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Glade Valley Government 

Frederick County Government Offices to Be Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

Frederick County - News Flash

Frederick County Government offices will be closed on Monday, January 18, for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Offices will return to regularly scheduled hours on Tuesday, January 19. Clarifications to the schedule: The Animal Control Center will be open on January 18 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. with the showing of animals and adoptions from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Details: www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/animalcontrol or call 301-600-1546. The Frederick County Board of Elections will be closed on January 18. Details: www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/elections or call 301-600-VOTE (8683). Curbside Recycling & Landfill: There will be curbside…

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Racheff Ready to Undertake Frederick County Comprehensive Plan Update

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George Wenschhof First time elected Frederick County executive Jan Gardner (D) after spending her first year in office undoing many of the legislative actions undertaken by the previous board of county commissioners led by Blaine Young (R), has now turned her attention to an update

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New Voting System for 2016 Elections

Frederick County - News Flash

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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County Calls for Critical Farms Program Applications

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The Frederick Agricultural Land Preservation Program has opened up an application cycle for the Frederick County Critical Farms Program. The Critical Farms Program assists full-time farmers in purchasing new farmland and also works to preserve the land. Frederick County is one of only two jurisdictions in Maryland with a Critical Farms Program. Since the county program began in 1994, it has assisted 37 farmers in acquiring farms and preserved more than 4,600 acres of farmland. The program was created to help farmers compete with non-farm buyers who oftentimes have resources…

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