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7 candidates vie for 3 St. Michaels commissioner seats
Voters in St. Michaels will have the opportunity to elect three town commissioners next week. The town’s election will take place Monday, May 6, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Christ Church Etherton Hall, located at 103 Willow Street. The term of office for the three top vote winners is four years, expiring in June 2028. The Star Democrat reached out to the seven candidates competing for the seats...
County turns out for Talbot Day celebration
EASTON — Over 150 members of the Talbot County community, clad in purple and red, gathered on the Talbot County Courthouse lawn Thursday evening to celebrate those who make Talbot County a better place. Citations, volunteer awards and poster-making recognitions were given in honor of Talbot Day, an annual celebration of the county and the people who live and work there. Established in 1983 by unanimous proclamation of the County...
Easton man charged in home invasion kidnapping case
TRAPPE, Md. – An Easton man has been arrested in connection with a home invasion last month in Trappe. The Talbot County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division has taken 22-year-old Yahjay Greene into custody. On March 23, Deputies were called to Howell Point Road for a report of...
Annapolis Grandmother Wins $229,680 Waiting For Chicken Order
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A grandmother from Annapolis was reduced briefly to tears of joy April 26 at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore as she recounted finding out she had won nearly a quarter of a million dollars on a Maryland Lottery FAST PLAY ticket. “This is real!” she said...
St. Michaels commissioners honor Eagle Scout
St. Michaels — On Wednesday evening, the Commissioners of St. Michaels voted to approve a certificate of achievement for Jacob James Villefort for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Villefort has been a Scout for 12 years, earning 23 merit badges and holding leadership positions of control leader, quartermaster and assistant senior patrol leader in Troop 741. Commission President David Breimhurst said that this was the third Eagle Scout he...
Chesapeake Multicultural after-school program lets students learn through taste
EASTON — On Thursday evening, over a dozen fourth and fifth graders walked through Bonheur Ice Cream and Pie in downtown Easton and learned from local chefs of the profession of devoting themselves to sweets. These students are part of the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center After-school Program, a program designed to enrich Hispanic elementary school students of Talbot County. During the program, students focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics;...
Candidates for Commissioners of St. Michaels appeal to local business community
ST. MICHAELS — Several key issues impacting St. Michaels’ business community were raised during a Tuesday evening candidate forum hosted by the St. Michaels Business Association. All seven candidates for the town’s three commissioner seats attended and made their case to St. Michaels business owners ahead of the town’s election next month. Many topics were discussed during the forum, but the most prevalent of them was the relationship between residents...
The saga of Jesse Griffith, notorious, murdering member of Patty Cannon's gang
At 11 o’clock on Aug. 16, 1820, the condemned man was brought out of the Cambridge, Maryland, jail dressed in his burial shroud. Taking a seat on a cart, which was followed by several ministers, Jesse Griffith began the slow procession to the place of execution. The Griffith brothers join Patty Cannon's gang of crooks ...
Annapolis Fire Station Introduces New Fire/Dive Boat
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – On April 25, 2024, Annapolis Neck Fire Station – Station 8 put into service a 26’ Munson center-console aluminum hull fire/dive boat. Boat 8 (BT8) is the first of three new boats slated to go into service this year for the department. BT8 is cutting-edge and will bolster our capability to respond to and mitigate emergencies on the waterways in Anne Arundel County.
Proposed FY2025 Easton tax rate same as FY2024
EASTON — The Easton property tax rate proposed for fiscal year 2025 is the same as the fiscal year 2024 tax rate. Easton Mayor Megan Cook said in an email that the proposed tax rate is 0.52 cents per assessed $100 of value, the same as fiscal year 2024. She said the last time the rate was increased was in 2007, and it took effect with the 2008 tax billings. ...
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