Editorial Elections Glade Valley 

Brad Young on His Re-Election Bid for the Board of Education

I am running for re-election to the Board of Education for Frederick County. I am currently serving as President of the Board and have been President the past 4 years.  I have a deep passion for education and also a life-time experience working in the financial field. Managing an over $600 million dollar operating budget and dealing with current capital projects of over $100 million takes someone that has the financial experience to make the right decisions on how the Board’s budget is being spent. We have to make sure…

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Glade Valley Government 

Biggs Ford Solar Center Meeting at Library

There will be a Community Meeting this Wednesday to discuss the proposed Biggs Ford Solar Center. The meeting will be held at the Walkersville Library at 6 p.m. The property consists of 151 acres at the corner of Dublin Road and Biggs Ford Road. The address is 8300 Biggs Ford Road. A trust listing former Walkersville Burgess Ralph Whitmore as the trustee owns the farm. The applicants withdrew their original application for their facility after County Executive Jan Gardner placed a moratorium in January 2016 on such zoning requests while…

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Community Education Glade Valley 

May Fundraisers for WHS

Menchie FroYo Dine Out- May 9th from 12:00pm to 10:00 pm, please mention in support of WHS Music.  For questions please contact KimberlySnyder@fundraising@lions-music.org   Buffalo Wild Wings Dine Out- May 9th from 11:00 am to 1:00 am, please mention in support of WHS Music.  For questions please contact KimberlySnyder@fundraising@lions-music.org   Mattress Sale- May 12th- Mattress for Sale at Walkersville High School-WHS Band Boosters For questions please contact Alexander Loy at Alexander.Loy@fcps.org   Blessings in a Backpack- Boy Lacrosse will collect food items at home games to donate to Blessings in a…

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Elections Glade Valley 

Town of Walkersville Seeking Election Judges

The Town of Walkersville will appoint its Election Judges at the May 23, 2018 Town Meeting. Five judges and two alternates will be appointed to serve at the Monday, September 10, 2018 election. Polls open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Any eligible citizen interested in being appointed is asked to submit a letter of interest by Friday, May 18, 2018, 4:30 p.m. to the Town office at 21 West Frederick Street, P.O. Box 249, Walkersville, MD 21793.

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