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The Chesapeake City Museum, an idea around 40 years in the making, finally opened to the public Saturday. The museum, at 98 Bohemia Avenue is dedicated to showing the history of the town, with over 1,000 items in its archives.
Many of the items were first collected by longtime resident Harriett Davis, who first came up with the idea of creating a museum to showcase the townâs history. Davis, a member of the Chesapeake City District Civic Association who passed away in 2020, had boxes of items stored in the room that now is the home of the museum.
Davis started Canal Day in 1985 as a fundraiser for the museum, despite the event lasting for over two decades, the concept of the museum was never able to draw enough volunteers.
CHESAPEAKE CITY â Every Monday morning, volunteers for the Chesapeake City Ecumenical Association (CCEA) building next to St. Basil Ukrainian Catholic Church work to prepare boxes full of canned food and other supplies for the community. The CCEA, a collaboration between 11 churches in Cecil County, is hoping to expand into the space occupied by the old Chesapeake City Elementary School (CCES), so the association bring together all of its ministries and programs under one roof.
The CCEAâs President, Deborah Forsythe, compared the organization to a tripod, made up of three general programming areas: feeding ministries that provide food aid, educational ministries, and health and wellness ministries. The CCEA currently pays rent to two different locations.
The Cecil County Public Library (CCPL) is going to cut back on their grand opening plans for the new North East branch as a result of an operating budget cut from County Executive Danielle Hornbergerâs proposed 2022 budget. Library Director Morgan Miller said that the cut represents an anomaly in the state.
âIn terms of other Maryland library systems, Iâm not hearing of any that have been cut,â said Miller at the board of library trustees meeting on April 8. âI have certainly heard of flat funding in other places including Harford County, but so far, I know that Cecil is probably the only one to receive a cut of this significance.â
Danielle Hornberger
ELKTON â County Executive Danielle Hornbergerâs fiscal year 2022 budget proposal calls for a 1.3 percent property tax cut.
If approved, it would be the first reduction in property taxes since the charter government was established in 2010.
âWhen I was talking to community members, the number one issue people struggled with was high taxes,â said Hornberger, who made tax cuts a cornerstone of her campaign in 2020.
The tax reduction comes with a decrease in the year-over-year growth of the general fund. General fund expenditures are set to increase by 1.6 percent in 2022 compared to the 2021 budgetâs 2.4 percent increase. Hornberger said this reduction does not represent a decrease in services as much as reduction in spending on capital projects, as well as the consolidation of contracts to be more efficient and enable better use of federal funds.