
Tax diffential remedy between county and town making headway?
At a special work session of the Kent County Commissioners on February 11, Chestertown Mayor David Foster presented a slide show to illustrate his ongoing concern with the tax differential between the county and municipality. According to studies employed by Chestertown, a tax adjustment could return between $617,900 and $913,000 to Chestertown, offering relief to property […]
Chestertown Spy Highlights

“Lights for Liberty” Vigil in Chestertown Friday
There will be a nationwide “Lights for Liberty” vigil Friday evening, July 12, protesting the U.S. concentration camps for migrant children. As part ... [Continue Story]
- Mid-Shore Pro Bono Attorney Receives 2019 Service Award
- Kent Residents Ask Commissioners to End Clean Chesapeake Coalition Funding
- Cars on High Back for Third Year, Plans September Car Show
- Chestertown Rotary Award to Sumner Hall
- Remembering Owen McCoy
- June’s First Friday is Chestertown’s Best First Friday
- A Visit to the African American Museum
- The Chester River Bridge
- Chester River Bridge Work Monday, Dec 18, May Cause Delays or Brief Closures
- “Project Protein” Completes First Year with St. Martin’s Food Pantry
Local Food and Garden Highlights

Kent Attainable Housing Celebrates Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Homeowners, the Duncan Family
Kent Attainable Housing, Inc. (KAH) proudly welcomed the Duncan family to their new home at a joyful ribbon cutting ceremony held on Sunday, April ... [Continue Story]
- Kent County and Main Street Chestertown Awarded Grants to Support America’s 250th Semiquincentennial Planning
- Kent County Local Management Board Seeks New Board Members
- Remembering Tom Timberman
- The Shelter Alliance seeks an Executive Director
- KC Democratic Central Committee seeks membership applicants
- Chestertown Earth Day Festival April 26
Brevities

Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Who Just Pulled Up in a Bugatti
The Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland, recently had an amazing Bugatti: Reaching for Perfection Exhibition that ran from December 6, 2024, to ... [Continue Story]
- Chestertown Flashback: Janes United Methodist Church
- May 2025 sky-watch by Dennis Herrmann
- Wind by Katherine Emery General
- Chestertown Flashback: Boy and dog
- Good Dog: How Humans Really Benefit from their Canine Best Friends
- The Artist’s Way by Katherine Emery
- Chestertown Flashback: Easter on Prospect Street
- Landline By Katherine Emery
- Chesapeake Flashback: the Chestertown Chautauqua
- Lion’s Mane jellyfish a reminder of our cold winter
Food and Garden Notes

Mid-Shore Food: Simmons Market Still Beating the Odds in Cambridge
This is no ma and pa business, yet it is. It's located in Cambridge, yet most people, even those outside of Dorchester County, know about Simmons ... [Continue Story]
- FarmersWagon Offers Kent County Delivery Service
- Fantastic Fungi Comes to Easton Thursday, March 26
- Food Lab Forest Walk is September 29 at Adkins Arboretum
- Herb Society to Meet at Pickering Creek on September 15th
- Brewer’s Art and Orchard Point Oyster Teamed Up to Create Tasty Brew
- DrinkMaryland Returns to the Town of Centreville
Town & County Notes

Publisher Notes: Spy Poetry and Deidra Greenleaf Allan
Since its inception, The Spy has proudly found room for poetry. With a publisher well-versed in the form as an undergraduate at Washington College, ... [Continue Story]
- Sleepless in Annapolis By Laura J. Oliver
- The Governor and His Democrats Declared War on Maryland Taxpayers by Clayton Mitchell
- Chesapeake Lens: “The C&O Canal” By Lee Goodwin
- Kent Attainable Housing Celebrates Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Homeowners, the Duncan Family
- Banker, Blast Owner Ed Hale Preparing a 2026 Challenge to Wes Moore
- Fracassi is KCPS Teacher of the Year
- Jake Day Eyes Challenge on Eastern Shore to GOP Rep. Andy Harris
- Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Who Just Pulled Up in a Bugatti
- Food Friday: Fiesta
- Chestertown Flashback: Janes United Methodist Church