The Upper Shore Workforce Investment Board is responsible for coordinating employment and training initiatives across several agencies. The coordination is a requirement of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. The coordination is accomplished through a Memorandum of Understanding and Resource Sharing Agreement for the Upper Shore American Job...
EEDC spoke to Mayor Bob Willey last week about the Easton’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is his response. EEDC: What changes have been made in Easton to help deal with the Corona virus crisis? Mayor Willey: We’re going to go ahead, and as long as possible, keep the...
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Even before COVID-19 hit our area, 40% of the children in Easton Elementary schools were considered ‘food insecure.’ Through programs such as FARMs (free and reduced-priced meals) that work with Talbot County Public School (TCPS) and Sodexo (the company that provides the food), these children and others in the school...
“No race can prosper until it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.” — Booker T. Washington In the face of the unprecedented disruption to lives and livelihoods due to COVID-19, let’s look to our farmers and watermen to calm our nerves....
After 18 months of preparation, the Waterfowl Chesapeake (WC) announced the beginning of the restoration of more than 30 or the original steel-framed windows in the historic Waterfowl Building. In 2018, Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) awarded the organization $100,000 from its Historic Preservation Capital Grant Program for this project. Architectural...
SAINT MICHAELS — Hand sanitizer has been in short supply across America, and Talbot County has fared no differently. Windon Distilling is joining distilleries in Maryland and across the nation in producing safe, effective hand sanitizer for health care institutions, first responders and other organizations facing a shortage. According to...
As Council meetings will be closed to public access, until further notice, the Town of Easton will continue to meet customer needs by allowing the community access to these meetings. Meetings will be streamed live on Channel 98 local access Midshore Community Television (MCTV) and the Facebook pages of MCTV,...
Co-hosted by Chesapeake Harvest and Future Harvest CASA, this webinar explores post harvest handling and food safety practices that farmers in our region are using to meet wholesale requirements and comply with FSMA regulations. Co-hosted by Chesapeake Harvest and Future Harvest CASA, this webinar explores post harvest handling and food...
Few people are as familiar to the challenges faced by not for profits in our area during the COVID-19 crisis as the president of Mid-Shore Community Foundation (MSCF), W. W. “Buck” Duncan. Easton Economic Development spoke to him about the COVID-19 Response Fund initiative, which was set up to deploy...
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