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Dollar Kingdom Closing

Dollar Kingdom in the Walkers Village Shopping Center will soon close its doors in one week. The Columba family of Walkersville opened the store about fifteen years ago, and continue to operate the business. By 2010, the store moved to a larger space in the shopping center while other businesses vacated. The business kept a steady customer base offering a variety of products including household supplies, balloons, toys, and more. Mr. Columba, owner and face of the store, alluded to the closing over a year ago, but the store remained…

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Old Town Mixed Use Lot Size Requirements

The Town of Walkersville’s Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 27, 2013 to consider reducing lot size requirements for mixed use properties in the Old Town Mixed Use District.  The Burgess and Commissioners will hold a public hearing the following evening, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.  Both public hearings will be at Walkersville Town Hall and begin at 7:30 p.m. The proposed ordinance appears to address one property in town, the old Walkersville Market property on the corner of Maple Avenue and Maryland Avenue.  The building was most…

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