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Chestertown’s Saturday Market has returned to downtown with a new format that seemed to please everyone. Rather than using Fountain Park, vendors set up along High St. to respect social distancing and invited shoppers to easy, open access. This strategy to remain open during COVID-19 was happily embraced by the community.
You can’t keep a good tomato down.
Some 200 residents of greater Chestertown gathered on Friday night at Fountain Park in a display of unity and respect for Black Lives Matter and to honor the life of George Floyd. From the downtown park, the demonstrators walked peacefully to College Avenue and circled back to Wilmer Park in silence.
Organized with the help of Leon Frison, bishop of Greater Highway of Church of Christ in Kent County and local clergy, the crowd listened to the words of Rev. Robert Brown Jr. of Bethel A.M. E. Church.
The Spy was there to document this historic event.
This video is approximately two minutes in length
There was one clear theme in this week’s Sunday Survey….a total lifting of restrictions is not supported. Outdoor activities rate more favorably. But, event there, the community seems cautious.
View the results below for those who participated. And, join in the next Spy Survey this Sunday.
When asked what other activities should see a lifting of restrictions, these were the most frequent responses:
When asked what other activities should restrictions remain in place, the following were the most frequent responses:
While the word “spiking” as a relatively negative connotation these days as COVID-19 works its way through the Mid-Shore, it still is a perfect term for the quantum leap that recreational biking has taken over the last six weeks.
With record sales of new bikes and the doubling of other bikes being repaired, dealers are facing an unfathomable level of demand since the coronavirus hit. Nowadays, owners and staff putting longer hours and increased schedules to meet the needs of customers.
The Spy interviewed Ryan Hickey, owner of Easton Cycle and Sport, and team member Zach Gill about this phenomenon.
This video is approximately two minutes in length. For more information about Easton Cycle and Sport please go here.
This week, think about the future when the pandemic has mostly passed. Using just single words, what are you most looking forward to after COVID-19? You can share multiple single word answers.
Click here to take the survey.
All of us are going through something unimaginable just a few weeks ago. And, since we started taking these surveys, we’ve noticed other publications are doing the same. A New York publication put some interesting questions to their readers. So, we thought we’d use a few of the questions and look not only at how our community feels about things, but also at how our feelings compare with neighbors to the north.
Look for results on Wednesday.
Click here to go to the survey.
As the Spy has pointed out in a recent editorial, the country and our region will be facing an unprecedented moment in history when many meetings, performances, schools and other gatherings will temporarily come to an halt. To help with this unexpected slow down, each day for the next thirty days The Spy will share with our readers suggestions from our long list of writers and friends on how to pass the time as the country and the Mid-Shore endure social isolation.
Today is Francoise Sullivan, Owner of Moo! Productions and Spy Board of Visitors member:
As the Spy has pointed out in a recent editorial, the country and our region will be facing an unprecedented moment in history when many meetings, performances, schools and other gatherings will temporarily come to an halt. To help with this unexpected slow down, each day for the next thirty days The Spy will share with our readers suggestions from our long list of writers and friends on how to pass the time as the country and the Mid-Shore endure social isolation.
Today is Pat Trams, Gardner and Chestertown Spy Contributor
Read: Stories about wild animals or serial killers (depending on mood)
Listen: NPR news
Watch: The West Wing
Cook: Enough to share with neighbors
Outing: Get ahead of cool weather weeds in garden beds
