Free WiFi Coming To Chestertown

Chestertown’s downtown public parks will have free wireless access perhaps as soon as this month thanks to an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project and cooperation between the Town and Main Street Historic Chestertown. The ARRA project involved running a trunk fiber optic cable from Cecil County to Talbot, passing through Chestertown along the way. While the town of Chestertown did not solicit for the project, it benefits from it as the cable will provide enough bandwidth for WiFi availabilities in Fountain Park and Memorial Park. The Town was able to install WiFi equipment to make use of this cable with money from a $30,000 Maryland Community Legacy Grant.