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July 7, 2022

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Public Affairs

Election 2022: State’s Attorney

The Spy has teamed up with the Dorchester Chamber of Commerce, WHCP Community Radio, and the Mid-Shore Board of Realtors to host several candidate ... [Continue Story]

  • Election 2022: Maryland Senate District 37 Election Forum
  • Election 2022: Dorchester County Board of Education Election Forum
  • Spy Moment: Celebrating Juneteenth on Race Street with Mural Restoration
  • Election 2022: Dorchester County Council District 3 and 4 Community Forum
  • Governor Hogan Announces $28 million State Funding For New Bay Bridge Study
  • Cambridge Harbor Receives Updated Site Plan

Spy Highlights

From and Fuller: The Testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson and Death of Roe v. Wade

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]

  • Mid-Shore History: Cousin George’s Giant Legacy by Debra Messick
  • From and Fuller: The Dangerous Game of Hunting RINOS and Remembering Mark Shields
  • Personal Ties to Aspen Wye by Amelia Blades Steward
  • From and Fuller: The June 14 Primary and First Days of the 1/6 Committee Hearings
  • Celebrating Women & Girls Fund’s Two Decades of Action: Mid-Shore Meals Til Monday
  • At the Groove: Anchoring “The Yellow Boat” in Cambridge with Jahkai Hall and Talley Wilford

Election 2022

Hogan and Schulz Accuse Democrats of Meddling in Maryland’s GOP Primary

Undeterred by shouts and catcalls from supporters of rival Dan Cox — and Cox himself — Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Schulz and Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr., ... [Continue Story]

  • Letter to Editor: Facts Matter Senator Eckardt
  • Hoping for Republican Gubernatorial Debates? Don’t Hold Your Breath
  • Election 2022: Maryland House of Delegates 37A & 37B Candidate Forum
  • Mail-In Ballot Packets to Begin Arriving This Week; Ballot Boxes Open Statewide
  • Election 2022: Dorchester County Council District 5 Community Forum
  • Democrats Spar Over Education Funding and Ethics in First Television Debate

After the First Year: Cambridge Council Looks Back

News After Year One: A Chat with Cambridge Commissioner Brian Roche (First Ward)

Over the next few weeks, the Cambridge Spy and WHCP Community Radio will talk to all the Cambridge City Council members as they reach their first anniversary in these ... [Continue Story]

  • After Year One: A Chat with Cambridge Mayor Andrew Bradshaw
  • After Year One: A Chat with Cambridge Commissioner Chad Malkus (Fifth Ward)
  • After Year One: A Chat with Cambridge Commissioner Jameson Harrington (Third Ward)
  • After Year One: A Chat with Cambridge Council President Lajan Cephas
  • Ending the Rachel Maddow-Muddled Misery of Mt. Misery
  • Statues and Fields

The Arts

Spy Diary: The Arts at Home and Away by Steve Parks

Royalty has come to the Nation’s Capital just in time for Independence Day. King Tut makes his first visit to the United States in 25 years with what ... [Continue Story]

  • David Goodrich: Climate Scientist on Two Wheels
  • Spy Review: Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival – Week 2 by Steve Parks
  • Church Hill Theatre Goes “Into the Woods”
  • Chesapeake Chamber Festival to Play Mask-Free at Ebenezer
  • At the Academy: Summer Series Programs Begin
  • Spy Diary: The Arts at Home and Away by Steve Parks

Health

Pathways of Support by Talbot Hospice: A Chat with Megan Murray

For decades now, the staff and volunteers at Talbot Hospice have repeatedly stressed that their organization is so much more than supporting people at ... [Continue Story]

  • For All Seasons: David’s Story
  • COVID Answers with Choptank Community Health #6
  • COVID Answers with Choptank Community Health #5
  • COVID Answers with Choptank Community Health #3
  • COVID Answers with Choptank Community Health #2
  • Fifty Years of Memory: A Chat with Dr. Terry Deitrich

Maryland News

Rep. Harris would Support a National ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore reports that Maryland’s lone Republican congressman U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, who represents the first district, said he would ... [Continue Story]

  • Maryland After Roe Is Extinguished
  • The Baltimore Banner Takes on the Sun
  • Van Hollen “Feeling Better By the Day”
  • Rep. Harris Hit For Speech to CPAC Conference in Hungary
  • Changing of the Guard: Tablada to Replace Grumbles as State Environment Chief
  • Local Leaders Urge MDTA to Replace Bay Bridge With New 8-Lane Span

Ecosystem

ShoreRivers Safe to Swim Weekend Report

Along with summer swimming comes ShoreRivers Bacteria Monitoring season has officially started. This week's results were a big bummer. ... [Continue Story]

  • Ecosystem: Gary & Justine Reinoehl Love the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
  • Feds Launch Review of Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Project
  • EPA Names Director for Its Chesapeake Bay Program
  • A Real Bummer: New VMRC Report Suggest Continued Downturn for Blue Crabs
  • How Does the State Plant 5 Million Trees? It’s Complicated
  • The Fight Against the Chestertown Mosquitoes: A Chat with Darran Tilghman

Mid-Shore Science by Al Hammond

Mid-Shore Science: Wetlands and Climate Resilience with Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier

  Ariana Sutton-Grier is a distinguished scientist with expertise in coastal ecosystems. In particular her research has focused on the role these ... [Continue Story]

  • The COVID Third Wave: New At-Home Tests Could Help Keep You Safe
  • The Coming Medical and Agricultural Revolution—Genetic Editing
  • Rising Waters: Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay

Commerce

Commerce: White Swan Tavern Plans for the Next Forty Years

Christian Havemeyer, owner and operator of the White Swan Tavern in Chestertown, has announced that he has joined into a partnership with a small ... [Continue Story]

  • The Mediation Room: How to Find a Mediator? By Steve Forrer
  • Qlarant Foundation Awards $416,500 to Non-Profits in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
  • Mediation Corner: Mediation is Confidential, Voluntary, and Puts You in Control
  • The Mediation Room: What is Mediation Anyway? By Steve Forrer
  • WHCP-Spy Podcast: How to Brand a Waterfront with Matt Leonard
  • EEDC Appointments Holly DeKarske Interim Executive Director

Senior Nation

Ask Irma: Why Does Londonderry Keep Winning?

Over the last three years, the Spy and Irma Toce's “Ask Irma" series has always been based on our ... [Continue Story]

  • Senior Nation: Guess What, Your Brain Loves it When You Move! By Susan Covey
  • Senior Nation: The Joys Of Outdoor Fitness by Susan Covey
  • Senior Nation: It’s Time to Start Walking by Susan Covey
  • Ask Irma: How to Say Goodbye
  • Senior Nation: The Spring Reset Might Start with Boxing
  • Love Your Heart! National Wear Red Day Set for February 4th

Six Hundred Miles of Responsibility by Al Sikes

It is not clear to me what a resident of Talbot County should expect. But it is clear to me what we should not anticipate. Talbot County, to quote ... [Continue Story]

Thinking About Trump on the Fourth of July by J.E. Dean

My July 4th was partially spoiled when I encountered a boat displaying three Trump-inspired flags. One read “Joe and the Ho Gotta Go.”  The second was ... [Continue Story]

The Boy in the Boat by Jamie Kirkpatrick

This photograph haunts me. It came to me out of the blue, sent by an old pal I haven’t seen in over fifty years. The light is diffuse, almost ... [Continue Story]

Out and About (Sort of): What Would Ben Franklin Say? By Howard Freedlander

Ever pragmatic and goal-oriented, the inestimable Dr. Benjamin Franklin might have little to comment whimsically about in today’s United States. He ... [Continue Story]

An Oath Taken and Kept by Craig Fuller

Most people witness a President-Elect of the United States stand on the steps of the Capitol and take an oath of office that is prescribed by the ... [Continue Story]

Spy Chats

Opening the Door for Harriet’s Ice Cream in Cambridge: A Chat with Oasis and Jazz Myrieckes

There is actually some historical evidence to suggest that Dorchester County's most famous Harriet loved ice cream. A quick search on Google indicates ... [Continue Story]

A Mid-Shore Place in Transition: A Chat with Architect Philip Logan on Bellevue and Good Subdivisons

Before anyone suggests that Philip Logan is against housing developments, it is interesting to note that the Oxford-based architect is the first to ... [Continue Story]

A Mid-Shore Place in Transition: A Chat with Dennis De Shields on Bellevue and its Future

Perhaps the only way that most visitors to Talbot County might remember the town of Bellevue is because it is one of two destinations using the famed ... [Continue Story]

Celebrating Women & Girls Fund’s Two Decades of Action: CASA of Caroline

The year 2022 marks a special anniversary for the Mid-Shore's Women & Girls Fund. For two decades, the WGF, under the watchful eye of its funder, ... [Continue Story]

Mid-Shore Lives: Memories and Life Lessons at 93 with Jack Noble

More than a few people have suggested that the Spy interview Talbot County native John (Jack) Noble, and after following up on those recommendations ... [Continue Story]

The End of an Era at Oxford’s Latitude 38: A Chat with Wendy Palmer and Gretchen Gordon

“Gretchen Gordon and Wendy Palmer were in their very early twenties in 1991 when they borrowed $25K each to buy Masthead, a restaurant on Mill St. in ... [Continue Story]

Writers Peter and Evan Osnos Come to Chestertown

On May 7, the Bookplate bookstore and Retriever Bar will continue their Authors & Oysters series of author events as they host father and son ... [Continue Story]

Love, Death and Photography: The Journey of David and Diane Pace

Editor's Note: The following is a collaboration with old friends, the Spy Newspapers, Santa Clara University, and the former director of the San Jose ... [Continue Story]

Horn Point Lab’s Plan to Capture Carbon and Rebuild Reefs: A Chat with Dr. Elizabeth North

You would think that with the billions of dollars available for climate change research, finding grant support to find a scalable solution to protect ... [Continue Story]

Profiles in Philanthropy: John Wyatt Wants Kids to Read in Dorchester County

Almost from the day the Spy started in 2009, we have been fascinated by the impact of certain philanthropists on our small communities of the ... [Continue Story]

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