CWDI and Director Matt Leonard Part Ways
The Cambridge Waterfront Development Incorporated (CWDI) and Matt Leonard have mutually agreed to terminate the contract for his services as the Executive Director of CWDI, effective immediately. Leonard chose to retire to Cambridge 5 years ago after falling in love with city. In Leonard’s own words, “I answered the call to help my chosen forever […]
From and Fuller: The Harris Selection of Tim Walz and Impact on Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania
[youtube id=”z0vVf5ZEqYY 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 Fuller discuss the surprise choice of Vice President Kamala Harris of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Al and Craig also trade thoughts about the […]
Letter to Editor: Walz For Dad (and VP)
So it’s Tim Walz for Vice President. Oh my! A dad! Seeing his picture, my first thought was my daddy: the round, open face and the warm smile. A dad, not just because he has two children. A dad to soldiers, students, and athletes. Then he got to Congress, and he turned into a firebrand, […]
Looking at the Masters: Mycenae
The Mycenaean civilization (1600-1100 BCE) was the source for Homer’s epic poems Iliad and Odyssey. King Agamemnon of the city of Mycenae had to unite the rulers of several other Greek cities to form the army that would go to Troy to rescue the beautiful Helen, wife of Menelaus. Among the male heroes were Achilles, […]
Amazing Trees By Angela Rieck
I have an amazing old tree in my backyard, it is a gnarled, pitted, dying tree. Arborists dismissively describe my favorite tree as a messy, junk, boxelder tree. Its trunk tells its story, tree cankers surround it as a reminder of the storms that lashed through it, the viruses, bacteria, insects, and mold that tried […]
Federal appeals court upholds 2013 Maryland assault weapons ban
Local and national Second Amendment rights advocates say an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is likely, following an appeals court decision Tuesday that upholds a 2013 Maryland law banning assault weapons. The 10-5 split decision by the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond leaves in place the 2013 law, despite recent […]
Raft-Up Concert Returns to Shaw Bay in the Wye River
Celebrate the end of summer with ShoreRivers at the Shaw Bay Raft-Up Concert from 3–6 pm on Saturday, September 7. The Eastport Oyster Boys will be making their 21st appearance and the Wye River Band will be back for their fifth at this free concert, which aims to raise funds and awareness for clean water efforts on Maryland’s Eastern […]
House of the Week: “Whistle Wing Too”, circa 1900
When I began my home search after moving to Talbot County twenty years ago, I fell under the spell of the charming waterfront village of Neavitt. I liked both its location near St. Michaels’ amenities and its privacy from being a peninsula at the southern end of Route 579, surrounded by various creeks and […]
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church Makes Million Dollar Gift to new UM Shore Regional Medical Center
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Easton, Maryland has committed $1 million dollars to University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) to advance healthcare on the mid-shore through construction of the new UM Shore Regional Medical Center. “Our church has been blessed, and in turn we want to bless our community, said Reverend Meredith […]