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County News and Notes

Lt. Gov. Athony Brown

Democratic Women’s Club of Talbot County to Host Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown June 23

The Democratic Women's Club of Talbot County will be hosting an informative afternoon at its Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, … [Read More...]

  • Sanctuary Interiors Design to Benefit Habitat for Humanity Choptank
  • Talbot County Democratic Forum Appoints Two Board Members
  • Library Week by Richard Pollack
  • Public Notice from DNR: Razor Clam Dredging

Local Buzz

A convoy of motorcycles roaring up Benedictine Lane for Chrome City Ride. The 12th annual Chrome City Ride is set for Sunday, July 28, 2013.

July 28th “Chrome City” Cycle Ride to Help Kids with Disabilities

Gleaming motorcycles, awesome street rods, classic and custom cars will roar in from all over the region to the Benedictine School in Ridgely for the … [Read More...]

  • SMCC Summer Concert Starts June 13
  • Your Kid: Zookeeper For A Day?
  • $10,000 Diamond Jim on the Loose!
  • New York Times Highlights Special Fear of Chesapeake Bay Bridge
  • Another Memorial Day Display At The River House On Rt. 33
  • Week in Pictures – May 15th – 22nd

Arts on the Shore

Messier 16, Eagle Nebula. Mt. Lemmon 24 inch R-C, LRGB, original frames by Adam Block, processing by JDS.

Academy Art Museum Hosts Dr. Joseph Schulman Lecture on Astrophotography

Dr. Joseph D. Schulman will present a program of astronomical imagery, "Wonders of the Night Sky: Astrophotography and the Story of the Schulman … [Read More...]

  • Mid-Shore Symphony Society Announces the 43rd Season of BSO Concerts
  • Academy Art Museum – July Events
  • From the Arctic to the Mid-Shore: Inuit Art Exhibition in Cambridge
  • Celebrate Art with Talbot County Visual Arts Center in July!
  • If It’s Labor Day Weekend, It’s the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival
  • Them Eastport Oyster Boys Open St. Michaels Summer Concert Series Thursday
  • Mid-Shore Symphony Society Announces the 43rd Season of BSO Concerts

Chesapeake Ecosystem

Pulling up the cages.

PWEC Planting Day for Baby Oysters a Huge Success

TILGHMAN –  After nine months growing from tiny spat to healthy teenagers in the tender care of some 80 volunteer oyster growers in the vicinity … [Read More...]

  • Four Seasons Developer’s Storm Water Violations Probed
  • Clean Chesapeake Coalition’s MacLeod Reports to Kent County Council on Conowingo Dam Dangers
  • CBF and EPA Reach New Agreement to Reduce Pollution from Animal Operations
  • Invisible Microplastics Threaten Bottom of Marine Food Web

Local Food & Garden

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Food Friday: The Luxury of Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

The luxury comes when: A. Someone else does the cooking. B. There are lots of leftovers for lunch. C. Eau de garlic wafts pleasantly through the house for a couple of … [Read More...]

  • Spy Profile: Adkins Arboretum’s Ellie Altman
  • Galena’s Black Bottom Farm Starts CSA Program
  • Worried About Your Sycamores? There’s A Fungus Among Us
  • Wine to Be Legal at Maryland Farmers’ Market in June

Health

What to do in Case of a Drug Overdose

A Drug overdose occurs when a person takes more of a substance than is designed or recommended for an intended effect. However, many illicit substances do not have approved … [Read More...]

  • Dorchester General Hospital Foundation Funds Upgraded Equipment for Cardiac Rehab
  • Study Suggests Parents Underestimate Teen Misuse of Medications
  • Yoga on a Boat – Evergreen’s 20th Anniversary Cruise July 12
  • Yoga on a Boat – Evergreen’s 20th Anniversary Cruise July 12
  • June Evergreen Events

Maryland

Lt. Gov. Athony Brown

Democratic Women’s Club of Talbot County to Host Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown June 23

The Democratic Women's Club of Talbot County will be hosting an informative afternoon at its Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, … [Read More...]

  • ‘Fix The Debt’ Companies Would Reap Up to $173 Billion?
  • How Safe is the Bay Bridge?
  • AG Gansler Tells Maryland Insurance Regulators: “Freeze the Rates”
  • AG Gansler Wins Supreme Court Ruling on DNA Collection Law
  • Therapist Abuse Bill Advocates Call for Removal of Professional Board

Shore Education

Back Row: Michael Frame, Tripper Showell, Graeme Clapp, Elizabeth Devlin, Kelly Showell. Middle Row: Harriette Lowery, Laurie Frame, Richard Marks and Amy Haines (hosts), Anne Wright. Front: Eric Lowery.

PageTurners Celebrates Five Years with “Cheers for Five Years” Event

On the evening of June 10, several of PageTurners’ loyal supporters hosted eight “Cheers for Five Years” gatherings across PageTurners six-county service area to … [Read More...]

  • A Memorable Farewell For Gunston’s Class of 2013
  • St. Michaels Business Association Awards Two St. Michaels Grads $1000 Scholarships
  • Six Gunston School Students Honored at National Honor Society Induction
  • Chesapeake Opens Registration for Summer 2013
  • Chesapeake College Offers Summer Enrichment Camps for Children

Maryland 3.0

Scott Holland, second from left, president and chief executive officer of i-lighting™, and Mike Thielke, right, executive director of ESEC, 


Annapolis. Also pictured are: Sean Ryan, left, vice president of Sales and Marketing; and Kerry Larotonda, second from 



right, Customer Service Relations manager.

Build It and They will Come not True at North East-based i-lighting

Cinderella stories about startup businesses are all too rare in the United States, especially during a slow economy. Staggering statistics about 50 … [Read More...]

  • Upper Shore SCORE Chapter Awards First Nano Loan
  • Maryland in Top Ten in Country for Entrepreneurship
  • Startup Maryland Announces 2013 Dates for Pitch Bus Tour
  • Eastern Shore Students Participate in NASA Marathon
  • Startup Maryland Starts Raise Your Game initiative
  • Maryland 3.0: The State of Entrepreneurship on the Shore with Mike Thielke

Chesapeake Life & Sports

Trappe Summer Youth Program participants (left to right) Chris Lednum, Doug McGarry, John McGarry, Brian Watson, Kathy Kemp, supervisor, Caley Christopher, and Emily Baynard plant a new garden.

Trappe Summer Youth Program Starts June 21

Now in its second year, the Trappe Summer Youth Program will take place from June 21to August 9. The program’s mission is to provide youth ages 14 to 17 with supervised … [Read More...]

  • Free Fishing in Maryland June 8 and July 4
  • Skywatch: June 2013
  • New Football Team Forms on Eastern Shore
  • DNR Maryland Fishing Report
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Grace Brooks, Our Newest Hero

Who knew that an African-American woman born into slavery in 1740 would emerge as Easton's newest hero in 2013? Records indicating that Brooks was the first female landowner in Easton's Hill … [Read More...]

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Poem For Our Times: National Security by Stan Salett

NATIONAL SECURITY (With apologies to E.E. Cummings) When every plane has At least one air marshal And each cruise ship sails With a destroyer escort When every letter sent Is fully … [Read More...]

Clean Chesapeake Coalition’s MacLeod Reports to Kent County Council on Conowingo Dam Dangers

The Kent County Commissioners on Tuesday heard from Clean Chesapeake Coalition attorney, Charles “Chip” MacLeod of Funk & Bolton, on efforts underway to force the cleanup of the Conowingo Dam … [Read More...]

A Chesapeake Journal

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Week in pictures, June 6

It was a watery week in the land of pleasant living. Watery and fishy in my world, with some of the longest days of the year. Appreciation for the hardworking fishermen and … [Read More...]

Spotlight

Pictured left to right are Beth Schucker, Trish Malin, and Don Buxton, executive director of Chesapeake Chamber Music, enjoying “Jazz in the Barn,” a fundraising evening for the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival which will be held August 29 through September 1, 2013.

Jazz in the Barn Fundraiser Benefits 2013 Monty Alexander Jazz Festival

At the recent “Jazz in the Barn” fundraiser for the Monty Alexander … [Read More...]

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SHS Balance Center’s Kelly Marchetti Earns Vestibular Rehab Certification

Kelly Marchetti, MSPT, clinical specialist and site supervisor for Shore … [Read More...]

Calendar

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Temple B’nai Isreal Readies for 2nd Annual Summer Institute

The Temple B’nai Israel will host their 2nd Annual Summer Institute Friday, June 21, 2013 at 7pm at the Academy Art Museum. The Book of the Happy … [Read More...]

Eagle Stands Guard at Knightly

Tour, Toast and Taste to show off Alice Ryan’s Knightly

Pickering Creek Audubon Center will host Tour, Toast and Taste at Knightly in Easton on June 15, 2013 beginning at 5:30 PM. The welcoming trees and … [Read More...]

golf

Easton Club Golf to Benefit Talbot Interfaith Shelter

Come out and play a round of golf at River House Golf Course at the Easton Club while supporting TIS. A $40 greens fee (regular rack rate is $52 on … [Read More...]

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TC Free Library Summer Schedule

St. Michaels Library to Offer Tot Time Story Hour On Mondays, June 3, 17, 24, July 8 - 29, and August 5 - 26, at 10:30 a.m., the St. Michaels … [Read More...]

Call To Action

Help Support Student Loan Reform

Urgent: The Senate is expected to vote this week on important student loan … [Read More...]

bees

Beekeepers Report Up to 50% Losses This Year

Honey bees are dying at an alarming rate, and this winter marked the worst … [Read More...]

Disturbances

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Sheriff’s Report-Stolen Motorcycle

Trappe – On June 10, Deputies from the Talbot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5000 block of Landing Neck Road for a burglary where a … [Read More...]

Pet Watch

Easton Eye Care Chooses Pet Pantries As Sunsale Beneficiary.

Pet Pantries, Inc., a 501(c)3 not-for-profit charity based in Easton, has been chosen by Easton Eye Care as the beneficiary of this year’s SUNSALE … [Read More...]

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The Humane Hierarchy of Dog Training

People sometimes ask me if it is ever appropriate to punish dogs to change their behavior, and if so, how do you know when it is appropriate? To … [Read More...]

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