https://chestertownspy.org Nonpartisan and Education-based News for Chestertown Tue, 06 May 2025 13:07:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/06/publishers-note-introducing-the-maryland-caucus-podcast-with-len-foxwell-and-clayton-mitchell/ Tue, 06 May 2025 13:05:38 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=184024 Building on the success of our From & Fuller series with national political commentators Al From and Craig Fuller, the Spy is proud to launch an equally compelling new podcast: The Maryland Caucus. This series brings together two of the most experienced and respected voices in Maryland public life—Len Foxwell and Clayton A. Mitchell, Sr. Their […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/04/publisher-notes-spy-poetry-and-deidra-greenleaf-allan/ Sun, 04 May 2025 13:22:27 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/04/publisher-notes-spy-poetry-and-deidra-greenleaf-allan/ Since its inception, The Spy has proudly found room for poetry. With a publisher well-versed in the form as an undergraduate at Washington College, and a grandfather who published the Poetry Magazine back in the day, poetry and its singular gifts have been central to our mission and content since 2009. Over those years, we’ve been privileged […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/21/eslcs-steve-kline-on-conservation-funding-cuts-and-painful-loss-of-local-land-control-to-the-state/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/21/eslcs-steve-kline-on-conservation-funding-cuts-and-painful-loss-of-local-land-control-to-the-state/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:34:44 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/21/eslcs-steve-kline-on-conservation-funding-cuts-and-painful-loss-of-local-land-control-to-the-state/ While it may be true that the land conservation movement has faced tough times before, particularly on the Eastern Shore, according to Steve Kline, the president of the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, it’s hard to remember a more dire moment for preserving essential landscapes.  The combination of a significant drop in state funding for such […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/21/eslcs-steve-kline-on-conservation-funding-cuts-and-painful-loss-of-local-land-control-to-the-state/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/26/spy-long-form-judge-john-north-and-a-lifelong-love-affair-with-bugatti/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/26/spy-long-form-judge-john-north-and-a-lifelong-love-affair-with-bugatti/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:09:48 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/26/spy-long-form-judge-john-north-and-a-lifelong-love-affair-with-bugatti/ Judge John North, who has assembled one of a handful of internationally recognized car collections globally (think Jay Leno), admits to two major love affairs with automobiles. The first was the legendary American Duesenberg, which manufactured America’s top-performing cars from 1920 to 1938 out of Indiana. With the help of his father, he purchased his […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/26/spy-long-form-judge-john-north-and-a-lifelong-love-affair-with-bugatti/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/24/ymca-profiles-wendy-palmer-on-working-in-tandem-on-dementia/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/24/ymca-profiles-wendy-palmer-on-working-in-tandem-on-dementia/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:22:02 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/19/ymca-profiles-wendy-palmer-on-working-in-tandem-on-dementia/ Many families are impacted by dementia and Alzheimer’s, a new program piloted at the YMCA, TANDEM, hopes to support the individuals with the diagnosis and the caregiver that is often struggling with stress, depression and anxiety. Tandem is a loving community for individuals diagnosed with Dementia/Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. The Tandem program includes gentle and safe […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/24/ymca-profiles-wendy-palmer-on-working-in-tandem-on-dementia/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/31/a-new-president-and-immigration-policies-changes-a-chat-with-chesmrcs-matthew-peters/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/31/a-new-president-and-immigration-policies-changes-a-chat-with-chesmrcs-matthew-peters/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:09:01 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/31/a-new-president-and-immigration-policies-changes-a-chat-with-chesmrcs-matthew-peters/ As the new Trump Administration begins to roll out its approach to border control and immigration policies, one group on the Mid-Shore is watching closely what those new initiatives might mean to the unique communities they serve is the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center based in Easton. For over 12 years, the organization has been helping […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/31/a-new-president-and-immigration-policies-changes-a-chat-with-chesmrcs-matthew-peters/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/27/profiles-in-spirtuality-a-chat-with-the-easton-groups-stephanie-saunders/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/27/profiles-in-spirtuality-a-chat-with-the-easton-groups-stephanie-saunders/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:23:56 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/27/profiles-in-spirtuality-a-chat-with-the-easton-groups-stephanie-saunders/ If somone had to guess where one of the Mid-Shore’s top financial services executives goes on vacation, there is a good chance they would be wrong regarding Stephanie Saunders. While her peers might head off to trips in the Bahamas and tours of Europe, Stephanie has chosen the likes of Pakistan and the Philippine Islands […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/27/profiles-in-spirtuality-a-chat-with-the-easton-groups-stephanie-saunders/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/20/mid-shore-profiles-a-chat-with-andy-hollis-on-future-of-delmarva-community-services-2/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/20/mid-shore-profiles-a-chat-with-andy-hollis-on-future-of-delmarva-community-services-2/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:17:09 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/20/mid-shore-profiles-a-chat-with-andy-hollis-on-future-of-delmarva-community-services-2/ One of the most notable nonprofit leadership appointments made on the Mid-Shore in 2024 was the Delmarva Community Center’s (DCC) board of directors announcement that Talbot County’s Andy Hollis would be their next president and CEO. DCC is one of those organizations that might not have the greatest name recognition in the region, even after […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/20/mid-shore-profiles-a-chat-with-andy-hollis-on-future-of-delmarva-community-services-2/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/13/qlarant-foundation-takes-a-big-step-forward-with-first-executive-director-amanda-neal/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/13/qlarant-foundation-takes-a-big-step-forward-with-first-executive-director-amanda-neal/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:56:55 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/13/qlarant-foundation-takes-a-big-step-forward-with-first-executive-director-amanda-neal/ To state that philanthropy is in the DNA of Qlarant is a matter of fact. From the day the company began operations to combat fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, it was charted as a nonprofit organization with a mission to help society and protect its health system. For the last twenty years, it has also […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/13/qlarant-foundation-takes-a-big-step-forward-with-first-executive-director-amanda-neal/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/06/ymcas-robbie-gill-looks-back-after-20-years-on-the-mid-shore/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/06/ymcas-robbie-gill-looks-back-after-20-years-on-the-mid-shore/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:22:14 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=181714 Over the coming months, community leaders from across the Mid-Shore will gather in various festive ways to celebrate the extraordinary contributions of YMCA of the Chesapeake CEO Robbie Gill. When Robbie arrived in Talbot County in 2005, the YMCA at the Easton Peachbossom site was already a success story. Through the generosity of the W. […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/06/ymcas-robbie-gill-looks-back-after-20-years-on-the-mid-shore/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/04/spy-exit-interview-cambridge-mayor-steve-rideout/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/04/spy-exit-interview-cambridge-mayor-steve-rideout/#respond Sat, 04 Jan 2025 19:11:23 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/04/spy-exit-interview-cambridge-mayor-steve-rideout/ The Spy continues our ongoing series of long-form exit interviews with some of the Mid-Shore’s most important leaders and stakeholders, with a look back with Steve Rideout, the recently departed mayor and former Virginia judge. It’s pretty rare that members of the bench transition into locally elected officials as a second career. With a healthy […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/04/spy-exit-interview-cambridge-mayor-steve-rideout/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/12/23/creating-healthcare-career-opportunities-on-the-eastern-shore-with-chris-wheedleton/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/12/23/creating-healthcare-career-opportunities-on-the-eastern-shore-with-chris-wheedleton/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:05:02 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/12/23/creating-healthcare-career-opportunities-on-the-eastern-shore-with-chris-wheedleton/ It is no secret that the Eastern Shore, like all of Maryland and the rest of the United States, faces an acute shortage of healthcare professionals, and demand from an increasingly aging population of residents is only growing. The question is what to do about it. One way to help solve the program is to […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/12/23/creating-healthcare-career-opportunities-on-the-eastern-shore-with-chris-wheedleton/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/02/spy-saturday-longform-chesapeake-musics-new-director-david-faleris/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/02/spy-saturday-longform-chesapeake-musics-new-director-david-faleris/#respond Sat, 02 Nov 2024 14:34:51 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/02/130479-2/ There was no question that Chesapeake Music, the Mid-Shore’s 40-year-old flagship music festival organization, faced a humungous challenge when it began its search for a new executive director. For the past 38 years of those years, founder and part-time director Don Buxton had not only filled that role but was instrumental in the Festival’s remarkable […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/02/spy-saturday-longform-chesapeake-musics-new-director-david-faleris/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/28/the-bugatti-familys-reach-for-perfection-at-the-aam-a-chat-with-guest-curator-ken-gross/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/28/the-bugatti-familys-reach-for-perfection-at-the-aam-a-chat-with-guest-curator-ken-gross/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:32:57 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/28/the-bugatti-familys-reach-for-perfection-at-the-aam-a-chat-with-guest-curator-ken-gross/ It’s not every day that a highly respected art museum decides to make a car show its flagship exhibit for the year. But it is also safe to say that a show featuring the work of Carlo Bugatti and his family is no ordinary car show. It might be a bit misleading to call the […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/28/the-bugatti-familys-reach-for-perfection-at-the-aam-a-chat-with-guest-curator-ken-gross/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/24/from-and-fuller-early-clues-on-election-night-of-a-harris-or-trump-victory-and-donald-trumps-arnold-palmer-moment/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/24/from-and-fuller-early-clues-on-election-night-of-a-harris-or-trump-victory-and-donald-trumps-arnold-palmer-moment/#comments Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:53:40 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=180186 Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss whether there might be some early indications of a Harris or Trump victory on Election Night. Al and Craig also discuss the increasingly alarming rhetoric coming from […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/24/from-and-fuller-early-clues-on-election-night-of-a-harris-or-trump-victory-and-donald-trumps-arnold-palmer-moment/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/16/the-tidewater-inn-at-75-a-chat-with-lauren-catterton-and-don-reedy/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/16/the-tidewater-inn-at-75-a-chat-with-lauren-catterton-and-don-reedy/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:01:24 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/16/the-tidewater-inn-at-75-a-chat-with-lauren-catterton-and-don-reedy/ While some might cite the famous guests who stayed at a legendary hotel as a measure of its historic stature, the first criterion really should be the countless memories created over a long period of time. That would be the case of the Tidewater Inn in Easton. It does indeed have an impressive list of […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/16/the-tidewater-inn-at-75-a-chat-with-lauren-catterton-and-don-reedy/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/15/point-of-view-the-trump-side-on-china-with-jim-lighthizer/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/15/point-of-view-the-trump-side-on-china-with-jim-lighthizer/#comments Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:01:51 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/15/point-of-view-the-trump-side-on-china-with-jim-lighthizer/ In the Spy’s ongoing effort to seek out a range of local opinions in what surely will be an historic presidential election in November, we reached out to the former Democratic County Executive Jim Lighthizer to make the case for Donald Trump’s policies on China the other day. To be clear, Jim, by his own […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/15/point-of-view-the-trump-side-on-china-with-jim-lighthizer/feed/ 2 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/14/the-campaign-begins-for-a-new-mid-shore-hospital-a-chat-with-shore-regional-healths-ken-kozel/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/14/the-campaign-begins-for-a-new-mid-shore-hospital-a-chat-with-shore-regional-healths-ken-kozel/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:44:48 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/14/the-campaign-begins-for-a-new-mid-shore-hospital-a-chat-with-shore-regional-healths-ken-kozel/ Raising $500 million for a new hospital would make any large urban institution think twice before launching a fundraising campaign so one can only imagine the long debates that UM Shore Regional Health’s CEO and his trustees and staff had as they stared at the most expensive capital project the region has even seen. Building […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/14/the-campaign-begins-for-a-new-mid-shore-hospital-a-chat-with-shore-regional-healths-ken-kozel/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/09/civility-budgets-affordable-housing-east-of-route-50-challenges-and-port-street-a-chat-with-easton-council-member-don-abbatiello/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/09/civility-budgets-affordable-housing-east-of-route-50-challenges-and-port-street-a-chat-with-easton-council-member-don-abbatiello/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:16:24 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/09/civility-budgets-affordable-housing-east-of-route-50-challenges-and-port-street-a-chat-with-easton-council-member-don-abbatiello/ With so much going on with the Easton Town Council, from paper bag fees to Pride Day debates, it might be understandable that residents, even those paying close attention at meetings, might have lost track of all the other things the mayor and councilmembers are working on these days. Ward 2 councilman Don Abbatiello stopped […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/09/civility-budgets-affordable-housing-east-of-route-50-challenges-and-port-street-a-chat-with-easton-council-member-don-abbatiello/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/05/spy-long-form-saturday-a-check-in-with-eastern-shore-land-conservancys-steve-klein/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/05/spy-long-form-saturday-a-check-in-with-eastern-shore-land-conservancys-steve-klein/#respond Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:57:40 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/05/spy-long-form-saturday-a-check-in-with-eastern-shore-land-conservancys-steve-klein/ For more than a decade, the Spy has invited the president of the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy to provide an annual analysis of conservation efforts on the Mid-Shore. And once again, Steve Kline kindly agreed to swing by our studio for an in-depth conversation about the state of land protection in the region. In our […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/05/spy-long-form-saturday-a-check-in-with-eastern-shore-land-conservancys-steve-klein/feed/ 0