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Easton council supportive of potential spike in hotel tax rate
EASTON — A plan to increase the accommodation tax rate in Talbot County was presented to the Easton Town Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. Cassandra Vanhooser, the county’s director of economic development and tourism, recommended the increase to the council. It would raise the accommodation tax, or hotel tax, from 4% to 6% in the county. “Anybody who’s renting a room to someone for less than four months who’s considered...
Sleeping Man Behind The Wheel Busted With Drugs, Gun In Brooklyn: Police
Brooklyn resident Tyler Andrew Ernest was arrested on Wednesday morning following a welfare check of a man who was unresponsive in the driver's seat of a vehicle. The incident was reported at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 4 on Church Street, near Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn. According to the Anne...
The Weekend Blitz: Week 1 Football Capsules
The lights of Friday night will return this evening for teams across Cecil County. And while the allure of high school football will compete with a nationally televised NFL game in a different continent, there is plenty of local action on the gridiron to watch tonight. Elkton vs. Rising Sun, 7 p.m. For the fourth straight season, Elkton and Rising Sun will meet to open the fall. While matchups in...
Enforcement action issued against W.L. Gore plants in Cecil County over PFAS chemicals
CECIL COUNTY — An Enforcement Action has been filed against W.L. Gore in a move that attorneys for the neighbors surrounding three of the material science company’s plants — Cherry Hill, Fair Hill and Appleton Road — say will get swift remediation of their contaminated water supplies. In Feb. 2023, a Class Action suit was filed against the Cherry Hill plant, claiming that the international textile manufacturing company released per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also known as PFAs or “forever chemicals” into the air and water....
Colonel Henry Hollingsworth to be remembered Saturday
ELKTON — The Historical Society of Cecil County is joining with the Col. Henry Hollingsworth Maryland Society Sons of the American Revolution on Saturday at noon to remember the Revolutionary War hero who is the chapter’s namesake. While this has been a regular occurrence of the SAR chapter — founded in Cecil County more than 50 years ago — Paula Newton, executive director of HSCC, says this is the first time they have joined. ...
Police: Suspect impersonated cop, fire police officers in Cecil County
ELKTON — Investigators have filed criminal charges against an Elkton man who allegedly impersonated first responders at emergency scenes in Cecil County on multiple occasions since February, according to court records. The suspect — Tyrone Harris Demps, 34 — is charged with impersonating a police officer, impersonating a member of an emergency squad and impersonating a uniformed officer, court records show. Cecil County Sheriff’s Office Det. William Muller, lead investigator,...
New Maryland state record Yellowedge Grouper catch made in Poorman's Canyon off Ocean City
A fish caught in Poorman's Canyon off of Ocean City, Maryland became a state world record holder, and the first state record holder of its species. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced on Sept. 4 that Jian Feng Li of Silver Spring, Maryland has been recognized as the first state record holder...
Town short on funding for Port Street infrastructure project
EASTON — The Easton Town Council learned at Tuesday’s meeting that the town is well short of necessary funds to complete an infrastructure project on Port Street, leading to a lengthy back-and-forth between councilmembers and town employees. Town Engineer Rick Van Emburgh and Mayor Megan Cook presented Ordinance 828 to the council, which would reallocate four separate amounts of fiscal year 2025 carry forward capital funds. Two of the proposed...
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