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Author/Artist Event - Marcy Dunn Ramsey
The Bookplate is continuing their 2024 season of author events with a special local celebration on Friday, Oct. 4. Guests are welcome to join local artist and author, Marcy Dunn Ramsey and the Bookplate staff for a Friday evening birthday party, reading and book signing at 6pm in the shop on Cross Street. As anyone who grew up on the Eastern Shore in the 1990s can attest, Ramsey illustrated their childhood. Bringing to life the stories of Priscilla Cummings, Jennifer Keats Curtis, Jeffrey Holland, Janie...
Frederick Douglass Day continues to share abolitionist's legacy
EASTON — The first time Harriette Lowery heard that Frederick Douglass had grown up in Talbot County was when she moved back to Easton with her husband in the early 2000s. Lowery was surprised to hear of Douglass’ local origins. She had grown up in Talbot County, but she had never known it was the famed abolitionist’s birthplace. “The historical society had put a notice in the paper asking for...
APG Chesapeake hires new regional president
Orestes Baez, Adams Publishing Group’s new Chesapeake regional president, is no stranger to APG nor the Chesapeake region. Baez started the new job Monday, Sept. 30, meeting employees at the Star Democrat in Easton. He will be traveling to APG Chesapeake offices in Chestertown, Chester, La Plata, California, Prince Frederick, Dundalk and Elkton for the rest of the week. Baez was APG’s Southern Wisconsin regional president from August 2020 through...
The unsung heroines of the Book Plate
I appreciate being remembered with a near apocryphal story about my early involvement with Tom Martin and the beginnings of The Book Plate. I find it hard to believe it has been twenty years. Now I am moved to add the names of the unsung heroines to the story. These are the folks that have maintained, worked and contributed in many unseen ways to the store’s success. And it is a remarkable success at that. Witness the recent State Comptroller Mr. Franchot recognizing Tom and the store for being a Chestertown an anchor business. There is no doubt that Tom...
The Final Score Featuring Bayside North Boys Soccer
Tune into this episode of The Final Score to see our Game of the Night! A battle between Easton and Colonel Richardson in Boys Soccer, the two top teams in the Bayside North. Plus, Meteorologist John Conway provides us with the full gameday forecast.
Washington College Electric Boat Team visits Radcliffe Creek School
CHESTERTOWN — Radcliffe Creek School students were treated to a special presentation by the Washington College Electric Boat Team Sept. 20. Team members shared their inspiring story, detailing the design failures they overcame in the process of building their electric boats, which eventually led to the team’s success, winning first place in multiple races against other teams from universities with large engineering programs. Electric Boat Team President Douglas Hewes, a member of Radcliffe’s Class of 2018, spoke, along with Washington College students Mac Sansbury, Tiyaba...
Bay Says Goodbye to Legendary Annapolis Charter Captain
A week ago, the Chesapeake lost one of its best friends and finest charter-fishing skippers. For an amazing 62 seasons, beginning in 1960, Capt. Edwin M. Darwin “carried fishing parties” out of his boatyard on Mill Creek, near Annapolis. Over his long career, Darwin taught thousands of people...
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