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Almost 5,700 State Employees Make $100,000 or More

Maryland Reporter’s third annual report on state salaries found that 5,663 state employees pulled in $100,000 or greater in 2012 –about 6% of total state employees. Three … More...

  • Updated: Rock Hall Mayor Willis Moves to Fire Fithian as Town Manager
  • Updated: Charges Against WC Student in Bar Fight with Off-Duty Cop Flatly Denied By Witnesses
  • Chestertown Heroin Arrest Largest Ever in Kent County
  • Election 2013: Candidates for Centreville Town Council Debate Growth, Taxes, and YMCA
  • Champion of Maryland Watermen, Captain Larry Simns Dies at 75
  • Midshore Riverkeeper Complaint Against Funk & Bolton Lawyer Thrown Out

County News & Notes

Conservatives Gather to Discuss Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman

Timothy Lloyd Tilghman will speak about the life and military career of Confederate States of America Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman, at its breakfast meeting on Thursday, May 16. General Tilghman was important leader in the Civil War who was born in Claiborne, Talbot County, MD. The CBG … [Read More...]

  • Chester River Health Foundation to Host 19th Annual Golf Tournament May 31
  • UU Church to Discuss Religious Response to Climate Change
  • Chestertown Tea Party Announces 2013 Schedule

Politics

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Dr. John LaFerla Announces 2014 Run For First District

PRESS RELEASE -John LaFerla, Democratic candidate for Representative to US Congress from Maryland District 1 in last year’s election, will formally file for candidacy for … [Read More...]

  • Proposed Change to Referendum Process Still in House Committee
  • Conservative Breakfast Group Reviews US Senate Budget March 28
  • Some Rural Democrats Joining Republicans in Opposition to Gas Tax Plan
  • Breaking: Mizeur Releases Statement on MD Death Penalty Repeal
  • Undocumented Immigrants May Soon Be Eligible for Driver’s Licenses
  • Wendy Rosen Peads Guilty to Illegal Voting

Annapolis

Same-sex Domestic Partners to Lose State Benefits

Maryland state employees in a same-sex domestic partnership will soon be unable to include their partner or their partner's children on their health insurance, now that the … [Read More...]

  • Md. Hospital Jobs in Jeopardy
  • Critical Decisions Could Threaten Maryland Jobs
  • Atty. Gen. Doug Gansler to Present Grant Funds to Assist Distressed Homeowners this Friday
  • Attorneys General Team Up With Facebook to Protect Privacy
  • Mental Health Advocates Outraged By Lack of State Funding For Psychiatric Care, Cuts In Governor’s Budget
  • Senate Moves Maryland Closer to Legalizing Medical Marijuana

Maryland 3.0

Sitting: Tyrus Brown, Owner of Brown Seafood.  Standing, left to right: Tom Beckett and Chuck Miller, Upper Shore SCORE mentors.  Michael Thielke, Executive Director, Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center

Upper Shore SCORE Chapter Awards First Nano Loan

The local SCORE chapter headquartered in Chestertown and serving Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties has provided its first Nano Loan to a local seafood business.  … [Read More...]

  • Maryland in Top Ten in Country for Entrepreneurship
  • Startup Maryland Announces 2013 Dates for Pitch Bus Tour
  • Employee-Ownership Conference May 10
  • Eastern Shore Students Participate in NASA Marathon
  • Looking for a Few Good Hackers: HotDesks hosts NASA Space Challenge April 19-21
  • Salisbury’s New Co-Working Space Hosts NASA Space Apps Challenge April 19-21

Opinion & Thought

Op-Ed: Fault-line Benghazi by Stephan Sonn

If these were normal times the sizzle of these missions would be quickly render itself in and out of the news cycle. Not so Benghazi kept alive by the essentially rogue … More...

  • Cool Outdoor Stuff: What Can We Learn From The Beaverkill?
  • Letter to Editor: Serious Questions for Rock Hall’s Mayor
  • Op-Ed: Open Letter to Secretary of Defense Hegel by Larry Schroth
  • The Careless Rocking of Rock Hall’s Boat
  • Letter to Editor: Get Government Out of Farmers Market
  • Op-Ed: Things Lost, Is America Rome?

The Arts on the Shore

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Washington College Magazine: The Bob Day Interview

Marking the publication of his new collection of short stories, Where I Am Now, the Washington College Magazine asked professor Bob Day to recall where he used to be. Day, … Read more...

  • Castelli and Massoniart Celebrate 20 Years Together
  • Registration for RiverArts Juried Show Starts this Week
  • The Blake Thompson Band In A Free Outdoor Concert In Rock Hall Saturday May 25
  • Massoniart Announces Marc Castelli “Climbing the Stars” 20th Anniversary Exhibition
  • Tim Marcin Wins Washington College’s Prestigious Sophie Kerr Prize
  • Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble Presents ‘A Night at the Opera’
  • Ken Cowan, Famous Organist Ends Emmanuel Concert Season

Fortnightly

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The Story of Reba and Francis: Reba Warren Remembers with Lani Seikaly

Some of the most unique and complicated friendships that formed in the twentieth century were between progressive white women and their African-American housemaids. While … [Read More...]

  • The Elsworth’s “Nose Job”
  • Wye Island Revisited: Boyd Gibbons on Big Boxes and the Final Word
  • Wye Island Revisited: Rob Etgen on Land Conservation
  • Wye Island Revisited: Developer John Wilson on Smart Growth
  • Wye Island Revisited Part Three: Ted Rouse on ‘Local Economy’
  • Oliver’s Bicycle – A True Story of Giving by Anthony B Castlewood

Education

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Baltimore Foundation Completes Mini-Campaign for WC Fitness Center

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Washington College’s $2.1 million campaign to fund renovations to the Johnson Fitness Center has surpassed its goal with a $100,000 grant from the France-Merrick Foundation. … [Read More...]

  • Last Day of School for QAC in June 11
  • Chesapeake Opens Registration for Summer 2013
  • SU Helps Raise $100,000 For Relay For Life
  • Kimberly Schlosser to Represent Gunston School for Rotary Conference
  • Sophie Kerr Writer Award Finalists at WC Selected
  • Gunston Students Sweep Eastern Shore Regional Poetry Contest

Health

Creation of New Hospice Organization Proposed

Talbot Hospice Foundation, Caroline Hospice Foundation and Shore Health System’s hospice services have plans to join forces in the creation a new and comprehensive hospice … [Read More...]

  • Free Skin Cancer Screenings May 15
  • Wellness Coach Offers Free Introductory Seminar in Easton May 15
  • Donating Life
  • Free Skin Cancer Screenings Available May 15

Outdoor Life & Sports

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Cool Outdoor Stuff: What Can We Learn From The Beaverkill?

Echo Hill Outdoor School’s Andrew McCown is back with another edition of Cool Outdoor Stuff with videographer Jack Elliott. This time, Andy reflects on a recent fishing trip … [Read More...]

  • Safety Advocates Remind Boaters to ‘Wear It!’ During Safe Boating Week
  • Sailing Regatta Brings Twelve Teams To Gunston
  • Cool Outdoor Stuff: Getting Past the Smell of Skunk Cabbage
  • Boating Safety Course April 6, 13, and 20
  • Skywatch: The April Sky
  • “Learn-to-Row” Classes For All At The Washington College Boathouse Starting May 18

Local Food and Garden

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Wine to Be Legal at Maryland Farmers’ Market in June

Farmers’ market shoppers throughout Maryland will soon be able to purchase wine along with their locally grown fruits and vegetables thanks to a new … [Read More...]

  • Rhubarb Pie with Mom by Barbara Jorgenson
  • Chestertown’s Whole Life Network to present “Forage: The Prehistoric Diet in Context”
  • Adkins Arboretum Dedicates Restored Wetland Bridge
  • Food Friday: Pancakes for Mother’s Day
  • Food Friday: Tacos for Cinco de Mayo
  • Food Friday: Tacos for Cinco de Mayo

Delmarva Real Estate & Commerce

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A Popup Store Appears in Chestertown

A Pop-Up store has popped up at 335High Street in Chestertown. This store, “College Town”, blossomed on Friday evening, May, 3, during … [Read More...]

  • Tax Credit For Maryland Film Production Rises to $25 Million
  • Bill Requiring Landlords to Accept Section 8 Vouchers Sparks Civil Rights Debate
  • Carlisle at Coldwell Banker Joins Sterling Society
  • Spy Profile: Millington’s Dennis Hager on Small Town Survival
  • Surviving the Recession: Kingstown Farm, Home & Garden
  • Richard Budden Named To Coldwell Banker® International Diamond Society

QA Disturbances

Dennis Black Arrested On 53 Charges Related to Recent Burglaries

Dennis Eugene Black, of Church Hill, Maryland, was arrested by Chestertown Police on May 7, 2013. Black was served the warrant at the Driftwood Inn, 609 Washington … [Read More...]

  • Chester River Bridge to Temporarily Close Twice in May
  • State Highway Administration Begins MD 213/US 50 Improvements In Wye Mills
Boy Day

Washington College Magazine: The Bob Day Interview

Marking the publication of his new collection of short stories, Where I Am Now, the Washington College Magazine asked professor Bob Day to recall … More....

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Tim Marcin Wins Washington College’s Prestigious Sophie Kerr Prize

A Washington College scholar-athlete who plans to pursue a career in sports journalism will take home the world’s largest student literary prize, … More....

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The Story of Reba and Francis: Reba Warren Remembers with Lani Seikaly

Some of the most unique and complicated friendships that formed in the twentieth century were between progressive white women and their … More....

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Analysis: Who Gives a Dam About Conowingo?

The answer should be: we all do. Everyone, from the EPA to Eastern Shore county governments and a wide spectrum of environmental organizations, … More....

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Eastern Shore Students Participate in NASA Marathon

A group of young programmers and hardware developers from the Delmarva region were part of a global 48-hour marathon in Salisbury last weekend to help … More....

Green Anne’s

Local Food and Foraging Lecture May 24

In the May Chester River Notebook, you read about how eating locally can help our environment and economy right here in Kent and Queen Anne's … [Read More...]

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Many Bay-related Programs Fare Well Under Proposed Budget

By Karl Blakenship at bayjournal.com The Bay region lost a bid for a major federal initiative to conserve Chesapeake landscapes, but several … [Read More...]

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Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Plunges to 1985 Levels

The amount of underwater grasses in the Chesapeake plunged 44 percent over the last three years, leaving the Bay with its lowest coverage of the … [Read More...]

James F. Maffit, Grayce B. Kerr Fund treasurer and secretary; Robert J. Etgen, ESLC’s executive director; and John R. Valliant, Grayce B. Kerr Fund president; meet outside the future Eastern Shore Conservation Center in Easton.

The Grayce B. Kerr Fund Pledges $250,000 to the Eastern Shore Conservation Center

“We are delighted to have the Grayce B. Kerr Fund standing with us in support of the Eastern Shore Conservation Center. The Kerr Fund has been at … [Read More...]

Chester River Association has New Website

he Chester River Association is excited to announce the launch of their new website. The new site focuses on helping members learn about the Chester … [Read More...]

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Analysis: Who Gives a Dam About Conowingo?

The answer should be: we all do. Everyone, from the EPA to Eastern Shore county governments and a wide spectrum of environmental organizations, … [Read More...]

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New Rules for Stormwater Expected to Increase Reductions

By Lee R. Epstein via Bay Journal Most of us in the Bay community are celebrating this moment in time for the Chesapeake and its rivers and … [Read More...]

Pet Watch

Puppy Class Forming

Learn how to raise a well-behaved, well-socialized puppy and set up your new family member for a lifetime of success!. We will cover basic manners and puppy games. A good … [Read More...]

Dog Agility Classes Forming

Mid-Atlantic Border Collie Rescue is sponsoring agility classes for beginner as well as for intermediate dog and handler teams. Agility is a wonderful way to build a bond with … [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 answer just this question, the … [Read More...]

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