Food Friday: Season’s Greetings!
The holidays are upon us, and I don’t feel as if we are quite ready, or even in the mood yet. There are cookies to bake! Boxes to mail! Candy canes and gum drops to buy. Christmas cards to address. Ho, ho, ho. How can I feel glum when I spent 22 minutes in line […]
Spy Profile: A Chat with St. Michaels Community Center Director Amy Horne
Amy Horne, the newly appointed Executive Director of the St. Michaels Community Center, brings deep personal and professional ties to Talbot County. A native of the area, Horne says she feels grateful to be “back home” and inspired by the chance to lead an organization with such an expansive mission. In a recent interview with […]
John Lewis: Guiding Gunston’s Next Generation
http://[youtube id=”iaXquHj2a8U”/] When John Lewis arrived at The Gunston School sixteen years ago, he wasn’t yet the seasoned Head of School he is today; he was a young educator drawn to what he calls “the ecosystem of school,” a living, breathing network of teachers, students, and ideas that thrive when curiosity and purpose align. Lewis […]
A New Restaurant Besides Piazza: A Chat with Emily Chandler
https://youtu.be/Fs_UDOW24Jw”/] As many Spy readers know, we’ve been periodically checking in with Emily Chandler, the owner of Piazza Italian Deli, over a decade now. Starting in December of 2008 with her relatively small first store in Talbottown, her move to her current location, coping with the pandemic, and a successful recovery, Emily has shown time […]
The We Are One Alliance; A Talk with Heather Mizeur
http://https://youtu.be/DOQUYM_om24″/] This is a long form interview with Heather Mizeur Is it possible in a polarized society for two people at opposite ends of the political spectrum to breach the chasm and recognize each other’s humanness? That’s the question Heather Mizeur has been asking for a decade. For the former Maryland legislator, Democratic congressional candidate, […]
Spy Exit Interview: Betty Huang and the Working Artists Forum
https://youtu.be/6TiXE_Ld-jc”/] For the record, artist, and Easton gallery owner, Betty Huang is not giving up on her art or Studio B on Goldsbrough Street, but she’s actually retiring from being the president and board member of the Working Artists Forum after 12 years of leading this Mid-Shore arts organization. Given this remarkable tenure, the Spy […]
Remembering Spy Columnist Howard Freedlander
[youtube id=”4KWMNBSS0Jw?si=GEmpsZGFUzVCR1mY”/] It is with profound sadness that the Spy was notified yesterday of the unexpected passing of Spy columnist Howard Freedlander. It is a stunning loss for his family, friends, and colleagues here at this small online newspaper. The loss of this very special person in this publisher’s life makes me speechless as I […]
Spy Exit Interview: Outgoing Cambridge City Manager Tom Carroll
[youtube id=”9c3meA3La54″/] The Spy continues our informal series of long-form exit interviews with some of the Mid-Shore’s most well-known leaders in public affairs, the arts, and regional culture at the end of that individual’s tenure of employment. Many of those profiles tend to focus on sometimes decades of work and deeds, but in other cases, […]
Wading into The Wading Place History in Queen Anne’s County
Modern Life is challenging in ways our ancestors never imagined. It’s nice to have a place to get away from it all once in a while. “A place to unplug and watch the day go by” is the way Bayly Buck, president of the Wading Place Hunting Club in Queen Anne’s County, describes that kind […]
UM Shore Health’s Khalid Kurtom and Wendy Towers on Brain Injuries and Advances in Neurosurgery
[youtube id=”UT1aYJPftdo”/] Anyone who has ever had a chat with neurosurgeon Khalid Kurtom, MD, at UM Shore Health knows firsthand his extraordinary grasp of knowledge of his chosen field but may not realize his in-depth understanding of both the profound complexity and rapid advances in neuroscience and neurosurgery. And that’s why the Spy always welcomes […]