ShoreRivers Safe to Swim Report: 6/11
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 […]
Cambridge Time Machine: WCEM Radio
WCEM was one of the longtime local radio stations serving Cambridge and the Mid-Shore. The AM station, WCEM 1240, first signed on in November 1947 and originally used the call letters WCMD before changing to WCEM in 1949. For decades, WCEM was a classic small-town local station. Older residents remember it as a place for […]
OpenSecrets: Transparency Tracking Money in Politics Creates Trust by Hugh Panero
I recently attended a conversation with Hilary Braseth, Executive Director of OpenSecrets, the premier independent, nonpartisan tracker of money in politics. OpenSecrets receives over 60,000 daily searches from academics, scholars, students, policymakers, advocates, the public, and the media. According to OpenSecrets, in 2000, $5.6 billion was spent on the presidential and congressional races. In […]
Our Town Vienna: A Full House and a Fresh Start? by Kathryn Masten
On June 8, Vienna’s Town Hall was standing-room only—twenty residents filling the chairs, lining the walls, and leaning into the doorway. It was the kind of turnout that signals a town paying attention. And it arrived on a night of transition: longtime Commissioner Greg Cusick stepped down after more than fifteen years of service after […]