A vacant restaurant building on Washington Avenue in Chestertown is getting a new lease on life. Jersey Mike’s Subs received preliminary and final approval at the October 21st Chestertown Planning Commission meeting. The property at 709 Washington Avenue has been vacant for more than 12 months, so a special site plan review was required. Now that the initial approval has been granted, the required permits will be obtained and the exterior build-out can proceed. The project is expected to take several months, and no projected opening date has been announced.

Representatives from the Maryland Department of Transportation will meet with local elected officials today in Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties to discuss the Moore-Miller Administration’s Draft Consolidated Transportation Program for Fiscal Years 2027 to 2032. The program details a $21.9 billion, six-year capital budget investment in the state’s transportation network. The meetings are part of the Department’s annual tour visiting every Maryland county and Baltimore City to update local elected officials and the public. The meeting in Kent County will be at 10 AM at the County Offices, and in Queen Anne’s County at 2 PM in the commissioners Offices. Both meetings will be live-streamed via the respective county websites.

The Easton Planning Commission is pushing back against standalone, large-scale enterprise data centers. Following a recommended one-year moratorium backed by the commission in August 2026, local officials are looking to strictly regulate these facilities to protect the town’s infrastructure. The commission has requested input from Easton Utilities, as well as major local employers in northern Easton—such as the regional hospital and the airport—to determine if there is an actual local demand for localized edge data centers. The Easton Planning Commission is scheduled to continue this discussion at its next meeting on November 19th.