Necessity is the mother of invention and when COVID-19 arrived on the Mid-Shore in March, many of the Shore’s businesses had to reinvent how they were delivering goods and services. The Talbot County Emergency Operations Center is helping businesses and organizations to understand CDC and Health Department requirements. With the popular Easton Farmers Market scheduled […]
Starting on Monday, April 6th we are taking orders via phone and website. We are putting (hopefully) everything in the store online for you to virtually browse as we will close the doors to the public. This is an effort to continue to provide you with the foods you enjoy and preserve the saftey of […]
The Academy Art Museum is providing various forms of art engagement while the museum is tentatively closed until April 30, 2020. The sudden arrival of the coronavirus (Covid–19) on the Eastern Shore has left people of all ages shocked and confused. Children, in particular, may be feeling sad, angry, frustrated or bored. The Museum is […]
A Time for Togetherness- To say these are trying times is quite obviously an understatement. We’ve never been through something like this before, not as a community, state, nation, nor world. But beneath the frustration and bewilderment, I’ve seen hope and perseverance from our business community, and it makes me optimistic that our Easton businesses […]
Compassion, Empathy and Self-Regulation Can Help in a Time of Stress and Uncertainty We are home and now we are on lockdown following Governor Hogan’s latest message delivered on Monday, March 30, but for some of us, we have been home together for weeks now – home with our kids, our spouses, and even our […]
Talbot Hospice has been the premier end-of-life resource for Talbot County for almost four decades. It was voted Outstanding Nonprofit by the Talbot County Chamber of Commerce in 2019 and was recognized as “Best in Hospice Care” by the What’s Up Eastern Shore Magazine’s Reader Poll for the past three years. While hospice care and […]
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mid-Shore Community Foundation has established a COVID-19 Response Fund to rapidly deploy resources to community-based organizations at the frontline of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Foundation made a leadership gift of $100,000. Avon-Dixon Insurance Agency, Choptank Transport, Preston Automotive Group and Shore Bancshares quickly joined the response effort with generous […]
Good afternoon, We are pleased to report that our Easton business gift card program has been well received and widely used. We have sold over $8,000 in gift cards so far, and every bit of that has gone towards supporting our Easton businesses. Governor Larry Hogan announced this morning that he is issuing a stay-at-home order, directing […]
Dear Main Street America Friends, If there’s one thing we know at Main Street America, it’s that the numbers matter. Over the last four decades, the Main Street America Network has painstakingly measured the impact of our work. Those numbers help us articulate the value of our work and make the case for the economic […]
As part of efforts to connect customers with the small businesses that need them most, Discover Easton has introduced Social Distancing Bingo as a fun way to safely support local businesses. The bingo card offers fun challenges for locals to complete. Each task benefits a local business, strengthens bonds to the community, and offers a […]