Kevin Hemstock, the longtime editor of the Kent County News, took his paper’s watchdog role literally. From his office in downtown Chestertown, Maryland, he had a sweeping view of High Street, the main thoroughfare. One … Read More »
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Solar Energy Development in Kent County, Maryland
Keep Kent Scenic (KKS) is supportive of renewable energy, believing that solar energy, as opposed to wind turbines, is the preferred source to allow Kent County to contribute to this energy generation. Utility solar energy … Read More »
Is renewable solar energy compatible with protection of Farmland?
Is renewable solar energy compatible with protection of Farmland? Apparently New Jersey thinks it is and has put programs and incentives in place to back up their protective policies. New Jersey is 2nd in the … Read More »
Apex suspends but does not end efforts to develop industrial wind Turbine facility in Kent
January 5, 2016 To Keep Kent Scenic Supporters: In December Apex Clean Energy announced that they are suspending their efforts to develop an industrial wind turbine power generator in Kent County, and because “they have … Read More »
QA’s commissioners oppose Apex wind turbine project in Kent
Credit: By Angela Price | August 5, 2015 | www.myeasternshoremd.com ~~ CENTREVILLE – The Queen Anne’s County Commissioners sent a letter July 23 to the Kent County Commissioners in support of their opposition to Apex … Read More »
Proposed turbine noise rules would be most restrictive in Nebraska
The proposed rules would give Lancaster County, Nebraska, the most restrictive noise regulations for commercial wind turbine projects in the state. Wood said the likelihood of violating those regulations would be so great that wind … Read More »
Community Informational meeting on Mills Branch Industrial Wind Turbine Plant
The Kent County Farm Bureau, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, Queen Anne’s Conservation Association & Keep Kent Scenic Invite you to attend a community information forum about the Mills Branch Industrial Wind Turbine Generation Plant. Thursday … Read More »
Keep Kent Scenic organizer William Graham speaks to Kent County Council of Governments
By DORIAN MITCHELL dmitchell@thekentcountynews.com MILLINGTON – Officials from various towns listened to wind farm opposition Wednesday, May 20, during the monthly Kent County Council of Governments meeting at Two Tree Restaurant in Millington. William Graham … Read More »
QACA, Keep Kent Scenic join forces against wind turbines
Keep Kent Scenic and Queen Anne’s Conservation Association, two citizen-supported groups committed to farmland preservation, have created an alliance and entered into an agreement to cooperate in opposing the Apex industrial wind turbine project in … Read More »
What is Happening
First and foremost, Mills Branch industrial wind generation project is very much alive and well. The corporation behind the 500′ turbines has not left Kent County. Some of the leases signed with local farms extend … Read More »