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Walkersville Candidates’ Forum Lets Citizens Hear from Candidates

September 7, 2018 Michael Kuster2018 election, Walkersville

The Town of Walkersville hosted a Candidates’ Forum last night at Town Hall. Candidates for Walkersville Burgess and Town Commissioners were all invited. All three of the Burgess candidates and ten of the eleven candidates for Town Commissioner participated; Burgess Candidate Russ Winch participated remotely, and Commissioner Candidate John Zimmerman could not attend. A crowd of approximately 100 citizens listened to each candidate give their five minute stump speech and ask for their vote in Monday’s election. Following the speeches, candidates mingled with voters. GladeValley.net’s Publisher, Michael Kuster moderated and…

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Walkersville Among Cities and Towns Lauded for Supporting Business

September 6, 2018September 7, 2018 Frederick County - News FlashFrederick County

The Frederick County Office of Economic Development (OED) announces the first Municipalities Impact Awards were held yesterday at the Middletown Fire Hall. Ten Frederick County municipalities were honored for their commitments to supporting businesses. The event is a project of OED and began with a survey to municipalities in 2017 to gather economic impact data from each town. The Municipalities Impact Awards were created to recognize the projects and initiatives that municipal elected officials and municipal staff work on every day to help support OED’s overall goals of increasing the number of jobs and businesses…