Photos

This is only a tiny handful of the photos I have taken, but they’re some of my favorites. You can find more of my photos on my Instagram.

Gloves adorn the rusted fence around Druid Lake as part of artist Bruce Willen’s art installation, the “Library of Lost Gloves & Lost Loves.” This photo won second place in Division O for Feature Photo at the 2022 MDDC Awards. I took all of the photos for my colleague’s article about the lost glove display, which can be viewed here.
Portrait of Laurabelle Hope, who was (*at the time) the last living founding member of the Cecil County chapter of the NAACP. (*Hope passed away in 2021.) Read the story here.
Courtney England, a student in the natural resources program at the Cecil County School of Technology, transplants various plants into a pot inside the school’s greenhouse. Students who are accepted into the technical school spend alternating days at their home school for regular academic classes, and CCST for their program of choice. Read the story here.
Sue Shumaker holds a sign during a July 2019 protest against the treatment of asylum seekers, particularly children, at the United States-Mexico border. The local demonstration, held in Meadow Park in Elkton and organized by the Cecil County Democrat Club, was one of about 800 “Lights for Liberty” vigils that were planned across the U.S. and in other countries that night. Read the story here.
Left to right, U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Maryland 1st District) with his community liaison, Mike Arntz, and Warwick Farms farm manager Jack Reitnauer examine a shelf full of mushrooms inside one of the facility’s growing rooms. Harris toured Cecil County in October 2018 ahead of the general election to discuss the opioid epidemic, tax reform and other issues with businesses and government departments in the county. Read the story here.
Community members join hands across the church aisle in a display of unity at the 29th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Wright’s AME Church. King would have been 90 years old. Bishop Frank M. Reid III reflected on the last sermon King gave April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple Church of God in Christ in Memphis, Tennessee, before he was assassinated the following day. In that sermon, King told his audience to “develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.” In turn, Reid urged those gathered in Wright’s AME Church to choose “dangerous unselfishness” over “destructive selfishness.” Read the story here.
While at the NorthBay Adventure Camp in North East, Md., a student analyzes a tree covered in fungi that he and his classmates nicknamed the “Frosted Flake Fungus” and the “Turkey Tail-feather Fungus.” All Cecil County Public School students begin their 6th grade school year by visiting the camp for a week of environmental education and life lessons. The trip is meant to teach students skills to assess and solve problems they face in nature and in their daily lives. Read the story here.
Actor Ariana Clark performs as Elsa, singing “Let it Go” in Milburn Stone Theatre’s production of “Frozen Jr.” Read the story here.
Rylee Nuscheler hugs her stuffed animal monkey on the first day of the 2019-2020 school year as she prepares to start pre-K. Read the story here.
Courtney Goodwin, a student at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and a North East resident, works on the teeth of Charlestown resident Lisa Chambers at the dental school’s clinic in Baltimore. Read the story here.
Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor, then senior commander of Aberdeen Proving Ground, calls on community members to serve as “brothers and sisters in arms” in the battle against opioid addiction during the National Opioid Crisis Community Summit at APG in December 2018. Read the story here.
Ronnie Cimorosi (middle), a sensei at the Order of Isshin-Ryu dojo in Elkton, Md., instructs two of his students as they spar during a demonstration at a local National Night Out event. Event organizers aimed to bring together law enforcement officials and community members for an afternoon of fun and community-building. Read the story here.