https://chestertownspy.org Nonpartisan and Education-based News for Chestertown Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:25:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/12/listen-to-the-music-by-roger-vaughan/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/12/listen-to-the-music-by-roger-vaughan/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:55:51 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/12/listen-to-the-music-by-roger-vaughan/ “Music is a mistress of order and good manners [who] makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.” Martin Luther King, Jr. There seems to be a controversy over the suspicion that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Some say it was propaganda released by his enemies. Others say it’s true, representing Nero’s cruel disregard […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/12/listen-to-the-music-by-roger-vaughan/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/07/a-work-of-heart-how-museums-can-strengthen-your-relationship-by-daedelus-hoffman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/07/a-work-of-heart-how-museums-can-strengthen-your-relationship-by-daedelus-hoffman/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:41:52 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/07/a-work-of-heart-how-museums-can-strengthen-your-relationship-by-daedelus-hoffman/ It’s a Tuesday night in February. The dinner plates have been cleared, the glow of the TV remote feels uninspiring, and the winter chill outside makes staying in seem like the easy choice. You and your partner sit on the couch, scrolling through your phones, each lost in your own little world. Another quiet evening, […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/07/a-work-of-heart-how-museums-can-strengthen-your-relationship-by-daedelus-hoffman/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/05/home-grown-entrepreneurs-eat-sprout-grows-up-by-mary-beth-durkin/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/05/home-grown-entrepreneurs-eat-sprout-grows-up-by-mary-beth-durkin/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:50:23 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/05/home-grown-entrepreneurs-eat-sprout-grows-up/ Eat Sprout, the farm-to-table, grab-and-go food retail store that fuses health with deliciousness, has lots of big news for 2025!!!  Sprout is opening a new café in the heart of Easton at 22 North Harrison St. The new location will have indoor and outdoor seating. Co-owner Emily Groll says the new café will have a […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/02/05/home-grown-entrepreneurs-eat-sprout-grows-up-by-mary-beth-durkin/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/29/have-another-by-roger-vaughan/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/29/have-another-by-roger-vaughan/#comments Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:15:53 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=182135 The surgeon general cautioned the public that even light or moderate drinking is harmful. New York Times 1-3-25 There have been a lot of scary headlines recently. The US has resigned from the Paris Agreements, a coalition of countries that promotes cohesive efforts to suppress climate chaos. Sixteen hundred convicted January 6 insurrectionists have been […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/29/have-another-by-roger-vaughan/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/14/ten-new-things-at-the-academy-art-museum-to-kick-off-the-new-year-by-daedelus-hoffman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/14/ten-new-things-at-the-academy-art-museum-to-kick-off-the-new-year-by-daedelus-hoffman/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:28:44 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=181843 The turning of the calendar to January feels like stepping into a freshly stretched canvas—open, bright, and waiting for something meaningful to happen. As the holiday decorations come down and resolutions take shape, there’s a collective sense of ambition in the air. Whether it’s learning a new skill, meeting new people, or finding inspiration, the […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2025/01/14/ten-new-things-at-the-academy-art-museum-to-kick-off-the-new-year-by-daedelus-hoffman/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/12/14/a-lifelong-canvas-how-museums-enrich-the-lives-of-lifelong-learners-by-daedelus-hoffman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/12/14/a-lifelong-canvas-how-museums-enrich-the-lives-of-lifelong-learners-by-daedelus-hoffman/#respond Sat, 14 Dec 2024 13:40:35 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=181402 What if the first person to live to 150 years old has already been born? According to David Sinclair, a leading researcher at Harvard Medical School, advancements in science and medicine are rapidly extending the boundaries of human longevity, making this once-unimaginable milestone more plausible than ever before. Americans are not only living longer but […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/12/14/a-lifelong-canvas-how-museums-enrich-the-lives-of-lifelong-learners-by-daedelus-hoffman/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/05/spy-daybook-how-museums-offer-a-cure-for-loneliness-in-modern-america-by-daedelus-hoffman/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/05/spy-daybook-how-museums-offer-a-cure-for-loneliness-in-modern-america-by-daedelus-hoffman/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:42:58 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/05/spy-daybook-how-museums-offer-a-cure-for-loneliness-in-modern-america-by-daedelus-hoffman/ I believe the Academy Art Museum is more than a place where people look at art—it’s a place where people find each other. Art is a powerful connector, bridging gaps between strangers and building bonds that feel something like family. That’s what drives me: creating spaces where people aren’t just spectators but instead play an […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/11/05/spy-daybook-how-museums-offer-a-cure-for-loneliness-in-modern-america-by-daedelus-hoffman/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/10/virtuoso-cellist-sterling-elliott-to-perform-at-the-chesapeake-chamber-music-festival-by-james-carder/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/10/virtuoso-cellist-sterling-elliott-to-perform-at-the-chesapeake-chamber-music-festival-by-james-carder/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:38:46 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/10/virtuoso-cellist-sterling-elliott-to-perform-at-the-chesapeake-chamber-music-festival-by-james-carder/ “Perfect intonation, style, and total involvement.” “His discernible love for the music won over the audience.” Praised for his musicality, sensitivity, dexterity, and performing ease by audiences and critics alike, the 25-year-old American cellist Sterling Elliott will be featured in three concerts at the 2024 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival held at the Academy Art Museum. in […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/06/10/virtuoso-cellist-sterling-elliott-to-perform-at-the-chesapeake-chamber-music-festival-by-james-carder/feed/ 0 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/05/19/spy-daybook-an-outdoor-education-experience-worth-1800-miles-by-cailey-tebow/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/05/19/spy-daybook-an-outdoor-education-experience-worth-1800-miles-by-cailey-tebow/#comments Sun, 19 May 2024 12:31:28 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/05/18/spy-daybook-an-outdoor-education-experience-worth-1800-miles-by-cailey-tebow/ At 7:00 AM on a bright Tuesday morning, the nineteen restless students from The Logan School for Creative Learning entered the airport, eager to begin their journey. The trip ahead required the group to travel five hours by plane and bus, leaving from Denver, Colorado, before eventually arriving at Echo Hill Outdoor School in Worton, […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/05/19/spy-daybook-an-outdoor-education-experience-worth-1800-miles-by-cailey-tebow/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/02/25/chicken-scratch-all-clear-are-you-ready-by-elizabeth-beggins/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:15:11 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/?p=174589 Editor Note: With permission of the author, the Spy is delighted to share local author Elizabeth Beggin’s latest addition to her Subtack website Chicken Scratch.  I followed two ladies down the grocery store aisle, like a bad odor, unpleasant and ignored. One woman walked alongside her cart, talking on her phone, while the other, a […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/02/14/a-word-girls-teaser-part-one-meredith-davies-hadaway/ https://chestertownspy.org/2024/02/14/a-word-girls-teaser-part-one-meredith-davies-hadaway/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:07:36 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/02/14/a-word-girls-teaser-part-one-meredith-davies-hadaway/ In a few weeks, the Spy will once again be collaborating with the Avalon Foundation on our evening program entitled Spy Nights. On the 28th, we will be taking over the Stolz Listening Room in downtown Easton for a remarkable evening of poetry with a special performance of the Word Girls. Made up of three […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/02/14/a-word-girls-teaser-part-one-meredith-davies-hadaway/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/02/06/thinking-of-spring-on-the-shore-by-deena-kilmon/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:20:56 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/02/05/thinking-of-spring-on-the-shore-by-deena-kilmon/ Who is ready for spring? When I saw the daffodils and the hellebores peeking their shoots through the leaves, it got me thinking about some adventures from last summer. We found an amazing place to kayak, but my spouse and paddling companion forbid me from telling anyone where we were for fear of my giant […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2024/01/01/spy-daybook-a-conservation-journey-from-cordova-to-the-philippines-and-back-to-delmarva/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 14:10:13 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2024/01/01/spy-daybook-a-conservation-journey-from-cordova-to-the-philippines/ Editor’s Note: As part of the Spy’s welcoming of the new year, we thought our readers would particularly enjoy this inspiring story by Mid-Shore native Norman Greenhawk and his conservation journey from Cordova to the Philippines to create the Harris Conservation Initiative and his plans for the Eastern Shore. Twenty years ago, if you told […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/10/06/as-the-new-ymca-opens-in-centreville-remember-its-more-than-a-gym-by-ryan-smith/ https://chestertownspy.org/2023/10/06/as-the-new-ymca-opens-in-centreville-remember-its-more-than-a-gym-by-ryan-smith/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:53:28 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/10/06/as-the-new-ymca-opens-in-centreville-remember-its-more-than-a-gym-by-ryan-smith/ Editor’s Note: On the day that the YMCA of the Chesapeake opens its doors to its new center in Centreville, the Spy wanted to share Ryan Smith’s moving reminder of what the Y is all about. “Mostly, what I have learned so far about aging, despite the creakiness of one’s bones and cragginess of one’s […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/10/06/as-the-new-ymca-opens-in-centreville-remember-its-more-than-a-gym-by-ryan-smith/feed/ 2 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/27/the-work-and-legacy-of-historic-preservationist-michael-bourne-by-chris-havemeyer/ https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/27/the-work-and-legacy-of-historic-preservationist-michael-bourne-by-chris-havemeyer/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:19:37 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/27/the-work-and-legacy-of-historic-preservationist-michael-bourne-by-chris-havemeyer/ The Historical Society of Kent County is going out of its way to celebrate the recent donation of the letters and drawings of Kent County preservationist and historian Michael Bourne for good reasons. The first, of course, is the material itself since Michael’s lifetime of research and preservation architecture in throughout the Mid-Atlantic is now […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/27/the-work-and-legacy-of-historic-preservationist-michael-bourne-by-chris-havemeyer/feed/ 8 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/23/one-day-in-september-of-1861-by-paul-callahan/ https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/23/one-day-in-september-of-1861-by-paul-callahan/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:12:26 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/23/one-day-in-september-of-1861-by-paul-callahan/ September 12, 1861, began with the entire front page of the New York Herald dominated by a map that meticulously detailed the advance positions of the Confederate army along the Potomac in preparation for an attack upon the Nation’s Capitol. The headline read – Over Three Hundred Thousand Armed Men – Scene of the Coming […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/23/one-day-in-september-of-1861-by-paul-callahan/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/19/gunsallus-sworn-in-as-easton-town-council-president/ https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/19/gunsallus-sworn-in-as-easton-town-council-president/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:36:54 +0000 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/19/gunsallus-sworn-in-as-easton-town-council-president/ Newly elected Easton Town Council President Frank Gunsallus was sworn into office at the Town Council meeting held on Monday, September 18, 2023. Gunsallus won the Special election held on September 12, after Mayor Megan Cook vacated the seat of Council President following her win in the mayoral election held in May. After the initial […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2023/09/19/gunsallus-sworn-in-as-easton-town-council-president/feed/ 1 https://chestertownspy.org/2023/06/12/mid-shore-food-summer-oysters-are-the-best-oysters-by-lawrence-rudner-and-pamela-getson/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:32:20 +0000 https://cs.spycommunitymedia.org/2023/06/12/mid-shore-food-summer-oysters-are-the-best-oysters-by-lawrence-rudner-and-pamela-getson/ Oysters have undergone a remarkable transformation thanks to advancements in oyster farming techniques. These delicious bivalves can now be savored throughout the year, dispelling the notion that oysters are only meant to be consumed in months with an “r.” With a focus on quality, refrigeration, and adherence to Maryland regulations, oyster farmers are committed to […]]]> https://chestertownspy.org/2022/12/18/spy-daybook-the-curious-case-of-ms-ghezzis-planning-commission-appointment/ Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:20:48 +0000 https://cs.spycommunitymedia.org/2022/12/18/spy-daybook-the-curious-case-of-ms-ghezzis-planning-commission-appointment/ While Talbot County citizens are recovering from last month’s local election and preparing for their holidays, its local government is working through a significant puzzle concerning the end of the term of Planning Commission member Lisa Ghezzi. It’s a humdinger. Ghezzi was appointed in 2018 by the Talbot County Council via letter to be one […]]]>