afternoonwith Marc Randall”
  • Extreme Heat and Cooling Centers
  • In Pride Month, Transgender Marylanders Reflect on Strengths, Weaknesses, of State Protections

The Arts

From One Generation to the Next: A Community Mural Reimagined by Val Cavalheri

In 2011, more than thirty kids—participants in a summer camp run through the Academy Art Museum—came together to create a large mosaic mural on the ... [Continue Story]

  • Plein Air Easton Hall of Fame 2025: Al Bond
  • Avalon Donates New Gallery to AAM for Plein Air (Sort of): A Chat with Al Bond and Charlotte Potter Kasic
  • Easton Art Galleries Welcome Plein Air by Steve Parks
  • Plein Air Easton Hall of Fame 2025: David Grafton As Remembered by Stephen Griffin
  • Plein Air Easton Hall of Fame 2025: Working Artist Forum
  • When the Anderson Twins Play Ellington, History Swings Back to Life by Al Sikes

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 with Beth Anne Dorman: Adolescence on Film and About Parents

As part of our ongoing monthly series on mental health, The Spy welcomes back Beth Anne Dorman, CEO of For All Seasons, to help us navigate one of the ... [Continue Story]

  • Erectile Dysfunction on the Shore: A Chat with Dr. Robert McDonough
  • Let’s Talk About It with Beth Anne Dorman: Mental Health, Parents and Adolescence
  • Let’s Talk About It with Beth Anne Dorman: For All Seasons in All Seasons
  • 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

Opinion

The Imprisonment of Judge Carmichael and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus by Paul Callahan

163 years ago o,n May 27, 1862, the Talbot County courthouse was surrounded by Union troops to support federal Provost Marshals in the arrest of Judge Richard Bennett ... [Continue Story]

Letters to Editor

Letter to Editor: The Memo to MAGA is that Epstein is not News

While you may or may not be distracted by the unholy Jeffrey Epstein fixation the splintered Republican party shares with a breathless news media, here’s some of what you might’ve missed. Last Friday, July 11, President Trump held an afternoon press conference following his tour of scenes of destruction and death from the Hill Country […]

Letter to Editor: O’er the Land of the Free…

Are we a free people anymore? We were told ICE would begin seizing illegal immigrants who were convicted criminals, MS-13 members, drug dealers, murderers, human traffickers and people of that ilk. We wondered how there could be 12 million such people who needed to be deported as Trump claimed during his campaign. Maybe these were […]

Letter to Editor: A Vanishing Way of Life

I am currently reading the book, Chesapeake Requiem, which was recommended to me by a friend. It was written in 2016 and chronicles the year its author, Earl Swift, spent with the watermen and other residents of Tangier Island. I have found it to be a fascinating and disturbingly sad read. It has taught me […]

Letter to Editor: How the Big Beautiful Bill Would Affect the Mid-Shore

President Trump has all but demanded that his One Big Beautiful Bill Act pass both houses of Congress for his signature by July 4. The differences in the legislation approved by the House of Representatives and what has emerged from the Senate must be resolved in conference before the president can sign it into law. […]

Open Letters to Congressman Andy Harris

Dear Representative Harris, In your June 27th Capitol Hill Report, you discussed House passage of HR 875, the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act.  You indicated that this legislation: “…takes decisive action to ensure all illegal immigrants convicted of driving under the influence are eligible for deportation. Sparked by the tragic loss of American lives […]

Letter to Editor: Another Shameful Act by a Shameful Administration 

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename an oil ship named after gay rights activist Harvey Milk, a move that pointedly comes at the start of Pride Month.” So reported “The Hill” today. Well what a sad commentary on our current state of affairs. Said Pentagon spokesperson Sean Purnell: “Secretary Hegseth is committed […]

Letter to Editor: The “Big Beautiful Bill” is only Great for Billionaires

I’m certain you’ll receive numerous letters extolling the virtues of Mr Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ passed by the House. Well, it’s big, can’t deny that, and it’s a bill, which we’ll all end up paying, but as for beautiful, that’s in the eye of the beholder. Let’s start with Medicaid, which needs more funding rather […]

Letter to Editor: Trump and the Declaration of Independence

Last week the President hosted an interview with Terry Moran of ABC News in his newly gilded Oval Office. Trump drew Moran’s attention to a wall-mounted copy of the Declaration of Independence. Moran prompted the President to state his understanding of the significance of the Declaration. Trump disconcerted Moran by saying that the document stood […]

Letter to Editor: Three Cheers for Harvard

If you, like me, were born and raised in a free democracy, you likely share my belief in due process, the rule of law, freedom of speech, and the right to manage your life in your own chosen way. In light of the federal government‘s attack on everything that Harvard University has stood for and […]

Letter to Editor: Elon Musk and the Ponzi Scheme

Elon Musk recently referred to Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme” because, like a Ponzi scheme, it relies on incoming contributions (from current workers) to pay benefits to retirees, instead of being based on a self-sustaining investment fund.  A Ponzi scheme collapses when there aren’t enough new investors to cover payouts, and Musk may be […]

Maryland News

State Employees offered $20,000 Buyout

Thousands of state employees were notified by email Thursday of a buyout program, part of a plan by Gov. Wes Moore (D) to reduce the size of state ... [Continue Story]

  • Labor Secretary Raises Concerns About Solvency Of State Unemployment Fund
  • US House Passes Massive Tax Break and Spending Cut Bill, Sending it to Trump – Maryland Matters
  • Buyout Offers, Hiring Freeze Coming for State Government Amid Budget Crunch
  • State Officials Urge People to Stay Vigilant, Use Caution Amid ‘Hazardous Heat Wave’
  • Amid High Energy Bills, Moore Touts $19 Million in Ratepayer Relief From Exelon
  • Talbot County Repeals DEI Language to Ensure Airport Work Continues

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

MassoniArt Show Summer 2025 Gallery Artist Exhibition July 15 – August 15

Featuring Heidi Fowler, Katherine Cox, Joe Karlik, Zemma Mastin White, Julia Clift, Blake Conroy, Jacqui Crocetta, Simma Liebman, Grace Mitchell, and ... [Continue Story]

  • Academy Art Museum Welcomes Matthew Moore as New Director of Education
  • The Elephant Man auditions to be held August 3, 4, 5
  • Leon Fleisher Summer Academy Students Sunday, July 20, 2025
  • Allegro Academy Performs “Jubilate Deo” at Summer Choir Festival
  • Unanchored: Baltimore-Based Artist Caryn Martin’s Works on View in Solo Exhibition Through August 29
  • Announcement Regarding the Academy Art Museum 2025 Annual Craft Show

Senior Nation

Cruisin’ with Christine: A Chat with Londonderry’s La’Cree Brown

Over the last ten years, the Spy and Londonderry on the Tred Avon have collaborated on stories about ... [Continue Story]

  • Strive for Independence, Not Just on the 4Th Of July! by Susan Covey
  • Senior Nation: Partners in Care Help Elders Age in Place
  • Senior Nation: Gardening a Great Boost for Body and Soul by Susan Covey
  • Cruisin’ with Christine: Listening to the Nurse with Lorraine Flisher
  • Senior Nation: April Is Parkinson’s Awareness Month by Susan Covey
  • Will Orange Crush be the new State cocktail? By Lisa Gotto
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Chicken Scratch: What else is there to do? Aging, attention, and becoming — by Elizabeth Beggins

It’s time for my annual pilgrimage.Not the sort a friend just made, walking blisters onto her feet and renewal into her soul on the Camino de ... [Continue Story]

What is the Game Today? By Al Sikes

The much-honored sportswriter, Roger Angel, writing in 1972 about baseball, while reflecting on sports, said, “Sports are too much with us. Late and ... [Continue Story]

Summer Soundtrack by Angela Rieck

Each season has its own scent and soundtrack. I can close my eyes, ignore the temperature and know what season it is by these sounds and the ... [Continue Story]

Governing By Absence: Governor Moore Lands in Sun Valley

“‘Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again…” John Denver (“Leaving on a Jet Plane”) They call it Billionaires ... [Continue Story]

From Motels to the Mandarin by Katherine Emery

When we were first married, my husband (who flew First Class with his parents and stayed at The Hotel Del Coronado and The Royal Hawaiian as a child) ... [Continue Story]

Spy Chats

The We Are One Alliance; A Talk with Heather Mizeur

http:// This is a long form interview with Heather Mizeur Is it possible in a polarized society for two people at opposite ends of the political ... [Continue Story]

The Challenge of Being Historic: A Chat with The Oaks Andy Warner

A few weeks ago, The Oaks Waterfront Hotel in Royal Oak became an official member of a highly exclusive club in the United States. The Oaks is one of ... [Continue Story]

Spy Exit Interview: Betty Huang and the Working Artists Forum

For the record, artist, and Easton gallery owner, Betty Huang is not giving up on her art or Studio B on Goldsbrough Street, but she's actually ... [Continue Story]

Remembering Spy Columnist Howard Freedlander

It is with profound sadness that the Spy was notified yesterday of the unexpected passing of Spy columnist Howard Freedlander. It is a stunning loss ... [Continue Story]

Spy Exit Interview: Outgoing Cambridge City Manager Tom Carroll

The Spy continues our informal series of long-form exit interviews with some of the Mid-Shore's most well-known leaders in public affairs, the arts, ... [Continue Story]

Wading into The Wading Place History in Queen Anne’s County

Modern Life is challenging in ways our ancestors never imagined. It’s nice to have a place to get away from it all once in a while. “A place to ... [Continue Story]

UM Shore Health’s Khalid Kurtom and Wendy Towers on Brain Injuries and Advances in Neurosurgery

Anyone who has ever had a chat with neurosurgeon Khalid Kurtom, MD, at UM Shore Health knows firsthand his extraordinary grasp of knowledge of his ... [Continue Story]

The Meaning of a James Beard Award Nomination: A Chat with Bas Rouge Executive Chef Harley Peet

Almost since the James Beard Awards began in 1990, this highly recognized culinary achievement has been considered the "Oscars of the food world," and ... [Continue Story]

Using the New CBMM Welcome Center to Open Doors for the Unfamiliar: A Chat with Jen Dolde

While the function of a welcome center seems fairly clear from its title, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum wanted to use this generous new space to ... [Continue Story]

Sprouts Grow in the Annapolis Capital: A Chat with Ryan Groll

The original idea for the Mid-Shore-based Sprouts! to expand to Annapolis was neither original nor all that new. That's because Ryan Groll, co-founder ... [Continue Story]

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