Thurmont
Municipal Government
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Thurmont's
First gallery stroll
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Town of Thurmont held its annual Christmas tree
lighting ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 25. Residents
and town ofFIcials gathered in Mechanicstown Park
to turn on the tree lights. Town commissioners
Bill Blakeslee (left) and Wayne Hooper, pictured
above, were among those on hand for the evening's
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Offer
on the table
to annex Myers'
farm into Thurmont
THURMONT, Md. – Annexing the Myers Farm into Thurmont
could be worth at least $7 million to Thurmont, but the town
commissioners need to decide whether the problems from the
development of 350 homes and more than 300,000 square feet
of commercial space are worth the cost.
As the Thurmont Commissioners begin sorting through the
details associated with the three proposed annexations,
more details are emerging. The developers of the Myers
Farm, which will be called Thurmont Commons, spoke before
a joint meeting of the town commissioners and planning
commission on Nov. 28.
Developer Tom Hudson with Hudson Land, LLC, said four things
attracted him to the property: 1) It’s easy access
to Route 15; 2) That it was sufficiently away from the core
of Thurmont so that it wouldn’t overwhelm the downtown
core; 3) The development would create minimal stress on
town infrastructure; and 4) It was close to natural »
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Police
station size and cost won't change
THURMONT, Md. – The Thurmont Police Commission approved
the size and cost of the new Thurmont police station in February
with the expectation that the station would open on July 4,
2007. Now one member of the commission wants to re-evaluate
the size and cost of the building even if it means delaying
its opening.
“Now
that I’m seeing it on paper, I’m just not sure
we need that much,” Police Commission Bob Lookingbill
told the town commissioners recently.
The new
police station will have 8,100 net-square-feet of space and
cost an estimated $1.8 million. This is what the commission
unanimously voted for »
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Municipalities
plan 2007 legislative strategy
THURMONT, Md. – Representatives from all of Frederick
County’s municipalities and most of the county’s
state delegation met Nov. 30 to discuss what the municipalities
would like see happen in the Maryland General Assembly in
the 2007 session.
While
there was little turnover in Frederick County’s state
delegation from November’s election, more than 20
percent of the General Assembly will be new faces, according
to Stewart Cumbo, first vice president of the »
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breaking takes
place for regional library
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Colorfest
dontes $7,000
to emergency services
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Christmas in Thurmont
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Give
the gift of Thurmont
this holiday
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CHS
Seniors raise $10K
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