Kerri Clear | St. Michaels Community Center
Kerri Clear of Easton was named executive chef at the St. Michaels Community Center, where she is responsible for creating healthful, nutritious menus for SMCC’s Community Café. Clear also will be working with local chefs and food distribution programs to coordinate food donations, including fresh produce and cooked dishes. The St. Michaels Community Center’s Community […]
Maryland food processing equipment designer buys manufacturing firm
A Maryland builder of custom equipment and processes for food, dairy, pharmaceutical, semiconductor and chemical engineering companies has gained the ability to manufacture products in-house after it bought a Minnesota equipment fabricator.
Easton hotel renovates 20 more rooms
The Tidewater Inn, a luxury hotel in Easton, recently completed another phase of its renovations, which began in 2016.
Aphena Pharma increases controlled substances storage capacity
Aphena Pharma Solutions Inc., a Tennessee-based contract pharmaceutical packaging company, has expanded its liquid and semisolids division in Maryland.
Hogan to speak at new Dover Bridge opening
Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to mark the opening of the new Dover Bridge near Easton.
Quality Health Strategies rebrands as Qlarant
Quality Health Strategies Inc., a health care company based in Easton, has rebranded its subsidiaries.
Parent of Shore United Bank reports quarterly dividend
Shore United Bank’s corporate parent will maintain the level of its quarterly stock dividend. The board of directors of Easton-based Shore Bancshares Inc. has declared a quarterly common stock dividend in the amount of 3 cents per share, payable Aug. 31, 2016 to stockholders of record on Aug. 15, 2016. The 3-cent dividend is the same as it was […]
Firm eyes Easton for medical marijuana factory
EASTON — A year after a state law was updated to allow commercial entities to grow and dispense medical marijuana, a group specializing in cultivating the product has unveiled plans to set up a medical marijuana growing facility in Easton. On Monday, CBD Wellness Group made a presentation to the Easton town council during a […]
Easton eliminates personal property tax for manufacturers
The town of Easton will no longer have a personal property tax for manufacturers, the town and the Talbot County Council have decided.
Man sentenced to 20 years in Md. sex trafficking case
A man who operated brothels in Annapolis and Easton has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking. Twenty-six-year-old Kevin Garcia Fuertes was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Baltimore. Fuertes, a Honduran citizen in the U.S. illegally, faces deportation when his sentence is completed. According to government evidence […]
Statement, ballistics excluded in guilty finding
EASTON — Almost 40 years have passed since a Talbot County Circuit Court jury found Merle W. Unger Jr. guilty of first-degree felony murder in the December 1975 shooting of Hagerstown police officer Donald Kline. Unger was granted a new trial in 2012 by the Maryland Court of Appeals based on the grounds his jury […]
Retrial brings conviction in Md. officer’s slaying
EASTON — The retrial of a man convicted of murdering a Hagerstown police officer has produced the same verdict as in 1976: guilty of first-degree felony murder. Talbot County Circuit Judge Broughton Earnest announced his verdict Tuesday in the retrial of 63-year-old Merle Unger Jr. Earnest also found Unger guilty of armed robbery and a […]