Hoopers Island Bayside Haven

08/23/2024

For our guests this weekend, lots to do!

04/01/2024

What a difference a day makes, can’t even see Barren Island, never mind the other side of the bay!!!

04/01/2024

Gorgeous sunset yesterday…

01/24/2024

This looks like a ton of fun!

BREAKING NEWS! SAVE THE DATE:
The next Taylors Island Volunteer Fire Company Golf Cart Poker Run is scheduled for Saturday, April 27th.

This event is a cartful of fun and 100% of the proceeds go to the Taylors Island Volunteer Fire Company. The great folks from Dorchester Auto and Golf Cart Sales have confirmed that they will be there. If you don't have a golf cart they can rent you a cart and transport it to and from Taylors Island Maryland.

The Taylors Island Golf Cart Poker Run is an event in which participants visit predesignated stations around the island and draw 1 playing card at each station. The object is to have the best poker hand(s) at the end to claim great prizes. There will be a DJ, Tricky Tray, 50/50 raffle, food, Taylors Island merch for sale and lots of other fun stuff.

Photo taken by Paul Denbow.

11/06/2023

A new fun option for dining (sailing 🤣) in Cambridge. Menu In comments.

The Dive Club, Casual Dining Seafood cuisine. Read reviews and book now.

11/04/2023

Fall sunset Island Bayside Haven

08/08/2023

Looks like a lot of FUN!!!

Here's something a little different – and fun! Bubbles on Main Street, a family-friendly foam party, bursts onto the scene this Saturday, Aug. 12 from 2 to 4pm in the Blue Ruin Parking lot in Cambridge. Wear clothes you don't mind getting wet. The foam is biodegradable, non-staining, non-toxic and hypoallergenic. Food and beverages will be available to purchase from Blue Ruin. Celebrate summer with Cambridge Main Street/Downtown Cambridge and Blue Ruin!

08/05/2023

No filter, cool evening sky

06/30/2023

For our guests this weekend—-

06/19/2023

Looks very interesting!!!

Combine interesting talks with good eats at the Horn Point Laboratory’s Summer Talks! Horn Point faculty members will give a talk at High Spot Cambridge each Tuesday from 5:30pm to 6:30pm, from June 20 through August 1. Topics range from coastal flooding in Dorchester County to living shorelines to the Horn Point Oyster Hatchery. And the High Spot has their pub grub half price from 4 to 6pm!
>> See the full line-up of talks and register ahead (space is limited): bit.ly/43BUqbP

06/17/2023

06/02/2023

We’ve got news! Magnificent tall ships are coming to Cambridge, both early and late in June. The big Eagleman triathlon is set for June 11. And if you have young kids or grandkids, you won't want to miss our Family Fun Guide, chock full of things to do with kids this summer in the Heart of the Chesapeake. It’s all in our June newsletter, brought to you by Dorchester County Tourism.
>> Read the newsletter: bit.ly/DoCoJune2023
>> Sign up to get the newsletter in your in-box: bit.ly/DoCoSignup
>> Pictured here, country musician Jimmy Charles with his wife Miranda and son Charleston at Long Wharf. They recently spent the day exploring Dorchester County.

05/31/2023

Some really cool things happening in Cambridge— so glad this building is being repurposed.

Check out the triple threat coming to the Packing House! Our summer concert series in June includes music you'll enjoy with friends and family. It's a perfect Happy Hour lineup on Thursday evenings, 6-8pm.

All tickets can be purchased here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-music-chuck-thomas-tickets-634818117077

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-music-marianne-styles-tickets-635547338197

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-music-edgemere-tickets-637296339507

04/29/2023

A great list to check before your stay with us. Lots of interesting events and activities in Dorchester County 🤩

04/24/2023

Guest chairs get a facelift, and in a few weeks we should have 2 new decks, one on the guest entrance and ours. Spring maintenance continues!

04/22/2023

Spring maintenance time, but a storm’s a’coming!!!

03/24/2023

Watch our feed for events during your stay!

02/24/2023

02/11/2023

Richard Cucé recently bought the the dilapidated Hooper Island Lighthouse for $192,000. He now plans to install an educational and environmental center once ...

01/26/2023

Looking forward to the story as it “builds.” Very happy that someone took this project on!

First, it was a novelty—a decrepit, inhospitable lighthouse for sale in the Chesapeake Bay. Then, it was a sensation—a bidding war ensued for that

01/02/2023

Some interesting history for the area:

TONIGHT! Maryland Public Television premieres a new documentary, “Unpacking Cambridge: A Story of Rebirth and Reconciliation,” on Jan. 2 at 9pm. It focuses on The Packing House, once part of the Phillips Packing Company, which went from boom to bust in the first half of the 1900s. After years of sitting empty, the 60,000-square foot building has been transformed. As MPT says, “'Unpacking Cambridge' pulls back the layers of history to reveal the new opportunities and hope that are rising from the ashes of the once-shuttered Packing House.”
>> Learn more: bit.ly/3VFDhct
>> The documentary will also be broadcast online at mpt.org/livestream. Encore broadcasts on Jan. 5 at 9pm on MPT2 and Jan. 14 at 7pm.

Photo courtesy of MPT.

10/31/2022

WAY BACK MACHINE: A Bridge for Cambridge
This is the old Harrington Bridge, a narrow, two-lane affair that crossed the Choptank River at Cambridge. It opened 87 years ago this week, in 1935. Before that, the only way across the river here was by ferry.

A few tidbits:
• The first boat to cross under the draw at the center of that bridge was the presidential yacht "Sequoia." President Franklin Roosevelt was aboard.
• He came to Cambridge to celebrate the completion of this example of his Depression-era public works projects. A slew of other VIPs stood atop the bridge as the president motored through while everyone celebrated a grand opening.
• The local man who was most responsible for pushing the project to the finish line was U.S. Senator (and Dorchester County native) George Radcliffe.
• Early on, the Harrington Bridge was regarded as an eye-popping marvel of modern engineering. It was the longest bridge by far in all of Maryland, all the way up until the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened in 1952.
• The Harrington bridge did just fine until traffic increased by leaps and bounds after that Bay Bridge opened. By the 1970s, it had become "the bane of beachgoers," according to the Washington Post. That drawbridge created lots of weekend backups. So did frequent accidents along the narrow roadway.
• After the grand opening, President Roosevelt disembarked briefly at nearby Long Wharf, delivering a few boring remarks. Today, a "smokestack" from one of Roosevelt’s presidential yachts—the "Potomac," not the "Sequoia"—stands on the waterfront at Long Wharf, near the Choptank River Lighthouse.
• That “smokestack” was fake. It actually served as an elevator to help the disabled Roosevelt make his way around the yacht.
• The four-lane Malkus Bridge that you cross over nowadays opened in 1987. The man it's named after, Frederick C. Malkus, was a state senator and local bigwig. In his youth, he earned $13 a week doing construction on the old Harrington Bridge in the 1930s.
• A good bit of the old Harrington Bridge is still there, but there is no draw. It was transformed into popular fishing piers, one on either side of the river.
• Access to it these days is very limited right now, however. There are worries about structural problems. Here's hoping they'll figure those out in an affordable way right quick.

One last thing, from back in 1935. The Baltimore Sun had an entertaining little anecdote about the grand opening. It seems that local Boy Scouts were assigned to traffic-control duties. Scout Tommy Coll was stationed on the Talbot side. His job was to ask all passengers in the VIP autos allowed on the bridge to get out and walk to the draw. For some reason that is not explained, only one person, the driver, was allowed to stay in the car and move up and out onto the bridge.

Here is the key bit in the Sun story: "In one automobile was a short, stout man with gray hair and dark eyes. He followed the Scout's instructions and walked across the bridge. [Later], at the dedication ceremonies, this man placed his hand on the Scout's shoulder and said: "Young chap, are you the fellow who made me walk across the bridge?"
The boy replied: "I am"
"Well, let's shake hands," said the stout man. "I'm the governor of Maryland." His name was Harry Nice, and that good-natured exchange makes him seem very nice indeed!

10/22/2022

Chalk Art Festival

Lori Antoinette is one of the participating chalk artists in the Chalk Art Festival on Hoopers Island Nov. 5-6. She'll also be leading chalk art workshops for all ages.
Photo courtesy Dorchester Center for the Arts.

10/22/2022

Cool!

This new Hoopers Island mural by local artist Ed Krell is located at 1123 Ballpark Road, Fishing Creek.
Photo courtesy Kelly Ellis-Neal.

10/22/2022

Join us at Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park for "The Park After Dark," a Night Skies Program, on October 22, 6-8 p.m. We'll meet after-hours in our pavilion, as we stargaze and learn about the importance the night sky had on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. This family-friendly program will include constellation identification, spooky storytelling, s'mores, crafts, and more! Bring your own blanket or chair. Please pre-register at https://forms.gle/RHJ9KDDsJnwRJ8257 or call 410-221-2290.

Photo credit: "Parsons Creek Stars" by Robert Fawcett

09/19/2022

Beautiful Ironman weekend sunrise at Hoopers Island Bayside Haven

09/15/2022

Very cool Festival!

Join the Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians for their 30th annual Native American Festival on Sept. 17 and 18 in Vienna, Maryland! The festival features traditional dancers, singers, drumming, crafts, artists’ demonstrations, demonstrations of flint knapping and wampum making, tomahawk throw, authentic Native food, and more. This event is organized by the Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians, made up of descendants of local Nanticoke Indians.
>> Hours are 10am-5pm Saturday; 10am-4pm Sunday. Tickets $7 per person; children 4 years and under are free. At the ball field in Vienna.
>> More info: bit.ly/3eNZXHP

Photo courtesy of Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians

09/13/2022

What a beautiful celebration and commemoration of this extraordinary woman!

09/01/2022

For our September guests: (lots to see and do, even if you aren't a triathlete!)

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