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Vacant Commercial Properties and Blight in Walkers Village Center

October 7, 2014October 6, 2014 GladeValley.net Staffabandoned, blight, commercial property, graffiti, lease, Shopping Center, vacant, vandalism, Walkers Village Center

Walkersville continues to endure vacant commercial properties, and the problems associated with those properties. The concentration of the problems lies on the western end of Walkersville’s commercial districts. Some of these properties have sat vacant for decades. Most have sat vacant for more than a decade, and most are owned by one company. The majority of the properties are part of Walkers Village Center, an 86,231 square foot shopping center. Anchored by Safeway, the shopping center provides a dry-cleaner, a veterinarian’s office, a Chinese restaurant, a flooring store, Subway, Dollar…

Walkersville Man Pepper Sprayed by Trooper

September 30, 2014 GladeValley.net StaffFNP, pepper spray, Walkersville

From the FNP: A Maryland State Police Trooper used pepper spray after being shoved by a Walkersville man . . . (Read the story at The Frederick News Post).

Sinkholes and Fences Dominate Town Hall Meeting

September 30, 2014September 29, 2014 GladeValley.net Staffburgess, commissioners, Fences, sinkholes, Town of Walkersville

The Town of Walkersville’s Burgess and Town Commissioners met Wednesday evening to discuss fences and sinkholes. Both have been discussed a lot lately at town hall this year. The fencing ordinance came after one property owner built a fence that had been approved by town staff and later had to be moved. The resulting confrontation led Town Commissioners to direct the town’s Planning Commission to recommend changes. The Planning Commission not only updated the existing ordinance, but wrote an entire new section to the town’s code to address fences. Fencing…

Woman Dies in Woodsboro After Being Struck

September 28, 2014September 30, 2014 GladeValley.net Staffpedestrian, Sarah Ruhl, struck, unidentified, victim, Woodsboro

The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office reports that an unidentified woman between the ages of 18 and 25 years old a young woman identified as Sarah Lynn Ruhl, 30 years old, of Woodsboro died this morning after being struck by a vehicle on Maryland Route 194. Responding to a call at 6:23 a.m. Sunday, deputies found the young lady and pronounced her dead at the scene. The driver of a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, William Beacom of Detour, MD, struck a pedestrian near Route 550 along a dark and foggy Route 194. The…

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Walkersville Rezoning Withdrawn

September 25, 2014September 24, 2014 GladeValley.net StaffBell Property, development, Fences, intersections, Old Town Mixed Use, Planning Commission, rezoning, set-backs

The Pratt Family on Maple Avenue hoped to convince the Walkersville Planning Commission to rezone their property from Residential to Old Town Mixed Use Tuesday evening. After hearing from staff and the applicants, the Planning Commission explained that Maryland law forbids them from recommending a rezoning unless there was a mistake in the zoning of the property during the last comprehensive re-zoning of the whole town or if the character of the neighborhood had changed dramatically. The Planning Commission could not find either of these to be true. Commissioner…