Talbot County appeals the denial of dispositive motions filed throughout employees' wrongful termination case. It presents a single question for our review, which we have rephrased as follows: Whether the language in the employee handbook was sufficient to preclude appellees’ reliance on the layoff provisions of the document

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The town of Easton will no longer have a personal property tax for manufacturers, the town and the Talbot County Council have decided.

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A federal judge has put a cork in a fledgling Talbot County winery. Chateau Bu-De LLC will be allowed to grow and harvest grapes but cannot process them into wine on the property.

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ANNAPOLIS — An 81-year-old swing-span bridge on the Eastern Shore that has concerned residents for years because it has been prone to break down will be replaced with a new $50 million bridge, Maryland officials announced Thursday. Problems with the ...

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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 ...

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EASTON — Karen Salmon, superintendent of the Talbot County schools for 10 years, has announced her plans to retire. Salmon, who has worked in the county’s public schools for 24 years, says she will step down on July 31. Salmon ...

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A Maryland Emergency Management Agency spokesman says heavy rains are causing scattered power outages and road closures. MEMA spokesman Ed McDonough says Talbot County has been hit the hardest with heavy rains leading to some road closures on Sunday. The ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture requesting a Secretarial Disaster Designation for all Maryland counties impacted by the severe dry weather and excessive heat during the months of June and July. “ ...

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EASTON — A wind and solar power project proposed for a Talbot County wastewater treatment plant has been canceled by the county council. Council members said at Tuesday’s meeting that the expected electricity savings of $13,000 to $15,000 was not ...

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An appellate court has revived a mother’s $30 million claim that an ambulance company’s negligence caused her son to suffer permanent brain damage. The Court of Special Appeals said a Talbot County judge had wrongly dismissed Karen Murray’s lawsuit against ...

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