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Circus comes to Easton
EASTON — The big tent reached 100 feet into the sky with blue and yellow stripes as the Zerbini Family Circus came to the Talbot Agricultural and Education Center on May 22 and 23. The circus brought parading ponies, gravity-defying acrobats and zany clowns. The audience of all ages was rapt. There was a palpable sense of joy as the ringmaster announced each act in a booming voice. ...
The Bay Country Chorus Brings Barbershop Harmony to the Heart of Maryland
The Bay Country Chorus is the Easton Maryland chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Since 1995 the chorus has been entertaining throughout the mid-shore of Maryland. Our performances are mostly at senior living facilities, nursing homes, and venues where residents are in rehab or dealing with dementia. Most of these special residents are unable to get out and enjoy live music. Quite simply we bring the music to them.
Caucus of African American Leaders, Alpha Kappa Alpha ask for Malkus Bridge Resolution
CAMBRIDGE — A wave of pink and green formed among a sea of residents and visitors at the start of a Cambridge City Council meeting on May 20. The pink-and-green-clad women, members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, had come to the City Council meeting with members of the Caucus of African American Leaders to ask that a resolution regarding the Frederick C. Malkus Jr. Bridge be introduced. “You may...
Friends, neighbors, and fallen heroes
In September 2002, the day after Mike Detmer turned twenty-two, he joined the U. S. Marine Reserves. In November 2022, eighteen years to the day after setting foot in Fallujah, Iraq, Detmer won election to Dorchester County Council, representing District 5. On Monday, May 27, 2024, Detmer, Council Vice President and 1997 CSD graduate, delivered a softly spoken but impassioned keynote address at American Legion Post 91 in Cambridge, where he is a member.
Talbot County Council approves 2024-2025 budget
EASTON — On Tuesday evening, the Talbot County Council approved the 2024-2025 annual budget with a 4-1 majority. Council member Lynn Mielke was the sole nay, citing increased taxes for residents as her reason for voting against the proposal. Martha Sparks, finance director for Talbot County, presented the budget and gave an overview of an additional amendment introduced in April that would allow the movement of expenses between categories in...
City Council nominates residents to committee for city manager search, amends city code
CAMBRIDGE — The Cambridge City Council took one step closer toward finding a new city manager, heard from the Cambridge Association of Neighborhoods and passed an amendment to its Unified Development Code relating to cannabis at a meeting May 20. CITY MANAGER At the meeting, Acting City Manager David Deutsch asked commissioners to nominate residents to a Citizen Search Committee to help with the search for the next city manager....
Remembering friends and neighbors on Memorial Day
CAMBRIDGE — Marine veteran and Dorchester County Council Vice President Mike Detmer has a vivid memory of a small moment that occurred while he was serving in Fallujah, Iraq in the early 2000s. Detmer was sitting on his rack, or bed, when he saw his friend and platoonmate Brad Arms enter the room shared by lance corporals and private first class Marines. Arms had just arrived back from patrolling with the infantry outside the city for multiple days. On these patrols, you could forget about...
Senate candidate Larry Hogan visits Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE — U.S. Senate candidate and former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan walked the aisles of Simmons Center Market in Cambridge Wednesday afternoon, perusing meats and cheeses and checking out the old the antique cash registers that lined the top row of one of the market’s shelves. Walking with him were market owner and Dorchester County Councilman Ricky Travers and County Council Vice President Mike Detmer. Both Travers, a Democrat, and Detmer, a Republican, endorsed Hogan from their respective sides of the aisle for the state’s...
Dorchester County Council passes budget, looks ahead
CAMBRIDGE — The Dorchester County Council unanimously passed its balanced fiscal year 2025 budget at a meeting on May 28, acknowledging what it took to get the budget across the finish line as well as what challenges are likely coming down the pike. “Next year’s going to be bad,” Council President Lenny Pfeffer said at the end of the meeting. “This year we made it by the skin of our teeth to balance this budget.” ...
Cambridge Rotarians tour Patriot Point
Hugh Middleton, Patriot Point vice president of operations and development, and his wife, Joy, hosted a tour of Patriot Point for the Rotary Club of Cambridge. Hugh spoke about the history of the retreat and its mission. “Patriot Point is the Military Bowl Foundation’s 294-acre retreat that provides safe, secure and tranquil outdoor recreational retreat facility for wounded, ill and injured active duty service members, veterans and their families and caregivers who face daily struggles related to their time spent defending our great nation,” he...
Veteran Affairs Committee honors students for USO posters
EASTON — On Wednesday afternoon, the Veterans Affairs Committee and Easton Elk’s 1622 presented art students from Saints Peter and Paul High School with certificates of recognition and a donation to the art class for their efforts in making posters for their United Service Organizations fundraiser. Michael Freely, chairman of the Veteran Affairs Committee, expressed his gratitude for the students’ work in making these posters for the USO-themed benefit dance on Dec. 7. ...
Talbot county commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Talbot Resolves
On Friday, May 24, the Colonel Tench Tilghman Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution celebrated the Talbot Resolves in partnership with the Talbot Historical Society, the Talbot County Council, and the Talbot County Department of Economic Development and Tourism. To celebrate this 250th anniversary of the Talbot Resolves, Town Crier Richard “Rick” Culotta began the celebration by walking around the Talbot County Courthouse square ringing his bell and calling all citizens to assemble on the courthouse lawn to hear urgent news from Boston....
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