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	<title>The Chestertown Spy</title>
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		<title>Gov Asks Feds for Small Business Aid</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/gov-asks-feds-for-small-business-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/gov-asks-feds-for-small-business-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#8211; Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley asked Maryland&#8217;s congressional delegation Thursday to devote unused federal money to spur small business lending and create jobs in the state, where unemployment remains at 7.5 percent despite more than $4 billion in stimulus funding.
Money returned from the Troubled Asset Relief Program should be used to guarantee small business lending, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Rights Attorney to Discuss Race &amp; Judicial Judgment March 18</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/civil-rights-attorney-to-discuss-race-judicial-judgment-march-18/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/civil-rights-attorney-to-discuss-race-judicial-judgment-march-18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spy Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 confirmation hearings of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, rekindled an intense debate about the role of race in judicial decision-making. Noted civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill will explore this topic when she presents “Wise Latinas, Black Raconteurs, and White Umpires: Conceptions of Race and Judging in Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic Bag Tax Gets Support</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/plastic-bag-tax-gets-support/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/plastic-bag-tax-gets-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS &#8211; The General Assembly has been reluctant to raise taxes in an election year, but 39 legislators across both chambers are co-sponsoring an act to place a 5-cent tax on disposable carryout bags.
The Chesapeake Bay Restoration Consumer Retail Choice Act would require Maryland businesses to tack the 5-cent fee onto each disposable bag used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Supper for St Patrick</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/irish-supper-for-st-patrick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/irish-supper-for-st-patrick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Taylor Robson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curiosities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I think tinted green beer is revolting, I’ve always loved St Patrick’s Day.  Mostly because, like my other favorite holidays, it’s celebrated with Food! Glorious food! Corned beef and cabbage with onions and potatoes and carrots enjoyed with a good microbrew, creamy potato-leek soup, Irish soda bread, Irish stew, meat pasties, beef and Guinness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to Editor: Let&#8217;s Keep it God&#8217;s Country</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/letter-to-editor-lets-keep-it-gods-country/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/letter-to-editor-lets-keep-it-gods-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Wheelan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the Editor:
The topic of the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) has dominated our lives and our household for three months now and rightfully so.  I can&#8217;t remember the last time I or my husband got a good night&#8217;s sleep.  Our daughter moved out on her own recently and we hardly see her.  Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Snows, Fewer Mallards</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/more-snows-fewer-mallards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/more-snows-fewer-mallards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The midwinter waterfowl survey showed a significant decline of mallards and diving ducks but a growing number of snow geese in the Chesapeake region, the Department of Natural Resources reports.
Mallards went from 58,300 last year to 34,200 this winter. Divers fell from 157,66 to 102,000.  But snows increased from 61,200 to 78,600.
Despite a poor nesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African American Council Events Spring Series Announced</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/african-american-council-events-spring-series-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/african-american-council-events-spring-series-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spy Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come join us to honor the memory of the African American Civil War veterans from Kent County MD who fought for freedom!  Two films, ‘Glory’ and ‘Black Soldiers in Blue’, and the African American Civil War History Chats at the public library are free and open to the public
March 13th ‘Glory’
Fundraiser for the Charles Sumner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hukill Receives Washington College&#8217;s 2010 President&#8217;s Award</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/hukill-receives-washington-colleges-2010-presidents-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/hukill-receives-washington-colleges-2010-presidents-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Taylor Robson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual President&#8217;s Award, given to an individual for an exemplary record of sustained and acknowledged contribution to the quality of life in Chestertown, Kent County and at Washington College, was awarded to Jane E. Hukill. Hukill, a former college librarian, has lived in Kent County almost 25 years and in that time has worked tirelessly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kent&#8217;s Water &amp; Sewer Rates May Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/kents-water-sewer-rates-may-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/kents-water-sewer-rates-may-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa McIntire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get ready, the user rate for Kent County water and sewer could go up this year.
At the Tuesday commissioners’ meeting, Public Works Director Wayne Morris asked about increasing the user rate by four percent, which is the traditional yearly rate hike. Last year the commissioners made a special exception and increased the rate by two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kent to Cut Curbside Recycling</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/county-cuts-curbside-recycling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/county-cuts-curbside-recycling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa McIntire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Occurrences]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Could free recycling be coming to end? Looks like it.
At the Tuesday Kent County commissioner’s meeting, Public Works Director Wayne Morris proposed eliminating the county’s curbside recycling program. Currently, the county picks up recycling once a week at no charge.
“There will be changes made in the recycling program this year &#8212; and free is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road Damage Grows</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/road-damage-grows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/road-damage-grows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa McIntire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that now that all the snow has melted driving down Kent County roads can be  bumpy. At the Tuesday commissioner’s meeting, Public Works Director Wayne Morris spoke about two roads in particular.
Golts Road is “really starting to alligator and is becoming a bad situation,” he said. To help save as much of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eastern Neck Refuge Announces Youth Turkey Hunt</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/eastern-neck-refuge-announces-youth-turkey-hunt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/eastern-neck-refuge-announces-youth-turkey-hunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spy Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Town Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in cooperation with the National Wild Turkey Federation will once again conduct a gobbler-only spring youth turkey hunt on the refuge. The Youth Turkey Hunt will include two Saturdays during the state season, May 8 and May 22, 2010. A refuge hunt permit is required. A limited number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>False Report of Missing Child</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/false-report-of-missing-child/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/false-report-of-missing-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disturbances]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was a scary time at Worton Park on Monday evening with Kent County sheriff’s deputies, state police, local firemen and emergency rescue squad personnel all searching for a missing child.
The State Police helicopter swooped low over the park. Deputies prowled the grounds on foot. Official radios crackled with directions. Concerned residents phoned around and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Prince&#8217;s Evening of Reconciliation</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/the-princes-evening-of-reconciliation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/the-princes-evening-of-reconciliation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spy Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prince Theatre, known as the Lyceum during much of the 20th Century, has had a painful history of racial segregation. It is remembered &#8212; first-hand by many older residents in local black communities, and in accounts passed on to younger ones  &#8211; for  requiring them to sit only in the upper balcony and for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Feast of Reason Turns off the Lights</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/the-feast-of-reason-turns-off-the-lights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/the-feast-of-reason-turns-off-the-lights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spy Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trade & Mercantile]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Feast of Reason, which had been one of downtown Chestertown&#8217;s top lunch spots for many years, has formally closed. Kathleen Jones, one of the founders of the original restaurant, and who now owns the building with the brother Patrick, confirmed that Jen Friedman, who had run the Feast for the last six years, decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Watermen Accused of Rockfish Poaching</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/8-watermen-accused-of-rockfish-poaching/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/8-watermen-accused-of-rockfish-poaching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight watermen from Rock Hall arrested for rockfish poaching are the first to face a new system of tiered punishments based on the severity of their crime, Maryland Natural Resources Police said Monday.
NRP said two of the men – William Howard Beck and John Franklin Riggs, both 43 – are repeat offenders who were charged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Bets</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/best-bets-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/best-bets-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa McIntire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, March 10
Women Helping Women Concert: By Women, For Women
Location: The Prince Theater, 210 High St.
Time: 7 p.m.
For more than 45 years, Dr.Maria Boria has served the medical needs of women and children. She founded a hospital for women in India, worked as an obstetrician/gynecologist in hospitals throughout the U.S. and established a private practice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Smart Grid&#8217; Coming To You</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/smart-grid-coming-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/smart-grid-coming-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Occurrences]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you left town for a weekend vacation, accidentally leaving the air conditioning set on high. No sweat &#8212; you can adjust it with an application on your iPhone.
Or imagine getting to work and realizing you forgot to run the dishwasher. No problem, because another application can start your appliances remotely.
These scenarios may sound far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Ensemble Back with Concerts Beginning Next Sunday</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/wind-ensemble-back-for-park-concerts-beginning-next-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/wind-ensemble-back-for-park-concerts-beginning-next-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spy Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, March 14, the Eastern Shore Wind Ensemble, with a concert theme of “Cityscapes,” will take its audience on a musical tour of various cities. The program will begin at 4 p.m. at Christ U.M. Church, 401 High St., Chestertown. Admission is free. Directed by Keith Wharton since its founding in 2001, the ensemble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SpyCam: John Andrew McCown 1st Neilsen Award Winner</title>
		<link>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/john-andrew-mcgown-becomes-1st-neilsen-award-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/03/john-andrew-mcgown-becomes-1st-neilsen-award-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Spy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chester River Association celebrated the life of Pat Nielsen last Friday night by awarding its first annual award for poetry in her honor. Nielsen, a beloved community leader and Emmy Award-winning writer, director and producer, was also a passionate lover of poetry.  CRA Trustee Marcy Dunn Ramsey announced the awards (judged by Washington College&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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