https://chestertownspy.org Nonpartisan and Education-based News for Chestertown Thu, 01 May 2025 13:31:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/01/avalon-spy-night-preview-poet-meredith-davies-hadaway/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/01/avalon-spy-night-preview-poet-meredith-davies-hadaway/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 13:17:01 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/01/avalon-spy-night-preview-poet-meredith-davies-hadaway/ Over the last few years, Meredith Davies Hadaway has increasingly been seen as the region’s foremost eco-poet as she draws on her time on the Eastern Shore and her love for the Chester River. That is why Hadaway will be headlining the upcoming Spy Night at the Avalon on May 7th.  She will read from […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/05/01/avalon-spy-night-preview-poet-meredith-davies-hadaway/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/19/love-your-kidneys-a-chat-with-shore-healths-dr-anish-hinduja/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/19/love-your-kidneys-a-chat-with-shore-healths-dr-anish-hinduja/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:14:02 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=183074 About 35.5 million U.S. adults are estimated to have kidney disease—that’s more than 1 in 7 (14%) — but most people have no symptoms until the disease very advanced. March is National Kidney Disease Awareness Month, the perfect time to shed light on this significant health threat. In this insightful interview, Dr. Anish Hinduja, Medical Director of UM […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/19/love-your-kidneys-a-chat-with-shore-healths-dr-anish-hinduja/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/27/reporting-the-weather-on-the-eastern-shore-for-75-years-swaine-family-honored-by-national-weather-service/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/27/reporting-the-weather-on-the-eastern-shore-for-75-years-swaine-family-honored-by-national-weather-service/#respond Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:54:49 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/27/reporting-the-weather-on-the-eastern-shore-for-75-years-swaine-family-honored-by-national-weather-service/ 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.  ]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/27/reporting-the-weather-on-the-eastern-shore-for-75-years-swaine-family-honored-by-national-weather-service/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/26/from-fuller-on-voting/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/26/from-fuller-on-voting/#respond Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:52:11 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/26/from-fuller-on-voting/ It turns out our weekly commentators created their own newsletter recently based on popular demand.  Our online discussions in The Spy have been traveling well outside the Eastern Shore.  So, with encouragement from The Spy, the political whisperers now reach out in periodic podcasts and written commentary individually and together.  Of course, our weekly visits […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/26/from-fuller-on-voting/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/08/13/having-a-baby-in-the-21st-century-with-shore-healths-jessica-genrich-and-stephanie-blades/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/08/13/having-a-baby-in-the-21st-century-with-shore-healths-jessica-genrich-and-stephanie-blades/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:36:47 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/08/13/having-a-baby-in-the-21st-century-with-shore-healths-jessica-genrich-and-stephanie-blades/ Like almost everything else in healthcare these days, the use of technology has dramatically changed the way in which one gives birth in 2024.  While the steadfast commitment to patient care has not altered since those good old days, the way in which hospitals like UM Shore Health System approach the birthing process is radically […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/08/13/having-a-baby-in-the-21st-century-with-shore-healths-jessica-genrich-and-stephanie-blades/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/02/lets-talk-about-it-helping-our-vets-and-their-families-with-ptsd-with-beth-anne-dorman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/02/lets-talk-about-it-helping-our-vets-and-their-families-with-ptsd-with-beth-anne-dorman/#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:36:09 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/02/lets-talk-about-it-helping-our-vets-and-their-families-with-ptsd-with-beth-anne-dorman/ 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 […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/02/lets-talk-about-it-helping-our-vets-and-their-families-with-ptsd-with-beth-anne-dorman/feed/ 2 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/25/the-american-male-health-crisis-a-chat-with-um-shore-healths-dr-chris-runz/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/25/the-american-male-health-crisis-a-chat-with-um-shore-healths-dr-chris-runz/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:40:32 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/25/the-american-male-health-crisis-a-chat-with-um-shore-healths-dr-chris-runz/ 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 […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/25/the-american-male-health-crisis-a-chat-with-um-shore-healths-dr-chris-runz/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/04/easton-council-highlights-a-community-response-to-gunsallus-proposal-to-end-funding-of-ideological-organizations/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/04/easton-council-highlights-a-community-response-to-gunsallus-proposal-to-end-funding-of-ideological-organizations/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:23:42 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/04/easton-council-highlights-a-community-response-to-gunsallus-proposal-to-end-funding-of-ideological-organizations/ 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 […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/04/easton-council-highlights-a-community-response-to-gunsallus-proposal-to-end-funding-of-ideological-organizations/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/02/chasing-the-silver-with-marc-castelli/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/02/chasing-the-silver-with-marc-castelli/#comments Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:59:11 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/02/chasing-the-silver-with-marc-castelli/ 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, […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/02/chasing-the-silver-with-marc-castelli/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/11/08/a-new-leader-at-chesapeake-colleges-cambridge-center-a-chat-with-lorelly-solano/ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 13:38:22 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/11/08/a-new-leader-at-chesapeake-colleges-cambridge-center-a-chat-with-lorelly-solano/ 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 […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/26/centreville-town-council-candidate-profiles/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:13:26 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/26/centreville-town-council-candidate-profiles/ For many years now, the Spy has been interviewing candidates for local elections using the long-form format to discuss their motivation for running and their priorities without an artificial time limit for their answers. Giving those running for office quality time to explain a position or advocate a cause is the most effective way for […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/23/poet-to-poet-meredith-davies-hadaway-chats-with-sue-ellen-thompson/ https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/23/poet-to-poet-meredith-davies-hadaway-chats-with-sue-ellen-thompson/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2023 15:26:02 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/23/poet-to-poet-meredith-hadaway-davies-chats-with-sue-ellen-thompson/ Editor”s Note. Next week, the Spy will launch an experiment with our partner the Avalon Foundation to use their brilliant Stoltz Listening Room for poetry readings called Spy Nights. On Wednesday, the 27th at 6 pm sharp, the Eastern Shore’s most distinguished poet, Sue Ellen Thompson, will take the stage for a reading from her […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/23/poet-to-poet-meredith-davies-hadaway-chats-with-sue-ellen-thompson/feed/ 2 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/12/spy-exit-interview-londonderrys-irma-toce-is-leaving-the-building/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:05:35 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/12/spy-exit-interview-londonderrys-irma-toce-is-leaving-the-building/ Having a title like chief executive officer is an appropriate one for the individual tasked with running a multi-million dollar budget as well as overseeing a vast physical campus but Irma Toce never sees her job through the lens of a traditional business leader. Her decades of experience in leading residential retirement communities had told […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/08/preparing-for-16th-chesapeake-film-festival-with-sandy-cannon-brown/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:57:30 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/08/preparing-for-16th-chesapeake-film-fesitival-with-sandy-cannon-brown/ Over the course of her career, Sandy Cannon-Brown has been known for a quite a few achievements. Perhaps the most notable locally is her ongoing collaboration with conservation writer Tom Horton and photographer David Harp in the production of a number of award-winning environmental documentaries on the Chesapeake Bay as well as her work ase […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/08/30/spy-nights-at-the-stoltz-opens-with-writer-sue-ellen-thompson/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:14:38 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/08/30/spy-nights-at-the-stolz-opens-with-sue-ellen-thompson/ In an exciting arts partnership this fall, the Avalon Foundation will be collaborating with the Talbot Spy to present three evocative evenings spotlighting some of the very best regional poets and writers at the Stoltz Listening Room in downtown Easton. Set to debut on September 27 with the nationally recognized and locally admired poet, Sue […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/06/03/38-years-and-counting-chesapeake-music-director-don-buxton-sets-the-stage-for-2023-season/ Sat, 03 Jun 2023 14:13:15 +0000 https://cs.spycommunitymedia.org/2023/06/03/38-years-and-counting-chesapeake-music-director-don-buxton-sets-the-stage-for-2023-season/ In the Spy’s recent interview with Chesapeake Music’s long-tenured executive director, Don Buxton, the veteran mastermind behind one the most prestigious  classical music events in the Mid-Atlantic region revealed exciting details about the upcoming 2023 season, promising a feast for the senses and a celebration of musical artistry. With an infectious enthusiasm, Buxton shared his […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/05/03/meet-eastons-new-mayor-megan-cook-wins-big/ Wed, 03 May 2023 12:44:26 +0000 https://cs.spycommunitymedia.org/2023/05/03/meet-eastons-new-mayor-megan-cook-wins-big/ In a historic election for the Town of Easton, Megan Cook has been elected as the town’s first woman mayor. Cook’s victory was a decisive one, as she earned 1,068 votes in person, beating out incumbent Mayor Robert Willey and current Ward 1 Councilman Al Silverstein. As the current Easton Town Council President, Cook brings […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/02/08/mid-shore-arts-oxford-community-center-plans-with-liza-ledford/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:29:11 +0000 https://cs.spycommunitymedia.org/2023/02/08/mid-shore-arts-oxford-community-center-plans-with-liza-ledford/ With a fresh coat of paint, a new sound system, and the Covid pandemic finally behind them, the Oxford Community Center is back in the game this spring. Beyond the OCC’s traditional events, Liza Ledford, the center’s CEO, says that 2023 will be an exceptional year for the highly beloved community center. The OCC will […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2022/11/05/lwv-harris-mizeur-forum-highlights-immigration/ Sat, 05 Nov 2022 13:20:25 +0000 https://cs.spycommunitymedia.org/2022/11/05/lwv-harris-mizeur-forum-highlights-immigration/ https://chestertownspy.org/2022/10/19/celebrating-women-girls-funds-two-decades-of-action-mid-shore-council-on-family-violence/ Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:25:02 +0000 https://cs.spycommunitymedia.org/?p=161857 For Jeanne Yeager, one of the original leaders of the Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence, 40 years of service to women and their children suffering domestic violence seems like yesterday. The brainchild of a few brave women in Caroline County who were growing concerned about the increase of violence in area homes, the Mid-Shore began […]]]>