You Are Not Alone: How Shore Regional Health and For All Seasons Support Survivors of Sexual Assault
When a survivor of sexual assault walks into an emergency room, the experience can feel overwhelming: medical, emotional, and deeply personal all at once. What many in the community may not realize is that, behind the scenes, a carefully coordinated team is already moving into place to ensure that no one faces that moment […]
Porching By Jamie Kirkpatrick
As many of you know, we have a tradition at our home called “Porching.” Porching is the art of sitting on our front porch, watching the world go by, and inviting half of it to join us for a chat or a beverage. My wife is the Queen of Porching. I’m just the court […]
Send in the Clowns—Don’t Bother They’re Here By Maria Grant
When I was in consulting, sometimes something so crazy would happen that the whole client team would burst out into uncontrollable laughter. Inevitably someone would say, “You can’t make this stuff up!” I thought about that exclamation many times last week. Here’s why. Last week, President Trump announced that his presidential library will be […]
Local Leaders Decry Lack of Progress at Cambridge Harbor
By Jim Brady At the March meeting of Cambridge Waterfront Development Incorporated, president Angie Hengst initially denied that a dispute over three-tenths of an acre was holding up negotiations with the hotel developer at Cambridge Harbor. However, when speaking with CWDI’s partners from the city of Cambridge, Dorchester County, and the state of Maryland, she […]
Fur Your Consideration: Meet Sulley and Big Boy
Each week, The Spy partners with Baywater Animal Rescue to feature animals looking for a second chance. These profiles spotlight the personalities, quirks, and stories behind the cats and dogs waiting for adoption. Meet your next companion. Meet Sulley! This 18-week-old male terrier mix is full of energy and charm. Personality Sulley absolutely loves people […]
Maryland Caucus with Foxwell and Mitchell: Disabling Disability Funding in Maryland
This week, Len Foxwell and Clayton Mitchell come to a rare point of agreement in this installment of Maryland Caucus, decrying the millions of dollars cut from the state’s budget for supporting people with developmental disabilities. This video is approximately 15 minutes in length.
Spring to Summer: Soothing Music, Stirring Theater by Steve Parks
In 1963, Criterion Studios declared, “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.” And that was for a comedy. Currently, our “mad world” might not seem like much to laugh about. But in such times, the arts provide a respite. The April concert series by the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Grammy winner Michael Repper conducting, invites […]
Can Governor Wes Moore Win and Lose at the Same Time? By David Reel
Four years ago, Wes Moore began his rapid ascent in politics from being relatively unknown to being the Democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland. In doing so, he exceeded expectations by defeating nine better-known opponents in a Democratic primary. Those opponents included Peter Franchot, a former state comptroller for four terms, Doug Gansler, a […]