ATTENTION KENT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING AGENDA OCTOBER 2, 2018 AT 6PM This Tuesday’s meeting agenda includes the annual visit of Pete Rahn, Secretary of Maryland Transportation. Along with him will be MDTA Executive … Read More »
Posts Categorized: Local Government
WHAT IF WE DON’T GET A BRIDGE
“Federal infrastructure spending tends to make cities poorer not wealthier because, while the federal government may pay the initial cost to build a new highway or bridge, it’s local governments that take on the … Read More »
KCPA NEWSLETTER 4.21.2018
Important activities and meetings in this month’s newsletter. Letter Writing Campaign To Governor Hogan – Kent County Commissioners Request Transportation 4-407 Opinion From Attorney General Frosh – Bay Bridge Public Meeting May 10th – Public … Read More »
KCPA NEWSLETTER 3.02.2018
HOUSE BILL 1199 Delegates Jacobs, Arentz, Ghrist, and Otto have submitted legislation entitled HB1199 NORTHERN BAY CROSSING. The intent of this bill is to prevent a BAY BRIDGE crossing that would terminate in Kent County. … Read More »
Public Utility Law Judge Sober rejects Mills Branch Solar Project
Public Utility Law Judge Sober has rejected the Mills Branch Solar proposal to construct a 360-acre industrial Solar installation in the middle of Kent County prime agricultural land and denied them the Certificate of Public … Read More »
Solar energy projects place farmland as ‘easy target’
Delmarva Farmer By JONATHAN CRIBBS Associate Editor ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Oct. 11, 2016) — A term that’s grown quietly in environmental circles across the nation over the last several years may have finally reached our regional … Read More »
Maryland Association of Counties Summer Conference
Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance(KCPA) sent representatives to Maryland Association of Counties(MACo) this past week. The information that was presented outlined the adverse effects associated with Mills Branch Solar in the Chesterville/Morgnec District of the … Read More »
As local coverage wanes, residents become self-taught watchdogs
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 »
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 »
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 »