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Simon Babycat Soap Co., based in Cambridge, Maryland, is a handmade soap and functional beauty-products business from artist and maker Camilla “Cammy” Lewis. Since 2016, Cammy has treated soap as an extension of her work in painting, hot glass, acrylic, printmaking, and design — affordable functional art sold through local markets, booths, online channels, and Dorchester County-area stops.
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Native American Heritage & Artifact Day brought people to Easton’s Waterfowl Festival Building on February 21, 2026, for a free day of artifact displays, cultural demonstrations, and presentations focused on Indigenous history and living traditions on the Eastern Shore.
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RL Grooming, LLC, based in Denton, offers in-home dog grooming across Caroline, Queen Anne’s, and Talbot counties, with a practical focus on pets who may do better outside a traditional salon setting.
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Discover the 28,000 acres of sanctuary where eagles and fishers and migratory birds find refuge in the heart of Dorchester County.
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ENM Rhodesdale Rd (Route 14) Hurlock, Dorchester County, MD
Harrison's Crabs is a small, call-ahead family seafood stand on the rural Route 14 corridor between East New Market and Rhodesdale. It continues the crab business of waterman Fred Smith Harrison II, who ran Fred's Crabs until 2020; his son Clark now carries it on.
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39 Main Street East New Market, MD 21631
Johnny's Tavern is a casual bar and diner at 39 Main Street in East New Market, serving burgers, sandwiches, pizza, and comfort food alongside darts, a pool table, and sports TVs. Opened in 1971, it is a five-decade fixture on the town's Main Street.
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2281 Ocean Gateway Trappe, MD 21673
Tammy's Cool Things is a New Age gift shop near Trappe, Maryland, just across the Choptank River from Cambridge. It sells incense, candles, crystals, tarot, tapestries, tie-dye, and home decor, with a glass and smoke shop in the back.
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A statue of Frederick Douglass stands outside the Talbot County Courthouse in Easton, close to places that shaped his early life and his later return as one of the nation’s most important voices for freedom, equal rights, and human dignity.
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Nanticoke living history interpreter
Daniel Firehawk Abbott is a Nanticoke tribal member and living history interpreter from Dorchester County who specializes in pre-contact Native American skills and culture. He designed and guided the construction of the Chicone Village replica at Handsell and later served as Coordinator of Native American Interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg.
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Photographer and graphic designer
Cambridge-based photographer and graphic designer whose work explores Maryland’s Eastern Shore landscapes, waterways, communities, and sense of place.
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