https://chestertownspy.org Nonpartisan and Education-based News for Chestertown Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:21:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/14/lets-talk-about-it-with-beth-anne-dorman-for-all-seasons-in-all-seasons/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/14/lets-talk-about-it-with-beth-anne-dorman-for-all-seasons-in-all-seasons/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:21:54 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/14/lets-talk-about-it-with-beth-anne-dorman-for-all-seasons-in-all-seasons/ This month, Beth Anne Dorman, CEO of For All Seasons, makes the compelling case that at a time when state and federal budgets are being cut or suspended, the need to support For All Seasons in all seasons is literally true these days. In their “Give With Your Heart” campaign, running in April, For All […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/04/14/lets-talk-about-it-with-beth-anne-dorman-for-all-seasons-in-all-seasons/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/27/homeports-a-talk-with-john-murphy-and-karen-carr/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/27/homeports-a-talk-with-john-murphy-and-karen-carr/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:00:48 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=183225 http:// As America’s population ages, more and more seniors are choosing to remain in their own homes rather than move into assisted living. In fact, AARP reports that 77% of adults aged 50 and older say they want to age in place—a growing preference that has fueled the rise of the national village movement begun in […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/27/homeports-a-talk-with-john-murphy-and-karen-carr/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/13/keys-to-treating-stress-by-lisa-j-gotto/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/13/keys-to-treating-stress-by-lisa-j-gotto/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:00:32 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=182943 Do you find yourself doing a lot of numbing out lately? If you’re not familiar, “numbing out” is a practical term used in the wellness community to describe a practice that we all probably do from time to time as a way of coping with every-day life stressors. A typical example of “numbing out” says […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/13/keys-to-treating-stress-by-lisa-j-gotto/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/06/lets-talk-about-it-dare-to-lead-training-shapes-mid-shore-leaders-with-for-all-seasons-beth-anne-dorman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/06/lets-talk-about-it-dare-to-lead-training-shapes-mid-shore-leaders-with-for-all-seasons-beth-anne-dorman/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:13:32 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/06/lets-talk-about-it-dare-to-lead-training-shapes-mid-shore-leaders-with-for-all-seasons-beth-anne-dorman/ The opportunity to participate in For All Seasons’ Dare to Lead™ training last month opened my eyes to learning who I am as a leader and how I want my leadership to evolve moving forward. For All Seasons’ Center for Learning is offering community leaders the opportunity to develop bold, authentic leadership through this courage-building […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/03/06/lets-talk-about-it-dare-to-lead-training-shapes-mid-shore-leaders-with-for-all-seasons-beth-anne-dorman/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/25/mid-shore-health-getting-to-the-heart-of-heart-disease-with-dr-ian-davis/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/25/mid-shore-health-getting-to-the-heart-of-heart-disease-with-dr-ian-davis/#respond Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:17:28 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/25/mid-shore-health-getting-to-the-heart-of-heart-disease-with-dr-ian-davis/ Ian Davis, MD, is the medical director of the Congestive Heart Failure Clinic at the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health and one of the newest providers with the University of Maryland Shore Medical Group-Cardiology. During our recent interview with Dr. Davis, he discussed some of the signs and symptoms of heart failure and how […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/25/mid-shore-health-getting-to-the-heart-of-heart-disease-with-dr-ian-davis/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/13/select-lets-talk-about-it-a-different-kind-of-valentine-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/13/select-lets-talk-about-it-a-different-kind-of-valentine-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:00:07 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/13/select-lets-talk-about-it-a-different-kind-of-valentine-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/ For All Seasons is bringing love and generosity with its annual Valentine’s Day Silent Auction, running online from February 8 to February 14. Featuring exclusive experiences and unique getaways, this exciting event supports the organization’s mental health and victim services, helping those in need. Bid on incredible items like sports tickets, spa packages, luxury vacations, […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/13/select-lets-talk-about-it-a-different-kind-of-valentine-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/30/mid-shore-health-the-role-of-forensic-nursing-with-survivors-of-sexual-and-physical-assault/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/30/mid-shore-health-the-role-of-forensic-nursing-with-survivors-of-sexual-and-physical-assault/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:13:48 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/30/mid-shore-health-the-role-of-forensic-nursing-with-survivors-of-sexual-and-physical-assault/ For the Spy’s continued interview series with UM Shore Regional Health, we asked Shannon Temple, their long-tenured forensic nurse coordinator, to stop by the Spy Studio earlier this month to talk about the unique challenges related to helping survivors of sexual and physical assault. Shannon highlights forensic nurses’ critical role in providing compassionate care to […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/30/mid-shore-health-the-role-of-forensic-nursing-with-survivors-of-sexual-and-physical-assault/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/2024/11/29/130999-2/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/29/130999-2/#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:22:09 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/29/130999-2/ It is very much the case that society’s health war against cancer has made significant, sometimes astonishing progress in this century, but there remain certain forms of this dreaded disease that simply are harder for modern science to conquer, and one of them is lung cancer. Despite significant investment in research and care, lung cancer […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/29/130999-2/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/26/um-shore-medical-center-at-shore-community-outreach-team-wins-statewide-rural-health-award/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/26/um-shore-medical-center-at-shore-community-outreach-team-wins-statewide-rural-health-award/#respond Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:00:14 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=181067 The University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown’s Shore Community Outreach Team (SCOT) is being honored by the Maryland Rural Health Association (MRHA) as recipients of its 2024 Outstanding Rural Health Program Award. SCOT team members Emily Welsh, MSN, RN, Nurse Coordinator, Social Worker Michelle Matthews, LCSW, and community health advocates Serenity Kelly, CCHW, […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/26/um-shore-medical-center-at-shore-community-outreach-team-wins-statewide-rural-health-award/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/19/health-advocates-maryland-needs-to-improve-screening-efforts-for-lung-cancer/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/19/health-advocates-maryland-needs-to-improve-screening-efforts-for-lung-cancer/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:00:10 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/19/health-advocates-maryland-needs-to-improve-screening-efforts-for-lung-cancer/ Pamela Trombero, 68, said it was a like a “slap in the face” when she received the news in 2006 that she was diagnosed with Stage 1 lung cancer. After her diagnosis, Trombero stopped smoking and went through six months of chemotherapy and surgery. Now, 18 years in remission, she leads a virtual cessation program […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/19/health-advocates-maryland-needs-to-improve-screening-efforts-for-lung-cancer/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/19/shore-community-outreach-team-helps-local-man-transition-from-homelessness-to-healing/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/19/shore-community-outreach-team-helps-local-man-transition-from-homelessness-to-healing/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:00:11 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=180952 Modern day health care is complicated. Most diagnoses and treatments come with a long to-do list for each patient—appointments, prescriptions, co-pays, physicals, bloodwork, follow-ups, paperwork. Now imagine attempting all of that as an elderly person without access to a computer, or as someone who lives in a rural area with little or no family support, […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/19/shore-community-outreach-team-helps-local-man-transition-from-homelessness-to-healing/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/29/mid-shore-health-domestic-violence-on-the-mid-shore-with-angie-price-and-jeanne-yeager/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/29/mid-shore-health-domestic-violence-on-the-mid-shore-with-angie-price-and-jeanne-yeager/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:52:18 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/29/mid-shore-health-domestic-violence-on-the-mid-shore-with-angie-price-and-jeanne-yeager/ Domestic violence isn’t always evident; it’s more common than you think, and often those experiencing it suffer in silence. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The Spy recently sat down with Angie Price, CRNP, DNP, WHNP BC, RNC OB/C EFM, a nurse practitioner with University of Maryland Shore Medical Group (UM SMG)-Women’s Health and Jeanne […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/29/mid-shore-health-domestic-violence-on-the-mid-shore-with-angie-price-and-jeanne-yeager/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/07/lets-talk-about-it-the-reaility-of-intergenerational-trauma-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/07/lets-talk-about-it-the-reaility-of-intergenerational-trauma-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:15:22 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/07/lets-talk-about-it-the-reaility-of-intergenerational-trauma-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/10/07/lets-talk-about-it-the-reaility-of-intergenerational-trauma-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/09/10/lets-talk-about-it-suicide-on-the-mid-shore-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/09/10/lets-talk-about-it-suicide-on-the-mid-shore-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:36:19 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/09/10/lets-talk-about-it-suicide-on-the-mid-shore-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/ Suicide might be the last taboo, even as many American families are becoming more comfortable in talking about mental illness these days. While conditions like depression and c crippling anxiety are more freely discussed with parents and children at home, the taking of one’s life remains too difficult for many. Beth Anne Dorman and the […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/09/10/lets-talk-about-it-suicide-on-the-mid-shore-with-for-all-seasons-ceo-beth-anne-dorman/feed/ 1 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/2024/07/31/six-marylanders-hospitalized-so-far-in-listeria-outbreak-tied-to-deli-meats/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/31/six-marylanders-hospitalized-so-far-in-listeria-outbreak-tied-to-deli-meats/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:00:38 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/31/six-marylanders-hospitalized-so-far-in-listeria-outbreak-tied-to-deli-meats/ Six of the 33 people who have been hospitalized for a listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head meats were Maryland residents, second only to the 12 hospitalized in New York, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The July 26 CDC report said two people have died – in Illinois and New Jersey […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/31/six-marylanders-hospitalized-so-far-in-listeria-outbreak-tied-to-deli-meats/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/08/easier-shorter-radiation-treatment-for-early-stage-breast-cancer-now-offered-at-shore-regional-health-cancer-center/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/08/easier-shorter-radiation-treatment-for-early-stage-breast-cancer-now-offered-at-shore-regional-health-cancer-center/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:48:15 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/08/easier-shorter-radiation-treatment-for-early-stage-breast-cancer-now-offered-at-shore-regional-health-cancer-center/ The Cancer Center at the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health is now offering easier, shorter radiation treatment for patients with early-stage breast cancer.  Known as Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI), this course of treatment is limited to the immediate area surrounding the tumor and minimizes radiation exposure to the rest of the breast, skin, […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/07/08/easier-shorter-radiation-treatment-for-early-stage-breast-cancer-now-offered-at-shore-regional-health-cancer-center/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/03/everyone-with-cancer-needs-a-navigation-team-a-chat-with-um-shore-regional-healths-robin-ford-and-rochalla-jones/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/03/everyone-with-cancer-needs-a-navigation-team-a-chat-with-um-shore-regional-healths-robin-ford-and-rochalla-jones/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:37:48 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/03/everyone-with-cancer-needs-a-navigation-team-a-chat-with-um-shore-regional-healths-robin-ford-and-rochalla-jones/ Everyone with Cancer Needs a Navigation Team: A Chat with UM Shore Regional Health’s Robin Ford and Rochalla Jones In the Spy’s ongoing series on Mid-Shore health, this month – and especially this week, which includes June 6 as the annual National Cancer Survivors Day – we take a look at how critical it is […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/03/everyone-with-cancer-needs-a-navigation-team-a-chat-with-um-shore-regional-healths-robin-ford-and-rochalla-jones/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/04/09/compass-in-review-a-chat-with-ceo-heather-guerieri/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:45:57 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/04/09/compass-in-review-a-chat-with-ceo-heather-guerieri/