News Staff

Recently, Mayor Donald Sutton and the Betterton Town Council members Harry Marcy, Wayne Gilchrest and Bob Pyfer held a public hearing for Ordinance 2024-02. Offering counsel was Town Attorney Tom Yeager. The Kent County News reports the measure states that Betterton will provide a temporary exemption from prohibition from firearm discharge in certain areas of the town for the limited purpose of deer and waterfowl hunting season.

The cause of a fire in a single family home in Queen Anne’s County has been determined to be accidental. According to investigators, the flames got their start early Wednesday at the residence on Price Station Road in Church Hill. The Office of the State Fire Marshal reports the cause of the fire to be failure of the branch cable located in the void space of the roof above the bathroom. No injuries, but damages are estimated at about $55,000.

Two Millington men face assault charges. Police say 38 year old John Edward Scott, was also charged with reckless endangerment. He initially was held in the Kent County Detention Center without bond. 59 year old Richard Allen Scott was charged with assault, conspiracy to commit assault and reckless endangerment. According to a sheriff’s office news release, the assault occurred Aug. 7 in the 31000-block of Chesterville Bridge Road, near Millington. The victim was located by a passerby and was transported to an area hospital for treatment of “serious” injuries.

Rock Hall Police have received numerous calls about vandals entering unlocked vehicles, ransacking through them or stealing from them. They advise you lock your vehicles and check your surroundings when arriving home for anything looking suspicious. Call 911 if you suspect anything or 410-639-7222 for the Rock Hall Police Department.

Kent County Public Library invites you to take part in One Maryland One Book, a program of Maryland Humanities designed to bring together diverse people in communities across the state through the shared experience of reading the same book.
Kent County News reports the 2024 One Maryland One Book selection, “What Storm, What Thunder” by Myriam J.A. Chancy, follows 10 characters as they experience the aftermath of the devastating 2011 earthquake that shook the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince.

Delaware State Police said 26-year old William Urspruch of Chestertown was charged with punching an EMT and biting another during the Phish Festival in Delaware over the weekend. Troopers said the medical staff was checking him out Friday night, for being under the influence and acting erratically. He was released after posting a $3,000 secured bond.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church is accepting applications up until Monday, Sept. 9 for what is popularly known as its annual “Christmas bazaar grants.” The Evening Enterprise reports applications can be emailed to emmanuelchestertown@gmail.com or mailed to Emmanuel Church, P.O. Box 875, Chestertown, MD 21620, Attention: Grant Committee. Funds are raised and disbursed by the church’s yearly Christmas bazaar that is held in late November.

The Historical Society of Kent County has a newly revised and updated self-guided walking tour of Chestertown’s Historic District. The Evening Enterprise reports for the first time since the walking tour was originally produced in 1985, new sites have been added to the historical society’s signature tour. Six landmarks have been added and two removed from the earlier version, increasing the total number of stops to 29.

A new minister at the Unitarian Universalist church in Chestertown. Rev. Kathryn Adams comes to the Unitarian Universalists of the Chester River (UUCR) after serving a congregation in Chico, California. Adams practiced in various medical specialties for about 20 years before joining the clergy. She enrolled at the Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. Over five years she earned her Master of Divinity, awarded several months ago.

Queen Anne’s County leaders are among those exploring the possibility of introducing passenger ferries to communities along the Chesapeake Bay. A feasibility study, unveiled today, suggests that ferry services could soon be docking in key locations across five counties, including Somerset and Queen Anne’s on the Eastern Shore. WBOC reports the proposed plan includes stops at the Matapeake Fishing Pier in Queen Anne’s County.