Lisa Longest's Blog

I will be holding an open house at these two locations (both in same building) this Saturday September 17, 2011 from 1-4 pm. I would like for you to visit me during this time. Bayside community is a wonderful place to live here on kent island. It is close to Bay bridge, schools, restaurants, and ...

On July 22,2011 there was a special ceremony to give the Kent Narrows Drawbridge a new name.  Why the name change?  It's honoring the memory of the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay.  Sonny Shuiltz, a former Queen Anne's County commissioner was a speaker at this event, which was quite appropriate co...

Heating and cooling a home today is not cheap.  Consumers over the years have expressed concerns about increasing utility costs and some are rejecting homes with two-story great  rooms and walls of windows-often costly to heat and cool.  But purchasing a solar heating system, installing new doubl...

Well, most of you know I have my Eco-Broker designation now.   Therefore, it brings me great pleasure to announce to all of you our new waterfront community.....Homes at Osprey Pointe. This is the East Coast's FIRST GeoSolar Community, consisting of 12 luxury single family homes and 2 luxury town...

There are so many poems on friendship. Friendship that last throughout the years, through thick and thin. Yet, this friendship has an even longer endurance and presents many memories-history; if only it could relate them. We know of some of its history. Let me share some of it with you. Friendshi...

Well, I would like to let you know about another community here in Stevensville MD located on Kent Island. It is known as Kent Island Estates. Kent Island Estates is divided down the middle by Rt 8 South. One half is named after maryland counties, the other half is named after Maryland states. Th...

So, There's no fireworks this year at the Kent Narrows Bridge? Nope- Centreville, Rock Hall, Easton, St. Michaels, and Annapolis are where you will have to travel, unless you live in Kent Island Estates like I do. Pull up a chair and just watch the sky. Lots of neighbors setting off fireworks. Or...

Since I have recently earned my Eco-Broker Designation that encourages "Green Living", I thought I would incorporate some "green" facts into my blogs dealing with local issues in Stevensville MD located on Kent Island. The first topic I will consider is Energy-Efficient Mortgages.  Have you ever ...

The steadfast mailman- delivers the mail in rain, hail, sleet, or snow, I think it was a little different in the early 20th century. Think of covered wagons and horse-drawn sleighs that pull up to the 730 sq ft building known as the Stevensville Post Office, with mail carriers collecting the mail...

We have a number of parks on Kent Island, such as Matapeake State Park, Terrapin Beach nature Park and Mowbray Park, and I will discuss these on a later blog.  I want to talk about the Cross Island Trail. It's a linear park in Queen Anne's County offering an avenue of safe non-vehicular transpor...