Elections Glade Valley headline 

Debbie Zimmerman Seeks Re-Election

GladeValley.net has invited each candidate to answer the same set of questions to provide voters in The Town of Walkersville with some information to help them make a decision at the polls on September 14, 2015. TELL ABOUT YOURSELF: Born and Raised in the Walkersville area.   My family (husband, son, brother-in-law and nephew) operates Auburn Farms, Inc. located on Stauffer Road in Walkersville.  Auburn Farms is a family run dairy operation milking 250 cows twice a day.  My husband, John Zimmerman, Jr., is a member of Walkersville’s Planning and Zoning…

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Community Crime Glade Valley 

Lamp Post Ripped Down

Not long after the Coca-Cola machine at Walkersville Pharmacy was toppled by vandals, one of Colony Village’s decorative lamp posts along South Glade Road met a similar fate. There was no indication as to the cause of the damage, but the lamp post has been “coned-off” for safety. The lamp post is not far from the damaged soda machine. It is also very close to a busy intersection for pedestrians, children on bicycles and scooters, and a large bus stop for Glade Elementary School students.

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Crime Glade Valley headline 

Vandalism Costs More Than Aesthetics

The staff at the Walkersville Pharmacy arrived at work earlier this week to find the Coke machine in front of the pharmacy on its side and its power cord ripped out of the wall. This was the second time in about a month. A previous machine was bolted to the ground after vandals kept damaging the machine. The machine is owned by Coca-Cola, who told the pharmacy that the machine will probably not be replaced. “They can’t afford to keep fixing and replacing machines,” a pharmacy employee explained. Over the…

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Crime Glade Valley Government headline 

Walkersville Schedules Public Hearing on Crime

As discussed during a Town Meeting last month, the Town of Walkersville will host a public hearing on crime in Walkersville. The public hearing has been schedule for September 9, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Walkersville’s Town Hall. The meeting was proposed by Town Commissioner Chad Weddle, candidate for Burgess of Walkersville, after he agreed to do so as part of mediation with residents of Old Town Walkersville. Those residents filed ethic complaints against Commissioner Weddle who, as a private attorney, represents the owner of a property on Fulton Avenue…

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