Dorchester Residents Come out Against World’s End Turn Closure Amid Emergency Access Concerns
Residents from Dorchester County’s southern end packed Tuesday night’s County Council meeting, urging state officials to improve flooded detour roads before beginning emergency culvert replacement work at World’s End Turn. For the second meeting in a row, concerned speakers warned that the closure could delay ambulance response times, isolate elderly residents, and disrupt businesses if […]
From and Fuller: The Republican Dilemma in Swing Districts and the Return of TACO Tuesday
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 growing Republican dilemma in swing districts, highlighted by this week’s Indiana primary, where Trump-backed challengers defeated at least five Republican state senators who voted against […]
Cambridge From the Couch: Prayer in Civic Life
It is eerily appropriate that this column is being published on the National Day of Prayer, because prayer is at the center of it. As always when a journalist deals with the subject, I’m going try to do so in a fair and balanced way. Forgive me if I fail at any point. At a […]
Looking at the Masters: A Tale of Two Mothers
Marie Louise Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun (1755-1842) was an extremely popular artist. Her father was Louis Vigee (1715-1767), a Parisian portrait artist and member of the Academie de Saint-Luc, the premier art academy until 1776. Seeing his young daughter’s drawings, he oversaw her art lessons. There were only a few women artists in Europe, and most […]
Behind the Lines: a 9/11 Story Benefits Veterans and First Responders
Behind the Lines: a 9/11 Story is a live storytelling, music, and theatre performance set against the tragedy of the September 11 attacks and the war that followed. The production will debut at the Avalon Theatre in Easton on May 23 and May 24, ahead of a national tour and in recognition of the 25th anniversary […]