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The Spy was thrilled to note in the Delmarva Farmer the other day that the National Weather Service awarded the Sawaine family the prestigious Thomas Jefferson award for their remarkable reporting of Eastern Shore weather for the last 75 years.
Please read the full story here.
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In 2017, Talbot County Sheriff Joe Gamble (left) and Tidewater Rotarian Lucie Hughes founded an untested substance abuse awareness campaign to engage the Talbot County community, particularly families, to be more informed about the danger of drugs.
As Talbot Goes Purple enters its seventh year, the Spy spent some time last week talking to Sheriff Gamble about this important partnership with Talbot County Public Schools, Saints Peter & Paul School, and Mid-Shore Community Foundation.
In our conversation, Joe makes a strong case that Talbot Goes Purple is making progress but also notes that our local battle to fight drug abuse will be a long one.
This video is approximately five minutes in length. For more information about Talbot Goes Purple, please click here.
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The Spy continues our special series on Mid-Shore mental health this month with For All Seasons CEO Beth Anne Dorman discussing the unique challenge of helping Mid-Shore military veterans and their families with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
As young men and women return from war zones to assume civilian life again, a growing number of those individuals suffer daily from the consequences of PTSD. Mostly undiagnosed, this condition results far too often in depression, drug and alcohol addiction, domestic abuse, and severe and lasting mental health impacts on an entire family.
In our interview, Beth Anne talks about this major health crisis and what For All Seasons is doing to reach these families for treatment and ongoing support.
This video is approximately six minutes in length. For more information about For All Seasons please go here.
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Dr. Chris Runz, a urologic surgeon at the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, recently spoke with the Spy about the alarming decline in American men’s health. With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Runz emphasized that men’s health is a broad term covering various issues, including blood vessel health, access to primary care, and the impact of metabolic syndrome on their quality of life and longevity.
Dr. Runz highlighted the importance of early screening and prevention, noting that many men delay primary care visits until their 30s or later. He stressed the significance of maintaining healthy blood vessels to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and erectile dysfunction, which can be early indicators of cardiovascular issues.
In our interview, he also covered metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes, which significantly affect men’s health. Dr. Runz emphasized the need for awareness and proactive healthcare, urging men to get regular check-ups and address health issues early. He concluded by advocating for increased awareness during Men’s Health Month in June, encouraging men to prioritize their health and well-being.
This video is approximately 12 minutes in length. For more information about UM Shore Health’s men’s health programs, please click here.
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Two weeks ago, the Spy took note of Easton Town Council President Frank Gunsallus’s proposal to forbid the use of town funds to support organizations or causes he considered ideological.
Last night, there was a significant follow-up to the Gunsallus proposal and his intentions regarding such a legislative act. With a packed meeting chamber, the Town Council heard from many residents who took issue with the council president’s comments from the May meeting and his example of the use of town banners displaying the LGBTQ pride flag. Other community members supported the measure. In addition, council members took turns expressing their responses to those who spoke.
Community Voices
Easton Town Councilmembers response
These video segments are 24 minutes and 13 minutes in length
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MassoniArt in Chestertown will be offering a unique gallery experience this month in that it will be more of a museum exhibition than a typical showing of an artist’s work. Part of the reason for that is that quite a few of the 40 pieces of art are not even for sale, but more importantly, it was its gallery owner, Carla Massoni, who envisioned a retrospective exhibition that spanned over 40 years of Mid-Shore artist Marc Castelli’s breathtaking documentation of competitive sailing and those who sail them entitled Chasing the Silver.
The Castelli exhibition presents an opportunity to widen the lens on subjects Marc has painted during his long career. Chasing the Silver is the first time such a collection has been gathered from Marc’s personal portfolio for exhibition. This retrospective features watercolors of major world yachting events over the last 40 years.
Showcased will be paintings, pen and inks, posters, cartoons, and prints featuring America’s Cup challenges and defenses from 1987 to the last traditional monohull America’s Cup in 2006, as well as the Whitbread races in 1997-98, the sea trials and starts for the Global Challenges 2004-05, the 2006 Soling World Championship, the Star Boat World Championship 2016, and the USNA’s Kennedy Cup Regatta and the J-Class Yachts Regatta 2015.
The Spy sat down with Marc a few weeks ago to talk about his approach to painting racing boats, but it was also fitting to include his personal memories of growing up along the shores of Lake Michigan and falling in love with these extraordinary vessels and who he developed as an artist to paint them.
This video is approximately three minutes in length.
June 7 – August 7, 2024
Massoniart – Cross Street Gallery
Chestertown
June First Friday Reception – June 7, 5-8 pm
Artist Talks
Saturday, June 8, 12 noon
Sunday, June 9, 12 noon
July First Friday Reception– July 5, 5-8 pm
For additional information please visit www.massoniart.com. A portion of all sales will be donated to support sailing scholarships.
Chasing the Silver for Forty Or So Years by Marc Castelli can be read here.
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Cambridge finally recognized native son John Barth on June 12, 2010, at a ceremony in front of the County Library. The T-shirt photo quotes an essay Barth wrote about growing up on the Eastern Shore.
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The last time the Spy chatted with Lorelly Solano a few years ago, she had just begun her work at the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center. And her focus in 2019 was to help the organization train interpreters to help offer bilingual services on the Mid-Shore to various businesses and nonprofit institutions.
One of the schools that Lorelly worked closely with at the time was Chesapeake College, so it was not a surprise to find her almost five years later working with that institution as the new director of its Cambridge Center. As the Mid-Shore continues to grow with a diversity of cultures and languages, Dr. Solano was immediately attracted to the challenge and opportunity of making the Cambridge campus a regional leader in adult education for high school equivalency, English language acquisition for immigrants, and non-credit courses like skilled trades.
In her new role, Solano has made it a goal to mirror the community’s diversity within the Center, ensuring that when people visit, they see themselves represented.
Last month the Spy came by the Cambridge Center to learn more about Dr. Lorelly’s plans.
This video is approximately six minutes in length. For more information about Chesapeake College and its Cambridge Center, please go here.
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