Eagleman Volunteers Help Turn Athletes’ Dreams into Reality
For 30 years, Eagleman athletes have crossed the finish line in Cambridge thanks to hundreds of local volunteers working behind the scenes. As this year’s race approaches, organizers are once again asking community members to help make one of Dorchester County’s signature events possible. As IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman prepares to celebrate its Pearl Anniversary year […]
Food Friday: Rites of Summer
Mr. Sanders and I are still on vacation, frolicking merrily in the Highlands of Scotland. I made a strawberry and rhubarb crumble for dessert last night, a proper crumble complete with sweet, creamy custard straight from Marks and Spencer, with rhubarb came from our hosts’s kitchen garden – sublime. The fact that I had […]
ShoreRivers Safe to Swim Report: 6/4
With summer swimming in full swing, ShoreRivers has kicked off its seasonal Bacteria Monitoring program, ensuring safer waterways for recreational use. Each year, a dedicated team of community scientists collects water samples from popular swimming and boating sites, which are analyzed in ShoreRivers’ labs following strict EPA protocols. The results, published weekly each Friday […]
Wine of the Week: Cantina Marangona Chiaretto
Ciao Tutti! This weekend at Piazza Italian Market, we will taste the Marangona Chiarretto Riviera del Garda Classico DOP ($23.25, ABV 12.5%), from the Cantina Marangona, located in Pozzolengo, on the southeastern shore of Lake Garda in Lombardia. The logo of a bell on the label pays tribute to the name of a bell […]
Steve Sattler to Present “Three Paths to Great Travel Photography” on July 6
The Tidewater Camera Club will welcome speaker Steve Sattler to the July 6 meeting at 7pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Easton, Md. The topic will be Three Paths to Great Travel Photography. Visitors are welcome to join members starting at 6:15pm. Travel photography is about much more than simply taking pictures while […]
Chesapeake Music Celebrates Five Years at The Ebenezer
It’s hard to believe that this year’s Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival, which takes place June 12–20, will mark five years at the glorious Ebenezer Theater—a perfect environment for the high-caliber performances that Chesapeake Music offers the community. So how did this partnership come about? It all started on Valentine’s Day 2020 when the Chesapeake […]
Eastern Shore League of Women Voters Announce Online Voter at Vote411.org
For many years, the League of Women Voters’ popular tabloid-size Voters’ Guide has been available to the public at post offices, libraries, municipal buildings, and other community locations. This spring, however, production difficulties will prevent publication of the printed guide in Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot counties for the June 23 primary […]
How Gila Monsters Changed the World by Angela Rieck
GLP-1s (glucagon-like peptide-1) are game changing weight loss and diabetes drugs. An estimated 1 in 8 American adults (12%) are currently taking GLP-1 medications (such as generic GLP-1s, Ozempic, Wegovy, or Mounjaro) for weight loss, diabetes, kidney disease, or heart conditions. In total, nearly 20% of adults have taken them at some point. These […]
Looking at the Masters: Alphonse Mucha and Sarah Bernhardt
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was born in Moravia, now a region in the Czech Republic. His talent for drawing and music was recognized when he was young. His early training was in music and violin in the Catholic church. Later he wrote to friends, “For me, the notions of painting, going to church, and music […]
From and Fuller: The House Says No to the Trump War and the Firing of Scott Pelley
Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller about the latest political news. This week, From and Fuller discuss the U.S. House of Representatives passing a War Powers Resolution yesterday by a margin of seven votes, aimed at restricting U.S. military action against Iran. Al and Craig also share […]