Now! The CHESAPEAKE: Tales & Scales! 53 of the best stories that appeared in The Chesapeake over the years!

The Chesapeake front cover two final

Buy now only $2.99 on Kindle on Amazon and $29.99 in paperback on Amazon Join us as we visit the pages of The Chesapeake for action, fun and adventure in The Chesapeake region. Murder, Mayhem and Mystery along with blues, rockfish and Serendipity Seranades to convince fish to jump onto the hook. From Jack Rue, [...]

Skills of a Farm Boy

 The thought of one of Mama’s squirrel pies with potatoes and onions with a thick brown crust sounded pretty good to me.

Our Shore

USS South Dakota near Norfolk Va 1943

Writers often speak of the influence in one’s life in living near one of nature’s phenomena, a forest, a mountain or a plain. Ours is our creek and river shore, ever-changing, never changing. Over the years many happenings have occurred there. I remember back before WWII when I was using my two young Belgian horses [...]

Beneath the Surface Chapter Two

Jarboe, Capt. Larry with big flat fish Keys

          The August full moon lit up the mouth of Indian Creek in front of the bedoom window in the Largent home that faced upriver toward the small town of Benedict in neighboring Charles County. The moonlight that beamed through the window illuminated Carla’s olive colored face as she slept. It [...]

Good Ole County Geography

Uhler column head Jan Ches

And suppose that hillbilly had been doing a lot of sinning, you know, thieving, whoring, gambling and such as that.

A Boom Town Grows Up

St. Mary's Commissioner Larry Millison, left, was honored at the annual Democratic Club Democrat of the Year Dinner in 1989.  Millison was elected three times as commissioner after serving on the board of education.  Center is the late Senator Paul Bailey, and Maryland Senate President Mike Miller.  THE CHESAPEAKE staff photo

His father Israel Millison, known everywhere as “Jake,” came to America shortly before the turn of the century from Lithuania.

Potomac Flotilla Searches for St. George Island

The captain of the Maryland Dove scans the horizon for the missing island.

The Maryland Dove and the Captain Sam Bailey joined the search for the island over the weekend along with several dozen other boats.

Letter from St. Gabriel’s Manor: Steamboat Days

Suequehanna Steamer Md Archives Henry Rinn Jr

One evening about five pm in August, we boarded our steamer at the 7th street wharf in Washington.

Merry Christmas from a flash mob lunch bunch in a food court

A great way to say Merry Christmas in a public place...

A great way to say Merry Christmas in a public place…

New areas of Battleship USS Wisconsin now open to public

USS Wisconsin

Prior to boarding the ship, visitors are invited to see the film, Forward for Freedom, which will be shown in the new Battleship Intro Theater inside Nauticus. The six-minute film brings the Wisconsin to life through the stories and commentary of those who have supported the ship, especially those who served aboard her .

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