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  • Wine Comes to Maryland Farmers Markets

    There’s a new product that will be showing up at Maryland farmers markets beginning June 1st.

    A measure approved by the state legislature will allow wine tasting and Maryland wine to be sold at such sites.

    Layton’s Chance winery in Dorchester County told WBOC that bringing wine to the table will attract more customers.

    Carol Levy-Ruark, a vender at the Farmers Market in Cambridge, told the station that she thought this was an idea whose time had come.

    But local police say that they will be keeping a close eye on who tastes and drives.

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  • Tom Stevenson New Salisbury City Administrator

    Tom Stevenson will be taking over the city administrator’s job in Salisbury on an interim basis but he told a news conference that he does plan to apply for the position.

    He is head of the Neighborhood Services and code Compliance Department and has worked with just about every department over the last quarter century.

    Stevenson will be replacing John Pick who announced his retirement this week and will depart June 28th.

    Mayor Jim Ireton said that the city will hire a consultant in the national search for Pick’s replacement.

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  • Two Arrests In Ocean City Cigarette Smuggling Ring; Alleged Terrorist Ties (Update)

    Two brothers were arrested in Ocean City accused of a cigarette smuggling scheme.

    42-year old Basel Ramadan has been described as the ring leader and boss of – what authorities called an untaxed cigarette distribution enterprise --  along with his 39 year old brother Samir Ramadan considered his right hand man.

    Police seized $1.4 million in cash along with three handguns.

    The paper reports that a 303 page indictment charges the two with control and disbursement of cash from the enterprise.

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  • Shellfish Harvesting Ban for Love Creek

    REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) - Delaware environment officials are barring shellfish harvesting in the northwest portion of Love Creek, a tributary of Rehoboth Bay.

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