The Town of Charlestown will be participating in the mosquito spraying program run by the Maryland Department of Agriculture during the months of June, July and August. Spraying will occur bi-weekly on Tuesday mornings beginning between 2AM and 3Am. The first spraying will occur on June 5, 2018. We strongly suggest that you sleep with windows closed on Monday nights during the weeks of spraying. For more information, including the Policy on Objection to Mosquito Control services and related exemption form if you wish to be excluded from the program, please visit the Dept. of Agriculture Mosquito Control Website here.
The schedule will be: September 25th. Please mark your calendars!
The brochure entitled “Help Control Mosquitoes that Spread Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika Viruses” is here: mosquitos
IS WEDNESDAY September 26, 2018 MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CALLED IN YOUR ITEMS BY TUESDAY, September 25th. FOR PICK-UP: CALL Town Hall @ 410-287-6173. LEAVE MESSAGE IF NO ANSWER with address, name, phone number and brief description of items to be picked up. HAVE THEM OUT BY 7AM OR THE NIGHT BEFORE. Please do not put items out in advance of the date. Doing so makes your neighborhood unsightly.
Join us on Sunday, October 14 from 1 to 3 PM at the Tory House Museum, 343 Market Street for an afternoon of Colonial games and crafts for children ages 12 and under. Please let Town Hall 410-287-6173 know if you plan to attend so enough supplies are on hand. Come enjoy fall in the old fashioned way!
Join us on Friday, October 26th beginning at 4:00 PM, for our annual parade and costume contest. The Charlestown Fire Company, Cecil County Sheriff’s Department and the PVHS marching band will be here. The parade takes off at 4:30 PM from the fire hall down Market Street to Water Street and parades to Avalon Park to have a costume contest with prizes for the top three in each category and treats! The age groups; 0-3, 4-8, 9-13 and 14 & up. Come bring the kids and have some fun! The Avalon Stage Official Opening will take place at the conclusion of the parade. The stage is perfect for showcasing the Perryville High School Marching Band. Come view the exciting Halloween costume judging as winners take front stage. Enjoy this great location with wonderful water views and a sense of theater. Suitable for a variety of events, concerts, and celebrations of all kinds. Naturally beautiful!