Pump Station Financing Approved as Cambridge Officials Warn Critical Infrastructure Is Failing

Cambridge commissioners approved financing Monday for the rehabilitation of the city’s Trenton Street Sewage Pumping Station after officials said key portions of the facility have deteriorated beyond repair. The commission unanimously adopted Ordinance 1271, authorizing up to $6.86 million in borrowing through the Maryland Water Infrastructure Financing Administration to fund the long-planned project. The pumping […]
Spy Review: A Journey of “Musical Memories” Opens the 41st Chamber Music Festival

Lucy Fitz Gibbon As you might expect after four decades, there were “Musical Memories” galore as the 41st annual Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival got Friday night underway in the lovely Ebenezer Theater. The opening night program spanned three centuries and up to 20 generations in just three diverse—to say the least—selections. The concert opened […]
Bay to Ocean Journal: Aloha Shirt Man’s Inventory of the Beauty That Remains by Michael Brockley

Authors Note: I wrote “Aloha Shirt Man’s Inventory of the Beauty That Remains” during the summer of 2024. During the baseball season, I am a fervent follower of the Cincinnati Reds, who have either been woeful or have flirted with woefulness for far too many years. The night I drafted this poem, the Reds […]
