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Hancock to repay $600K state grant due to cannabis business ties

by Geoff Fox

Hancock town officials have voted to repay a $600,000 grant from the Maryland Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) because the improvements it paid for have been used in connection with the Harvest medical cannabis operation.

The grant was received to revamp and repair the former Fleetwood Building, known as the Stanley Fulton Building. The building’s first occupant, Evolve, produced garden stones there, but the business has closed.

According to town…

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