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Frederick County Executive Proposes County Veterans Commission

Frederick County - News Flash

Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner today unveiled her plan to establish a Commission on Veterans Affairs, which would provide a forum for the county’s 17,000 veterans to voice issues and ideas and serve as a conduit to connect veterans to resources and information. “I firmly believe we need to do our utmost to ensure that our veterans are fully supported and are connected to the resources they need,” Executive Gardner said. “These men and women defended our freedoms at great sacrifice to themselves and their families. It is our duty to ensure they have access to…

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Rutters Returns to Planning Commission Agenda Tuesday

GladeValley.net Staff

The Walkersville Planning Commission’s Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 covers a lot of ground. Two items regarding one project promise to draw enough of a crowd to move the meeting upstairs to the large meeting room of Walkersville’s Town Hall; Site Plan/Site Improvement Plans and an Addition Plat for a proposed Rutter’s Convenience Store and Gas Station appear as the last two items on the Planning Commission’s agenda. The plans to build a Rutter’s gas station and convenience store drew a small group of opponents to a meeting…

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Glade Valley Government 

County Executive Gardner Proposes Legislation to Manage Impact of Residential Growth

Frederick County - News Flash

Last week, Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner provided information on residential growth in Frederick County. Her public information briefing covered the residential growth that is coming based on approvals by the prior administration, defined the impact on roads and schools and the cost to build needed roads and schools, and outlined what her next steps will be. “I, along with every taxpayer in Frederick County, was dealt a bad hand by the prior administration, who signed 14 contracts with developers that will create severe school overcrowding and traffic congestion in…

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