Everyone with Cancer Needs a Navigation Team: A Chat with UM Shore Regional Health’s Robin Ford and Rochalla Jones
[youtube id=”oM5Oq1hC5uQ Everyone with Cancer Needs a Navigation Team: A Chat with UM Shore Regional Health’s Robin Ford and Rochalla Jones In the Spy’s ongoing series on Mid-Shore health, this month – and especially this week, which includes June 6 as the annual National Cancer Survivors Day – we take a look at how critical […]
Blueprint Blues: Mid-Shore and State School Leaders Cite School Reform Plan’s Progress and Problems
Maryland public school students are approaching their summer vacations, but some school officials won’t get the same break, as they continue plugging away on the state’s huge education reform plan. School officials from the state’s 24 districts filed updated documents last month detailing their progress on, and problems with, the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. The […]
It’s Time for a New Way To Promote Economic Development On The Mid-Shore by David Reel
Recently, the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) released a new ten-year strategic plan calling for (in their words), a “sea change,” to boost economic opportunity in Baltimore city and five Maryland counties adjacent to Baltimore — Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard. Founded in 1955, GBC is a not-for-profit organization with approximately 400 members. Their […]
Local, Local, Local by Al Sikes
I was once a radioman. First station, KLGT, Breckenridge, Colorado. KLGT, “The Light At The Summit” was not just a radio station, it was also the town crier. Yes, we played music; it was day parted. We spun records for adults until school was out and then pivoted to 1980s rock. We did news. Everything […]
Starfish by Kate Emery General
One day, an old man was walking along a beach that was littered with thousands of starfish that had been washed ashore by the high tide. As he walked, he came upon a young boy who was eagerly throwing the starfish back into the ocean, one by one. Puzzled, the man looked at the boy […]
Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the Picture!
Can you guess the picture below? The answer to last week’s mystery is poison ivy, Toxicodendron radicans, pictured below: Poison ivy is a common native plant found in woodlands, fields, pastures, farms, and home landscapes. All parts of the poison ivy plant are poisonous to humans – the leaves, stems, and roots all contain […]
Education Professionals Gratitude Day returns to CBMM on June 21
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is thrilled to announce its second annual Education Professionals Gratitude Day on Friday, June 21, from 10am-2pm. With the support of its community partners, CBMM is inviting anyone involved in education – teachers, administrators, and support staff – to join the celebration with free admission for PK-12 education professionals and their […]
Suggestions by Centreville Artists Howard and Mary McCoy on View at Adkins Arboretum
With vines exuberantly spiraling and twisting together and short poems hanging on low tree branches, Suggestions, a new show of site-specific sculptures and poetry by Centreville artists Howard and Mary McCoy, invites you to walk in the forest at Adkins Arboretum. On view now through September 30, this is their 13th outdoor exhibition at the Arboretum. There […]