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Occurrences

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Willis Denied Passwords to Rock Hall Bank Accounts, Holds Missing Documents

Rock Hall Mayor Robert Willis’ attempt to gain access to the town’s online banking system, and also keep public documents in his possession from a contentious closed … [Read More...]

  • Rendell to WC Grads, Wealth and Fame Will Not Guarantee Happiness
  • WC Reiss Opens 2013 Commencement, Says New Generation More Tolerant and Open
  • Washington College Gets Armory Key in Quaint Transfer Ceremony
  • Almost 5,700 State Employees Make $100,000 or More
  • Jones to Ask Willis To Apologize to Rock Hallers and Council
  • Rock Hall Election: Candidates Speak Out on Fithian and Willis

The Arts

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Washington College Magazine: The Bob Day Interview

Marking the publication of his new collection of short stories, Where I Am Now, the Washington College Magazine asked professor Bob Day to recall where he used to be. Day, … [Read More...]

  • Castelli and Massoniart Celebrate 20 Years Together
  • The Blake Thompson Band In A Free Outdoor Concert In Rock Hall Saturday May 25
  • Massoniart Announces Marc Castelli “Climbing the Stars” 20th Anniversary Exhibition
  • Tim Marcin Wins Washington College’s Prestigious Sophie Kerr Prize
  • Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble Presents ‘A Night at the Opera’
  • Ken Cowan, Famous Organist Ends Emmanuel Concert Season

Chestertown Buzz

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Nice… Movies in the Park Start with ‘Brave’ Thursday Night

Chestertown Recreation Commission announces the beginning of a summer of stars ...under the stars, with its new program of movies in the park. This Thursday May 23rd will be … [Read More...]

  • Update: Donald Greene Back with Fresh & Green’s in Cambridge
  • Spy Eye: At the Dogwood Festival
  • Buzz: Three Cheers and National Award for LT Goodall
  • Spy Eye: 6th Taste of the Town, Paint the Town Plein Air & Maryland Rowing in One Weekend
  • Very Cool: Chestertownian Makes “Coolest Black Families” in the US!

Eastern Shore Education

(l-r): Mike Kaylor (NHS Advisor), Christie Grabis (Assistant Head of School), Trung Nguyen, Tabitha Lin, Kat Rhodes, Lexi Welch, Valerie Inglesby, Kent Shen, John Lewis (Headmaster)

Six Gunston School Students Honored at National Honor Society Induction

On April 16, six students were inducted into the National Honor Society at The Gunston School. The National Honor Society (NHS) is a prestigious organization for juniors and … [Read More...]

  • Complexion of Maryland Teacher Corps Fails To Reflect Student Body
  • Baltimore Foundation Completes Mini-Campaign for WC Fitness Center
  • Chesapeake Opens Registration for Summer 2013
  • Chesapeake College Offers Summer Enrichment Camps for Children
  • SU Helps Raise $100,000 For Relay For Life
  • Kimberly Schlosser to Represent Gunston School for Rotary Conference

More Eastern Shore Education

Town and County Notes

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Area High School Students Seek Support For Honduras Mission

On July 2, eight students and two teachers from Queen Anne’s County will journey to Honduras on what they are calling a “conservation through education” mission. … [Read More...]

  • Spy Contributor Fletcher Hall Talks of Benghazi at Conservative Breakfast May 23
  • Kick-off Street Party Downtown Planned for Annual Tea Party May 24
  • Unitarians Discuss ‘Young Visions and Old Dreams” May 19
  • Conservatives Gather to Discuss Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman
  • Chester River Health Foundation to Host 19th Annual Golf Tournament May 31
  • UU Church to Discuss Religious Response to Climate Change

Local Food & Garden

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Wine to Be Legal at Maryland Farmers’ Market in June

Farmers’ market shoppers throughout Maryland will soon be able to purchase wine along with their locally grown fruits and vegetables thanks to a new bill recently signed … [Read More...]

  • Rhubarb Pie with Mom by Barbara Jorgenson
  • Chestertown’s Whole Life Network to present “Forage: The Prehistoric Diet in Context”
  • Adkins Arboretum Dedicates Restored Wetland Bridge
  • Food Friday: Pancakes for Mother’s Day
  • Food Friday: Tacos for Cinco de Mayo
  • Adkins Fffers Botanical Shoes May 9

Maryland

By: Ryan Bowley

Indicted Correctional Officers Were Low Paid

Thirteen Maryland correctional officers indicted last month in a corruption case that has outraged legislators and the public were getting paid between $28,000 and $47,000 in … [Read More...]

  • Same-sex Domestic Partners to Lose State Benefits
  • Maryland Hospital Jobs in Jeopardy
  • DOJ Supports Filming Police Activity in Maryland
  • Critical Decisions Could Threaten Maryland Jobs
  • Atty. Gen. Doug Gansler to Present Grant Funds to Assist Distressed Homeowners this Friday
  • Attorneys General Team Up With Facebook to Protect Privacy

Chesapeake Ecosystem

Local Food and Foraging Lecture May 24

In the May Chester River Notebook, you read about how eating locally can help our environment and economy right here in Kent and Queen Anne's counties. You read the articles … [Read More...]

  • Many Bay-related Programs Fare Well Under Proposed Budget
  • Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Plunges to 1985 Levels
  • The Grayce B. Kerr Fund Pledges $250,000 to the Eastern Shore Conservation Center
  • Chester River Association has New Website
  • Analysis: Who Gives a Dam About Conowingo?
  • New Rules for Stormwater Expected to Increase Reductions

Wye Island Revisited

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Wye Island Revisited: Boyd Gibbons on Big Boxes and the Final Word

On a crisp fall afternoon in November, Boyd Gibbons, author of the award-winning "Wye Island," joined moderator Lynn Scarlett, former Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and … [Read More...]

  • Wye Island Revisited: Rob Etgen on Land Conservation
  • Wye Island Revisited Part Three: Ted Rouse on ‘Local Economy’
  • Wye Island Revisited Part Two: Boyd Gibbons on ‘Process’
  • Wye Island Revisited Part One: Boyd Gibbons on Role of Design

Politics

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Republicans of Kent Open HQ in Chestertown

On May 3 the Republicans of Kent held the grand opening their new headquarters at 327 High Street in Chestertown. Speakers included Republicans of Kent President Dawn … [Read More...]

  • Jones & Price Win Handily in Rock Hall Election
  • Linda Kuiper Announces Run For Mayor
  • Transportation Lockbox Sent to Voters, Won’t Be Guarded Well GOP Says
  • Thomas Hayman For Mayor, In His Own Words
  • Two Year Delay on Rain Tax Fails, Homeowners Assessed This July
  • Dr. John LaFerla Announces 2014 Run For First District

Maryland 3.0

Sitting: Tyrus Brown, Owner of Brown Seafood.  Standing, left to right: Tom Beckett and Chuck Miller, Upper Shore SCORE mentors.  Michael Thielke, Executive Director, Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center

Upper Shore SCORE Chapter Awards First Nano Loan

The local SCORE chapter headquartered in Chestertown and serving Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties has provided its first Nano Loan to a local seafood business.  … [Read More...]

  • Maryland in Top Ten in Country for Entrepreneurship
  • Startup Maryland Announces 2013 Dates for Pitch Bus Tour
  • Employee-Ownership Conference May 10
  • Eastern Shore Students Participate in NASA Marathon
  • Looking for a Few Good Hackers: HotDesks hosts NASA Space Challenge April 19-21
  • Maryland 3.0: Mike Jensen and Unity Church Hill

Spy Editorials

The Careless Rocking of Rock Hall’s Boat

What on earth was Rock Hall Mayor Bob Willis thinking when he attempted last week to terminate the employment of town manager Ron Fithian? With good reason, a great many … [Read More...]

  • Editorial: Chestertown’s Next Mayor
  • Editorial: Dislecksia and the Spy
  • Editorial: A Sign too Far?
  • Editorial: The Bank has Left the Building
  • Editorial: Dreaming Toward America
  • Editorial: Chestertown New Year’s Resolutions

Opinion & Thought

Op-Ed: Fault-line Benghazi by Stephan Sonn

If these were normal times the sizzle of these missions would be quickly render itself in and out of the news cycle. Not so Benghazi kept alive by the essentially rogue … [Read More...]

  • Cool Outdoor Stuff: What Can We Learn From The Beaverkill?
  • Op-Ed: Benghazi on My Mind – Again
  • Op-Ed: Open Letter to Secretary of Defense Hegel by Larry Schroth
  • Op-Ed: The Mayor and the Manager
  • Op-Ed: An Uncertain Nation by Fletcher Hall
  • Op-Ed: Justice Done, Almost

Letters to the Editor

Letter to Editor: Serious Questions for Rock Hall’s Mayor

Civic turmoil in Rock Hall in recent weeks raises questions about possible misuse of public money by Mayor Bob Willis. Here are two examples: First, on April 29, Mr. Willis … [Read More...]

  • Letter to Editor: Chestertown’s Dog Park Report
  • Letter to Editor: Get Government Out of Farmers Market
  • Letter to Editor: Rock Hall Prayer Resolution Should be Dropped
  • Letter to Editor: Ah, Washington
  • Letter to Editor: Gas Doesn’t Deserve Bad Reputation
  • Transformation: DuPont’s Successful Science Through History

Fortnightly

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The Story of Reba and Frances: Reba Warren Remembers with Lani Seikaly

Some of the most unique and complicated friendships that formed in the twentieth century were between progressive white women and their African-American housemaids. While … [Read More...]

  • Spy Profiles: Paige Howard and Mount Harmon’s Time Machine
  • College Footnotes: Who was Minta Martin?
  • The Elsworth’s “Nose Job”
  • Wye Island Revisited: Boyd Gibbons on Big Boxes and the Final Word
  • Wye Island Revisited: Rob Etgen on Land Conservation
  • Wye Island Revisited: Developer John Wilson on Smart Growth

Chestertown Futures

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Two Contrasting Visions: An Architect’s Perspective

Editor's Note:  The author is the architect of the Garfield Center’s lobby and marquee, however the opinions he offers here are his own professional point of view. VISION I – The Historic District’s Living Town - As Enacted Those who oppose the Garfield Center’s programmable LED screen … [Read More...]

  • Chestertown Futures Case Study #24: Rebecca Flora
  • Chestertown Futures Case Study #23: Margo Bailey
  • Chestertown Futures Case Study #22: Mitchell Reiss
  • Chestertown Profiles Case Study #21: Kathleen Jones
  • Chestertown Futures Case Study #20: Lehr Jackson
  • Chestertown Futures Case Study #19: J. David Newell
  • Chestertown Futures Case Study #18: Bob Ortiz
  • Chestertown Futures Case Study #17: Dick Goodall
  • Chestertown Futures Case Study #16: John Munson

More Chestertown Futures....

Commerce

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A Popup Store Appears in Chestertown

A Pop-Up store has popped up at 335High Street in Chestertown. This store, “College Town”, blossomed on Friday evening, May, 3, during Chestertown’s monthly First Friday … [Read More...]

  • North County Profiles: Sisters by Chance, Friends by Choice
  • Kent Home Sales Slowest on Shore, Resistance to Growth Blamed
  • Tax Credit For Maryland Film Production Rises to $25 Million
  • Bill Requiring Landlords to Accept Section 8 Vouchers Sparks Civil Rights Debate
  • Carlisle at Coldwell Banker Joins Sterling Society
  • Spy Profile: Millington’s Dennis Hager on Small Town Survival
Boy Day

Washington College Magazine: The Bob Day Interview

Marking the publication of his new collection of short stories, Where I Am Now, the Washington College Magazine asked professor Bob Day to recall … [Read More...]

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Tim Marcin Wins Washington College’s Prestigious Sophie Kerr Prize

A Washington College scholar-athlete who plans to pursue a career in sports journalism will take home the world’s largest student literary prize, … [Read More...]

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The Story of Reba and Frances: Reba Warren Remembers with Lani Seikaly

Some of the most unique and complicated friendships that formed in the twentieth century were between progressive white women and their … [Read More...]

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Spy Profile: The Chestertown Ukulele Club

“I have this dream. Imagine if you taught every single person in one town how to play the ukulele. We’re a long way toward getting that … [Read More...]

The Spy Review

Burning the Book by Ron Koertge

Burning the Book  The anthology of love poems I bought for a quarter is brittle, anyway, and comes apart when I read it. One at a time, I throw pages on the fire and … [Read More...]

Up Against It by Ted Kooser

Poetry Up Against It It’s the way they cannot understand the window they buzz and buzz against, the bees that take a wrong turn at my door and end up thus in a … [Read More...]

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Spy Review: At the Post Office by David Hernandez

At the Post Office  The line is long, processional, glacial, and the attendant a giant stone, cobalt blue with flecks of white, I’m not so much looking at a rock but a … [Read More...]

Outdoor Life

In the Bay region, Canada warblers breed where temperatures are cooler. (Jose Loaiza / U.S. Geological Survey)

On the Wing: the Canada Warbler

by Michael Burke The early morning air was cool and evening dew hung heavily on the grass. Before us, a lovely stream slipped down a narrow valley. … [Read More...]

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Cool Outdoor Stuff: What Can We Learn From The Beaverkill?

Echo Hill Outdoor School’s Andrew McCown is back with another edition of Cool Outdoor Stuff with videographer Jack Elliott. This time, Andy reflects … [Read More...]

Safety Advocates Remind Boaters to ‘Wear It!’ During Safe Boating Week

With summer fast approaching, families and friends are anxious to enjoy time in the sun and on the water – boating, fishing, paddling and more. … [Read More...]

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Sailing Regatta Brings Twelve Teams To Gunston

The Gunston School hosted its first home regatta of the spring season on Sunday, April 14. Twelve area sailing teams participated, sailing a total of … [Read More...]

Health

Creation of New Hospice Organization Proposed

Talbot Hospice Foundation, Caroline Hospice Foundation and Shore Health System’s hospice services have plans to join forces in the creation a new … [Read More...]

Free Skin Cancer Screenings May 15

Begin your summer by getting a free skin cancer screening on Wednesday, May 15. This service for adults 18 and older is being offered by Shore Health … [Read More...]

Donating Life

With more than 117,000 people nationwide waiting for a life-saving organ transplant -- including more than 2,200 Marylanders -- the need for … [Read More...]

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“Shoot for the Stars” Raises Funds for Chester River Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation

  The Chester River Health Foundation recently hosted “Shoot for the Stars”, a casino night fundraiser to help fund the creation of an outdoor … [Read More...]

Pet Watch

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Humane Society Opens Doors May 4

The Kent County Humane Society will be holding an adoption open house on Saturday, May 4, from 10-4. The adoption fee will be reduced to $25, plus the cost of spay or … [Read More...]

Puppy Class Forming

Learn how to raise a well-behaved, well-socialized puppy and set up your new family member for a lifetime of success!. We will cover basic manners and puppy games. A good … [Read More...]

Disturbances

Dennis Black Arrested On 53 Charges Related to Recent Burglaries

Dennis Eugene Black, of Church Hill, Maryland, was arrested by Chestertown Police on May 7, 2013. Black was served the warrant at the Driftwood Inn, … [Read More...]

Chester River Bridge to Temporarily Close Twice in May

Queen Anne’s and Kent County Drivers Should Plan Ahead for Short Bridge Openings Friday, May 10 and Wednesday May 22 (May 8, 2013) – The State … [Read More...]

Man Falls From Roof In Chestertown, Flown to Shock Trauma

WBOC is reporting that a Chestertown man was flown to Shock Trauma after falling 30 feet from a rooftop in the 300 block of Cannon Street. The … [Read More...]

State Highway Administration Begins MD 213/US 50 Improvements In Wye Mills

New Right-Turn Lanes on MD 213 Provide Commuters at Chesapeake College Easier Access to US 50; Summer Motorists at Peak Travel Time Will Also … [Read More...]

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