Glade Valley Government headline 

New Voting System for 2016 Elections

County Executive Jan Gardner will introduce Frederick County’s new voting system for 2016 at her weekly public information briefing at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 14, in the first floor hearing room of Winchester Hall, 12 East Church Street, Frederick, Maryland. The briefing will be broadcast live on FCG-TV (cable channel 19) and webcast at www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/video. The new statewide system was mandated by the General Assembly in legislation passed in 2007. Maryland’s new voting system produces a voter-verifiable paper record – a “paper trail” – of each voter’s selections. During Early Voting, all voters will use…

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Glade Valley Government headline 

Walkersville Seeking Private Snow Plow Contractors

The Town of Walkersville is creating a list of potential contractors to assist with snow removal during substantial snow events. The purpose of the list is to have local names with adequate equipment that are available and interested in being on an on-call basis to help Town employees remove snow from public thoroughfares. If you desire to have your name on the list please fill out the attached form and return to: Martha Bush Town of Walkersville 21 W. Frederick Street PO Box 249 Walkersville, MD 21793 Fax: 301-845-2406 email:…

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Glade Valley headline Sports WHS Lions Pride 

Girls Basketball Goes to 9 and 1 with Win Over South Carroll

by Alec Parker from Walkersville High School’s Lion’s Pride The Lions Girls Basketball team improved their record to 9-1 in the win over South Carroll. The score was 35-31. The Lions started of strong scoring 8 consecutive points before South Carroll scored their first points. McKenzie Mathis leaded the charge with the most made shots at the end of the half, while Mackenzie White dished out a lot of assists. The Lions scored 23 in the first half. The score was 23-10. The POM’s showed at halftime to give their…

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