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EASTON "Buy fresh, buy local," the familiar movement that has sparked a surge in farmers markets, community supported agriculture operations and farm-to-school programs across the country, now is making its way into the restaurant industry.

EASTON Aqua Pools & Spas recently received three awards at an event during the 2011 Association of Pool & Spa Professionals' Gordon W. Rudd Awards of Excellence at the Atlantic City Convention Center.

CENTREVILLE Crossroads Community will host its second annual Flying Pig Roast from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 5.

CAMBRIDGE - The first Dorchester Tourism Town Hall Meeting was such a success that the group has decided to meet again.

EASTON - Employees at Quality Health Strategies in Easton and its subsidiaries throughout the country wore red Feb. 3 to raise awareness among local women that heart disease is their leading health threat.

QUEENSTOWN Queenstown Bank of Maryland recently announced that Rani Ewing of Easton was chosen as the winner in the bank's preliminary round of the American Bankers Association's Lights, Camera, Save! video contest.

EASTON Ronald "Marty" Chance recently joined William Hill Manor as director of buildings and grounds.

CHESTERTOWN Barbara McLendon, Au.D., and Stacie Glover, M.S., audiologists at the Hearing Center of Chestertown LLC, recently were recognized by a third-party organization as operating an elite audiology practice.

TRAPPE - Patrick Hornberger, president of Eastwind Publishing in Trappe, was chosen as guest curator of the Lancaster County Long Rifle Exhibit to be held at the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pa.

EASTON - Chem-Dry on the Shore was one of 40 companies selected from cleaning firms across the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom to participate in the Textile Pro Program launched by rug specialist Lisa Wagner and fabric specialist Jim Pemberton.

CENTREVILLE David Thompson recently marked his 35th anniversary with CNB.

CAMBRIDGE Bill Batson, a longstanding force on the board of directors of Care & Share Inc., has announced his retirement from the board.

EASTON Another class of Eastern Shore business owners and executives recently completed the leadership development and community education program with Shore Leadership.

CAMBRIDGE The Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina received two awards at this year's Maryland Hotel and Lodging Association (MHLA) Awards.

RANDALLSTOWN Many Marylanders made the long trek to Hawaii for the 93rd annual American Farm Bureau Federation Meeting.

NEW YORK (AP) The stock market finally got a deal in Greece, but it didn't produce much of a rally.

EASTON Area residents suffering from chronic or non-healing wounds now have advanced treatments available at Shore Wound Care, a Shore Health System outpatient care facility that opened Jan. 30 on Dutchman's Lane in Easton.

EASTON In an effort to match convenience with a growing demand for tax services, Easton Mayor Robert Willey, Talbot County Chamber of Commerce President Al Silverstein and local H&R Block professionals recently celebrated the re-opening of H&R Block's office located at the Shoppes at Easton and H&R Block's new location inside the Easton Walmart.

NEW YORK (AP) Stocks staged an afternoon-long rally and closed higher Wednesday as Greece appeared to close in on the cost-cutting deal it needs to keep from defaulting on its national debt.

STEVENSVILLE Liberty Tax Service has opened a new office on Kent Island at the Thompson Creek Mall in Stevensville.

CHESTERTOWN Influential international banker Raghavan Seetharaman, chief executive officer of Qatar-based Doha Bank, will deliver the inaugural address for the new George Washington Leadership Series at Washington College.

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EASTON Easton once again will have a Golden Corral come Sunday, when the restaurant opens off U.S. Route 50 for lunch and dinner.

EASTON -- Easton once again will have a Golden Corral come Sunday, when the restaurant is scheduled to open off U.S. Route 50 for lunch and dinner.

EASTON - In 1969, when Walter Winston of Preston came to work as the part-time custodian at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, then known as the Academy of the Arts, the organization was only 11 years old.