Blogs In and Around Cecil County

Have you notice the number of blogs in and around Cecil County? Some people say that they are in competition with the printed media. I don't view them that way. I see them as a different viewpoint on the world around us. I read a lot of them, blogs from the Right, blogs from the Left and blogs in the middle. They are not going to replace my daily reading routine, The Cecil County Whig, The Sun, Fox News, The Drudge Report and CNN.

There are a lot of good blogs in our own area. Some resemble a newspaper such as Someone Noticed (Elkton), David Healey's Cecil Observer, a Harford County favorite - The Dagger, in Kent County - The Chestertown Spy. There is a photo gallery of Cecil County called the Bill Hughs Photo Gazette. The Canal Side in Chesepeake City covers the local happenings, politics and the arts. The Historical Society of Cecil County is a great informative blog.

Then we leap into the political blogs. On the Right we have O'malley Watch (one of my favorites), Delegate Smigiel's Blog, the Cecil County Young Republican Club and the Cecil County Conservative. On the Left, there the Censored Whig Letters by Stephen Crockett and Cecil Young Democrats. A recent newcomer is Smigiel2010, I do not know whether to classify this as Left or Right, he/she is difinitely a Smigiel hater. And of course, there is The Cecil County Blog. Recently there has been more postings leaning toward the Right, but the site is open to all sides.

I am sure that I have missed some other local blogs, I just listed those that I am aware of. Feel free to let me know about the ones that I missed. Which ones are your favorites or not? I think that blogs are a great tool to share your thoughts and ideas. They are also a great tool to open your mind up to other opinions.