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August 11, 2022

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Public Affairs

Election 2022: Cambridge Mayor Forum

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

  • Anton Black Family and Justice Coalition Reach Milestone Settlement
  • The Business of Mid-Shore Scholarships: A Chat with MSCF’s Buck Duncan
  • CAN’s Notes on July 25 Cambridge City Council Meeting
  • Dorchester County Reports First Monkeypox Case
  • Addie Eckardt to run for Mayor of Cambridge
  • Wes Moore Wins Democratic Nomination for Maryland Governor

Spy Highlights

From and Fuller: Will America’s Rule of Law Become a Midterm Election Issue?

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 Education: A Different Kind of Camp for Science and Leadership
  • Welcome to the Seed Library with Missy Corley and Mikaela Boley
  • From and Fuller: Kansas, Election-Denier Victories, and Speaker Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan
  • Editor’s Notes: Looking at the Cambridge Spy after Year One
  • From and Fuller: The Politics of Inflation and the Manchin Change of Heart
  • Plein Air Easton 2022: And the Winners Are…

Election 2022

Cox calls FBI Mar-a-Lago Search ‘Police State Tactics’

Del. Dan Cox (R-Frederick), the GOP nominee for governor, joined the chorus of Republicans who condemned the FBI’s execution of a search warrant Monday at Mar-a-Lago, former ... [Continue Story]

  • Ehrlich to Focus on Fundraising, not Cheerleading, for GOP this Fall
  • Susan Delean-Botkin Seeks District 37B House of Delegates Seat
  • Today is Final Day of Early Voting for Primary Election
  • Mail-In Ballot Deadlines Approach; Early Voting Continues until July 14
  • Maryland State Board of Elections: Early Voting Begins Tomorrow
  • Hogan and Schulz Accuse Democrats of Meddling in Maryland’s GOP Primary

The Arts

It’s a Wrap! Academy Art Museum First 24-Hour Race Winners

The first 24-Hour Video Race is in the can! Sponsored by Academy Art Museum (AAM) in partnership with the Chesapeake Film Festival, the submitted ... [Continue Story]

  • Looking at the Fickle Mirror at the Academy Art Museum
  • At the Troika Gallery: Raoul Middleman – A Life Well Painted
  • Spy Preview: Author Bryan Christy on Life, Journalism, and Novels
  • Spy Arts Diary: Joan Mitchell, Fabulous Forgeries, and BSO News
  • Dancing on the Mid-Shore: A Chat with Dance Academy’s Shari Smigo
  • Looking at the Masters: Gardens and Fountains of the Villa d’Este

Health

Maryland Hospitals Face Most Critical Staffing Shortage in Recent Memory

Maryland hospitals are struggling to cope with a significant shortage of nurses and the problem is certain to get worse if steps aren’t taken to ... [Continue Story]

  • Dorchester County Reports First Monkeypox Case
  • Pathways of Support by Talbot Hospice: A Chat with Megan Murray
  • 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

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. It is advised that people not to swim 24-48 hours ... [Continue Story]

  • 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
  • Feds Launch Review of Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Project
  • EPA Names Director for Its Chesapeake Bay Program

Columnist Laura Oliver

Something Other Than Chance? By Laura J. Oliver

There are those who think serendipitous timing is a matter of chance and those who think nothing is. I’ll bet you have some thoughts on this but let ... [Continue Story]

  • Cows on the Lam: Where Are They Now? By Laura J. Oliver
  • Who’s Your Daddy? By Laura J. Oliver
  • Fifty-seven Octaves Below Middle C by Laura J. Oliver
  • The Wall of Last Scattering Laura J. Oliver
  • Cows on the Lam by Laura Oliver
  • Dance with Me by Laura J. Oliver

Commerce

The Mediation Room: The Role of Lawyers in Mediation

In Montgomery County, where we used to live, we had more lawyers per square mile than anywhere in the United States…or so they said. In Talbot, we may ... [Continue Story]

  • Mediation Corner: On Reaching Agreement
  • Venture Capital on the Mid-Shore: A Chat with Qlarant Capital’s Ron Forsythe
  • Easton Economic Development Corporation Appoints Holly DeKarske as Director
  • The Mediation Room: Preparing for Mediation Means Focusing on Positive Outcomes
  • Commerce: White Swan Tavern Plans for the Next Forty Years
  • The Mediation Room: How to Find a Mediator? By Steve Forrer

Senior Nation

Senior Nation: Water Workouts by Susan Covey

Did you know you can get all the cardiovascular, muscle strengthening and flexibility benefits you ... [Continue Story]

  • Life at Bayleigh Chase: A Chat with Director George Clemes on Talbot County’s Special Retirement Community
  • Senior Life: Three Important Facts You Should Know by Susan Covey
  • Ask Irma: Why Does Londonderry Keep Winning?
  • 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

Two Train Wrecks by Angela Rieck

Netflix posted a documentary "Trainwreck" about the 1999 Woodstock Festival. Thirty years after Woodstock, one of the original event promoters ... [Continue Story]

Looking at the Masters: The Gardens at Schoenbrunn Palace

The reign of Louis XIV was absolute, and it lasted 70 years (1643 to 1715). Louis inspired Europe’s ruling families to emulate his unbelievable ... [Continue Story]

The Ostrich Approach to Eastern Shore Development by J.E. Dean

Are you among those excited about the prospect of hundreds of new homes being built in Talbot County and elsewhere on the Eastern Shore? I am not. And ... [Continue Story]

The First Day by Jamie Kirkpatrick

“In the beginning…” “When in the course of human events…” “Four score and seven years ago…” Just as one delicious first bite predicts a ... [Continue Story]

Out and About (Sort of): Tall, Talented and Tenacious by Howard Freedlander

To this young teen watching his favorite professional basketball team, the Boston Celtics, Bill Russell seemed out of place as a Black man on an ... [Continue Story]

Spy Chats

Mid-Shore Aviation: Runway Expansion and Noise Abatement with Easton Airport Manager Micah Risher

There are a few things that are front and center for Easton Airport Manager Micah Risher these days. The first is starting the long-awaited design ... [Continue Story]

Keeping the Soul of Cambridge’s Packing House with ESLC’s Carol Bean

Editor's note: While it is rarely discussed at length or found in the blueprints of building restoration projects, one of the ultimate challenges ... [Continue Story]

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]

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