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1 week ago | 
stardem.com | Konner Metz
EASTON — At its May 27 meeting, the Talbot County Council took the following actions:Unanimously passed a final budget ordinance for fiscal year 2026 in the amount of $161.1 million. Council OK'd an amendment package with a handful of adjustments, including an additional $600,000 in funding for Talbot County Public Schools. Presented a proclamation to Chesapeake Music for its 40th anniversary. Permitted the return of $400,000 in grant funding to the state.
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1 week ago | 
stardem.com | Konner Metz
EASTON — Talbot County made good on its promise to deliver a flat, conservative budget for fiscal year 2026. The County Council unanimously passed a $161.1 million spending plan Tuesday. It comes in at nearly $3 million under last year's budget amid what County Manager Clay Stamp calls "uncharted waters.""The economic landscape out there is a bumpy ride right now," Stamp said.
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1 week ago | 
stardem.com | Konner Metz
An article in Wednesday's Star Democrat incorrectly named the guest speaker for an upcoming ceremony at the Eastern Shore Veterans Ceremony on Friday. Ross Cohen, acting secretary for the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families, will speak at the event.
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1 week ago | 
stardem.com | Konner Metz
EASTON — A serious crash on Route 50 Tuesday afternoon injured four people, according to the Maryland State Police. Just before 4 p.m., state police responded to a two-vehicle accident on Route 50 near Schwaninger Road. The crash was just south of Easton across from the Koons Toyota dealership. A spokesperson for the Maryland State Police said Wednesday the crash involved a truck and a minivan. Both drivers were flown to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury for treatment.
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1 week ago | 
stardem.com | Konner Metz
EASTON — A serious crash late Tuesday afternoon caused traffic backups and a temporary closure on Route 50 just south of Easton. Talbot County Emergency Services advised drivers in a Facebook post around 4:30 p.m. to avoid the area of Route 50 near Koons Easton Toyota. Police, fire and emergency agencies were on scene, staged on Route 50 near Schwaninger Road. Just after 5:30 p.m., the Department of Emergency Services announced all Route 50 lanes were reopened. This is a developing story.
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1 week ago | 
stardem.com | Konner Metz
HURLOCK — Around 100 volunteers placed thousands of flags on graves at the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery Saturday morning just outside Hurlock. When the gates opened at 8 a.m., volunteers made quick work of the flag display, cemetery Superintendent Dean Arcoraci said. American flags whipped in the wind along with many Military Order of the Purple Heart flags honoring those killed or wounded in action. “There’s a lot of tradition here,” Arcoraci said of the annual flag display.
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1 week ago | 
stardem.com | Konner Metz
EASTON — Cpl. Joseph Schinault still remembers the first time his K-9 partner Murph tracked down a suspect. The Belgian malinois and German shepherd mix located a residence in the Doverbrook Apartments an unarmed robbery suspect ran to with stolen items. It was the dog’s first tracking mission and far from his last. Starting in 2018, Murph served as an integral part of vehicle searches and the Easton Police Department’s crisis response unit.
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1 week ago | 
myeasternshoremd.com | Konner Metz
Lon Holmberg was in Charlottesville, Virginia, seeing college friends in 1969 after he received his draft notice, when novelist and University of Virginia professor George Garrett gave him some advice. “Make lemonade out of lemons,” Holmberg recalls Garrett telling him, encouraging him to write a book on his soon-to-be life-changing experience in Vietnam. More than 50 years later, Holmberg did just that.
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2 weeks ago | 
stardem.com | Konner Metz
EASTON — In just a handful of months, K-9 Knox is making an impact at the Easton Police Department. The nearly 2-year-old black lab completed training in January. In 2025’s first quarter alone, she was deployed 17 times, making six drug arrests alongside her handler, Pfc. Mark Schinault. “She has that drive for her reward, her toy after she does a good scan,” Schinault said. “That means the world to her, so she’s very driven to work.”Knox is part of Easton’s new guard of K-9s.
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2 weeks ago | 
stardem.com | Konner Metz
Lon Holmberg was in Charlottesville, Virginia, seeing college friends in 1969 after he received his draft notice, when novelist and University of Virginia professor George Garrett gave him some advice. "Make lemonade out of lemons," Holmberg recalls Garrett telling him, encouraging him to write a book on his soon-to-be life-changing experience in Vietnam. More than 50 years later, Holmberg did just that.
