Veterans First: Mid-Shore’s Beacon of Hope & Healing by P. Ryan Anthony
After three years at the Cambridge VA Outpatient Clinic, Nurse Manager Christine Balcar is still enthusiastic about it. “I think we’re amazing,” she gushed. “Everyone’s doing a great job. And I will tell you, the customer service here at Cambridge, and the staff, they all are so happy to be here. They love taking care […]
Reducing Recidivism: A Chat With State’s Attorney Bryan DiGregory and Team
[youtube id=”oYL3C4cSTpA Nothing begs for justice policy overhaul and innovation more than the need to reduce recidivism rates in Maryland and Kent County State’s Attorney Bryan DiGregory and his team at Kent County Comprehensive Recidivism Reduction Project (RRP) aim to do that. According to the non-profit incarceration research organization Prison Policy Initiative, Maryland has one […]
Kentavius Jones at Brookletts Place
Carpe Diem Arts is pleased to join forces again with the Talbot County Senior Center to present the popular free lunch-time concert series at Brookletts Place in Easton (400 Brookletts Ave.) Performances are scheduled on the Second Tuesdays of the month, January through May 2023. Mark your calendars for a stellar winter and spring line-up. […]
Embracing a Plant-Based New Year by Kate Emery General
There’s a good chance that you are thinking of ways to live healthier in the new year. The new year is a great time to make healthy lifestyle changes and give up bad habits to improve your well being. The most popular New Year’s resolutions include getting more exercise, losing weight, and eating a healthier […]
Voters Deserve Better From Presidential Candidates Going Forward by David Reel
As we proceed full speed into the 2024 presidential election, the levels of bitter, vitriolic, divisive, often misleading, bombastic, and demeaning rhetoric from candidates of both parties continues to escalate. This election cycle reminds me of a very bitter and contentious general election for governor in Pennsylvania. In that election, the Republican candidate was William […]
Adkins Mystery Monday: Can You Guess What This Is?
Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess who is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is bald cypress knees, pictured in photo #2. Why do bald cypresses have knees, or pneumatophores? Scientists still don’t know for certain. There are, however, two generally accepted theories in the scientific community. The first theory is […]
January is for the Birds at Chesapeake Forum
Now that the holiday bustle is over and winter looms ahead, Chesapeake Forum is ready with a series of interesting, mind-expanding (but not diet-busting!) short courses that will brighten any gray day. Registration opens January 12, 2024 at 7 a.m . You can find the current list of courses on the website at https://chesapeakeforum.org If […]
Letter to Editor: A Year of Environmental Triumphs at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
The year 2023 marked a post-covid new beginning for CBEC. With its focus on ‘hands-on, feet-wet’ educational and recreational experiences on and near the Chesapeake Bay, CBEC hosted over 30,000 visitors, including over 4,500 students, teachers, college interns, and adult learners. As one science teacher commented, “CBEC offered a perspective most students had never experienced. […]
Tracking Native American Cultural Heritage on Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore
Dr. Julie Markin, associate professor of anthropology and archaeology and director of archaeology at Washington College, was recently awarded a $40,000 grant through the Maryland Historical Trust to study the indigenous cultural heritage of Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore and its inhabitants’ social landscapes prior to contact with European settlers and explorers. The grant will provide for an archaeological […]